Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-24

COCK WITH BRIBERY AND PE
CANE as SENSATION AND q
Je.ss- : EIHs paomiaeut former
snd fl.Msr justice Of tle peace Of El
= township, and mcmbor of the last
sza14 ia.y was arrested Yesterday
ef'eeGo9f Oh TIVE indictments char@
H. Elm win attempting to bribe
,4cm5sr9 of th, Grand jury to vote
s4atHs' iadic.ins NJ. D. L. Cook on a
charge Of bribery. says the Little
Rock Gazette of Sunday NJ y. L.
Cook was also arrested on two
charges, one Of perjury. growing en-
Of his testimony before the grand jul
~ il reference to the case of Senator
a. W. Coyineton and one of bribery
in paying $le0 TO John A. Ellis to iii
dEce the latter to vote against in
dieting him.
These four in1icfments-tw
AGAINST l.lis and two against Cooll-
We're a part of the final report return
, ed by the Pulaski grand jury before
it took final adjournment yesterday.
One other Indictment was returned in
connection with the Doodle inquiry,
and it is supposed TO be directed
against Senator F. O. Butt of Carroll
county, who is said to have given Sen
ator Adams 500 to vote for the cap
itol bill with promise of $400 more
if the bill became a law. If the re-
naming indictment is against Sena-
: ter Butt it is not expected that the
+ bench warrants issued upon it can be
/ served before today or possibly to-
morrow as it would require some
time for the warrant to be sent to
Eureka Springs, where Senator Butt
resides.
Arrest of Ellis Surprise.
The arrest of John A. Ellis furnish
ed the greatest surprise to the gen
eral public, as his name had not until
recently been metioned in connection
with the Doodle inquiry. Ellis was
excused from the grand jury when it
reconvened last Monday 1T was an
nounced at that time that he was ex-
cused because of illness in his family.
Ellis is charged in two indict-
ments with offering bribes to two 9th
or members Of the grand jury to in
duce them to vote against indicting
M. D. l.. Cook for bribery. One of
the indictments charges that Ellis
offered w. S. M. Garvin. another
member of the grand jury. 800 as a
. bribe to induce him to vote against
an indictment against Cook. The
other Indictment charges him with
, having given J. H. Steed. also men,
, ber of the grand jury. $25 for the
same purpose.
The Indictments Against Cook.
The indictments against M. d. j..
, COX were not so much of a surprise,
as he figured so prominently in the
cases which have grown out of the
Doodle investigation, and also In view
of the fact that Prosecuting Attorney
Rhoton has announced during the
progress of the trials which have been
held so far that Cook, as we'll as +.
l.. Cox, would be prosecuted and plac-
ed in the penitentiary if guilty of brib-
ery. The indictments against Cook
are not. however, based upon any
+, bribery he might have been guilty OF
, during the session of the general as
sembly. One Indictment charging him
with perjury is based upon the evl-
dence he gave when he was first call
ed before the grand jury. Cook was
the first witness called before the in
ouisitors. and at the time he denied
| all knowledge of any attempt that
had been made to brbe Senator A.
| w. Coyington in connection with the
state capitol bill Later, before the
grand jury and in the trial of Senator
Covington, he admitted that he had
, first committed perjury, and that he
! had received money from George W.
! Caldwell of the firm of Caldwell and
: Drake, capitol contractors, and that
he had paid $2,50O to Senator Coving-