r RUDDELL CASE
BEING ARGUED
Evidence All In and Court’s In
struction Read This
Morning.
The Ruddell trial which has
been on for three days will be
concluded this afternoon and
the case will go to the jury some
time late this afternoon or this
evening.
Three hours to Each Side.
When court reconvened Sat
urday morning, the instructions
of the court, covering all degrees
of murder and manslaughter
were read to the jury, the mem
bers paying close attention to
the words of the court.
Each side was accorded three
hours for argument and Judge
J. W. Phillips opened for the
prosecution, followed by L. L.
Campbell for the defense. G. A.
Hillbouse next presented the
case of the state, Gustave Jones
closing for the defendant and
Prosecuting Attorney Claude M.
Erwrin making the final appeal
for the conviction of the man up
on trial for his life.
A review of the addreses of
each would prove too lengthy in
fhis case. All gave evidence of
close analytical study of the tes
timony and were strong, elo
quent pleas from their respec
tive standDoints.
Testimony Concluded.
The testimony of witnesses
for the defense and of both
state and defense in rebuttal as
given after 3 p. m. Friday, is
published in condensed form
Show Jiuddeli Sober- «
Will Terrell saw John Ruddell
on the, morning of the shooting
and sold^him goods
man jand-thought, he was sober
and had not been drinking.
Wiioy. Winfree saw defendant
>nd%alf mile north of Tucker
man morning of shooting and
thought him sober.
Marvin Reid met Ruddell
of shooting 1 mile
of Tuckerman and didn’t
think defendant was under the
of liquor.
C. C. Layton, recalled, saw
one mile north of Tuck
erman morning of shooting and
defendant sober.
Mark Hardin saw Ruddell on
of shooting and didn’t
he was drinking.
Pewett saw defendant
Gore’s about 10 a. m.,
day of the shooting and did
t observe he had been drink
pendant On The Stand,
defendant John Ruddell.
stand at 3:30 p. m.
he was born in White
y, came to Centerville
years old and has been
ent of that section ever
one year, being now
years old. Defend
had a wife and
two children. *
Witness lived a little over five
miles northeast of Tuckerman.
Tfad one prior difficulty with
! Hub Dunn on August 26th. Had
started across the levee and met
! Dunn who bemeaned him be
| cause he was keeping a fellow
' named Bryan. Dunn told de
fendant he wasn’t any better
fhan Bryan and got in way of
! defendant and said he would get
i defendant if it took a year. De
fendant was cursed by Dunn*
■ who drew a knife and defendant
ran to get out of his way as- he
was afraid of him and weak
from sickness. Had trouble
with Dunn over, peaches sold by
defendant’s wife. Witness told
of threats Dunn had made and
repeated to him by Huskey,
Mitts and Klais.
Witness had been going one
mile out of his way to Tucker
man'and on the morning of the
September 1% went to see Dr.
Slayden but the latter was out.
He got a case of whiskey con
signed to Arch Bryan and gave
R. P. Dixon a drink, also took
one himself. On return home
me; Chris Layton, also rode
with his brother a mile and took
Charley Holt later for a mile.
When defendant met Dunn
150 yards from house, former
.t -i • i ... .1 j__
llirew up ms nanus anu ucmanu
ed that he, defendant, stop;
Dunn said defendant owed four
phone messages, witness replied
“well if he did, he would pay it,
but didn’t have the money then.”
Defendant said Dunn had cursed
him and told him not to put his
hand to his pocket. Had started
on when Dunn again told him to
stop He dli? and saw Psrsr’?
right hand go toward hip pock
et. Then defendant pulled out
his gun and fired without get
ting the gun to his shoulder.
Defendant testified that as
shot, the horse jumped and
threw’ him out of the buggy.
Witness said Mrs. Dunn and the
boy had gotten off the wagon
and were running toward the
house before the shot was fired.
On cross examination defend
ant stated that he took the gun
from the bed of th'e buggy be
fore he reached Gore’s and had
it alongside hi3 legs but hidden
to view. He had done this to
keep the stock from scarring.
Witness admitted that when a
boy, he cut another boy in White
county and also had a fight with
John Howard in Tuckerrrfan,
Witness maintained firmly that
he never did get out of the bug
gy and stood fast to all the de
tails of his story as told upon
direct examination.
The defendant, who is natur
ally nervous and speaks by
gushes, made only a fair wit
ness. His manner of testifying
wras against him and while he
clung tenaciously and consistent
ly to his entire story of the trou
ble and shooting, did not make
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REMEDY HELPS CHILDREN
- *
has learned ofka
sickness in her fani
among the children, by
sample bottle of the
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
of the doctor's to
>le bottle has been re
thousands of women
erica.
