Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1894 — ZIMRI'S "PARDNER." [ARTICLE]

ZIMRI'S "PARDNER."

Banker Faris Found Gnlty at Frankfort. ’ The case of John W; Paris, the Greentown banker, who attained notoriety by failing last year, in connection with Zimri Dwiggins, taken from Howard county to Frankfort on a-change of venue, was given tothe jury, Thu rsd ay. As ter deliberating one hour the jury returned the following verdict: “We. the jury, find the defendant guilty of false pretenses and affix the penalty at six years in the State’s prison and a fine of $1,000.” Mr. Paris received the sentence with a slight smile and not for a second did the remarkable coolness which has marked his course during the trial desert him. His wife, who has been constantly by his side during the en tire trial, bore up bravely, but it was plain to be seen that her heart was breaking. After the jury had been polled Attorney Bayless filed a motion for a new trial, which will be argued next Monday, pending which the defendant was released on his old bond, which is 53,000. The conviction on false pretenses was a great surprise to Mr. Paris and his attorneys, as well as to everybody else., A party of Howard county farmers who had come down to attend the trial, heard the verdict while eating their dinner on the lawn of the court house. They were so hilarious over it that they adjourned en masse to the nearest soda fountain and drank to the health of the jury. The news of the verdict was received with great satisfaction at Kokomo. It is believed that ex-Governor Chase, now under indictment in Howard county, will also be convicted when tried on the same count of “false pretenses.” Gov. Chase was a director in the Greentown bank and it was largely through his- influence that farmers deposited their money in the rotten institution.