■Case
I Goes Over
K, At Req“est of
Korneys-Remor.
■ Offer Rebuttal.
Contest begun Jan
Ke county court, and
Kn running since
C, various intermis
Ker another week,
■pent was taken on
Coon until the Mon
C following. The
was wade at the
Judge Boyce, who de
ft present in circuit
J of counsel for John
■Gustave Jones also
Itponement on the
Iurday aiternoon
loliday south of
jeon’s line, in
; seemingly con
S. M. Stuckey
altered vigorous
itnesses for the
ho testified in
ng names upon
le census of the
the following
r 3 o’clock Fri
urt closing with
mons still upon
lives on boat,
of point west'
o^ge Catt
is and has been
Stella Morton,
The Parker,
itchie were only
;en his own and
le; G. W. B. C.
on river above
ot live on it.
tified that Callie
1 livprl with her •
I ire her brother,
but lived at
there about 6
led Newport his
didn’t know R.
asked to send
to court as wit
ker knows May
live with Rosa
itain Addition,
and claimed this
aod knows J. A.
s at Black Rock
nl there; Sallie
ss at Van Noy’s,
Augusta.
ank signed pe
wice.
)ks$y knew Zeb
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IP wl gentleman hadn’t been
Hooted he would have rec
R«n posing as a stat
H^turing Lillian Walker,
Theby, Coutney Foote
■Wlln Bunny.
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■ Barney Gilmore in
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phia Mimms, was a boy, not a
girl, left two or three weeks af
ter Christmas, worked at res
' taurant; Albert Smith came to
her house about a month ago,
worked at Syrian’s restaurant
when census was taken.
Miss Maude Kidd knows J. M.
Ursery, makes home at Hoxie,
his wife there, goes home on
Saturdays as a rule.
B. 0. Rook lived in East New
port outside city, -name drop
ped from petition.
L. B. Harris found William
Haney did live back of Stallings;
li. W. Lamb and L. W. Kay not
ifound; Charles Mann, timber cut
ter at Hooper’s Mill; Otto For
tune lives outside of city limits
in Bateman house.
Lon Paris knows E. C. Thomp
son, worked here two years ago,
left here about September 20
for Hickory Grove.
H. S. Simmons testified that in
taking a census of Planters
House J. S. Best gave him four
names as residents of that ho
tel. They were, Mr. and Mrs.
Jewel Best, Ira Best and Ed
Lynch. Witness stated that
Jewel Best told him that none of
the others said to have resided
there did live there; was next
asked for list of roomer^ of Wal-1
ton by Charles Walton
to census takers; B. C. Burk
head lived 302 Main street; M.
K. Joseph said there were no
feeds at the European restau- i
rant; Idrs. T. M. SihiftVOftS af
fidavit introduced that Newport
has been her home for 24 years
and that it is now With her son,
H. S. Simmons; Z. B. Reid’s
home was 620 Main street; affi
davit of Mrs. H*. S. Simmons in
troduced stating that Z. B.
Reid’s home was Newport and
that he had gone to Hoxie to
direct a singing school.
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Union Week of Prayer.
The Interdenominational Coun
cil of Women for Home Missions
has chosen February 25th as a
day of special prayer for the
spread of the Christian religion
in America, and all over the land
there will be plrayer meetings
iield on that day in which all
denominations Will unite.
Iii Newport a union all after
noon meeting will be held at the
Methodist church; beginning at
3 o’clock pn Wednesday; Febru
ary 25, to Which all Christian
people are invited. The first
section of thA program Will run
exactly an hour, (and after an in
termission of a half hour second
section will begin at 4, continu
ing for just one hour. Bible
study and continuous prayer for
the great needs of the country
will be features of the program.
• Funeral Service. ;
The funeral service of Mrs,
Josephine Brandenburg was
held at the'family home this
morning at 9 o’clock in the pres
ence of a large number of
friends, who gathered to pay a
last sad tribute to the depart
ed loved one.
The service was conducted by
Rev. W. P. Chalmers of the Pres
byterian church, of which the
deceased was a life long member,
A large concourse of friends fol
lowed the flower laden casket tc
its last resting place at the old
home a few miles east of town
Charles E. Taylor of Little
Rock will address i the Men’s
Meeting tomorrow afternoon
Ladies invited.
J. B. Heard left this aftemooi
to procure another car of rip<
bananas, which will be here th<
first of the week.
STATE CHARGES
CONVICT CONTRACTOR
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And Guards With Assault With
Intent to Kill And As
Accessories.
