SUICIDE OR MURDER.
Mysterious and Horrible Death of
Stranger Whose Body Was Torn
to Pieces by fast Passenger
Train in Newport Yard.
As north bound passenger
train No. 4 on the Iron Mountain
entered the Newport yards about
11:30 o’clock Tuesday morning
£he body of an unknown man
was struck by the cow-catcher
and ground to pieces beneath
the wheels, after being carried
se e distance.
Neither the fireman nor en
gineer saw the body or the man
alive, and whether he committed
suicide or had been murdered and
his body thrown upon the track
may never be known. It is very
strange that neither of the men
in the cab on the lookout while
entering the local yards, should
see a man upon the track.'
The head of the dead man was
not badly scarred, but about the
left side of his neck was a deep
incision as though the cut of a
knife and unlike any of the other
wounds. How any part of an
engine could have made such a
slash is not easily solved and
these points led to a strong sus
picion that the stranger had
suffered iou! play.
A. bible was found in his
pocket, his hat bore a Golden
City, Missouri, firm’s name, and
the man is said to have come
from Kansas City. He was
ubout 38 years of age, weighing
probably 175 pounds, was five
feet ten inches in height. He
wore a white hat, handkerchief
about his neck, a brown coat
and blue overalls.
Five hoboes, who claim to have
been working up the White River
railroad say that the man came
to where they had a fire near
E. H. Yeager’s place, claiming
that he intended to walk to the
next town, and asked how far it
was. He was told “eight miles’’
and they suggested he go back
and catch a freight.
He seemed morose, and two of
this party started on to town,
and when they heard No. 4 com
ing stepped off the track, and
happening to look around saw
the man’s body being ground
beneath the wheels.
One of the men notified the
laundry and a message was tele
phoned in. The five strangers
were held as witnesses pending
an inquest hearing, which it was
expected would be held upon the
arrival of CoronerHarrison from
Tuckerman at 3:10 p.m.
Latei—Upon closer examina
tion of the slash in the dead
man’s neck, Undertaker Drum
mond found bits of thread, used
to sew up the wound, and now
it seems certain that the man
was murdered, probably for
what money he had upon his
person.
The inquest jury found upon
the person of the dead man a
sale slip to S. T. Burgess of
Golden City, Mo., and the au
thorities there have been wired
to see if this be his name and
home. -
The men held as witnesses are
in jail.
NEW 0EHClALS|SW0RN.
Committee Assignments of New Council
Announced, and Day and Night
Police Appointed.
vlonday evening the reins of
city government were taken
up by the officials elected April
3rd and the mayor and his sub
ordirate officers sworn in, at a
regular meeting of the council.
The old board in a short session
, I
heard reports from the mayor,
marshal and recorder, whicn
were referred to the auditing
committee and approved their
! previous minutes and allowed
past accounts.
The rules were set aside and
Odinance No. 141 was adopted,
which amends No. 140 and pro
vides that the marshal’s salary
: shall be $1.00 per month and the •
! regular fees allowed him, but
that if he shall serve as police
man, he shall be allowed for
those services as provided in
Ordinance No. 140.
NEW COUNCIL CONVENES.
Upon the adjournment of the
I old and the swearing in of the
! new council, Mayor W. R.
! Thompson announced the ap-j
1 pointment of the following com
mittees:
fctreet and Alley —I. Goldman,
W. A. Billingsley. Finance—
W. A. Billingsley, S. R. Phillips.
Auditing—S. R. Phillips, W. A.
Billingsley. Fire—0. D. Wat
son, S. R. Phillips. Ordinance—
W. A. Billingsley, I. Goldman.
Printing—0. D. Watson, S. R.
Phillips.
I For city attorney, there was a|
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L'e vuttf, /iiueniieii vvatauii anu;
Phillips voting for Jos. M. Bell
and Alderman Billingsley and
Goldman for S. M. Stuckey,
Mayor Thompson casting the
deciding vote in favor of Mr.
Bell.
The council elected the follow
ing to positions on the police
force: W. H. Carouthers, W. C.'
McDougal, W. W. Campbell and
H. C. Huffman. The force are
under the supervision of the
mayor and it is understood Mar
shal Carouthers is to be a day
, man, H. C. Huffman night man
and W. C. McDougal and Walter!
Campbell night and day men
alternating every month.
JACKSONPORT BLAZE.
