The Newark journal., 1908-05-08
MOORE DOODLE ARRESTS
Hinkle, lobe, Harrison, Hardy, Hol-
 land and Floyd Arrested

soVhdOoi oObAl Al. l11llhlC W NdS dI rested at Batesville Saturday on an M indictme t from the Pulaski county & grand jury charging bribery in two 8 counts. The first count alleges that * Hinkle received s7, 300 on House Bill .& No. l50, which was an act to create % the office of inspector of beers and # malt liquors in Arkansas. The count # alleges that T. M. Jenkins paid Hinkle actly the same as the first except that thesname of the person who is alleged to have paid Hinkle S7, ,500 is left blank. Jenkins, the man named as the bribe- giver on the beer inspection bill, is now running an electric light plant at Danville, Ky.
 Hinkle has never had any direct connection with the poodle scandal except as Q witness in several cases, until his arrest last Saturday. He admitted, however, while on the wit ness stand during the last trial of A. w. Govington. having received S7,500 to be used in the legislature of 1905 in killing a beer inspection bill. Senator Hinkle readily gave bond in the sum of S3.000 when arrested Saturday, and his case is set for trial in the Pulaski circuit court on Friday, July r.
 OTHER ARRESTS MADE
 Five other former senators were also arrested on the same day at their homes in different parts of the state, as follows:
 Senator Thos. NJ. Hardy, of Cam den, 18th district; perjury.
 Senator Thos. (. lobe of Hope, 10th district, perjury.
 Senator Geo. E. Floyd of Rover, sth district, perjury.
 Senator Wm. F. Harrison of Osce- ola, 29th district, perjury.
 Senator Jno. H. Holland of Green wood, 18th district, perjury.
 SKETCH OF MEN INDICTED .
 William F. Harrison of Osceola, who represented the Twenty ninth sen atorial district composed of Jackson, Poinsett and Mississippi counties, is lawyer. He was the youngest member of the senate. The indictment against him is identical with the one returned against Hardy, it being alleged Har- rison committed perjury in denying that he received sl ,500 from T. L.. sAx f<<, of 1,.Aa1 lacrie.- 1ation.
 George E. Floyd, a lawyer of Rover, Yell county, represented Logan and Yell counties in the Senate during alleges he perjured himself when he denied to the grand jury that he re- .ceived Sl ,500 for his vote on Senate Bill No. PIT. which was a bill to pro- hibit gambling.
 Thomas C. lobe of Hope, who was a representative from Hampstead coun- ty in 1901, and who represented Hemp stead and Nevada counties i'll the Senate of 1905-07, is lawyer. In the bill returned against him it is alleged he committed perjury when he denied he received in 1905, the sum of $500 from M D. l.. Cook for his votes on the capitol appropriation bills, and the Argenta annexation bill.
 John H. Holland of Greenwood, who is said to have been indicted for per- jury, represented Sebastian county in the Senate of 1905-07, and was renomi- mated at the last ,primay election. Senator Holland was one of the sena- tors who took great interest in legis- lation affecting the coal industry in Arkansas.
 Thomas M. Hardy is a lawyer al Camden, and represented the Nine teenth senatorial district in the session of 1905. The district is composed oi Calhoun and Ouachita counties, and Hardy was continuously in the senate from the session of 1899 to the end oi the last session. It is alleged that being sworn before the Pulaski Grand Jury on March 3l last, Hardy made false answers to questions propounded to him in denying that he accepted money from T. l.. Cox to influence his vote on railroad legislation.