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TWO ARE INDICTED ON ATTACK COUNTS
Farmer and Negro Who Battled Officers Face Assault to Murder Trials.
E. F. Ketchens. farmer, who shot Deputy Aubrey Clapp gun battle on Castalia Avenue, and Willie Hill, negro, who bit and clawed Deputy Louis Kahn in battle on Southern Avenue, were indicted on charges of assault to murder by the busy grand The inquisitors returned jury 33 true bills and ignored two cases Ketchens shot Clapp while the lat. ter and Deputy W. Hildebrand were trying warrant on him for assaulting his law. Mrs. J. H. Ketchens, 1050 South Rembert The officers say he started shooting without warning. Ketchens claims that the officers told him who they and that they opened fire without explaining their business. Ketchens once was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing W. H. Causey, traveling on the old Kate Adams, but the case was reversed. Posse Caught Hobo. Hill, hobo, was shot by special agents after he had attacked Deputy Kahn when the latter went out to arrest him for trespassing. The negro's teeth nearly bit through the deputy's little finger in fight for the officer's pistol. Hill got the gun and escaped. but was shot down later by posse of agents. John File and James Avent, youths, indicted for robbery, with Carl Flannagan as prosecutor. Flannagan said they robbed him of $42.25. Murphy was indicted for assault to murder for an alleged knife attack upon Henrietta Garrett, St. Charles. Four indictments charging forgery also were returned. T. Marks was charged with forging $3.95 check on R. T. Clarkson Company, Inc., Oliver Banks with forging $5 on the Nail Drug C. A. Gruder forging $2.25 check on Lewis Sons Company, and Anderson with forging $24 check on the Banks Grocery Company. Indicted on Fraud Charge. W. H. Monsarrat was indicted for fraudulent breach of trust, the dictment charging that he took belonging to the Bob Bruce Tire Company, where he was employed. Henderson Briggs also was indicted on like charge with Rosie Jackson, 400 Pontotoc, prosecutor. She charges he made away with an $80 Willie Lemmons was Indicted for and larceny indict ments read against Newton Scruggs Charlie McKinney, Burrell Colgan Woodrow Noblin, Curley Burros Louise Carter. Albert Conley and George Covington were indicted for drunken driving, and Marcellus Chambliss for beating board bill. Pistol were against Willie Hill, Burrell Colgan, Willie Johnson, John Duncan and Bob Howdy. EXPECT MANY EXHIBITS.
Fifteen Communities Will Have Booths at County Fair. BLYTHEVILLE, Ark., Sept. Fifteen community exhibits and large number of individual entrants are expected in the sixth annual Mississippi Oct. County Fair, Sept. 28 to With more than $1,400 in cash prizes, besides large number and ribbons for championship men, and children from all parts of this large county plan to enter their best chick ens, pigs, hand work, preserves, cakes, vegetables and other products which will demonstrate an active year on the part of those interested in and home making. The Chamber of Commerce sors the annual fair. Last year, despite the drouth, the fair was great success with enough money cleared to wipe out all indebtedness accrued in the past three years. Co-operating with the Chamber of are the county agricultural and home agents. Plans already show that the swine and poultry shows will be even twice as large as those of last year and 15 communities have made reservations for booths this year in comparison with nine last year. of Harrison, who also sought a special grand session to investigate activities of Hudspeth. Attorney Jack Holt, of Harrison, who also sought special grand jury session to investigate activities of Hudspeth. Deposits of $2,000,000. Closing of the banks left two North Arkansas counties without banking facilities. Deposits of the nine institutions were slightly more than $2,000,000. The banks closed were Citizens Bank Trust Company and the Peoples Savings Bank, both of Harrison: First State Bank, Marshall; Citizens Bank, Yellville: American Exchange, Leslie: Bank of Alpena, Alpena Bank Leadhill, Bank of North Arkansas, Everton, and the Bank of Flippin, at Flippin. All closed last following runs which bank officials said were brought connection with the B. Banks group. Director in Lit Roc Bank. Hudspeth director in the American Exchange at Little Rock the closing of which was followed by the suspension closing of 146 other bank ing institutions in Arkansas The nine institutions today reopened during the last few months. Hudspeth's blame for condition his banks, though tried hard to make them go.
Hudspeth's letter said that he had turned $100,000 of property and his home here to be sold for benefit of and that were properly managed, banks will pay every dollar "Words cannot express my feelings, the letter only is my own life stamped out but my folks and quite few of my friends will be affected for years to come. will be in Canada this is in print but Harrison will never be off my mind as well as the other places in which was interHolt said he did not believe Hud speth had gone Canada He wired police of many cities, however, to aid in the search. Because most of the banks in this immediate section were involved, Holt said there much "expression" of resentment against Hud. speth Besides his banking connections, Hudspeth was interested in many business enterprises of this section. H. A. Daugherty, examiner from the state bank department, took charge of the institutions pending arrival of other officials from Little Rock.
