Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-04


 excess of fees derived from his office without obtaining it illegally.
 Says Reidinger Thrifty.
 Mai. H. A. Mccoy, a banker, said he organized the Peoples Savings Bank & Trust company in 1913 and that about a year later Jim Rcidinger de- posted a considerable sum-" that Reidinger kept good account with the bank as long as witness was con- nected with it, and that Reidinger was hard working and industrious, and was always buying property"
 J. w. Bowles, waiter at the Klv- erside cafe in November and Decem- Der last, said he knew George Converse that on the afternoon of December 20 he met Converse in the cafe, and the latter told witness that Green was mad" with Converse and his "partner, v Witness testified that Converse de- clined to explain the cause of the con- stables anger, but enjoined witness "to keep what you know under your hat.' Witness denied, when cross-ex- amined, that Hutton Hayes had ask ed him recently Aren't you going to get yours out of this easel" or that witness had replied that Green has lots of money, and is putting it out" "
 Tom Barnes testified that on No- vember 24 he borrowed $500 from Reidinger, giving his note, and re- deemed the note on December 19; that he had frequently borrowed money from Reidinger. Responding to quer- ies propounded by MT. Parham, the witness said lie had held commission as deputy under Constable Green, that it may have been "a pistol totin' com misslnn," as the prosecutor termed 1t, because he carried pistol while~ln the bottoms buying cattle. He denied that he ever was arrested on charge of hog theft. Barnes said he never paid Reidinger interest on the money bor- rowed. Judge Sorrels interrogated the witness as to carrying a pistol, Barnes asserting that he did not car ry a pistol Iii town, nor anytime eX- ccpt when he was riding alone in the bottoms. He made one arrest while he held the commission, he said.
 w. o. Taylor, Nj. D., colcred, told of being paid $10 by Green for his efforts in procuring purchaser for liiS TOIu Cdi. 1Ic 1letu 5cIlC ScVcl dl people to look at the automobile he said. The money was paid on the street, he said, the constable saying simply, "Well, I sold the car; here's your ten dollars"
 Kept $500 on Hand.
 c. c. Brewster, former justice of the peace said he kept the books of the constable's office for Green; that be- tween August 20 and September 1 he turned over to Green about $500 that had never gone thru the banks. As justice of the peace he had issued an order for the destruction of whiskey seized as belonging to Wiley Good; he gave the order to Green, and supposes it was carried out. Under cross-ex- animation, he denied knowledge of the Whiskey being given away, and eN- plained as his reason for keeping ;501 of the constable's money by saying he ''knew how MT. Green is," and want ed to be certain that if the county called for a settlement with the con- stable at any time, the constable would be prepared to make it. He kept the money in a safe in F. K. Renfro's of flee. He had sentenced Good to pay a fine of $50 for selling whiskev in 1915. He remembered that J. A. Frsizer and others had made aff!- davit that they owned some whiskey seized as belonging to Good, and that the chanceay court had ordered the liquor turned over to the claimants.
 Wm. Griffin, clerk at the Jefferson hotel, said he knew Hargrove and Con- verse. He remembered that on the afternoon they left the hotel there was no telephone call to them between the hours of 12 noon and o'clock D. m. He said Converse's bill was not paid until about two weeks ago, when the money for it was handed to him by t!1e auditor of the hotel. Griffin declared when cross examined, that he had not discussed the case with anyone. He1 insisted that he could remember there was no call for Converse on the af- ternoon the detective departed.
 Walter C. Hudson related that he met Converse and Hargrove at a con- ference at the Hotel Pines, ard that both said there was nothing to show that Green was connected with the transaction they stated they had ar- ranged with Reidinger, they said. La ter MT. Parham asked for information about recording the description off money so that a bill could be ideut- lied. The prosecutor had $500 in cur- rency, one national bank note. Wheri 1 he went to the conference at the Pines. he did not know it's purpose, he said. MT. Hudson answered in the affirma- tive when asked by MT. Parham if the had not left with him $500 to give to Hargrove, and if he had not done so. He denied that at the confluence where he met the detectives, and saw J, H, Mann, Harry Trulock and the prosecutor, that he had sug~ gested, when told there was nothing to connect Green with the illegal traf fic except thru Reidinger, that the detectives go to Green and ask him about the deal with Reidinger, and in the event of denial by Green of know ledge that they then go to Reidinger and demand tn return of the $3O0. Witness said he had no further con- nection with the affair than to hand the money to Hargrove, and provide the information as to recording money