Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-15
M'VAY CASE LISTED
Louis Franklin and Others to Appear
 Before JurOrs-H. E. Meyer, R. A. Suit and Others, Charged With Va.
 riOus Offenses, to Be Investigated.


 morning in the Jefferson circuit court room in this city, will have its hands full. It will be in session many weeks disposing of murder cases and long list of criminal cases, which are docketed to come before it for investigation. Judge A. B. Grace has called the grand jurors for o'clock and after being given instructions it is understood that the jury will go to work im- mediately.
 Five murder cases are to be heard. The most interesting of the num- Der being that of J. M. McVay, who was yesterday bound over to await the action of the jury after waiving an examination before Justice J. A. Frazier. An effort will be made, it is said, to have the grand jurors in dict McVay on a first degree mur- der charge. The witnesses were summoned to appear before the jurors, Monday, September 23. Owing to the fact that so many wit uesses in the McVay case are non residents, il is figured that the inves- tjgation, trial and other proceedings will cost the county of Jefferson many thousands of dollars. The case will be one of the costliest that has ever been tried before.
 Tn case of Louis Franklin, the negro who so coldly murdered C. A. Butler. constable of Bogy town snip, at Cornerstone Wednesday night. and who was also bound over yesterday to appear before the grand jury on murder charge. will be taken up by the jury the coming week.
 Other murder cases to be consid- cred by the grand jury are those of Charles Smith, negro who stabbed another negro to death near the oil mill in the Eastern suburbs of the city several months ago: Jim Rob Roy, negro who killed one of his race near Sherrill last year, and Henry Bowers who shot and killed another negro in Villemont town i'm months ago.
 In addition to these cases, the grand Jury has many criminal cases of minor importance to investigate Among them are the charges of bur glary against Jack Cunningham, who was bound over to the grand jury for hearing, it being alleged that he entered and burglarized the residence of Isaac Dreyfus on Main street, and Carrie Daniels and John Ellis, negroes, it being alleged that they took part in the theft.
 H. B. Meyer, alias John F. Mey- CT, who is in jail and awaiting trial vii also be given some consideration by the jurors. Meyer is the man who represented himself to be millionaire flour man from St Louis and who secured $50 from D. M. Bluthenthal. He was royalty en- tertained here by bankers and busi- ness men and mixed with local capitalists in the club rooms and their private offices. He disappear ed from the city after securing the money from Mir. Bluthenthal, but was arrested at Memphis, where he tried to do a similar trick" He is charged with obtaining money by false pretenses, but has never been given preliminary hearing. R. A. Suit, former resident of Little Rock, who has been in the county jail here for many months on forgery charge. will also be taken before the grand jury. Suit was former member of the Arkan- sas legislature and is we'll known throughout the state He is a man of high intellect and is said to have one failing, that of imbibing too freely. He got on a spree several weeks ago and went to Altheimer. where, it is charged. he passed a worthless check. Judge Stuckey, of Newport, Ark. has interested himself in Suits behalf and is try ing to get the Jefferson county au-