LEGISLATOR IS AGAIN IN TROUBLE
Senator Covington Arrested on
Charge of Perjury Growing
Out of Trial Last Summer
Senator A. \V. Covington of
Clarksville, president of the last
, senate, has been arrested again,
making the third time, on charges
growing out of alleged boodling
operations in the last General As
sembly.
Covington was arrested on a
charge of perjury, which he is al
leged to have committed by declar
ing at his trial last summer, on a
charge of receiving a br'be, that
he never received any money from
M. D. L. Cook to influence his
vote on tlie bill passed by the sen
ate appropriating $800,000 for the
completion of the new state capi
tol.
The indictment charging Cov
ington with this offense was re
turned by the Pulaski grand jury
one day last week. A bench war
rant was issued and sent to Sher
iff King of Johnson county for
service, and Covington was ar
rested at his home at Clarksville.
He immediately gave bond in the
sum of $3,000.
BASIS OF THE CHARGE
The statements upon which the
indictment is based were made by
Senator Covington while he was
on the stand in Ins trial last sum
mer at Little Rock. M. D. L.
Cook had sworn on the witness
stand that he gave Covington $2,
500 in connection with the state
capitol bill. Senator Covington
denounced this as false when he
went on the stand. Addressing
the jury he said:
“Cook never gave me a cent,
and gentlemen, if he did, 1 hope
that I may never see my wife and
babies again. Cook knows this is
so and Cox knows it is so.”
INDICTED SEVERAL TIMES
Covington was first arrested
last June on two indictments, one
charging him with receiving nion
ey from Cook to influence his vote
on the state capitol bill and the
other charging him with receiving
a bribe in connection with the
Felsenthal bill. He was acquitted
on the first charge after the jury
had been out for three days, and
Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton
then nolle prossed the second in
dictment, stating that this was no
Stronger a case than the state had
in the state capitol case. In the
case which was tried Judge Lea
had instructed the jury that a man
could not be convicted on the tes
timony of accomplices, unless
there was other evidence, indepen
dent of this, proving or tending to
prove the guilt of the accused.
A few months ago Covington
was again indicted on two charges.
One of these indictments charged
him with accepting a bribe in con
nection with the Argenta reannex
ation bill. The other charged him
with conspiring with Senator To
ney and Senator Butt to use their
influence in support of the Argen
ta bill. These cases are still pend
ing, and no action has ever been
taken.
BUTT AGAIN ARRESTED
Senator F. O. Butt was also ar
rested at his home at Fureka
Springs Friday on an indictment
from the Pulaski county grand
jury charging perjury. The
charge i* based u{>on Butt’s testi
mony in his recent trial at Perry
ville on the charge of boodling.
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REPUBLICAN FOR CONGRESS
Newport, .June 2.—The Repub
jlican convention of the Second
congressional district met at New
port this morning, and lion. K. J.
HMason of Portia was nominated to
oppose Mon. S. Brundidge Jr.,
for congress. The convention
was called to order by the chair
man of the district committee, J.
C. McClintock of DeVail’s Bluff,
with 2-t out of 41 delegates pres
ent. The counties not represent
ed were Stone, Sharp, Fulton and
Cleburne. Charles Newman of
Judsonia was made chairman and
Charles (*. Henry of Newport
secretary of the new congressional
committee, the convention adjourn
ed, leaving the election of a com
mitteeman from each county to
the Republicans of the respective
counties.
Road Notice
Notice is hereby given that a
petition will be presented at the
regular term, July, 1906, of the
Independence County Court, for
the opening and establishing of a
public road in Independence coun
ty and State of Arkansas, describ
ed as follows.
Beginning at the quarter section
corner on south boundary of sec.
thirty one (;U) township twelve
(12) north, range four (4) west.
Thence west on line between
townships eleven (11) and twelve
(12) about one mile to the quarter
corner on the South boundary of
section thirty-six (36) township
twelve north, range (5) west.
This 26th da.v of May, 1906.
