The Mena weekly star., 1918-06-27
ROB HARKEY GETS
 l6 YEARS IN PEN
# those Involved in Killing of D~ ~s..,es Kirkland--0ther Prisoners e,,ouced-Secret Service Men c.,bered Information on W-C-U.


 pob Harkey, the last of the four
 "a If the murder of Charles v;rtland in the raid and fight at the -,.ukev home near Hatton on April ar ,ras found guilty of second de- - ,ourder about 11:30 Wednesday :.bt the jury at the same time as- .assinc penalty of l6 years in the ,.r;tentiary. Previously Harkey was
 ,..n one year for receiving stolen goods uarlev an tbe indict-
 -s of first degree murder began ,,, aa~Iv Wednesday and continued thru ss cay dov many witnesses being put 'n' .hs stand. Just befose adjourn - ant for supper, Assistant Prosecut- nie". Attorney George Steel made the ns nsr;ng argument for the state. Af- ops"...s racess Judge J. l. Alley for the n ,.s.ndant. made masterful appeal, taking for one anu onS-noi. i~eiS' .s.~, s.ar which Prosecuting Attorney aasr @.'r .,av closed for the state, review the evidence before the jury, the ns n the case as laid down in the -.~.t's instructions, and insisted that .Ss srst degree indictment be sus- .s;nsa AS proper act Tn behalf of Ssw and good government.
 Tho argument closed about 10:30
 .,s.loek the jury reporting it's yer
 dic into court about one hour later
 Ending of a Tragedy.
 With this sentence, comes the final sisposition of an affair that included hvrolarv and robbery, and caused the dsath of Charles Kirkland, an hon. ored citizen and officer; the wounding of Levi pigg, one member of the .beriff's posse, and the placing in dire E ;eopardv of the lives of several oth- CTS who were doing their duty on the side of law and right; and on the other side. Elmer Cason was shot to death; Mrs. Bob Harkey dangerously and 4 Edmund Caughron painfully wound- s ed. and ahead of Ben c. Caughron IS the electic chair, while Edmund faces life behind prison bars his brother Lon. fifteen years, and Bob Harkey sixteen years.
 And the evidence indicates that 1t all resulted from disregard for and determination to resist the laws of < the country, and particularly that law requiring service in defense of the country, this spirit encouraged and abetted by a dangerous anti-Ameri- can secret organization.
 Harkey Asked New Trial. 4 When court opened Thursday Judge J. I. Alley, Hearkey's attorney, asked for new trial, but the request was overruled. A motion for appeal, however, was granted in both the murder case and that for receiving I stolen property. After disposing of motions, the court had all convicted prisoners brought in for sentence. Bob Harkey was first to receive sentence and was < given sixteen years in the state peni- tentiary in the murder case and one | year in the other case of receiving stolen property.
 Edmund Caughron, for first degree 2 murder, was sentenced to life inn prisonment.
 Ben c. Caughron, who plead guilty K to murder in the first degree, after iirst entering plea of not guilty | and all the evidence had been sub Emitted, was sentenced to suffer the death penalty by electrocution on August 23, 1918, at the state peni- tentiary.
 Lon Caughron, the oldest brother, FFho entered plea of guilty to sec ecnd degree murder, was sentenced to serve fifteen years in the peniten- kisry
 Court Promises Leniency.
 The court, after sentencing the aughrons, made statement to the ffect that Edmund and Lon Caugh- ron, who had given valuable testi- mony before the court, deserved some onsideration in the future provided their conduct was satisfactory and in tnat event, he promised to intercede n their behalf for a reduction of sen- Renee.
 Mark Towery was sentenced as fol- Ows' Three years for burglary, one Sr grand larceny, and one year in .ssh or the three whisky cases, and V years for carnal abuse, making d !fotal of r years.
 soe Kerr was sentenced for one sssr Tn each of the three cases for pf three years.
 suage Lake after passing these en'ehces stated that the court had 2u'posely made the penalties severe
 Oluer to stamp out the species of une Tor the good of society and for ,s good of the prisoners as well. He ,sO reviewed. the lawlessness engen- fe'so oy the secret order, the W. c. ana how it had caused the death
 0ne of its members, and of Char
 kirkland, one of Polk county's sas otlzens, and brought trouble and sas'er upon the men before the bar. sA crimes, he declared, always fin- - " lesuit In the perpetrators being t"ught and punished.
 l. M. Garner Fined.
 as'er disposing of these criminals bts 1 U 1arner, who was brought in