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Show jMBHIOT ! TRIALS AT END Seven Negro 'Paul Reveres' Are Sentenced to Serve Year Each. HELENA, Ark., Nov. J. Kiplainiag lhat ensr agalant only 9'.' urgrnrs tinl been d":sp(i-d of. when 1 J 2 a ere in dleteil by tiie graud jury. Prosecutor Miller said the remainder were not in custojv. The csfi nf . P. Casey snd O. 8. Bratton, charoil with barretry in mn acetion with the Elaine disturbances, probiflv uiil I -.:.t;;,.uc- initii in-it term of four:, Mr. Miller said. Mc cx plained the rharse as "eajuftag eitt irns to eneatfe tn usf'." rrntrntian.' The seven negro Paul Reveres ' who n Oefober 1 spread ever the roun iryiid news of tho Y ... and lioop Spur disturbance and instrurred plan ration nesrors to gather armed at the bouen of Tsrious leaders, wore tea tenrvd tndgv tn a vear each in tK? state penit nttar- They had pleaded gutlty to ehargfa of niKhtriding. Ki-maininc eaaa against nrgroee ehariftxl with par ticipatin in the outbreak vera' dlt-Pc4h1 dlt-Pc4h1 nf today. Vrfaia lae cnae of Ham Tils"n wf called the Mate permitted him to enter a plea of fiuilty of second degree mur der and his srntene wae filed at twrn ty fiD' years. Four rag rocs charged with nightriding and twa charged with aeault with intent to commit murder pleaded guilty and wore sealeneed to a I year ea. h. I Th state dismissed rases nga.nst r'rn negroes, released three who bad not been indieted and hM twelve for ftlTtaer investigation bv th" grand tury when It meets o ember K. As a result of the trials growing nut Of taa Klnine nutb'ak. wbieh occupied occu-pied the circuit court five days, eleven negroes were manetcd of first degroa murder and fifty four ware eenhtnrea lo terms of from astg tn twenty one vears in tbg stnle prison. I nc nrro was ucnuilfed. At the sheriff's office it nss sn it) tndav nil negroes undr r' n-tene n-tene If (raid le taken to the slate prison pris-on at Little Boel nrt wrrs. |