The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-09-10
Criminal Docket is of Interest
Because of Cases Against Hiram
Smedley, the Former County Clerk
Those Who Will Have TO Face
Bar of Justice on Various
Criminal Charges at Sep.
TENDER Term OF Court.

The criminal docket for the fall
session of circuit court, which will
begin September q, is unusually
Interesting, owing to the fact that
the cases against Hiram Smedley,
charging him with forgery, utter
ing and publishing false documents,
and obtaining money by false pre-
lenses, are on the docket. IL is
doubted by many IL the trial will be
held at the next term, although II is
possible that the insanity plea will
be sprung by the defense and an at
tempt made to send him to the asy-
lum. smedley is in jail, and is look
ing much better physically.
Five men are on the docket,
charged with murder. Jonas Smith.
colored. will have another chance to
save his neck. while the trials of
Louis Futrell and his father, J. s.
Futrell and Pat LAHORE will be
called for the first time. A large
number of alleged gamblers have
been rounded in for trial. The docket
Is shorter than usual although there
are 92 cases, against smedley there
are 20 indictments and other de-
PENDANTS have as many as two in
dictments. The Jail delivery also
will assist In the email number of
prisoners to be brought before Judge
Reed.
The docket is: Hiram Smedley,
forgery, nine indictments; Hiram
Smedley, uttering and publishing
forged documents as true, eight in
dictments; Hiram Smedley, obtain
ing money by false pretenses, three
indictments; Jones Smith, murder;
Louis Futrell and j. S. Futrell. muir
der; Stoney Ferguson, murder; Pat
Lahore, murder; w. +. Walker.
forfeiture; jim Taylor and Will
Shearer alias VIII Orr, robbery; AL
Beaten, malicious shooting; Charles
Brown, false swearing; Lillian Rus
sell, false swearing; A. Thomas,
alias Kid Carter. malicious shooting;
Jake Biederman Grocery company,
appeal; Hattie Taylor. malicious cut
ting; Rosie West, malicious cutting;
Charles +. Wilstach, embezzlement;
otho King. grand larceny; w. NJ.
Hicks, obtaining money by false pre-
lenses. two indictments; Bill Bailey
and Ernest Ward, obtaining property
by false pretenses; Clarence Ben
nett. assault and battery; Henry
Self, petit larceny; Tom Pierce.
petit larceny; W. S. Walker, obtain
ing money by false pretenses;
George Wright. horse stealing; Eu-
gene Board. malicious striking; Ben
Wilkerson. malicious striking. two
Indictments; Wallace Williams. hav-
ing carnal knowledge of a female;
BERTHE Roberts, malicious shooting;
BERTHE Roberts, carrying weapon con-
cealed; John Rogers, cutting in sud-
den heat and passion; Lin c. Nor
row, cutting in sudden heat and pas
sion; Clarence Dickerson and Walter
Diekerson, malicious cutting. two in
dictments; Dora Gano, appeal; Luz
ellie Thompson, nuisance; Luther
Duffy. discharging a weapon on pub
lie highway; Joe Gardner. selling
cocaine. two indictments; Lon Gill
bert, breach of peace; Ed. vasseur
and Nellie Mcclure, adultery; Ed
man Eddings. forfeiture; Brantly
Boaz. furnishing liquor to a minor;
Tom Gregory. assault and battery;
George Thicklin. nuisance; Ernest
Elmendorf and John Bulger, COM
mon gamblers; Albert Dickerson.
breach of peace; NJ. Melton, breach
of peace: Herbert Williams. conceal
ed weapons; Il. 4 F. Amusement
company, nuisance; Grant Barnes,
trespass;