G. M. Fi®.ds.
II. \V. Joil NSON.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
Notice is hereby given that a
Peabody Institute will be held at
Batesville, Ark., beginning Mon
day, June 11, and continuing two
weeks. The Institute will be con
ducted by Supt. Rogers of Jones
boro.
The Annual County Institute
will meet with the Peabody Insti
tute. All teachers are required
by law to attend. It is hoped
that every teacher in the county
will be in attendance.
On Thursday and Friday, June
21 and 22, the regular quarterly
examination will be held.
Respectfully,
Sidney Pickkns,
County Examiner.
JUST WANTED $1,000
Recently \Y. K. Davis of Stone
county received an anonymous let
ter demanding that he place $1,
000 in a hollow log near his home,
for the failure of which some dire
[calamity would be visited upon
him. He answered that he would
comply with tin* demand, and on
the appointed day had parties
placed in a position to receive the
visitor, who appeared in the per
son of XV. H. Webb. He was ar
rested and bound over to the grand
jury in the sum of $1,000 in de
fault of which he is now in the
Stone county jail. Batesville
News.
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STATE HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY TOLD
Items of (ieneral Interest (lathered
Fresh From the Columns of
the Daily Papers,
There is a movement on foot at
Russellville to establish a munici
pal waterworks plant.
Aunt Lucy Huntley, an old ne
gress, said to be 115 years old,
died last week in Russellville.
A. A. Halter of Conway had
one hand cut oil while at work in
, a planing mill at that place Fri
j day.
Mrs. L. Bolding, who lived near
Bolding was burned to death a few
days ago. Her dress caught fire
while she was boiling clothes.
A carload of this season’s pota
toes were shipped from Texarkana
| last week, and brought the good
j round price of §1.00 a bushel.
John Chambers, about 50 years
of age, died on a Rock Island pas
senger train Thursday near New
port while en route from DeVall’s
Bluff to Newport.
It is said that \\ ashington coun
ty will have a larger apple crop
this season than for several years.
There will also be more peaches
than for a long time.
While walking in his sleep at
Mornlton Claude Leigh fell down
stairs from the telephone central
office and sustained serious injur
ies, suffering a dislocated shoul
der and severe bruises.
B. B. Biffie of Piggott has some
old letters that were written near
ly one hundred years ago by Davy
Crockett and Henry Clay. The
letters are highly prized by Mr.i
BitHe. The writing is said to be
legible, and is well preserved.
John Elkins was drowned Sat
urday in the Little Missouri river
near Prescott. He and some oth-j
ers were attempting to swim the]
stream, and when in mid-stream
Elkins became strangled and
drowned before assistance could
reach him.
A pocket book containing be
tween $4,000 and $5,000 was found
on a southbound Iron Mountain
train by Conductor Ilekenberg a
few days ago. The money was
turned over to the city ticket
agent at Little Rock to await
identification by its owner.
A white man by the name of
Willetts, whose home was at
Woodberry, in Calhoun county,
was drowned in the Ouachita riv
er near El Dorado. A small boat
in which Willetts was riding cap
sized, throwing him into the wa
ter, and he drowned before aid
could reach him.
KILLED BY THE TRAIN
_
John Purifoy, a brakeman on
the Iron Mountain, was killed
i while switching cars at Arkadel
j phia. Three cars passed over his
body. The whole lower part of
his body was terribly mangled,
j One leg was torn otf at the hip and
carried 50 feet up the track. Yet,
with all this, with the body sever*,
| ed in twain and half of him torn
away, the man lived more than a
quarter of an hour, and was con
scious until the train crew had
time to assemble around him,
shake hands with him and bid him
farewell.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Edward Howard, the 15-year
old son of E. R. Howard of Lon
oke was accidentally shot and kill
ed while out hunting Friday. He!
had been sitting on a log, and
when he rose he pulled his gun
toward him. The hammer struck
the log, and the gun discharged,
the load tearing a hole in the left
side of the boy’s head.
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