Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-19
IFS CRIMINAL CASES
WILL COME BEFORE
THE CIRCUIT COURT
Eight Will Face Trial on Charges
of First Degree
Murder.

There are 116 criminal cases set
/ for trial in the jefferson circuit
court in the 16 days from Tuesday,
October 81. While most of these are
for charges of minor offenses, there
are eight persons under Indictment
on charges of first degree murder,
one for second degree murder, and
one for assault with intent to kill.
Charges of forgery, uttering, bur-
glary, grand larceny, selling liquor
and gaming make up the remainder
of the docket.
Three of those accused OF murder
are scheduled to face juries this
week. These are George Battles,
a negro who is accused of killing his
daughter, when the girl interfered in
quarrel between ner parents, at
Wabbaseka; Robert Brown. accused
of killing another negro at Wabba-
seka, and Will Williams, white, I'M
der Indictment for first degree muir
der for the killing of Perry Orion,
on the north side of the river some
months ago. The case of Sam
Payne, convict, who killed a trusty
at the Tucker state farm, is set for
Tuesday, October %. Payne, now in
iail here, was convicted of murder
and sentenced to life Imprisonment
in another county of the state. Gov
ernor Brough committed the sentence
to Is years. The man he killed was
also serving time for homicide. The
other. cases involving capital punish
ment are those of Ed Crawford, Ed
Morris, ALI Taylor and Bannistel
Tate Jr.
New Juries Called.
A new grand jury will be organic
ed tomorrow and Circuit Judge W. B
Sorrells is expected to repeat his
charge, delivered at the March term
and the need for action toward the
prosecution of all law yiolators ano
the eradication Of the social evil II
Pine Bluff. At Judge SorrelPs or.
lder, a committee was named by the
last grand jury to investigate vice
conditions, and to enumerate prosti
tutes and designation houses. This
lcommittee submitted a report recon-
mending that the red light" district
be permitted to reopen, altho sucl
: places are prohibited by state law.
The grand jury will be selectee
from the following: R. Carnahan, W
n. 1dylOI, .. L. IAlleS, =. IL "oe
kins, j. A. Buskirk, John w. Reap
H. H. Ferguson, W. A. Kientz, W
L. Matthews, w. R. Crawford, C. A
Gordon, w. Henderson. R S. Cher
Try, A. z. Orto, E. L. Bowe and S
lei Ragsdale. Alternates-K. P
Wick, Ben w. Word, Charles W. Hen
ry, ]. L. West, Jett Dent and W. q
lStone. x -
Those suminened to. appear fol
possible service az petit jurors with
in the. next two weeks are: E. n
Stephenson, NJ. M Hamilton, S. E
Adams, J. S. Birchfield, L. C. Boone
E. M. Doty, w. j. Clary, VIM. Burke
u. w. Worthington, F. Lee Fox, c,
H. Burks, F. B, Leach, D. w. Bolin,
R. F. Ezell, H. L. Gadherry, M. H.
McGehee, E. M.:..Schober, ]. K. Buck
ner, Harry Levine, Grover C. Shep-
herd, Roy M. Kemp, Joe L. Norton,
John w. White, August Wollerman.
Alternates are Buck Courtney, w.
A. Culbertson, A. w. Lowe, w. L.
Toney, C. D. Rutledge and C. A. Lin
aker.
| Prosecuting Attorney E. w. Brock
man has been busily engaged for
some weeks in arranging evidence in
the different cases set for trial, and
with the assistance of the sheriff's
office and other peace officers has
! completed the states side of the
suits, which will terminate in the
electric chair or penitentiary or vim
dication for the accused.