Promptly at 8:30 o’clock Sat
I urday morning, the trial of John
H. Keel, the county convict con
j tractor and his three guards,
; Jewel Best, Ira Best and Lee
j Quinn was begun in the Jackson
| circuit court, the jury in this
I case having been completed Fri
day afternoon.
Sitting beside the defendants
in the court were Mrs. Keel and
her two children John, Jr., and
Elizabeth and later, Mrs. Jewel
Best and her little daughter,
Lottie came to sit near the hus
band and father.
C. M. Erwin examined the
witnesses for the state and G. A.
Hillhouse and Judge J. W. Phil-,
lips for the defense. While the
crowd was small at the opening
hour, before noon the large au*
ditorium was fairly well filled
with people interested in the
trial.
Prosecuting Attorney C. M.
Erwin in making the opening
statement of the state’s case
said that the; prosecution ex
pected to be able to show that
the four defendants in custody,
John H, Keel, Jewel Best, Ira
Best and Lee Quinn and Arthur
Walls, were guilty of assault
with intent to kill and accesso
ries before and after the fact
upon the person of a negro nam
ed “Slim,” whose surname was
unknown to the grand jury, up
on May 27, 1913. Mrs. Keel had
lost her jewelry by theft and
several were suspected, “Slim”
included. Going to the farm,
Jewel Best and Keel were over
heard to say that they were go
ing to take “Slim” out; that
night they went to the correll
armed and with an oath told
“Slim” “we will learn you how to
tell a lie.” They had a rope,
took Slim out into the woods
and then shots rang out and the
negro convict was heard to “hol
ler:” “Lord have mercy, please
don't shoot me any more, you’ve
already broken my arm.” That
the guards were directed to take
rope off Slim! “and if
runs, shoot him.” Negro cool
Maggie was brought out and was
told they were going to bury hei
with Slim if she didn’t tell where
the jewelry was. The explana
tion of this shooting as told bj
snme of the criiards would b<
shown and how convicts before
leaving the farm were threaten
ed if they ever talked about the
incident. ■
• :G. A. Hijlhouse for the de
fendants outlining their side of
the case, asked the jury to com
pare the reasonableness of the
defendant’s testimony compared
with that of the state’s witness
es. , Ira Best should never have
been indicted and didn't know
anything about the case; Jewel
Best and Lee Quinn were guards
at the farm and Keel was a high
ly respected citizen.
The theft of the jewelry had oc
curred on the. farm, Keel and
Jewel Best were in Newport and
] didn’t know- the facts in the
theft and how could they have
plotted about taking Slim out?
A white convict and Slim had
been suspicioned and it had been
reported to Keel that Slim was
j slipping up to the house during
t j meals and eavesdropping, Slim
! was sent for and denied his
! 1 guilt, was put in the guard
i house. Slim later admitted thal
he and white boy did steal the
jewelry and put it in a tree.
That Keel with the guards hand
cuffed Slim and took him there,
that Mrs. Keel and John Adams
| a neighbor, were sitting on the
porch when they passed out, that
.Slim struck Lee Quinn and tried
to escape, that in the scuffle the
.lantern was put out and as Lee
Quinn fell, his pistol was acci
| dentally discharged and the bul
j let pierced Slim’s arm, Dr. Tom
linson of Grand Glaize was se
cured to dress the wound.
' Regardless of what people said
of John Keel politically, he has
a kind and tender heart and Lee
Quinn too was a humane guard
and when the negro Slim appeal
ed to him, that he not say any
thing more about stealing the
! jewelry for he didn’t want an
other term and for this reason
the negro had told Dr. Tomlin
son the story related by state’s
attorney.
i J. M. Gibson, foreman of the
last grand jury, was the first
j witness called by the state and
! testified that among several wit
i nesses examined, the grand jury
I could not find the surname of the
! negro named Slim.
1 I . ’ J ... _ _ T> A l. m 1. MAM MM. A AM /A M A M I
| JUU5OI AVUW4MOV11J j
the farm May 27, saw “Slim”
handcuffed in jail one night
about that time and about 9:30
or 10 o’clock Keel, Jewel Best,
I Arthur Walls, Lee Quinn came
! and got him. They had a pistol,
shot gun, Winchester and hand
! cuffs. Ira Best opened the door.
iKeel said to Slim “I’ll learn you
how to tell lies.” Took Slim out
and he was never brought back.
