Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-02
Deputy Constable Alleged tc Have Taken $500 to
 Permit Bootlegging."
CONSTABLE DENIES
 CHARGES ARE TRUE
Three indictments igain>t Ed Dan itls and One Each Against (Iar- cnce FarriS and C. W. Morgan
 Charge Sale of Liquor.

Conspiracy, nOnfeaSance in office and accessory before and after the fact tO bribery are the charges on which Constable Clint C. Green was arrested yesterday attclnOon, the indictments against him being returned shortly be- fore his arrest ny the Jefferson county grand jury ip special session.
 Chief Deputy Constable Jim Reid inger was also arrested. the four in- dictments against him charging him Nitb selling liquor, bribery conspiracy and n9nfeasanac ill office.
 Both Constable Green and Deputy Rci(finger were released temporarily that they might have time to make bond in the sum or $500 on each charge. The officers will make bond this morning.
 Ed Daniels. who operates rooming house III the Brookhill hotel. was in dicted three times. each charge being tog selling whiskey.
 c w Morgan, Q clerk at the Star store, was inditceG on a charge of %cl'ng whiskcy, and Clarence Farris, a painter, was indctde on similar charge.
 Daniels made bond in the sum of Sl O00 each in two counts and $500 in one and was released. Farris made bond for S1,o00 and was released. but Morgan was placed in the county jail in defaul; of $1 900 bond.
 The indictments against Constable Green and Deputy Redinger charge that Deputy Rcidnger received from B. F. HargrOve and G. l.. Converse the sum of $300, which, it is alleged, was paid for the purpose of securing pro lection" in the operation of "blind- tiger" and that Constable Green is an accessory before and after the fact in this instance This indictment con- atitutcs the charge of bribery against Deputy Redinger and the charges of being an accessory before and after the fact to bribery against Constable Green.
 The charges of conspiracy against both officers grow out of the same alleged offense, as do the charges of nonfeasance in office. The indictment against Deputy Constable Rcidinger on the charge of selling whiskey charges that the officer received s from Har- grove and Conserve in payment for quart of whiskey.
 Officers to Be Suspended.
 Under the state laws, both Constable Green and Deputy Reidinger will be suspended from office by the circuit judge until the trials of the accused men are held Circuit Judge w. B. Sorrolls stated last night that the law requires him to order the suspension cf the officers as soon as the warrants have been returned to the clerk. This action will probably be taken today.
 Members of Grand Jury.
 The members of the grand jury which returned the indictments are John R. Sanders Jr., foreman; w. C. Crittenden, T. N. Harper, G. M. Bo- hanon, Ben Watson, S. M. Mardister, A. B. Martin. J. H. Eaton, H. Bring man, R. F, Ezell, H. H. Matthews, r. C. Galloway, T. B. Lyle ST., W. z. Stone, w. P. McGeorge and w. l. Payne.
 The grand jury was called together Monday morning, few officials being aware of the special session until the jurors had assembled and started work under the direction of Prosecut- ing Attorney T. G. Parham. To add the speculation, it was reported that no witnesses from the city had been summoned, and that only two from outside Pine Bluff had been called. Excepting Judge w. B. Sorrells, Pros ecuting Attorney Parham and the members of the inquisitorial body, none of the officials seemed to have any knowledge of the matters being investigated. Those who did know would not talk. Not until the indict- ments were returned late yesterday afternoon and the warrants issued did any one have an inkling of what had taken place in the grand jury room Frequently in the past citizens have charged that "the officers are in ca hoots with the 'bootleggers', but as these allegations were never support ed by affdavits, no action was taken.
 Greens Statement. In regard to the indictments issued