The Mena weekly star., 1916-11-30
|ONANCE LEADS
 l TO PEN|TENT|ARY
,o Youna Couples, Married Only a Ecu Days Ago, Into Deep Trouble 'rbru Escapade in Mountains.
 ,Ien Held For Killing Hog.

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 ,,r and Mrs. John Kroenlein and
 r and Mrs. Martin Earl, two young
 .a,,nles who landedfin Polk county
 ,.s, week from Ramsey, H., on an
 .:epement. .escapade, have gotten in-
 .o inc tolls, of Arkansas law so deep
 .y that it may end with a peniten-
 sarv sentenee for the two young
 .,sn They were arrested Saturday
 n,pht at the Inman farm two miles
 nnrth of Owens Chapel on a war
 fant charging violation of the game
 laN and later it developed that they
 also had violated the law relating to
 nistoI toting, and in addition had
 k,lled hog belonging to P. T. Reed. 1he young men plead guilty to the
 suo first named offenses. and were fined si each on the charge of vio-
 ating the game law, and adjudged tn nav the costs, which will include fee of $25 in each case for the Prosecuting attorney. In the pis- 1ol toting cases they were given a inc of $50 each. On charge of grand larceny consisting in stealing, kill ing and carrying away a hog be- longing to P. T. Reed, they were giv- ef an examining trial before Justice of the Peace l.. N. Burnett. They uere without means, but in order fhat they might be given a defense, Will Mcdonald volunteered to stand g0od for an attorney fee to the ex- ient of $i0. No attorney was se- cured, however, to conduct the defense for them, and in the end lhey were bound over to the grand jury which meets in April and their bonds were fixed at S300 each.
 The two young women, who had been jointly charged with the men in violating the game law, were Exchanged by the court and Sher- IA Finger took up a collection to DAY their board and lodging until such time when they could be sent lack to their parents.
 It seems that the young people ran away from home early this month, and were married in Spring deld, Mo-, on November i7. Each of the men married the others sister. Kroenlein is 20 years old and his sis tor i5. Earl says he is 2i years of aee and his sister i7. The girls had never gone beyond the eighth grade in the public school, and the boys had done little better They were Allowed by the father of the Kroen- leins, and he is said to have been present at the marriage, but permit@ ted them to continue on their lark.
 The young women req ched Acofnl Sunday afternoon, November i9, and tAe men reached there Sunday night, the latter coming in on a freight lrain. After spending the following day in Acorn, they hired G. R. Hale fa take them to the mountains for a Bunting and camping trip, locating them on the Inman farm. For sev- ffal days last week word came to 6heriff Finger that the case needed but thinking that the party was out for lawful purpose, ne did not take hold of the matter until Saturday when he made com paint that the parties were hunt ing Tn violation of the game law. ueputy Sheriffs Bratcher and John ston, with warrant issued on this fomplaint, started out Saturday aft fmoon, and upon finding the young lanleS in camp placed them under 1zrest and Deputy Bratcher brought Mem to Mena. In the meantime teputles Johnston and l. l.. Reed femalned to find the men. Others Who joined in the search were W. E. ana P. T. Reed. C. NJ. Edwards. and 5Mmes Swiger. The men became lQst Tn the mountains. and il was iate at night when James Swiger and P II. Reed brought them in to camp.
 A portion of the meat of a hog, De hide and some cracklins were lopnd hidden away in the Inman aQnse, and on Sunday Sheriff Fin R9, accompanied by the young #emen and others went back to the hopse, and the women piloted them !o the place where the head and en- !rhlls had been buried under a ofhsh pile. The head was positively iaentliied by P. T. Reed as that of one of his hogs.
 The young folks seem to be clean, nlmest, unsophicticated. country 9oFs and girls, and do not bear the mark of having been wilful law vio- iiasers, but have simply gone wrong " yielding to desire to pull off a s#nt that seemed fO fhpn1 roman