Independent.
1913. M’.’MHER 7<i.
SHAL CAR0DTHCR5
KILLS ALBRIGHT
jj f Bottling " ork'
S? <** !«* .
Lt^Pleads solf
Dtfense.
\l Albright, a P<»nter
‘ a in Chastain's Additon
l0 about six years ago sho
McDonald, from which
*was many weeks in
/was shot at least
pout 8:15 O'clock
>jght at the Diamond C.
Vorks'by Marshal W.
Others and died in about
v^y was removed at
• the Drummond under
rooms,. Where it was
next morning by the in
n-empanelled by Coro
lyille and Dr. G. K. Ste
who made a post mortem
ation of the wounds,
inquest hearing was then
8t the court house, where
iderable crowd was gath
i hear the testimony.
Carouthers and Albright
ne trouble during the af
i and threats were made
jminated in the shooting
jght. The officer claims
was in self-defense- and
lc:rcr\ himself to the
f of the constable, pend
s result of the inquest.
) retained S. M. Stuckey
nsel before the hearing
osecuting Attorney C. M.
is looking after the
interests.
■30 Saturday afternoon,
y returned a verdict that
it “came to his death by
t wounds at the hands of
Carouthers” and made no
lendation as to bail. As
t, the defendant was com
to jail pending an appli
for bail.
dead man was about 45
if age and is survived by
e, formerly a Miss Wy
vho has the sympathy of
teople in the loss of her
d. Little is known here
right’s relatives, but his
is one brother Leslie, and
ters, Mrs. Jessie Daugh
id Mrs. L, G. DuVau! of
lock
deceased was a member
ving* Pictures
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WTOGRAPH AND THE
blotter.
flections of a 'blotter in a
pri s hand mirror proves
^ of her father’s clerk
Ers ^er innocent lover.
Drama—EDISON.)
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“U grown but still tied tc
liter’s apron strings
“Eg Harry Morey, Kate
^ John Bunny.
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Mountain witch
"Blackwell and Fran
““EEg&on playing the leac
client Western story.
I (KALEM.)
“Esic by the orchestra.
SS10N 5 and 10 Cents.
1 of Forrest Camp No. 5 W. O. W.
1 of Little Rock and arrangements
‘,have been made for the funeral
services from the home at 4 p.
m. Sunday, conducted by Rev. J.
i F. McKenzie, burial following at
; Walnut Grove cemetery.
I The inquest jury was com
posed of M. L. Harper, W. H.
Mann, R. T. Simmons, John
iSornson, Oliver Carter, Henry
! Young. Jake Phillips, T. B.
! Mooney, Cromwell West, George
j Brown, Will Davis, Dee Wash
lam, Frank Howard, Rufus Us
sery, John Sutherland, George
Ruby.
Rev. J. F. McKenzie was the
first witness heard. After re
j turning from a fishing trip, he
jhad eaten supper when called to
the Albright home in Chastain’s
Addition. Upon his arrival
there about 8 p. m., he was toid
that Albright had been drink
ing, but was not drunk and the
wife feared that her husband
might have trouble with Ca
routhers, because he had told
her Carouthers had threatened
his life. The wife was anxious
to get Albright home and while
Mr. McKenzie was there, a mes-1
sage came of the killing.
DAVIS’ STORY OF TRAGEDY
S. A, Davis, who manages the
Collier store, run in connection
with the bottling works and who
i married Mrs. wynrew, motner
; of Mrs. Albright, was the state’s !
most important witness and told ]
of the commencement of the j
shooting. About 7:45 o’clock j
Friday night, Albright, accord
ing to the witness, came to the j
; store upon his way home from1
town and they talked out in;
front a short while. Albright j
had been drinking, but was not!
“out of the wayhe told wit- j
ness of having trouble with Ca
routhers, that latter had struck
him over the head, said he had
been to Mayor Paul and told him
if he (Paul) didn’t chastise Ca
routhers, he (Albright) would.
After a few minutes’ conver
sation, both witness and Al
bright entered the store room,
which is about 18x24 feet in
size and on the south side of
the building, Albright was buy
ing a piece of tobacco and when
witness turned, he saw Albright
make a quick move as if to run
* and Carouthers, about five feet
I away, fire the first shot, not a
word being said by either. Ca
i rout Hers fired again before Al
hvi<rh* reached the door and a
j third time after Albright had
j run into bottling department,
J witness heard Albright say
j “Don’t shoot me” and witness
was not sure whether one or two
| more shots took place.
