Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1905 — “OUR TOM” WAS IN TOWN. [ARTICLE]

“OUR TOM” WAS IN TOWN.

In response to notification sent to the attorneys of T. J. McCoy that warrants were out here for his arrest on the indictments returned by the grand jury last week, Tom and his attorney from Lafayette put in an appearance on the 3:30 train Monday afternoon and went immediately to the court house where the bonds for himself and A. McCoy were fixed up and Tom spent the balance of the afternoon about town, shaking hands with some of his victims and smiling and bowing to others. He returned to Lafayette, we understand, on the milk train the same evening. The bonds are in the sum of S3OO on each indictment, or $3,300 in the eleven cases. Tom’s bondsmen were J. F. Irwin of Rensselaer and E. Haywood of Lafayette, while a certified check for $3,300 —it is understood given by Addison Parkison of this city—was put up for the old man. The bonds are for their appearance at the September term of court, when, no doubt, they will take a change of venue from Jasper county.