ATTEMPT TO LYNCH
SLAYER OF ATWOOB.
.Little Rock Scene of Attempted
Lynching—One Brave Officer
Withstood Mob.
Little Rock, Oct. 26.—A daring
attempt to lynch Houston Hooker,
the negro who killed Conductor
Phil Atwood, was made yester
day afternoon shortly before 4
bNilock just east of the intersec
tion of Seventh street and the
Iron Mountain railroad, and in
side the corporate limits of Lit
tle Rock.
Nerve, quick thinking and a
determination on the part of Joe
Moore And Guy Tucker, who bad
the negro in charge, to carry to
asuccessful end a hazardous un
dertaking saved Hooker's life.
Tucker, single handed, stood off
the would-be lynchers while
Moore hustled his man away to
safety.
The popularity of the dead
conductor, coupled with the re
cent mild penalty given the mur
derer of Conductor Baldwin,
tended to excite to vengeance
the railroad men of this city. The
officials at the penitentiary knew
of the unrest on the streets and
the swelling tide in favor of
lynching Hooker, and they de
Clued u> get nun out oi narni s
way as soon'as possible and take
him to Benton.
The task of removing the ne
gro to a place of safety was as
signed to Joe Moore and Guy
Tucker, the former marshal of
\ El Dorado, both well known for
cool bravery.
- • The train was reached without
incident, but a mob soon collect
ed, whose intention it was to
take the negro from the train on
the way to Benton. Upon learn
ing this, the officers, with their
prisoner, jumped from the out
going train at Seventh street,
but the mob detected their at
tempt to elude the vengeance
seekers and followed.
The officers soon found the
\ pursuers were gaining, and to
save their prisoner tried a bit of
strategy.
TUCKER STANDS LYNCHERS OFF.
“You go on with the negro,”
said Tucker, “and I'll stay here
and hold these fellows off.”
It was the only chance to es
cape without a battle, in which
it was more than probable that
others than the negro would die,
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Holding his pistol behind him
with one hand, Tucker called
upon the men he was now facing
some fifty feet away, to stop, at
the same time saying, “Don’t
come any closer, Loys. If you
do I’m going to shoot.”
The quiet determination of the
man who had the nerve to make
a. stand against overwhelming
odds had its effect and the men
stopped.
“We don’t want to hurt you,”
.* said one of the men, “but that
nigger’s got to die. He murdered
a good man and he ought to be
lynched.”
There is something fascinating
about the coolness of Tucker. He
is as soft-spoken as a woman,
and modest to shyness.
“Well, boys,” he answered, “it
does look like this killing was a
dirty piece of business, but you
know the law is the law, and I
was sent out to help take care of
him, and 1 am going to do my
best. You know how I must feel
in this matter, but you see I can’t
go by my feelings now.”
Meanwhile Moore had hurried
the man away, and it is not
known to which penitentiary he
was taken.
PORTER SHOT CONDUCTOR.
Philip D. Atwood, one of the
most widely known and popular
passenger conductors on the Iron
Mountain system in Arkansas,
was shot down and killed yester
day morning a few minutes after
9 o’clock by Houston Hooker, a
negro train porter who had
worked under Mr. Atwood for
about twelve years.
The killing occurred on the
north bound Pine Bluff accommo
dation, which train had been the
charge of the murdered man for
ahout fifteen years, and the scene
was about a quarter of a mile
north of Farrell, the postoffice
name of which is Hensley, on
the Valley route about eighteen
miles southeast of Little Rock.
The killing seems to have been
done prejneditatedly and in cold
blood. The motive was revenge
for a reprimand and a slap for
repeated insolence and imperti
nence on the part of the negro.
ALLEGED STEAL OF
PROHI PETITION.
Judge Trice and Others Balked
in Their Attempt to Rid Cot
ton Plant of Saloons.
Augusta, Oct. 25.—Judge W.
T. Trice, Capt. A. C. Carter,
Rev. Griffin, Paul Hill and other
prominent citizens of Cotton
Plant, came up Monday to pre
a +a 4-Vi a oAiinfir
court this morning prohibiting
the sale of liquor in that town
for 1905. With them came At
torney John Meehan, Sam Kyle
and Thomas Doss, saloon men,
who were fighting the prohis.