I IN THEORY OF SELF-DE
FENSE.
Night Officer Marvin Atkin
son. when coming upon duty
about 6:30 o’clock, heard of
trouble that afternoon and while
in front of Wolff-Goldman s
heard Albright cursing the “
_.police force.” While
in front of Anderson’s pool hall
talking to Clyde Wood, witness
heard Sheriff McCuistion tell
Carouthers that Albright had
jgone up Front street toward
‘Bailey’s Saloon. Then Carouth
lers asked witness to walk down
'to Pickett street with him and
while eti route, not twenty feet
from the Diamond C Bottling
: Works, Albright who was in a
wagon with two boys, jumped
out of the wagon and ran into
| the bottling plant, Albright had
! his right hand run into his right
'side pocket. Carouthers was
j walking upon the outside of the
walk and as they approached the
store, stepped in front of wit
ness, who could see Albright
about 5 or 6 feet back in the
store, his hand in his pocket and
standing a> if he intended to
shoot it out. Carouthers opened
fire without a word and shot
three times from the store room
at Albright and once more after
both were in the bottling de
partment. Witness heard Al
bright yell, but could . not tell
what he said.
Dr. G. K. Stephens, who had
examined the body of Albright,
found three wounds. One about
an inch above and a little to the
inside of the right nipple rang-1
ing backward and slightly down.
Another on the same side, a lit
tle behind the mid-axillarv line
and making its exit four inches
from point of entrace. This
wound was superficial. Another
entered the point of the left
shoulder, passed through the
shoulder blade and out.
Henry Davidson, employed at
the bottling works, was sitting
at the desk in the large room
when the shooting began. Wit
ness saw Albright run into the
room with Carouthers and At
kinson behind him and heard
Albright say “Oh. Oh Bill,
don’t shoot me any more.’* Ca
routhers shot again and Al- j
bright fell and the former left.
Witness did not hear Atkinson
say anything to Carouthers.
When the last shot was fired,
Albright was standing behind
some casing and I think Al
bright had his hand on the cas
ing and there was nothing in his
hands. He was facing Carouth
ers and about 30 or 40 feet
away.
Ed Kelly was at the bottling
plant when the shooting occur
red, but ran out of the building
and did not see anything. David
House, the fifteen year old boy,
who was recently assaulted by
Herbert Spalding, saw Albright j
talking to Mr. Davis and went in
to get a bottle of soda. Witness j
saw Albright run in followed by j
Carouthers and corroborated j
the story of Davidson as to for-!
mer shooting again, except that j
he stated the last shot was fired j
when Carouthers was about 10
steps from Albright. Atkinson
did not do anything except to
stand near Carouthers.
Sheriff McCuistion was piec
ed upon the stand and told of a
conversation with Atkinson that
night in front of the Planters
Hotel, stated that Atkinson had |
told him that threats had been |
made by Albright and it was re- j
ported that he had gotten a gun
and box of shells at the old Ro
gers Hardware store. This the
sheriff had asked a traveling
man to investigate and found
that no gun had been sold.
Witness had volunteered to as
sist Atkinson if he was needed
to arrest Albright and had told
Atkinson that Albright had gone
up toward Wolff-Goldman’s.
Later, the sheriff met Ca
I routhers and Atkinson and was
' told by former that he had shot
i Albright and was in the custody
i of Atkinson. The sheriff had
then gone at once to the bottling j
plant, found the doors closed;
land no lights on, entered the
place and heard Albright’s
groans from the rear. He found
the wounded man leaning ovei
some cases, searched his person,
but found him unarmed. Al
bright was carried to the front
of the store and died in about
half an hour according to other
testimony.
......
TIDE TURNING
10WARD STATE
Settlements U Collectors July l
Will Put State On A Cash
Basis Again,
Spec:;.: :o mmet'^ndent.
L:tT,e rioeJune 28.—Begin
ning wAn next Monday7, there
will be a perfect tide of money
flowing into the state treasury.
On 'he nrst of July the collectors
of afi countie- of the state must
file their reports with the treas
urer. and make a settlement for
all funds collected, to which the
state is entitled.
The collectors, have so farmade
an advance of about $200,000,
have taken up state warrants i
for a considerable amount of
the $200,000 in outstanding war
rants, but in spite of it all, they
must pay to Treasurer J. W.
