The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-09-11
TRIALS OF The
BANK WRECKERS
Will Be Held at Hawesyille
In November
Believed That They Have Jumped
From Frying Pan"
Into Fire.


Hancock county. Special Judge Kel-
ley sustained the defense's motion for
change Of venue Monday afternoon,
and ruled that the cases should be
removed to Hancock county. SO much
of the motion asked tibet the cases
be transferred to county outside the
Sixth judicial district was overruled.
A special term OF the Hancock Cir
cult Court will be called to convene
on November 8, at which time the
four cases against James II. Parrish,
one against j. Otis Parrish and one
against |. y. Parrish, will be called
for trial. The next regular term be-
gins in December, but there are only
six judicial days CT the term, and 1t
was thought best to call a special
term. calling for as early dete as pos
sible, but Judge Kelley will be en-
Gagged in his thome, court, Nelson, un-
til November Z.
All of the records in the cases, as
seen as they are fully msde out, will
be transferred by Clerk Bedford, or
the Daviess Circuit Court, to the clerk
of the Hancock Circuit Court. When
the cases come on for trial Judge Jno.
S. Kelley will sit as the trial judge,
Commonwealth Attorney Ringo,
County Attorney Finn, of Daviess,
and County Attorney Higd0n, of Han
cock, will conduct Tire case for IRE
prosecution. II is likely that one or
more Hawesville attorneys will be as
ISOLATED with the Owensboro attor-
neys for the defense.
Since the granting of change OF
venue to the three Parish brothers,
charged with various offenses in con-
nection with the failure of Savings
bank, by Judge Kelley, all talk and
surmises have turned TO specializing
as to whether or not the accused men
had Improved their chanches by get
ting their trials transferred TO
Hawesville. The general impression
among the attorneys and the habitues
of the courthouse is that they have
not. The 1000 lost in Hancock
county, through the Savings bank is
considered a much bigger matter to
the little county of Hancock with its
limited area and population and little
wealth than the larger loss is to Da-
viess county. Besides the Inquirer,
whose articles were SO vigorously com
planned to by attorneys for the
defense in the trial on the motion
for a change ofvenue is read general
ly all over the county and the local
paper at Hawesville, the Hancock
Clarion, has republished much of the
press matter in regard to the de-
funct banks and has also made some
very pungent comments adverse to
the presidents of the two busted
banks. In addition to all this the
county of Hancock has only about
700 eligible jurymen. While Daviess
county has at least that many thou
sand. Besides all this the cost and
trouble of making their defense in
Hawesville, which is % miles away by
rail, will be considerably greater than
1t would be here In Owensboro. 1t
is almost certain that one or two ad-
ditional attorneys familiar with local
conditions there will have to be en-
ployed. A local attorney in speaking
of the matter to the Inquirer, said:
'The decision of Judge Kelley Is no
victory at all for the accused men.
II 1t had been my case i would have
Withdrawn my motion for change of
venue as soon as | saw that the case
was to go to Hawesville. There are
fewer unprecedented people there than
right here in Greensboro"
1t is the belief of many that the
Parishes were more anxious to get
away from Prosecutor Ringo and Coun- /!
Attorney Finn than from Owensboro
or from Judge Birkhead. /