Heard gun shots about an hour
later, but no one “holler.” |
Heard Ira Best, a guard, next
morning say that Slim ran off
and got across river on a boat.
Witness testified that when
prisoner left the farm, he was
told by Keel that if he talked
about farm, he would be killed.
The court limited the applica
tion of this testimony to Keel.
On cross examination, witness
I testified that he was sent to
farm from Esquire Nuckolls’
i court for fighting. On night
Slim was taken out, heard a
; great many gun shots. Admit
ted he was sent to penitentiary
in 1911.
'
Maggie Shelton, was on farm
last May working at the house,
heard gunshots one night. Keel
!1 and Jewel Best, Walls and Quinn
, came after her and took her out
. j in the woods. Said they were
.! going to kill her and Slim and
. j bury them together. Had a pick
, and shovel there, saw that Slim
. had been shot in the arm and
_ m I 1 1 1 V1_ J.1_J
jewel uesi 1/U1U IICI Hicjr 1»»U
! shot Slim. When the shots were
I fired and she was at the house,
j she heard Slim cry "0 Lord have
i mercy.” When she was taker
| out Slim had something over his
face, rope around him and was
'handcuffed. Next day, heard
1 some of them say they were go
ing to kill Slim. Keel and Jewel
Best had told witness not to say
anything about this affair. Or
cross examination, witness said
Arthur Walls carried her oul
there and that they told her Slim
said she had stolen the jewelry
thought it was between 8 and i
o’clock when she was taken ouf
about a quarter of a mile fronr
house up the river. Wasn’t very
dark when Slim was taken ouf
and could see them; witness
was serving out fine for beint
drunk, had been fined once sinc<
and her fine was paid by Mr. Me
Cuistion, whom she paid by pick
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Burglars Blow Safe of Marion
County Bank.
Batesville, Feb. 20.—Charles
Metcalf, cashier of the Union
Bank and Trust Company of
this city, received a phone mes
sage Friday morning from W. R.
Jones of Yellville, telling him
of the robbery of the Bank of
Marion County at Flippin at an
early hour this morning.
Immediately upon receiving
the information, Mr. Metcalf,
who is agent for the Bankers
Insurance Company, which car
ries insurance on the Flippin
bank notified Sheriff W. A. Fike
and he left on the morning train
for Flippin with bloodhounds.
The robbery is thought to
have been the work of profes
sionals, as alls telegraph and tel
ephone wires were cut and other
precautipns taken to prevent
sending out alarm of the rob
herv. . K
However, the robbers overlook
ed one telephone connection, and
it was over this the news of the
robbery was received here this
morning.
Mr. Metcalf has also wired the
Arkansas Bankers* Association,
the American Bankers* Insur
ance company, and the Bums de
i tective agency of the robbery.
Mr. Metcalf believes that the
gang of professional yeggmen
recently operating in Oklahoma
and parts of Arkansas, are re
| sponsible for the Flippin rob
, bery, and he proposes to takf
| such steps as wijl insure their
. capture, or cause them to gel
out of this section of the coun
trv.
The robbers did not succeed ir
! reaching the cont^ its of th<
bank vault, the only cash they
secured being about $10 that was
left on the counter, but the safe
was ruined by the explosion.
The loss is placed at $790, cov
ered by burglary insurance.
Kills Bunch of Snakes.
W. C. Rawes, a good citizen,
md one whose word is not doubt
ed, brought to Stuttgart Wed
nesday the rattles from thirteen
rattlesnakes killed by him the
day before, with a large ,moc
casin and one blue racer, all kitt
ed by him under one stump near
his home the day before.
One of the bunch of rattles
contained fifteen, and from, an
other bunch most of them had
been lost, and there were only a
few left, but either of th£ old
er snakes must have been fifteen
[years old. None of the snakes
were samll ones, and none or
them were l0sa> than three fact
in length. Several of them
measured six feet. Mr. Rawes
says they were chil)ed by the
I cold weather and were numb, so
| that he had no trouble in^ kill
j ing them. He said he could eas
ily have captured them alive,
but did not think they had any
value; and wanted to get rid of
them. After he had killed them
he got information that one of
the park organizations at Mem
>his wanted to buy ju§t such rep
tiles as he had killed, to use for
exhibits and if he had not killed
the snakes he could have got
ten from $100 to $200 for them
alive.—Stuttgart Arkansawyer.
Salesman Wanted to look af
■ ter our interest in Jackson and
adjacent counties. Salary or
j jCom^: -ra*n. Address The Har
vey Oil c y Cleveland, 0. It
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