The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-28
SMEDLBY TRIALS
FOR.,7OMORROW In
CRIMINAL COURT
Lunacy Inquest Probably
Will be Held Before Case
is Reached.
Futrell Murder Cases Also
will be Called.
JONAS SMITH TRIED TODAY

Two murder cases were on the
docket In circuit court this morning
but only the trial of Jones Smith,
colored, who has given the death
sentence at the last term of court
and later was granted a new trial by
the appellate court, was taken up.
Smith Is charged with the murder OF
his father. Amos Smith, and escaped
death last February. lie escaped
Jail July 10, but was recaptured
after a days freedom. The trial Of
Pat LaMoore. the saloonkeeper who
shot and killed Deb Mason. was con-
tinued until October 8. owing 10
missing witnesses.
Petit jurors were empaneled this
morning and the trial OF cases was
begun The petit jurors are: T. J.
Red. Claude Murphy. II. -. Penn.
Robert Graham, c. p. Harold. $. +.
Peak. J. r. scrugglns. A. +. Wood.
r. q. Terrell. j. NJ. Byrd. Hugh
Burrows. r. II. Mansfield. John Dip
pie. J. H. spalding. G. W. over
street. y. l.. Atkins. T. A. Jones.
Lucien Rogers. NJ. T. wallins. Jack
Blanford Adam HIovenden. l..
schaw. Frank smedley and J. /.
Denton.
The first case called was the mali
cious shooting charge against Al
Beaton. and compromise was ar
ranged. whereby he was fined 800.
Beaton shot narksdale Manning, a
bartender. about a year ago.
The case against T.. A. Thomas
alias KID Carter. coiored. was tried
by the jury. Thomas shot az a negro
woman at Eleventh and Caldwell
streets
Cases Filed Away.
A number OF cases that have been
on the docket for months were hle /
away by the court Two indictments
against the Rev" W NJ. Hicks.
charged with obtaining money by
false protenses were filed away
Hicks was caught In the west but
escaped. The charge OF grand lar
ceny against Other King was filed
away. Cases continued until next
term were: Hattie Mays and Rosie
West. malicious cutting; Stonewall
Ferguson. murder; George Wright.
horse stealing; W S. walker.
charged with obtaining property by
false pretenses; Bin Bailey and En-
nest Wood. horse stealing and OBJ
tanning property by false pretenses.
Hen Wilkinson. malicious striking;
Wallace Williams. having carnal
knowledge OF femsle; BERTHE Rob
erts. malicious shooting and carry
ing weapons concealed.
The case against Eugene Board,
charged with malicious striking was
reset for next Monday.
Tomorrow's Docket.
The docket for tomorrow is par
ticularly because the cases OF Hiram
Smedley. former county clerk, are on
the docket, The prosecution an
nounced that II would be ready for
trial while the attorneys for the de-
Tense said they would be ready for
trial and that an investigation Of
smedleys sanity would be asked,
The trial of Louis Futrell and ]. 5.
Futrell. Of Model, Tenn. charged
with shooting and killing Horace
Osburn, will be called.
Smedley Cases.
The docket for Wednesday Ia:
Louis Futrell and ]. S. Futrell. MUIR
der; Hiram Smedley. forgery. nine
indictments: Hiram Smedley. utter
ing and publishing forged docu-
ments. eight indictments; Hiram
Smedley, forgery. four indictments;
Hiram smedley, embezzlement; Hir-
am Smedley, obtaining money b.
false pretenses. three indictments;
John Rogers, cutting in sudden heat
and passion; Linn C. Morrow, cut
ting in sudden heat and passion;
Clarence and Walter Dickerson. as
sault and battery; Dora Gano, ap-
peal; Lucille Thompson, nuisance;
Luther Duffy. discharging weapons
on a public highway.
Kid Carter Convicted.
The first trial resulted in n convle.
ton as Il. A. Thomas, alias Kid Car.
ter. coored, was given a sentence OF
three years lie was charged with
malicious shooting.