While Judge Trice, Mr. Doss and
others of the party were at
breakfast at Mrs. Shelton’s hotel
some one entered Judge Trice’s
room and stole from his grip the
prohibition petition. Judge Trice
states that the petition was am
ply sufficient, as thqy took the
census as they took the petition
around and that 70 per cent of
the citizens had signed it. It is
suggested that the county court
hold an adjourned October term
to give an opportunity to file a
new petition.
DEATH OF AN
EMINENT LAWYER.
Russellville, Oct. 24. — Hon.
Robert L. Lawrence, one of the
best known lawyers of the state,
died at his home in this city this
afternoon at 4 o’clock of typhoid
fever after an illness of three
weeks. He leaves a heart-brok
on uri a Kni rvV»f lifflo anti of
seven years and a bright little
daughter just old enough to know
a father’s love, to mourn his
loss.
Mr. Lawrence, at the time of
his death, was the prosecuting
attorney of this district, and his
term of office would have expir
ed one week from today.
THREE CHILDREN
BURNED.
Jonesboro, Ark., October 24.—
R. L. Smith received word today
from Tyronza of the loss of a
house by fire, that he had in
sured, and the news also was that
in the burning of the building,
three negro children were burn
ed. It is not known what was
the cause of the fire.
FAILURE AT HELENA.
Helena, Oct. 5.—R. H. Fitz
hugh has filed a petition in vol
untary bankruptcy with Commis
' sioner Crum in this city, giving his
liabilities as $2,280.06, and assets
| as nothing. He is manager of
1 the Fitzhugh Place, near here,
! the property (X? his mother.
JUDGE FULKERSON
SENTENCES CROSBY.
Murderer Crosby Must Pay Life
Penalty for His Crime on
November 25th.
Batesville, Oct. 26. — When
court convened Monday morning
Robert Crosby was brought be
fore the judge. The prisoner
looked pale and the marks about
his face showed that he felt the
weight of the awful sentence
that was to be pronounced
against him. After consulting
with his attorney, Hon. D. H.
Coleman, the court announced
ready to hear the motion pre
viously filed for a new trial.' The
motion was heard and overruled
by Judge Fulkerson. He then
called on the condemned man to
stand up. The prisoner rose and
stood motionless before the
court. The only signs of nervous
ness was indicated by the occas
ional twitching of his lips, and
as he thus stood with his hands
hanging limp at his side, the
judge pronounced the following
sentence:
It is the sentence and judg
ment of this court that you,
Robert Crosby, on Friday, No
vember, 25, 1904, between sun
rise and sunset in a place so pre
pared that you may be free from
the public gaze, in the presence
of not more than 25 persons,
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witiun iwu nuieu ux tiie cuuxu
house, be taken by the sheriff of
Independence county and there
hanged, by the neck until you are
dead! dead!! deadl!! and may the
Lor#have mercy on your soul!
WITNESSES IN SUIT
IN FEDERAL COURT.
Mayor J. W. Grubbs, W. W.
Dutton, R. M. Johnson, and
other Newport citizens were
called to Little Rock Wednesday
as witnesses for the plaintiff in a
suit of G. W. May, of Auvergne,
against a banker in the western
part of the state.
The defendant had caused the
arrest of Mr. May’s son, charging
him with passing counterfeit
money, which was sent to the
treasury department and found
to be good. Hence the suit for
damages which came up in the
Federal Court at Little Rock,
Wednesday, before Judge Trie
ber.
STRIDER GIN
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Dr. J. H. Strider of Hickory
Grove has the sympathy of our
people in the loss of his cotton
gin, which was burned to the
ground at an early hour Wednes
day morning.
We understand that he carried
no insurance, and as the value of
cotton gins of this capacity runs
from $2,000 to $6,Q00, the loss is
quite heavy. Besides the gin
property, about ten wagons load
ed with seed cotton waiting to be
ginned, were destroyed by the
flames.
BOOZE CAUSED SHOOTING.
DeWitt, Oct. 25.-Milt Clos
son, a notorious character, was
shot by Bob Hooker Sunday
night. The weapon used was a
shotgun, the right forearm being
almost torn off at the elbow,
necessitating amputation. Bac
whisky was the principal cause
of the trouble.
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