The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-05-20
ANDERSON
CONVICTED.
Aged Banker Given One
Year and Half in Pen.
Devoted Wife Overcome With
Grief When Verdict Is
Read in Court.

a Henderson, KY, May 14.-GuiAty
was The verdict, and year and a
half IN the penitentiary was the pun
ishment melted out to T. Sidney An
derson by Henderson county jury
this morning on the charge of having
sworn falsely to a statement of the
condition of the defunct Daviess
County Bank and Trust company, of
Greensboro, of which institution he
was the president.
The closing argument in the case
by Commonwealth's Attorney S. ".
Dixon was made last night and the
case was given to the jury at $3.50
o'clock this morning. They consid-
cred the case for two hours and for
ty-five minutes before agreeing upon
a verdict.
1 When the jury announced that
verdict had been reached and filed
into the court room the defendant
was seated with his wife and daugh-
ter, Miss Sue Harris Anderson. Post
master F. A. VanRensselear, of Ow-
ensDoro, was also with the family.
When the clerk read the word
guilty" there was cry from the
wife of the defendant and she
threw her arms about his neck and
cried piteously until they were con-
Quoted into a room at the rear of
the court room, where they remained
in consultation with their friends and
attorneys until 1 o'clock in The after
noon.
Mr.. Anderson babe his wife and
daughter farewell and was conducted
to the Henderson jail, where he will
remain until taken to the Eddyville
penitentiary, provided there is no
appeal taken.
The attorneys for the defendant
say they will probably make a mo-
ton for a new trial at once. Fur
Hher than this statement the attor-
neys are not prepared to discuss flu
ture procedure.
The trial began in Henderson on
Wednesday and al of the evidence
had been completed by Friday aft.
ernoon. The commonwealth in the
Rrevious trials has laways been sat
isfied with the evidence introduced.
However, on this trial 1t was the
opinion that the state made out a
stronger case than at the previous
trials. County attorney Finn car
ried the defendant through a grilling
cross-examination. On the previous
trial held in Henderson Mr.. Ander-
son, time and again would say, in
answer to a question: 81 do not re-
member" On the trial just ended
Mr.. Andersons memory had recover
ed to some eXtsnt and he was forced
to make many damaging admissions.
Commonwealth Attorneys Ringo
and Dixon say Ghey do not fear in I
the least for the court of appeals
to consider the case. They endeavOr-
ed to follow out the opinion of the !
court in every detail and do not be-
lieve THAT any errors csept into the
record.
The majority of the people of Hen l
derson were Of the opinion that a {
conviction would be secured at this 9
trial Many of the friends of Mr.. c
Anderson in this city We're hoping /
for an acquitkal or a hung jury, be-
lieving that 1T would be hard to Sc |
cure conviction ON the third trial. c
Very little surprise was created in
Owensboro when 1t became known c
that the Henderson jury had sem e
fenced T. S. Anderson to eighteen d
months in the penitentiary on the O
charge of false swearing. However, n
many thought that the punishment 0
would be at least two years. b
The attorneys from Greensboro
who went to Henderson to conduc. ]
the case for the defendant and the a
state returned to Owensboro Sa.ur- a
day, but had little to say concerning
the trial. @