The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-11
CHARGES Brought by Wood.
vile Citizens That Signals
Are Not Sounded at Cross.
ing.

nOis Central Railroad company,
charging that employees failed to ring
THE warning bell when approaching
railroad crossings, will be tried at
the January term of criminal court.
The indictments were returned at
the last session of the grand jury.
but did not become public until to-
day when the docket for the GRIM
lnal term was completed.
The indictments were returned
upon evidence furnished by citizens
residing near Woodville, which is on
the Cairo extension of the railroad.
The John Robinson circus also was
Indicted for falling to pay the state
license for exhibitions.
The docket for the next term is
not as lengthy as usual, and there
are only two murder charges al
though two negroes, Charles Turpin
and John Virgins, are in the county
Jail waiting for the grand jury. j.
5. Futrell and Louis Futrell, charged
with the murder of Horace Osborn.
Stonewall Ferguson, who has never
been arrested, is the second murder
er. About the usual supply of al
legged gamblers is on thte list.
The docket is: Bob Ford, detain-
ing a woman against her will; Frank
Rose, OBTAINING a woman against her
will; Cicero Anderson. malicious
shooting: Charles Grosshart. Bob
white and VIII Martin grand lar
'ceny; Eugene y Board, malicious
striking; Frank Green, malicious
cutting; Rube Wilkinson, obtaining
money by false pretenses; John
Thomas, HOUSEKEEPING; Lillian Rus
sell, false swearing; Hattie Mays,
Rosie West, malicious cutting;
one charge; Stonewall Ferguson,
murder: Gill Bailey and Ernest
Ward horse stealing and obtaining
money by false pretenses; w. s.
Walker. obtaining money by false
pretenses. two charges; George
Wright. horse stealing: Ben Wilkin-
son. malicious striking; BERTHE Rob
erts, malicious shooting and carry
ing concealed a weapon; Gray Wood
OBTAINING a woman against her Will;
Robert Craig. George Mckenzie, Arch
Bottoms and Dave Slagle. grand lar
ceny; Louis Futrell and ]. S. Fut-
rell. murder. Ed Burden, malicious
shooting; J. p. Mick. obtaining
deed by false pretenses; Sam Ad-
ans. malicious shooting; Jesse Turn
er. obtaining money by false preten-
SEES; Hiram Smedley. forgery, nine
charges; Hiram Smedley, eight
charges; Hiram Smedley, three
charges; Tom Gray. assault and bat
terry; Luther Duffy, discharging a
weapon on public highway; Charles
Hammonds. VIII Leech, Claud
Barns, VIII Hood. Brantly Boaz,
Skillet jenkins, Harrison Vickers,
Rabbit Workman. l.. Franklin, Guy
Council, George Pool. Sam Wood,
Henry Todd, jenkins Young, Frank
Random, Jes Alexander, Tom Car
neal. viii Bolin. Bud Run. Ben
Starks, Sam Hicks, Johnnie Young
Andy Hook, gaming; george Threl-
keld, nuisance; Clarence and Walter
Dickerson. assault and battery,
Ernest Elmendorf and John Bulger,
common gamblers; Albert Dickson,
petit larceny; NJ. Melton, breach of
peace: Herbert Williams. carrying
weapon concealed; Clarence Bennett,
assault and battery; Bob Patterson.
Bud Simms and John Simms. nuls-
ance; Cliff Thomas. carrying weapon
concealed; John McNeal. p. Bolen,
G.. Bradshaw, J. Bradshaw, gaming;
Jesse Cox and Eddie Hillard, dis
charging weapon on public road: l..
B. Span. shooting in sudden heat
and passion; Clyde Powell, stealing
chickens over $40 In value; Clee
Gale. breach of peace; John Robin
son circus, failing to pay state H.
cense Illinois Central railroad, FIVE
charges. failing to ring bell when
approaching railroad crossing; Cor
die Young. George Young and Alfred
Young, appeal.