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CONDUCTOR BALlf™
SHOT TRAIN.
Iron Mountain Condu<j||F Fatally
Shot By Section |j|||®man
Allison In Disy“*
Over Fare.
Little Rock, Sept. 19.^*jVrren
Baldwin, one of the Q^»j^Pas_
senger conductors on ^B^rorj
Mountain Railroad was ana
killed by 0. J. Allison, ■Stlon
foreman, on his train ji^B s ^
was pulling into McGeh^^ ,out
2:30 o’clock yesterday ,in^'
The shooting was the respF^ a
dispute over the paymenfy a
cent fare from Dermott It ^c^e"
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Baldwin died about ter. ™n'
utes after he was shot, k^hout
regaining consciousness, afy
remains were brought fi ™1S
city yesterday morning an y
o’clock.
Allison, the man who ck
shooting, gave himself upf/y^
authorities at McGehee rna a
coroner’s jury held him 1°
grand jury without bond! Ee
was taken to Arkansas City! .e
county seat of Desha count! ’
which McGehee is situated! a1?.
placed in the county jail. I™*}"
son maintained that he shot My d'
win in self defense, but olyer
witnesses testified at the inqt^
that he shot Baldwin down
out provocation.
CHARGED WITH MURDER!
IN FIRST DEGRME’
Slayer of Doctor »n"
Im ditvcU v ;I ^rand Jury 1
1 At Mena. 1
I Mena, Sept. 17.—Harry Dak
els, who last month shot and
rilled Dr. W. P. Magness, a well
mown physician of this citw,
was to-day indicted by the grant!
jury for murder in the first del
gree. The case came up for
♦rial this morning. Pole Mel
Phetridge, counsel for Daniels!
asked for a change of venue!
Judge Steele granted the requed!
and placed the case in the Sevid 1
county circuit court at Locket* n
burg. It will come up at th |j
January term. *
IJ. D. Forrest, charged with
obtaining money under false pre
tenses, was sentenced to five j
years in the penitentiary. This
was a change of venue case from
Howard county.
$3,000 FIRE AT BRINKLEY.
Brinkley, Sept. 18.—About 3
o’clock yesterday morning fire
was discovered in several old
frame storerooms at the corner
of Main and Cypress streets.
They were occupied as barber
shops, restaurants and shoe
shops, and a store. The tot|J
loss1 estimated, including build
ings, is between $2,500 and $3,
600' ______
DAVIS TO FILL
TWO VACANCIES.
Governor Davis now has two
heriffs to appoint, vacancies
aving been created within the
at few days in Independence
l i Cleveland counties. The
i rder of Sheriff Morgan at
I esville several days ago left a
I jicy in Independence coun
I vhile the second vacancy, in
I land county, was created
I \e death of Sheriff S. S.
I at Kingsland Friday.
I »ER CASES
X L WERE APPEALED.
X *st City, Ark., Sept. 18.—
■ court adjourned this
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morning, after a session of elev
en days. Nineteen criminal
cases were disposed of, the most
important of which are: Sam
McFall, for killing T. J. Withers
on Dec. 31 last, penalty two
years in thg penitentiary; Gor
don Casteel, for killing Hall San
ders on Christmas night, pen
alty 18 years in penitentiary;
John Young, colored, grand lar
ceny, penitentiary one year;
John Garrett, colored, grand lar
ceny, one year in penicentiary;
Charley Allen, colored, assault to
kill, fined $50 and ten minutes in
jail; John Only, colored, assault
to kill, one year in penitentiary.
In the McFall and Casteel
murder cases, each was granted
an appeal to the supreme court,
bonds being given in the sum of
$1,000 and $3,000 respectively.
SELLS & FOREPAUGH
SHOWS TO SELL.
One of the Big Circuses Will be
Sold Under the Hammer at
Close of Season.
New ; York, Sept. 17.—Sells
Bros. ’ circus, next to Barnum &
Bailey’s the largest show in the
world, will be sold at the close of
the season, which ends on No
vember 19. It will be the first
time on record that a circus of
this size and importance has
passed under the hammer.
The Sells Bros, circus, which
now includes the Adam Fore
paugh circus, was organized in
1871, while the Forepaugh circus
began as a little wagon show in
1859. The two were consolidated
in 1894, and James A. Bailey and
W. W. Cole, owners of the Bar
num & Bailey circus are equally
interested, with Peter and Lewis
Sells.
Peter Sells of Columbus, Ohio,
one of the owners of Sells Bros,
circus, is m poor,health. Having
suffered a paralytic stroke two
weeks ago, and, being advanced
in years, he has decided to part
with all the circus property he
controls with his brother.
W. W. Cole said yesterday:
“At a conference held last week
between the Sells brothers, Mr.
I Bailey and myself, it was mutual
ly agreed to sell the Sells Bros,
circus at auction. Mr. Bailey
and myself have no desire to ac
quire more circus property, and
trobably the show will go to an
utsider.’’
Ir CARE
OF RUN-A-WAY.
e boy from Texas came
ig into our town last
says the McCrory News,
little# run-a-way from
miles west of Texar
d claims to have left
account of ill treatment
ither. The little fellow
10 years old and was
yed. Some of our kind
citizens purchased an
: clothing for the little
d Mr. Cariker is taking
i of the child awaiting a
m his parents.
