The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-01-21
CHIEF JOHN WRIGHT
FOUND NOT GUILTY. 4"

4 INV VI NAAhN W AkhAf
tried in Wickliffe last week by a
lJury ON charge of being implicat
ed in an assault upon \. NJ. fy
Ter, was found not guilty Hear
ing the evidence in the ease con
sumed a greater portion of the
week and the number of witness
eS IN attendance from Hickman
was unusually large. The eXoner-
ation of Mr.. 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-
mcnt still hangs over his head.
II 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 and Jail sentence ON
the assault charge last fall A
movement is under way TO pro
cure a pardon in full for Lank-
ford, rs only few weeks of the
sentence remains.
| The Paducah News. Democrat
gives detailed account of the
trial as follows
| The civil suit of Mrs Hattie
May Tyler, widow OF the muir
dered man. against Bud Lanklori
Goalder johnson. j. Il. Wrgh;
and G. I. Bondurant, for Sj00OO.
ior he death of her husband a.
lcging conspiracy, was also di,
missed from the circuit court
docket, at the instance of Aitor
nry Frank :. Moore. counsel Tor
the plaintiff.
Ill of the defendants m the
conspiracy charges We're dismiss
ed by the grand jury, when cyi
dence was produced to show that
Gee Harris. on whose evidence the
civil suit was brought. was gull
) ty of perjury The civil suit was
then withdrawn by Attorney
/ Moore.
! Gee Harris. former rcstau
rant owner of Hickman. was the
principal witness for the common
wealth, his evidence hing relied
upon for the issuance of the ~
ldiciment. II was he who sad
that be heard the forming OF the
conspiracy to kill Tyler
j When the ease came up before
the grand jury this morning
Goalder johnson, one of the de
iendant proved that he was in
Fulton on the night of Decemb r
l Is, 1913. the time that Harris Al
leges that the conspiracy was
formed. Johnson name wa.
found ON the hotel register of the
Usoma Hotel, in Fulton. on tina
date.
| j r. Wright, another Of thr
defendants. also proved that h.
was ia a Hickman bank at the
time that Harris alleged tina;
they were together 10 form the
conspiracy
| Following the introduction of
the alibis Dee Harris was arrest
ed aud was indicted thirty min
utes later by the Hickman cour
| ~ grand jury, charged with per
Jury. Harris is already under 3
other indictments. being out on
~ 800 bail, gwen by Attorney
Moore, counsel for Mrs. Tyler
The charges against Harris pre-, j.
GUS 10 the perjury one. are de
tanning woman against her will.
shooting with intent 10 kill and
safe robbing. lie was indicted for
these three offenses last October.
and will be- tried on all four OF
the charges next "Wednesday.
| Harris alleged before the
fgrand jury this morning, that he
overheard a conversation between
the four defendants at the Elks
IClub. on the night of December
Is, 1913. Following is the con
versation which he sworc took
place:
BOndurant ! IN going 10
leave town Tyler's got il in
for me.
Wright-"Don't leave; we will
all stick with you
Landlord Tyler don't like
me, at all "
Bondurant Landlord. go kill
Tyler, aud we will spend our
money TO get you out of trouble.
johnson Ycs!l Go kill the
son. of .a-h 80