Fire Destroyed Stock of J. J. Massey
Early Tuesday Morning Result
ing in Total Loss.
Between 2 and 3 o’clock Tues
day morning, the night watch
man at Gibson’s mill in Jackson
port, discovered the store of J. J.
Massey to be a mass of flames.
The alarm was given and the
whole town turned out as a
bucket brigade, but too late to j
sa :e any of the stock.
Fire broke out in a dozen
places over town and vigilance >
olm-m cciv’o/1 mu n v nthpr hllilHincrfi
ignited by flying sparks. The
Fred Mason building adjoining;
Massey’s containing about 350'
bushels of corn and also hay,
was lost together with consents,
said to have been insured.
Mr. Massey had a $1,000 stock,
$600 insurance on same, store
and fixtures valued at $600 with
$400 insurance.
The origin of the fire is a i
mystery.
Davis Delegates from Lawrence.
| Walnut Ridge, April 9.—The
; county central committee met at
Powhatan Saturday for the pur
pose of selecting delegates for
the State convention, which,
meets at Hot Springs. Hon.
Clay Sloan presided, and was
elected to serve as chairman for
the next two years. W. H.!
Childers, James Surridge and
Hon. W. P. Smith were the dele
gates from Campbell township
to the central committee. The
following delegates were elected
to attend the State convention:
John Owens, of Alicia; James
Surridge and W. H. Childers,
Walnut Ridge: L. B. Poindexter,
Powhatan, Joe Judkins, Black
Rock, and King Milligan, Smith
ville. Hon. Clay Slor.n was em
powered to select delegates to
the congressional convention.
ARKANSAW TRAVELERS.
Official Program Adopted for little
Rotk Slale Meeting June 7. S, 9.
Little Rock. April 9. —The
programme for the meeting of
the Arkansas Travelers, to be
held in Little Rock June 7, S and
9, has been adopted. On June
7 a dress parade will be given,
in which the Travelers will ap
pear in full-dress uniform. The
police and fire departments, de
tachments of the United States
troops and state guards and citi
zens in automobiles will take
part in this parade. A loving
cup will be given to the person
having the most beautifully dec
orated automobile. Col. A. S.
Fowler will be grand marshal
for this parade. His aides will
be Col. A. C. Sharpe, \V. S.
Holt, R. C. Bright, Oscar Davis.
John F. Boyle, Jr., Fred L.
Gossell and S. B. Redding. The
parade will disband in front of
the Majestic Theater, where the
address of welcome and response
will be delivered. Mayor Lenon
will welcome the Travelers and
President George L. Turner will
respond. At 9 o clock a ban
quet will be given at Old Con
cordia Hall for the Travelers. .
Wiley Creel of St. Louis will
be grand marshal of this parade.
His aides will be Julian Blass,
George R. Mann, Joe Asher. J.
B. Sandifur, Paul M. Palez, W.
S. Rawlings and Fred Kroh. At
2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon
athletic contests will be given at
West End Park. The business
session of the Travelers will
be held Saturday morning
at 9 o’clock. The Travelers will
remain in the city during Sunday
morning however, when they
will go in a body to Trinity Cath
edral to hear a sermon by Dean
Percy J. Robottom.
MRS. J. M. KELLER DEAD.
Well Known Southern Woman Identi
fied In the Confederacy Work
Dies at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, April 9—Mrs.
Sallie Phillips Keller, wife of Dr.
J. M. Kellar, one of the most
prominent citizens of this place,
died Saturday morning at 4
o’clock after an illness of several
months.
Mrs. Keller was one of the best
known women of the South and
was prominently connected with
tne worK ox me umxeu xjaugn
ters of the Confederacy.
At the time of her death she
was honorary president of the
National division, an officer in
in the state division and presi
dent of the local organization
here.
During civil war when Dr.
Keller had charge of the Trans
Miss. Medical Department, Mrs.
Keller was not less active
in prominent work and estab
lished a hospital in Memphis
among other acts of service.
So prominently was she iden
tified with the confederal e
cause that when Memphis
was taken she was made a spec
ial prisoner of war with her two
little boys and was exiled to a
swamp down the Mississippi
river.
Her body will be sent to Little
Rock for interment.
Little Rock, April 9—The body
of Mrs. J. M. Keller will arive
in this city at four o’clock over
the Choctaw, accompanied by a
large party, among them being
a number of Little Rock friends,
The body will be me: with a
mounted escort form Omar R.
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