Crockett over $2,500,000, which
makes the yearly state taxes in
the neighborhood of $3,000,000.
an increase of over $100,000
from the 1912 taxes.
Few people are now able to
cash warrants isued on the Ar
kansas treasury, but there will
be no discounting or waiting on
warrants after next Tuesday.
Corley's Race For A Pearl.
Wm. Corley, the genial pearl
buyer of Newport, was a guest
of hotel Rhea Friday. He is al
ways in the market for good
pearls and shells, in fact since
the button factories shut down
he is the only buyer in the mark
et for shells.
He is storing them at Black
Rock. He pays $18 per ton for
them on the river, and they cost
him when unloaded at Black
Rock, $21 per ton. He is the
only buyer having the nerve to
put his money in shells at this
time. "When it comes to pearls,
he rarely lets a good one get
by him.
Friday he bought a $300 pearl
found near the mouth of Cur
rent river, on the same day he
bought two pearls from W. W.
Waldridge found on Julia Dean
bar, for $125 each. When a
valuable pearl is found, there is
lots of strenuositv displayed by
the pearl buyers in getting to
the pearl.
Last Thursday a large and
valuable pearl was iounc: on .Ju
lia Dean bar and at nine o'clock
that night Mr. Corley was tel
ephoned of the find at his home
in Newport. He caught the first
train north, came to Walnut
Ridge, then drove out to Rich
woods and by midnight he had
the pearl bought and was ready
to return to this city.
When questioned as to his a
bility to buy pearls by lamp
light with any degree of accu
racy, he said:
“Daylight, of course, is best
to determine the proper lustre
of a pearl, at the same time I am
so familiar with the business
that I can take a pearl and hold
a lighted match back of it and
see with a degree of accuracy
just what it is”.—Walnut Ridge
Blade.
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roaches, mites, lice and their
eggs; that it kills and keeps
away mosquitoes—that it is nice
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Tell them it is sold in Newport
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“Lest We Forget” “Stonewall”
Jackson.
Fifty-two years ago at Manas
sas he was as always, brilliant
and fearless in defense of the
hearthstones and liberties of
our Southland and under this
biting test of real fire no man
then or thereafter found aught
but the clear sheen of pure me
tal. It was on this field that a
knightly comrade, about to die.
called him “Stonewall.”
This new name represented to
Jackson’s comrades, those stur
dy gentlemen who made up the
rank and file of the Confederate
Army, the synonym of strength
and steadiness, and was pecu
liarly suitable to his character,
and until his death on the field of
battle, his life stands as a clear
proof, that these gallant south
ern soldiers, themselves and
their motives unsullied, knew by
instinct the real man from the
counterfeit.
Neither cenotaph nor words
of homage can ever portray the
fiery genius and impetus valor
or the intuitive and lightning
like stroke of his attack, and ev
en the name “Stonewall” but
faintly conveys an idea of Jack
son’s impenetrable and immov
able defense against odds un- j
heard of in other wars.
His marvelous campaigns are
now used by students of strate
gy everywhere, but his fame as
a soldier was exceeded by the
love and almost idolatrous confi
dence in the man, which was
displayed by his war-worn com
rades, and it can be .-aid truly o
himself and his cause, “that
none died with rr.oVe honor or
! more glory, though many died
i
d\
and there was much of both
honor and glory.”
In all these years, here in the
former capitol of the Confedera
cy, no equesbtrian statue to
Stonewall Jackson has been rais
ed but we will without fail build
one now. There should and will
be no repeated appeals for mon
ey, no equestrian statue to
ern man, woman or child is en
titled to the privilege of making
a contribution and having his
or her name and address depos
ited in the corner stone as that
of one of its builders.
If you feel that this tribute is
due from the Southern people to
the memory of Stonewall Jack
son, your checks, drafts or other
communications will be appre
ciated and acknowledged if ad
dressed to E. I). Hotchkiss,
Treasurer, First National Bank
Building, Richmond, Va. The
Association will appreciate it
most highly if the weekly and
monthly press v/ill display this
article.
Rev. J. Power Smith,
President Stonewall Jack
son Monument As’n,
Richmond, Va.
Oscar Ivey, a young man, in
mate of Independence county
jail took hold of a live wire in
the jail corridor this morning,
and received a severe shock. His
condition is not serious. It was
at first thought he had been
killed by the shock, and a large
crowd gathered around the jail.
—Batesville Guard.
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