The weekly soliphone. (Paragould, Greene County, Ark.) 1907-1918, 1915-06-18
TOMMY smith CUT
OFFICER KINNARD
Youthful Wild West Performer In
flicted Painful Wounds on
Policeman Last Night.
(From Fridays Daily PressJ

J, M. Kinnard, member of the
CITY police force, was the victim of
a vicious assault about eleven thir-
ty last night when Tommy Smith,
who has been industriously build
ing up a local reputation as a
''bad man." tempted to do some ar
tistic carving on the person OF the
officer. Kinnard sustained an ug-
ly cut on the back of his head and
deep cash in his right arm.
Blood flowed freely from the two
wounds and by the time Kinnard
reached the sanitarium he was
weakened to the point of fainting.
Kinnard and Marion Sims, night
policeman, had been watching
Tommy Smith, Shelly Lynn and
Dutch" Baker, whom the officers
declare were drinking. The young
men entered the home of Mrs.
Cannon, residing on North Pruet
street near Johnson's livery barn,
and it is stated Smith assaulted
Mrs. Cannon, knocking her down.
Kinnard hurried to the house and
placed the boys under arrest.
Smith asked permission to go
home, and the officer granted it.
Within a few minutes Kinnard
SAYS Smith returned, and with an
oath, began assaulting him. The
officer was unarmed, but used his
fists with good effect, telling Smith
twice. However, the young man
managed to inflict two wounds on
the officer before Marion Sims ar
rived and put an end to the as
sault.
In police court this morning
Smith was fined $25 for assault on
Mrs. Cannon, and Lynn was given
fine of SIS for the part he played
in disturbing the peace of the Can
non home. Baker left the city.
This morning the deputy prose-
cutting attorney had a warrant is
sued charging Smith with assault
with intend to kill Kinnard. The
case was tried this afternoon by
Esq. A B. Hays and Smith was
bound over to the grand jury un-
der bond of $1,000.
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which I cannot undertake to emu
merate in this statement. How
ever, it is significant that l was
not asked to sign the note at the
Bankers Trust Company to justify
the committees expense, which the
governor says was signed by him
self, State Treasurer R. G. Nc
Daniel and a number of his ap-
pointees. 1t is also significant
that before entering the governors
office for an investigation the
committee gave out a statement to
the effect that after completing my
office they would discontinue their
work, and Mr.. Thomas says in his
affidavit that favoritism was to
be shown one or two of the de-
partments, while others were to be
shown up in as bad a light as pos
sible. Why such an Investigation
as that? The committee knows,
and the people know, that the
states bookkeeping system has
never been perfect, and this fur
nishes an opportunity for slight in
accuracies and Irregularities. The
states officials are not necessari-
ly responsible for the inadequacy
of a system which preceded them,
and one official can hardly install
a perfect system in his own office
that will WORK well with imper-
feet systems in other departments
with which his office transacts
business, However, I have under
taken during my administration to
perfect the system in the office of
secretary of state. and l shall be
prOuu 10 SIduu Oh the result OF
fair, impartial. business investiga-
ton in my office.
'It is unfortunate for the people
of Arkansas that petty politics
should influence investigation of
the states affairs; that a good or
bad report depends upon the polit-
cal alignment of the official that
is being investigated, and what he
is running for; that the investigat-
ing committee should be composed
of men who want to get even with
some and force concessions from
others.
"The supreme court has decided
that this special investigating com
mittee has absolutely no legal
standing, and is therefore entitled
to pursue it's investigation only by
the consent of the departments to