The log cabin Democrat., 1916-07-10
MUCH WORK FOR JULY COURT TERM MANY CASES OF FELONY To Come Before Grand Jury, Besides
 Big Docket of Civil Cases
 Set for Trial.

With the work of two sessions thrown into one by reason of no court being held last January and with an unusually long list of felony cases referred to the grand jury during the past IF months, record breaking voume of business will come before the Faulkner circuit court at it's July term, which convenes here next Mon- day, July IT. In addition to 70 civil cases and "A criminal cases appear ing on the docket published last week by Circuit Clerk A. M. Ledbetter, at least l7 felony cases, including charges of murder and accessory to murder against five parties, will come before the grand jury for in- vestigation and trials of these cases may be had if indictments are re- turned at the forthcoming term.
 It is understood that Judge T. c. Irimble of Lonoke, whose illness caused postponement of court last January, will preside next week. It will be the last term of the court which J. B. Read of Lonoke will at tend as prosecuting attorney. MT. Read will be succeeded after the Mo- vember election by G. Otis Bogle of Brinkley.
 No juries have as yet been pro- vlded for the session of court, and none can be selected until after court meets, on account of there be- ing no jury commissioners last Jan uary. Sheriff w. w. Bishop, how ever, will arrange to have a number of men from all parts of the county present at the opening of court, so that they can be summoned for serv- ice as soon as the order is made.
 The regular docket of criminal cases, listing only "A cases, will soon be disposed of, Clerk Ledbetter said today. The important case, that of Jake Bird, charged with the murder of T. N. Acton, will be dismissed, Prosecutor Reed having already agreed to do this. The case was tried last July and resulted in a hung jury. Two other felony charges appear on the docket, but they are cases which have stood for some time and which probably will be continued or dismissed.
 Some very important criminal cases, however, will come before the grand jury, resulting from the action of justices of the peace in prelimina- ry hearings. Probably the most in teresting of these will be the case of Hugh Wilson, charged with murder in the first degree for killing his nephew, Bolton Wilson, near Faulk- her Gap March IS. Wilson's wife, Ida Wilson, and neighbor Gus Ham, were bound over to the grand jury on charges of being accessories to the same murder.
 Another person to face a murder charge will be Clyde Gillian, who is charged with second degree murder. Gillian is charged with having made an attack upon his father-in law, James P. Cole, with knife, on May Fl. Two weeks later Cole died. whether from the injuries or from natural causes being the issue which will be tried out in the courts If an indictment is tried.
 The fifth person held on a murder charge is Missie Curtis, a negro woman who shot and killed her mother, Laura Jane Thompson, at Conway on May 6. A coroner's jury recommended that the Curtis woman be held to the grand jury without bail and she has been in jail since the commission of the crime. As the killing was apparently without pro- vocation, insanity will probably be the defense, although the negress has not yet employed counsel or arranged any means of defense.
 Other cases in which parties have been held to the grand jury on felony charges since the last session of cir cuirt court are as follows:
 Will Roe and Bill Webb, grand larceny; charged with stealing a row boat from T. L. Daniel at Palarm January IF, 1916.
 Henderson Spencer and Chapman Spencer, negroes, forgery; charged with attempting on March 10 to pass a check on the Farmers State Bank to which the name of Lee Mode was forged.
 l L. M. Sale, selling whiskey, or April IF; this offense being felony since the statewide prohibition law became effective.
 | Owen Rowlett, carnal abuse charged with committing crime against Alma Kessinger of Califor- mia township April 4, 1910.
 o. s. Russ, assault with intent ts kill; charged with making an attack l with a knife unon 1 R Raunollr a.