The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1921-06-24

:NtUckY, FRIDAY, JUNE "a. 1
BOURBON CIRCUIT COURT
When Court convened Tuesday
morning the following cases were dis
posed Of:
Commonwealth VS.. Melvin Green.
housebreaking, sentenced to two
years in the Frankfort Reformatory:
Commonwealth VS.. Frank Speakes.
gaming, fined $3.50.
raymond Fryman, was called about
noon. Both sides announced ready,
ana the work of securing a jury was
begun. Seven members had been Sc
cured when the Court adjourned,
and the case was continued until
wednesday. Fryamn and Charles
y. Martin were charged with the
malicious cutting of Lyle Bayless,
prominent Louisville business man,
on the North Middletewn pike, near
Paris, several months ago. Martin
has been serving Jail sentence for
his part in the affair, which at the
time became one of the most sensa-
tional happenings in this section of
the State. The trial of the case &C.
cupied the entire time of the Court
through Wednesday.
After exhausting the regular and
an extra panel of jurors in the Fry
man case, Judge Stout adjourned
Court, and directed Sheriff Will G.
McClintock to summon another
pencil. These were finally Sc
cured and from their number the
jury was selected to try the case.
Most of the talesmen declared they
had fixed opinion in regard to the
case which could hardly be set aside.
| When the case was called for
trial Wednesday morning the big
Circuit Court room was filled with a
crowd eager to hear the testimony
in this now celebrated case. The
trial has attracted widespread atten-
tiOn because of the prominence Of
the parties involved, and the many
unusual features developing through
out.
A large array of witnesses gave tes-
timOny in the case. After argu-
ments by Commonwealth's Attorney
Victor Bradley and County Attorney
Id. D. Cline for the prosecution and
Attorney A. B. Thomson and John
Williams, for the defense, the case
was given to the jury, who retired
to deliberate After being in ses-
sion about an hour the jury brought
in a verdict of guilty as charged, and
fixing his punishment at cOnfine-
ment in the Frankfort RefOrmatory
for a period of three years. Mrs.
l in 1Yt
when the verdict was read, gave way
to her emotions and was with great
difficulty rectrained. Fryman was re-
moved to the county jail to remain
until taken to Frankfort.
Fryman, accompanied by Charles
Martin, was on the way to Paris in
an automobile from Xalapa Farm on
the day of the attack. Bayless, &C
companied by Mrs. Bayless. Mrs
June Bayless Lyons, sister of Mr.,
Bayless, and Mrs. s. P. Henning, OF
Fleming county, cousin of Mr.. Bay
less, were travelling in the same di-
rection. 1t was brought out at the
trial that the Fryman car passed the
Bayless machine at rapid pace
when Fryman's cap blew off. When
| Fryman backed his car to rescue the
cap he collided with Bayless' car
damaging the left rear fender OF the
Bayless car and the right rear fender
of the Fryman car.
The youths told Bayless that if he
agreed to pay $40 for the damage
done, nothing more would be said
Bayless refused, and Martin knocked
the man down. AS soon as he fell
according to witnesses, Fryman cut
him three times in the back. Mar
tin. it was shown, threw stones al
the women until a Mr.. Noel, an en-
ploye of Xalapa Farm, arrived on
the scene and took Martin and Fry
man off Bayless.
Bayless was taken into the home
of Walter Kenney, where medical
aid was summoned. Mr.. Bayless tes'
tilted that he suffered for weeks as
result of the accident and is not We;
entirely well.
The CO., of G. j. Tunny, of Gov
ington, charged with Transporting
liquor from Covington TO Farls' ~
company with John cam on 'Ms
night of January 81. 1921, was call,
ed for hearing at the conclusion OF
the Fryman case. Testimony was In
PRODUCED and the evidence" ,produc
ed in court. funny claimed he Ole
not know that there was any liquor
in the car, nor that when he started
out, that he was coming to Paris. He
stated that he had simply acted as
taxicab driver for John Cain. Ht
was fined $3.50, and given sentence
of thirty days in Jail. Tunny was
represented in the case by Attorney
Brown, of Covington.
In the Court yesterday John Cain
of Paris, charged with transporting
and having in his possession liquor IN
local option territory, and with vlo,
lation of the prohibition enforcement,
law, was fined 5000 and given a JAZZ
sentence of thirty days.
At the opening of the Court during
; the calling of the docket, the cases