Jewport Duly Independent:
I VOLUME m NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. MONDAY. MARCH 21. *904. 4 NUMBER 278.
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DAVIS LIE IS NAILED.
Grandfather ofMaimedChild
Says Gov. Davis Has Per
verted the Facts.
CARTOON IS SPOILED.
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Relative who Brought Suit
for Child Pays Tribute
to Honesty of Wood.
IS SUPPORTING JUDGE WOOD.
Governor Seeks to Influence Your
Passions and Prejudices by Per
version of the Facts.
Portland, Ark., Feb. 13, ’04.—
I am grandfather to little Ester
Waren, who was so badly hurt
by a railroad train here several
years ago, and it was I who em
ployed attorneys to bring suit
against the railroad company for
damages.
I have read what Governor
Davis says about this case in his
speech, and I know he has per
verted the facts merely to try to
influence your passions and pre
judices.
Governor Davis says that the
child had his left leg cut off at
the knee. The truth is the child
did not have its leg cut off at all.
He says the child lived two and
a half years in the awful condi
tion described by him, and had
to be kept under the influence of
morphine, intimating that the
; child did not recover from the
accident. The truth is the child’s
j wounds healed up in a few weeks,
and the child got perfectly well,
so far as physical pain was con
cerned, and did not have to be
kept under the influence of mor
phine at all except at the time of
the injury, and when he died he
died from a congestive chill. I
deem if but fair to you for me to
tell you that Governor Davis is
very unfair to Judge Wood and
the court in his statement of this
case. The parents of Ester Waren
and myself are all satisfied that
the decision of the case by the
supreme court was made fairly
and honestly and according to the
law and the evidence, and we
could ask no more than that. I
have known Carroll Wood all his
life; I knew him when he was a
boy, struggling for an education,
and I know him to be a good man.
He was born in this (Ashley)
county, and is a good friend of
mine and I of his. I know he
would have decided the case for
us, if his conscience would have
permitted; but he is too pure and
honest a man to give a decision
as a judge of the supreme court
of our state merely on account of
friendship.
I am supporting him in this
race, and I think it would be very
unfair for anyone to vote against
him on account of his decision of
this case. -1 consider it very un
fair for Governor Davis to resort
to this method to try to preju
dice the minds of the people
when he knows the case was de
cided according to the law and
evidence by a good honest judge.
Yours very sincerely,
T. A. Honeycutt.
Subscribed and sworn to be
fore me this 13th day of Febru
ary, 1904.
N. C. POTTS,
(Seal.) Notary Public,
Ashley Country.
’ O’NEAL’S SHOT KILLED ORR.
William Orr of Alicia Died From
Effect of Gunshot Wound
Finding of Coroner’s Inquest |
—O’Neal Brought to Newport
for Hearing Before Judge Ful
kerson.
Saturday morning between
10:30 and 11 o’clock William Orr,
an old and respected resident of
Alicia, was fatally shot by Edgar
O’Neal, a prominent Lawrence
county farmer. Death was not
instantaneous; Orr surviving un
til 4 o’clock Sunday morning.
The coroner of Lawrence coun
ty. Dr. McCarroll of Walnut
Electee, was summoned and an in
rleftist held, the jury returning a
verdict that the deceased, Wm.
Orr. came to his death by a gun
m shot wound at the hands of Ed
■ gar O’Neal.
I The testimony introduced was
| in many points conflicting and
I the fact that no one was near
I enough to overhear the words of
I dispute which preceded the shoot
[ ing adds further complications.
I The story of the affaif as gisted
f from the coroner’s examination
seems to have been as follows:
O’Neal, who lives in Alicia and
is a large land owner, had not
been on good terms with Orr, a
retired merchant of that town.
The enmity is of old standing.
