The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-01-21
CHIEF JOHN WRIGHT
FOUND NOT GUILTY. Z"

Chief of Police John Wright,
tried in Wickliffe last week by a
jury on charge of being implicit.
eel in an assault upon 4. NJ. Ty-
} Ter, was found not guilty Hear.
ing the evidence in the ease con
sumed greater portion of the
week and the number of witness.
rs IN attendance from Hickman
was unusually large. The exoncr.
alton of MIR Wright is hailed
with delight by his many friends
, throughout this section.
i The Bud Landlord ease. by
request of the prosecution, was
thrown out and new indictment
drawn. The new one, we under
stand, is practically the same as
the old one. While AN indict.
ment shll hangs over his head,
1t is understood Bub will not be-
further prosecuted, and the noted
ease is virtually settled. II will
be remembered that he was given
a small fine aud Jail sentence ON
the assault charge last fall. A
movement is under way TO pro.
cure a pardon ia full for Lank
ford, as only few weeks of the
sentence remains
The Paducah News Democrat
gives a detailed account of the
trial as follows
| The civil suit of Mrs. Hattie
May Tyler. widow of the muir
dercd man. against Bud Lankiori
} Goaldcr Johnson. !. r. Wrigh,
and c. 7 Boudurant. for 10000
Tor he death of her husband. a.
lrging conspiracy. was also dis
missed from the circuit court
docket, at the instance of Attor
ney Frank ) Moore, counsel for
the plaintiff
Ill of the defendants in the
conspiracy charges were dism,s,
led ny the grand jury, when ryi
dence was produced 10 show that
Gee Harris. on whose evidence the
evil suit was brought. was gml
i ~ of perjury The civil suit was
then withdrawn by Attorney
Moore.
/ dee Harris, former resiau
rant owner of Hickman. was the
principal witness for the common.
wealth, his evidence hing relied
upon Tor the issuance of the N
diciment. II was he who said
| that he heard the forming of the
conspiracy 10 kill Tyler.
4 When the ease came up before
The grand jury tins morning
Goalder johnson. one of the de
PENDANT proved that be- was IN
Fulton ON the night of Decemb,
| IL, 1913, the time that Harris Al
leges that the conspiracy was
formed. johnson name WA
found ON the hotel register of the
Usonia Hotel, in Fulton. on tina
date.
j. u Wright. another of thc
defendants, also proved that hs
was ia a Hickman hank AT the
time that Harris alleged that
they were together To form the
conspiracy.
Following the Introduction of
the alibis Gee Harris was arrest
ed and was indicted thirty min.
utcs later by the Hickman cour
~ grand jury, charged with per
jury Harris is already under 3
other indictments. being out on
$1,000 bail, given by Attorney
Moore, counsel for Mrs. Tyler.
The charges against Harris. pre,i-
GUS to the perjury one, are de-
tanning woman against her will.
shooting with intent 10 kill and
safe-robbing. He was indicted for
these three offenses last October.
and will be tried on all four Of
the charges next Wednesday.
Harris alleged before the
grand jury this morning, that he
overheard n conversation between
the four defendants at the Elks
Club. on the night of December
Is, 1919 Following is the con
versation which he swore took
place:
Bondurant IN going 10
leave town. Tyler's got il in
for me.
Wrlght-"Don' Z leave; we will
all stick with you.
Landlord Tyler don like
me, at all. "
Bondurani Landlord. 90 kill
Tyler, and we will spend our
money to get you out of trouble.
johnson Yesll Go kill the
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