NG FLOURISHING
ON BLACK RIVER.
rl buyer from Black
i in Walnut Ridge yes
He had in his posses
; 200 pearls of different
prices, one especially
unusual size and great
weighing 27 grains and
1 to be worth $2,700. It
flawless. The gentle
irts that pearl fishing is
ig on Black river and
eat many fine pearls are
;en out.—Walnut Ridge
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ALL EFFORTS FAIL
TO LYNCH-CROSBY.
Murderer of Sheriff Morgan Re
mains in Jail at Batesville—
Mob Made Repeated
Efforts.
Batesville, Sept. 17. — Rob
ert Crosby, the young man who
shot and killed Sheriff Jeff D.
Morgan Thursday evening, has
not fallen into the hands of a mob.
Everything is quiet now, and
there is small likelihood of mob
violence.
Circuit Judge F. D. Fulkerson
announces that he will call a
special session of the grand jury
this week for the purpose of in
dicting Crosby, so that he may
be given a speedy trial. The
effect of this action will be to re
press the excitement and feeling
which have at times almost found
expression in vengeance at the
hands of a mob. A crowd visit
ed the jail between 12 and 1 Fri
day night, but found that they
could not get into the cell where
Crosby was confined. They were
dissuaded from their purpose by
Drury Adams, W. A. Fike, J. A.
Hinkle, J. A. Hardy and other
good citizens.
The fact that public excite
ment has subsided to some ex
tent is due in a large measure to
a request from the widow of
Sheriff Morgan to the citizens of
Independence county that they
use no violence toward the mur
derer of her husband, but that
the law be allowed to take its
course. Mrs. Morgan bases her I
request upon the assurance that
a speedy trial will be given the
culprit.
Crosby, the murderer, who has
escaped the mob by the closest
margin since the tragedy of
Thursday evening, is only 22 years
of age, and was born and reared
in this county. When he was 18
years old he robbed a store in Iz
ard county. He was subsequent
ly arrested and lodged in the Ful
ton county jail at Salem. After
being held a prisoner a short
time Crosby knocked the jailer
down and got away. He went to
Iowa and stayed several years at
Des Moines. Early this week he
came to Arkansas and was on
his way to see his mother in this
county when Sheriff Morgan in
tercepted him. Crosby now de
clares that he did not intend to
kill Sheriff Morgan, and does not
know why he shot him. The
rope was actually around Cros
by’s neck Thursday evening,!
soon after the tragedy, and the'
angry crowd shouted “Hang
him? Hang him,” yec he is still
alive, and owes his life to the
cool heads that prevailed.
The indications are now that
Crosby will be tried, convicted
and hanged within the next
thirty-five days.
SUSPECTS SUE
JONESBORO POLICE.
Suit has been filed in the fed
eral court at Helena against J.
E. Wilbourne, a merchant at Net
tleton and the Jonesboro police
department for $18,000.
Phillip Williams, a resident of
another state, is the plaintiff and
asks damages on account of his
wrongful arrest.
Upon complaint of J. E. Wil
bourne, Williams, who is a trav
eling salesman for the Diamond
Match Co., was arrested at Net
tleton for passing counterfeit
money.
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing shop to the
newly remodeled building oppo
site city jail. 86dtf
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High shoes are here—all kinds of
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Black, russet, calf, kid and patent
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$3.00 to $7.00.
Slippers for tired feet, $1.50 and $2.00.
Dancing Pumps, ^ AA
the new patent,
Fall Soft Hats, $3.00 to $5.00.
Fall Derbies, - $3.00 to $5.00.
HOSIERY. |
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Treat your feet well—they deserve it; sn
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Wonderfully pleasing effects in the gjj
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Four-in-hands, Ascots, Imperials, De- UL
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Newport, Ark»
PROMPT SETTLEMENT
OF INSURANCE CLAIM.
Weldon, Ark., July 30, 1904.
To Whom it May Concern:
This is to certify that we had
our church house insured against
fire and wind in the American
Insurance Company of Little
Rock, Ark., and the house was
blown over in a storm. The
company very prompty put it
back at large expense in better
condition and stronger than it
was before the storm. We
thank the American Insurance
Company for its promptness in
replacing our church to our en
tire satisfaction, and we recom
mend the company to those who
have houses to insure.
Mount Hebron Baptist Church
By W. M. Green,
J. T. Rigge,
Wm. Barker,
Trustees.
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Chas. G. Henry, Cashier.
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G. D. Clements, R. F. Drummond, W. D. McLain,
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OFFICERS AMD DIRECTORS.
Geo. W. Decker, President. R. M. Johnson, Cashier.
A. D. Bailey, Vice Pres’t. T. D. Kinman, Ass’t Cashier.
Thos. J. Graham. Ed. P. Shoffner. J. T. Henderson.
Jos. M. Stayton. Dr. J. M. Jones. T. S. Stephens.
Jack Herron
For Granitoid and Stone Walks,
Curbing, all kinds of Brick Work.
Don’t fail to get my figures
before contracting.
My Work Talks For Itself
Parties wanting crushed Lime
Stone Walks aptly to me.
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Henry Owen,
Physician, Surgeon
and Oculist.
Office - - Sells’ Drug Store.