Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-03-19
TWO WITNESSES IN GREEN CASE
 FEAR THREATS
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Louis office of that company. He is , now connected with another office. The manager of the St. Louis office told me he had not talked to him, but he understood from the other office that the same thing had been going on about him. and he told me that for that reason those people would not he here today. That they did not feel that until proper investigation was made and the proper arrange ments made otake care of them, that they ought to be sent here. Now, that is all l know about this just What he said to me. 1 have no reason to believe that he is not telling me the truth about it. Since they were here they have been sent back here at least one of them--to testify be- fore the grand jury. Since he left we have had two letters fromhim per sonally, telling me he was willing to come whenever we wanted him. and while we are not depending altogeth- CT on the testimony of those two men to try these cases, at the same time they are in such shape we can not try them without the testimony of those people.
 The Court: You cannot go to trial without them?''
 Mr. Parham: No, sir"
 The Court: Have you reasons to believe you can get them here later i'll the term?''
 Mr. Parham: "Yes, sir; and he told me yesterday that in a short while he thought they could be gotten here. am going to have to ask the court, under those circumstances, to let these cases go over for a time, be- cause they ought to be tried. 1 want otry them, and as soon as we find out what the trouble is, want to try them.'
 The Court: "These cases ought to be tried as soon as possible
 Insists on Trial.
 Mr Nixon: 'T think the court ought to know who it is that has been advising the men to stay away from here l wish we knew. We want to go to trial this morning. The very nature of these cases is such that-Here are a couple of fellows sent in here. not in the jurisdiction of the court-never did live in the jurisdiction of the court. I presume, and it is fair pre- sumption and the probabilities are that they never will be in the jurls- diction of the court. Here is a man indicted and removed from office, and his case is dragged along until this time and we had every assurance of trial at this time. I must say that the prosecuting attorney has done every thing he could to get them here. But +o for They say they have been intimldated and are afraid to come. Why won they be just as afraid to come at ah' other time?'
 The Court: "The prosecuting attor- ney is not asking for a continuance: He tells me it is absolutely essehllal to have these witnesses here-says he must have them and that he can have them here by a later day or tne term. I cannot go out and force the state to a trial of the case, uhaer those circumstances.
 MT. Nixon: "The court ought to have some assurance that by puttlns these cases off these witnesses would be here later.'
 The Court. "The only thing l have is the statement of the prosecuting at tornev He knew, and besides they could not be brought here by the pro cess of this court" t-o. Mr parham: "I have a. contract with the Burns detective agency to have these people here.
 Court Anxious for Trial: l The Court: I have nc feeling ia the cases at all, and so far as the trlal of these cases is concerned nave no feeling in the world. 1 would rather trv them and get rid of them thls morning. if it were possible for the state to % to trial without them, put if it is not, there is nothing else Ior me to do but to postpone it. would refuse to postpone if he did not assure mo that it is possible for him to have them here. There is good deal In what you say, MT. Nixon. They nave , been removed from office, under tlle law, and if they are not gullty tney should be restored to offlce. II the state cannot prove their gullt, then they ought to be restored tc o11lce. am in this sort of attitude. The pros ecuting attorney assures me he can have them here at later day ot the term: they are material and he can l, not travel without them, so there Is nothing left for me to do except tc reset tho cases. The public has some interest in these cases, as well as the defendants. Society has some inter est in them. In other words, It yoS were occupying the bench, this morn ing you would do what am doing, MT. Nixon: "The very nature of ~th1 cases and the fact the man beng re- moved from office, and the primar!
 election right on" ..r,
 MT Parham: >(interrupting), "Thert is no argument on that at all, MT