The weekly soliphone., 1915-08-27
GOT
HEAVY PENALTIES
Ten Men From Island 81 Given
Total of $7S,500 in Fines and
Eight Years in Prison.


!severest punishment ever meted out
to bootleggers in Arkansas was that
imposed in circuit court here We'd
nesday upon 10 residents of Island
81, arrested in the recent raid
which resulted in the killing of
Sheriff Mauldin of Mississippi
county. For bootlegging alone,
! fines totaling $61,500 and terms
of Imprisonment aggregating eight
years and 10 days were imposed.
Additional fines for gambling
brought the total of fines imposed
up to $7S,5OO.
The defendants and the penalties
imposed follow:
Dave Hearne, convicted of 35
charges of bootlegging, fined ST.
! 500 and two years and 500 days
in Jail.
| Bob Kenton, convicted of 81
charges of bootlegging, fined $15,-
500 and two years and 200 days
in Jail.
j. A. Osborne, convicted of 27
charges of bootlegging, fined $13,-
500 and two years and 80 days in
| jail.
T. F. Kenton, convicted of 81
charges of bootlegging, fined $10,-
500 and one year and 265 days in
Jail.
Ed Buchanan pleaded guilty to
10 charges of gambling, fined $5,-
900
Elijah Bryant, pleaded guilty to
10 charges of gambling, fined $5,-
900. =
Sam Landon, pleaded guilty to 10
charges of gambling, fined $4,000.
George Gray, pleaded guilty to
five charges of gambling, fined ST.
500.
simp Clark, convicted of five
charges of bootlegging, fined ST.
500 and $50 days in Jail.
Ed Patterson Jr., convicted of
four cases of bootlegging, fined 81,
700 and 120 days in Jail.
NEGRESS TO PENITENTIARY
Maggie Townsend, negress, who
was with the negro, Spring, when
he killed Sheriff Mauldin, pleaded
guilty to a charge of assault with
intent to kill and was sentenced to
five years in the penitentiary.
Spring died in Jail. of wounds re-
ceived in the battle with the sher-
iff and his deputies.
Kenton and Hearne, pals of
Andy Crum, who was lynched in
Jail here last week, are not through
with their troubles yet. Monday
they will be placed on trial, charg-
ed as accessories to the murder of
Sheriff Mauldin Today Hosa May
Turner will be placed on trial,
charged with assault with intent to
kill Major Curtis j. Little of
Blytheville, an officer of the Ar
kansas national guard, who went
to the assistance of Sheriff Maui
dins party in the battle on Island
81. :.
The defendants offered but lit
tie defense in court.
Osborne was placed on trial first,
and it was agreed by the attorneys
for the prosecution and defense that
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for all the men accused of boot
Logging.
DIVES WERE IN ARKANSAS.
The prosecution introduced evil
dence to prove that the bootlegging
and gambling dives on Island 81.
raided by the sheriffs party, were
located in the Arkansas portion of
the island. Several witnesses tes-
titled that they had purchased
liquor from Osborne. The defense
presented no witnesses. T. w. Da-
Wis of Blytheville, attorney aiding
the prosecution, declared that the
inhabitants of Island 81 have been
defying the law for many years,
He declared they have operated
lbootlegging and gambling dives of
the worst sort, and that the state
and county had spent large sums
in the effort to bring them to
! justice.
Attorneys for the defense offered
no argument, and the jury in 20
minutes returned with a verdict
declaring Osborne guilty. In ac-
cordance with the agreement, judg-
ments of guilty then were ordered
against all the others charged with
lbootlegging.
The defendants were represented
| by State Senator Clyde Going, C.
P. Boals and John A. Upton of