Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-06-08
|MED|ATE TRIALS
|anded by Chapliiae and
Andrews in the Doodle
Cases
THEY HAVE BEEN PUBLISH
ED IN THE PAPERS AS
BooDl-ERs.
4 Their Pictures Have Also Been
Printed. and They Want to
Meet Charges.
Their Pictures Have Also Bee
EcEO POLITICS IN IT


motions filed yesterday in the Ptl-
XII circuit court asking that theif
les be set dcwn for an early hear
make open allegations THAT there
politics in the prosecutions. Their
tions are as follows:
The defendant says that ever since
arrest On the charge in this casn
has desired a speedy trial. and has
hight the same; that among his
asons therefor are these: His pic
he has been published in number
newspapers both in and OUT of the
ate. as a person charged with
ibery. both under and over flaming
ead-lines designating him as
boodler.' Or brihe taker; that in
2ditiCn to this the fact has been
legraphed and telephoned to differ
bt places and different people thai
e was indicted as "boodler'' and
fould be convicted and put in stripes:
hat in this way his reputation is be-
Rg assassinated and the public mind
Erejudced against him; that so far
be only alleged reason against his
laying a speedy trial. has been taat
be grand jury were In session. bav,ng
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PRESENT month; that the existence Of
Ehe Indictment against hi mis- oe:ns
nade use Of in one Or more GUAR ars
Is he believes and charges, to gratify
PERSONAL spite and revenge. a:6! 81.
sance the prospect Of candidacy. i@r
tshce that If is announced that cubic
'peech-maEing in favor Of such csndi-
lacy is soon to begin. When. accrr,:,
ng to what has occurred il. the past
ne fact CT existaace CT sal. ;.ite-.
nent will be dw-lt upoa. ani d-f-cd
lnt's guilt asserted without stint IN.
ess before frat tjrne tie tia. sa..I
,ccur; that the prosecuting attoccay y
-oT Us. through the press, that ia
S reaseg to try this case a1d all 2thars
of like kind.
Defendant says that it Wit require
.our or FIVE days - procure tie At,
Of all his vit. a5sas ar.1
nat those for tia stat4 car. As he IS
advised. De procured = NJ prasaat III
lpt time.
Therefore. deeeuc Art .-ay5 that ii Is
,ause BE- nov set far trial 5atpa<7 :
ms and the 19ta inst.. the day Of
rial to o. the varI earliest consistent
WIFE the COURTS coEvenlence. and that
t o. then accordingly tried.
Senator Covingto1 also fled A ro
ION yesterday % require the orosecut
ng attorney to endorse upon the IN.
ictments the names Of all with nasses
VINO testified before the grand jury
relating TO the Sane The defendant
says that ne has no mems or know
ng the names Of these witnesses and
IAN not inteliigently prepare for trja,
unless ne has this information
Senator A. T. Cross, who is u,dA-
Indictment CT charges Of bribery and
perjury, called at the clerks office yea
:erday and read the indictments and
It is expected that he will dla similar
notions today.
The motions Ia the Covlngton cases
we're filed by J. e Cravens and Muir
bhy and Lewis as attorneys. They
were identical excep. as to the mum
ters Of the indictments. One of tbs
motions was as follows:
Comes the defendant A. W. Gov
ington. and shows to the court that OF
the - day of May, 1905, the granc
jury OF Pulaski county, state Of Ar
kansas. returned into the circuit cour,
Of said county an Indictment against
the defendant, charging him with the
crime Of bribery, that on the =