When Orr entered the postoffice
Saturday morning he went out
with O’Neal and they became en
gaged in a dispute on the porch
of that building. They then
started on and had gone ten or
fifteen steps when Orr either
grabbed the lapel of O’Neal’s
coat or struck him. The testi
mony of witnesses differs on
this important point.
O’Neal pulled a gun and shot
Orr. There was testimony to
show that the former placed the
gun in his pocket while in the
postoffice and kept his hand upon
the weapon during the dispute.
But this, too, is contradicted.
Attorney S. D. Campbell and
M. M. Stuckey were summoned
Saturday afternoon to Alicia
to act as counsel for O’Neal, who
was committed by the coroner to
Sheriff J. E. McCall without
bond. O’Neal was brought to
Newport Monday accompanied
by his attorneys to appear before
Judge Fulkerson, and there de
termine the question of bail.
William Orr was 74 years of
age, while O’Neal is about 45.
The latter is probably six feet
tall, fair complected and a well
appearing man. He married the
niece of the man he killed and
the dispute was over a family
trouble.
BA.L FIXED AT $5,000.
Judge Fulkerson reached here
from Batesville on the local, and
after examing the testimony be
| fore the coroner’s jury, fixed
O’Neal’s bond at $5,000.
Stayton & Stayton have been
I employed to assist in the prose
: cution.
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j MR. BIRCH RETURNS
WITH FAIR BRIDE.
The wedding of Otis L. Birch
and Miss Lois Robosson, men
tioned yesterday, was celebrated
; at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S.
D. Thrash, 2229 Hampshire
| street, last evening, Rev. Parker
Shields officiating.
The marriage is the culmina
tion of a business college ro
mance where Mr. Birch of Win
dom, Kansas, met and fell in
love with charming Miss Robos
son of Cardington, Ohio.
At present the groom is with
the Newport Grocer Company of
Newport, Ark., and thither he
and his bride will travel, leaving
tomorrow night.
The bride is a young lady of
sweet disposition ana loveaoie
temperament, and while a com
parative stranger in Quincy, has
friends who wish for her much
happiness and prosperity in her
new relation and her new home.
By all who knew him, the
groom is spoken of as a young
man of sterling qualities.
The marriage is a happy one all
around.—Quincy, Illinois, Herald
March 18, 1904.
The groom has for several
months been employed as book
keeper with the Newport Grocer
Company and is a very pleasant
young gentleman, whom the In
dependent congratulates and
wishes the richest blessings in
life.
Mr. and Mrs. Birch reached
Newport Sunday afternoon, and
are for the present at the home
of the groom’s brother.
TWO WEDDINGS SATURDAY.
Mr. D. G. Bryant and Miss
Dora Blackburn of Bradford were
married at noon Saturday by Jus
tice L. B. Harris.
James S. Wallace and Mrs. Ida
See of Grubbs were married at
the court house at 3 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon by Justice L. B.
Harris.
EASTER BAZAR.
The ladies of the Foreign Mis
sionary Society of the M. E.
church, South, will give their
annual Easter bazar on Saturday
before Easter, and those desiring
cut flowers and plants will please
leave their orders with Mrs. R.
W. Bandy, Mrs. T. B. Stewart or
Mrs. S. W. Taggert. 67dlw
$5.00 REWARD
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Will be paid for information
establishing the guilt of the
party who thi'ew poisoned meat
into my yard, thereby causing
the death of my white dog.
E. P. Tetwiler.
WILL BUY YOUR SHELLS.
I am just in receipt of a letter
from Jas. S. McKee of the Peer
less Button Company, one of the
j largest shell purchasing compan
ies of Muscatine, Iowa, stating
I that he would pay $10 per ton,
; f. o. b. cars at Newport for nice
: small nigger heads without trash
i such as large muckets, warty
backs, wash boards and monkey
faces.
I expect to spend the season ir
Newport and propose to put somt
life into the shell market, anc
the diggers may rest assured
there will be a market for then
shells at reasonable prices.
C. A. Windau.
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