The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-28
|5 INDICTMENTS
 BY GRAND JURY
Total Number 37 Were for Felo- .,es. a New Record--Found No Fault With Highway Commission
 ers-The Full Report.

After putting in one of the busiest ssions on record in the Polk county ,a cult court, the grand jury of the bril term ended it's work Friday <soruing and made final report.
 The Investigating body returned a III al of 65 indictments, of which 37 ==sre on felony charges, this number <<ing the largest in the history of the soagrt Of the 37 felony indictments f4 were for violation of the state laws Esyerning the selling and making of }2toxicating liquor. Of the 25 indiet- sents for misdemeanors 12 were for zSplating the laws governing tick
 sdication work.
 E Those indictments on which returns |@6ve already been made include the Z5llowing:
 i. z. Davis, Tom Heath, Steve Ed Y srds and Ora Cox, making intoxicat- 39e liquor
 Al Rainwater and Ben Chambers, zsrnal abuse.
 B. Widener, assault and battery.
 Clyde Taylor and Earl Culp, bur &7ary and larceny.
 Frank Dixon, alias Pardon, forgery.
 Jesse Beck, forgery and grand lar zHny.
 Dr. c. Cochran, false token in writ
 Dr. w. c. Vandiver, violating liquor
 ames Pegram, violating liquor law.
 Ira A. Hilton, selling liquor.
 Ben Ashton, obstructing highway 5 The grand jury also investigated ansactions of the Commissioners of zke Jefferson Highway, but did not Fling any indictments. The findings M the jury are contained in its official Export given herewith.
 | The work of the grand jury has Ieen under the direction of George X Steel, prosecuting attorney, and To he has assisted in this class of York before, this is his first work in DIX county since he was elected to 6e office last fall. In addition to
 Ringing about a record-breaking Timber of indictments, Mir. Steel also &s the distinction of being the young 6t prosecuting attorney in the entire
 
 Grand Jury Report. # In its final report to Circuit Judge &mes s. Steel, the grand jury says: .5 We, your Grand Jury for the April, {521, term of the Polk Circuit Court, Xnve investigated all crimes of which e had knowledge or have received formation, and in doing so have ex- @nined s102 witnesses and returned I1to open court 65 indictments.
 We have examined the Courthouse, III and Poor Farm and find them all n good repair and kept in a sanitary &8ndition, and the inmates of the jail @Nd poor farm are being well cared & Our body has spent considerable 3Efne in Investigating the books and I<cords of County Officers, and find Hem all well and neatly kept, and up <o date with the exception of the rec ofas of our former County Clerk, Mir. Alexander; and we regret to report to lte court that we find the books and rords supposed to have been kept
 Mir. Alexander in deplorable con- tion; many accounts are not up to De and many accounts not balanced. r. Alexander has promised the Band Jury that he will immediately Taighten out these records and Fing them up to date and we have Even him reasonable time in which @ do this, but recommend that unless Us is done within the next 30 days, Kat the county court cause the work l& be done at the expense of Mir. Alex zhder.
 We have also carefully examined 1pe books and records of Road Im- frovement District No. 1, and have klso examined many witnesses in ref zrence to alleged irregularities in the Hndling of the affairs of the district, 4nd are glad to report that we find 2e books and records are being neatly znd properly kept
 We also regret to report that it
 s been our duty to report more felo- n indictments that have been re- &Erned by a former Grand Jury in a Humber of years, and knowing the Wesent panel of the Petit Jury as we VI we recommend that the Court re- zHse to excuse any member of the esent petit jury, unless in his opin- <on. It IS necessary.
 In conclusion we desire to thank he court and all the officers for the purt for the consideration and many
 urtesies they haxe extended us. Es- ecially do we thank the prosecuting Etorney for his courtesy and assist be. We also appreciate the kind and tentive manner in which our bailiff, r. Hinson, has administered to our ants, and now having completed our nfles we ask to be discharged. # Respectfully submitted,
 H. M. Frederick, Foreman.
 Attest J. c. Allen, Clerk
 Windup of Civil Docket. E The last jury trial of the week was
 lat of J. B. Rice against Mrs. Joseph e Gossett, wherein the plaintiff Pught to recover for work done on the
 Pendants farm. The jury found for
 rs. Gossett.
 The case of w. E. Clinton against
 e Ferguson Lumber Company re- 'ited in a verdict for the defendant
 mpany. The issue involved was the
 nership of certain saw mill equip ent the defendants had bought from ne Grannis man. Attorney Minor
 pkin represented the lumber com Any-
 4 compromise was reached in the ait of J. T. Cole against the Beach umoer company and the case was smissed.
 The final court case of the week was lat of George B. Smith against the
 agnolia Oil Company. Mir. Smith aimed that the we'll at his home nish is not far distant from the stor-
 tanks of the company in the
 utn part of the city, had been spoiled