The Paducah evening sun., 1910-04-26
Postmaster al Sedslia is In.
dicted For Embezzlement
..-Term will Conclude To.
morrow Morning.

None OF the night rider cases will
come up for trial at the present term
OF the federal court. They have
been continued until the November
term, In order to allow Judge Evans
10 act up on demurrers filed by the
plaintiffs In the cases this morning
The plaintiffs demurred to the sec
ond paragraph OF the separate ans
wers filed yesterday by the defend
ants. setting up a compromise OF set
tlement with r. c. Sims. John w
Hollowell. Dixie Satterfleld aud more
than a hundred other defendants.
Judge Evans has taken the demurr-
ers under advisement and will oot
announce his decision until ext term.
The second paragraph OF the ans
wers filed states that several defend
ants compromised with the plaintiffs
by paying from between 81 900 and
.s1.25O, or $40 and s12 each The
paragraph set out that this settle
ment Is a bar against any action be-
ing taken against the other defend
ants In the suits and the compro-
mise is virtually a settlement of the
entire litigation. They claim that
alleged injuries received by the plain
tins cannot be directed against the
defendants singly and by reason OF
the settlement the suit should be dis
missed against those who did not en-
ter into the compromise. The cases
are those OF Henry u. Bennett. "A.
X. Garden. C. w. Rucker. l.. NJ
Wood. Laura Toomey and c. w. Cor
don against David A. Amos. Will
liam Neel and others. Between 800
and 400 defendants are named In
the eases. Witnesses In the cases
we're excused this morning by the
court and those interested In the suits
are returning home today. Judge
Evans took the remaining cases In
the civil docket this morning and ex-
poets TO finish this afternoon. when
the juries will be finally discharged
Then the admiralty docket will be
taken up. The cases must be finish
ed by tomorrow moming. as the
court announced today that he could
not remain here longer that 1870
o'clock tomorrow. and the court Of
fclals Will returnsto Louisville.
The False Arrest Case.
Police Sergeant Il. II. C"Lige'D
Cross. Of Padncah aud owen Moss.
OF Henderson, Ky. were made party
defendants In the suit OF Mrs. Laura
n Lgf.uar .pI huuk.nH ~ ID. Kfapar
.of Metropolis, against Detectives
James Collins. ex-chief OF police OF
Paducah. G. u. Helldbroner and
Daisy Moss for damages for false ar
rest at Henderson, Ky. Attorney for
the plaintiffs filed an amended petit
tea this morning. naming the new
defendants. Mrs. Kiener is a palm
ist going by the name OF Madame
Castelleno.
In order to wind up the regular
docket Judge Evans may conduct a
session OF court tonight finishing up
the admiralty cases. The only cases
to be tried under this head are:
James Chandler against steamer John
w Love; ]. T. Morgan Lumber com
pany against West Kentucky Coal
company. The Jury cases will be
concluded this afternoon. Some small
matters may come up for action to-
morrow morning when court will be
adjourned. The case of Laura +.
Kiener ct al against James Colinst ct
al was continued until next term.
The suit OF John Dennis Jones
against Thomas c. Britt was dismis-
sed at the defendants cost.
Prather Well, 16 years old. charg-
ed with robbing the postofiee at
Hickman, was found guilty and sem