The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
BUSY DAY IN
CIRCUIT COURT
JUDGE WILLIAM N. BUTLER DIS
POSED OF TWENTYoNE
CASES YESTERDAY.
TWO DIVORCES GRANTED
Number of Burglars and Thieves
Sentenced to neutrality-suspicious.
and Ford Murder Trials
Win Be Called Today.

Judge W. n Butler put in record.
breaking day In circuit court yester-
day disposing of twentyone cases in
his expeditions way that is gratifying
to everybody concerned.
A divorce was granted to Elsie
! Keltner Cassell from Edward CasseH
and the complainant was given the
fright to resume her maiden name. A
divorce was granted to Lena Donald
son from William Donaldson and the
complainant was given the custody
Of their three children.
Newton Bradshaw. negro Of re-
spectacle appearance. who In a weak
moment suceumbed TO temptation
ana stole some horseshoes from J. B.
Reed CT this city was fined s75 and
costs. His fine was paid by Mr.. G. f.
Scott OF the Stevens Lumber com
pany OF Dyersburg, Tenn, who stated |
had been a good, Industrious fellow |
and that he had good old mother |
for which reasons he had interested |
himself In the case and that he would /
take Bradshaw to Dyersburg and put |
him to work M j. OShea was the de-
PENDANTS attorney.
Wiley Nelson alas Martin,
grandson of Elder Nelson Kicks the
noted Cairo preacher who was in
dicted with December Smith for
burglary and larceny, having broken
into Mobile & Ohio cars and taken
therefrom boxes of candy appeared in
court with his bondsmen, Elder Kicks
and Charles Powers and was granted (
a continuance to the May term Of f,
court He was liberated after giving
bond in the sum of $500 I,
The case OF James Potts for allow h
ing a prisoner to escape was certified
to the county court Ii
nolle was entered in the case OF Il
Foster EivaIIy alias Dick Jackson II
charged with assault to murder and the
defendant pleaded guilty to assault {
with a deadly weapon ant was SEN
fenced to thirty days in Jail and to r
ray a fine OF s25. [
Robert Manning VINO with Elmer a
1ardner was indicted for playing T
confidence game pleaded guilty and G
as sentenced to the penitentiary. Il
viii have trial. La
Charles Curtis. George Richardson, n
oe Mimms and Genie Mimms for
urglarizing Illinois Central cars 1
-ere sent TO the penitentiary r,
He Chased Geese. u
Charles Smith, a white man who n
nbibed too much from the flowing n
owl while intoxicated drove thir- /,
zen geese away from their lawful p
ONE for which heartless act he was
ned $40 and costs and sentenced to
hours IN Jail with the /
that was to "skidoo"
nd not act the goose again.
Edward White. a car thief pleaded
Utility and was sentenced to the peni-
Ira Wright and Marion Thomas
eaded guilty to burglary and larceny
ie former was sentenced to the
ate reformatory. being a minor, and
lie latter to the penitentiary.
On another count a nolle was en-
red as to Thomas. Edward White
no was implicated with him in a
ise before mentioned pleaded guilty
ID received a penitentiary sentence.
Harry Willis. for stealing sl5 from
e residence of Mrs. II. o. Farrow ed
as sentenced to the penitentiary. az
Walter s. Sitton pleaded guilty to T
isault with a deadly weapon and st
as fined s25 and given ten days in IL
H. "
Henry Williams who stole chickens in
as sentenced to the penitentiary. err
enry also stole shoes from Per RAJ
ults store and viii get a few more in
onths for this offense.
Todsy's Call. IN
Jrdge Butler announced the follow ".
g call for today's business in court: M
ed Korn. murder: Joe Mcintyre and -
hers. assault to kill; Louis Mellum. ~
nrder. December Smith. burglary ="
a larceny. John Ford. murder; Al
d Jones. burglary and larceny.