Syrup Pepsin is a
laxative and espe
Jhe needs of babies
use it is pleasant to
ill refuse it. Then,
er gripes. *-Jt is all
medy should be,
d laxative for the
use it is effective
not dynamic like
erful cathartics,
Nine times out of ten when a child
complains and you don’t know ex
actly what is the matter with it, it
needs a laxative—its bowels are con
stipated. Syrup Pepsin will correct
the trouble, tone up the child and
soon it will be well again—wonder
ful results have been secured with
Syrup Pepsin over night.
You can buy it of any druggist at
fifty cents or a dollar a bottle, the
latter being the family size, but you
are invited to make a test of it first
at the doctor’s expense. Send him
your address today and he will send
you a free sample bottle direct to
your home. Then when satisfied buy
it of your favorite druggist.
For the free sample address him.
Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 541 Caldwell
building, Monticello, 111.
NEWPORnS^^^
PRACTICALLY NEW
Southern Cotton Oil Mill Has
Prepared to Handle Your
Cotton.
That a farmer prefers a new
ginnery to an old one has long;
been recognized and very natur -'
ally so, for he wants the best!
turnout and staple such as is j.
possible under new and improv
ed machinery, because it means
money in the pocket to him.
The Southern Cotton Oil Mill
of this city has always sought
through good machinery and
good work, correct scales and
courteous treatment to merit
the patronage of the farmers of
this section for their Newport
gin, located at the Lake bridge
and it is gratifying to the man
agement to know that a reputa
tion along this line has been es
tablished.
The company has not been
idle during the summer season
and anticipating a larger crop
than has been realized, set to
work to make practically new
every part of their ginnery ex
cept the outside frame and even
this has been enlarged to make
room for powerful new boilers.
In conversation with an Inde
pendent reporter, Manager H.
G. Bunn said: “Our Hunger
system gin of six stands enters
the season in practically perfect
condition for everything is new
or thoroughly overhauled which
will contribute in any way to
ward our output and the staple
we can secure. We can safely
promise onr customers the best
and quickest possible turnout.
“Nor is this all of it. Cotton
is weighed carefully and cor
rectly at our ginnery, and the
same is operated not for the
purpose of making money gin
ning but to give us an oppor
tunity to buy seed direct and
pay the farmer the highest mar
ket price. We want the confi
dence of our farmer friends and
their cotton seed as well and we
don’t propose to let any expense
in the way of gin improvements
stand in our way. Our ginnery
will be operated day and night
if necessary and our employes
show our customers every con
sistent courtesy.”
Funeral Service.
The funeral of Dr. F. G. Smith
was held at the f^pnily home on
Walnut street this afternoon at
3:30. The service was con
ducted by Rev. Arthur Fox of
Marianna and Rev. L. C. Bauer
of this city.
The 'service was simple and
impressive over the remains of
this saintly man, who after a
long and useful life filled as it
was with joy and sorrow alike,
has answered the last summons.
The pall bearers were chosen
from the men of the Baptist
church and were P. S. White,
Gus Jowers, Will Hurley, J. E.
Williams, G. F. Fox and Dr.
Walter Rossington.
Received Daily
Sweet Potatoes, Pears, Celery,
Grapes, Cocoanuts, Apples, Lem
ons and Bananas,—Snetzer’s
Grocery. 44dtf.
If Newport business men want
another telephone system, they
might make a deal with the
Southwestern and buy the Auto
matic exchange recently pur
chased by that company in this
city.—Jonesboro Sun.
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Only Four Bids Received.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 7.—Up to
the.present time only four bids
have been received for the car
ing of the state’s money balance,
and the identity of these banks
will not be known until October
23 when they are opened. The
banks do not appear to have
taken very kindly to the propo- j
ition, not so much, it appears, I
because of the law itself, but be-1
cause of the fact that the state |
has only a negligible amount of;
money to be put into a deposito
ry.
amount of money to b.Rfwypdj
On October 1 there was a total i
of $458,207.77 cash in the treas
ury, of which only $89,555.65
was in the general revenue, an
amount that will probably be all
gone by Dec. 1. There is $156,
497.56 in the pension fund,
which is being rapidly paid out,
and when this is all done, there
will be very little, that could be
sent to a depository, probably
not enough to make it worth the
while of a bank to consider it.
Home Mission Program.
The Woman’s Home Mission
Society of the Methodist church
will meet on Monday afternoon
at 4 o’clock with Mrs. Claude
Erwin on Walnut street. The
following program will be given:
Instrumental Solo—Mrs. E,
R. Currie.
“The Bible in the Mission So
ciety”—Mrs. B. L. Harris.
Scripture Lesson and Com
ment—Mrs. W. E. Bevens.
Prayer.
Reading—“The Bible” —Mrs.
H. G. Drummond
Song—“My Corner’s Bible”
—Mrs. Kelly.
Rea-'l.ig — “Mrs. Pickett’s
Missionary Box”—Miss Dove
Erwin.
Song—Mrs. S. R. Phillips.
Appointments and general
business of the society.
Another Banker Gone.
There is hardly a day but what
the daily readers of the news
papers do not hear of some de
functed bank going to the wall
from bad speculations or the em
bezzlement of the depositors’
money. In “A Millionaire
Tramp,”a four-act comedy dra
ma, which is to appear at the
opera house on Monday, October
9, we will have the story vivid
ly told of an unscrupulous bank
president who has been a reject
ed suitor for the hand of his
cashier’s bride, plots and plans
to ruin and blast the good name
of the cashier by placing the
crime of embezzlement upon
him and is aided by a willing
tool who has been a clerk in the
bank.
Notice.
Commencing October the
first, I will start closing out mj
entire grocery stock. I wil
have no bookkeeper employed;
run no delivery wagon and wil
not be in a position to take care
of any credit business whatever,
This will be an opportunity tc
stock up on groceries as the en
tire stock must be sold if possi
ble, in thirty days at actual cost,
j We wish to thank those who
i have been our customers and
friends so long for their kind
consideration, and assure you
one and all, that we feel grateful
to you. *
56btf. H. P. Martin.
Stove and heating wood, any
length, not mill wood, for sale.
Prompt delivery. Phone 187.
54dtf.
OFFICIALS PROBE
KILLING Of CONVICT
Fred Rollins Reported to Have
Been Shot Down And Al
lowed to Die.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 7.—Auditor
John R. Jobe, Secretary of State
Earl Hodges and Commissioner
Clay Sloan went to Ward and
Austin this morning to investi
gate reports concerning the re
cent killing of a young white
convict who was serving a term
for larceny under the name of
Fred Rollins. He attempted to i
escape and was shot and illed byr
a guard. He was brought to the
penitentiary hospital in Little
Rock, and lingered until the se
cond morning before he died.
The matter was brought to
the attention of Gov. Donaghey
by Prosecuting Attorney George
W. Clark of the I7th Circuit
who wrote:
I “In view of the fact that the
responsibility of the manage
: ment of the penitentiary is plac-1
ed upon the members of the!
board, of which you are a mem- ]
ber, I think it best that the
board make this investigation,
but should the board fail I feel
it my duty to look into this mat
ter and if, evidence warrants
will ask the grand jury to indict
the guilty parties.”
The mlatter was first brought
up in a letter from Dr. J. T.
Scott of Ward, who said that the
warden, D. Horton, had acted in
a most inhuman manner toward
th'e wounded prisoner. Supt.
Filcock *a(d the warden na<J re
ported the matter to him, and he
doubted the charges of cruelty.
A statement in the Lonoke Dem
ocrat says:
“He was shot between the
knee and the hip with buckshot. ,
We suppose the guard had the
legal right to shoot the young
man. We have nothing to say in
regard to the shooting. He was
brought to Ward, put on the
hard gravel ground near the
crossing without anything to
protct him from the hot sun. In
that position he lay helpless, his
life blood slowly ebbing away.
Lying almost in front of the '***
postoffice, ladies were compelled
to view Him weltering in his* Own
blood.
He asked if someone would
ot give him something to re
lieve his suffering, and Dr. J.
T. Scott asked to be allowed to
give him something to alleviate >
his pain, but the cold-hearted *||
warden said: ‘No don’t toadfeLali
him.’ The young man lay in thus||
condition for more than an C
hour. About time for the Lit- %
tie Rock train, the warden made
him get up, although .he
not walk, cursed him, and then •<
dragged him to the baggage car ]
where there they were placing I
him on the floor, when the bag- J
gage master considerately pro
vided a cot for him. We believe
the treatment this man received
hastened his death.”
The story in “A Millionaire .
Tramp” at the opera house Mon*—*
day evening is founded on ac- 7 J
tual occurrences and presents 3
characters in every day life farw
some of the big cities and is only 1
brought to light by the watchful
eye of the government sleuth*,,
and wrongs righted and the guth.
ty finally getting their just re-^
wards.
||| ^/"E take pleasure in announcing our
i|; complete readiness for Fall business.
|j| We welcome you to see our unusual display I
jf of new Fall styles for men.
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