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DEFENDANT ROBERTS
TELLS HIS STORY.
(Continued from First Faffe.)
friend of Lightle to see the
widow and get her to pay these
two boys money to keep their
mouths shut.
Witness next related how after
being importuned he had con
sented to go with Mrs. Lightle
to the grave. On this trip he
told her nothing of the mystery
and story of the boys, but later
told her all he knew at her sis
ter’s home in Little Rock. Mrs.
Lightle on that visit said she hac
a letter purporting to be frorr
Dr. Lightle, though unsigned
asking that she pay Gregory
He refused to advise her on this
point and she finally told him t(
tell Gregory to come to Little
Rock.
Later witness met Gregory ii
the park at Searcy and the latte:
told him he had the money t<
pay Deener and Neely. Subse
quently he met Gregory, wh<
told him Neely had agreed t<
take $500 as his part, bu
Deener had refused. Rob
erts agreed to see Kay Deener
who acknowledged that he hac
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now had a chance to get ever
with the family (Roberts) wh<
i had always opposed his political
ly. Witness had a talk witl
Neely, who said Gregory hac
just paid him $500 and Neelj
borrowed a pistol from witness
to protect himself.
Witness at time of these nego
tiations didn’t know whether Dr,
Lightle was alive or dead anc
had never received a cent fron
Mrs. Lightle.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mr. Andrews took up the cross
examination with queries as t(
visit to the cemetery with Mrs
Lightle and a ride home with hei
some weeks later from Armstrong
Springs. On the latter nighl
Mrs. Lightle had told him Gre
gory had settled with both Deenei
and Neely. Witness told hei
then that Gregory had lied, foi
Deener had never accepted his
•part of the money.
Witness had never received s
letter from Dr. Lightle, but had
seen the letter written to Gre
gory from R. B. Graham (Ligh
tle) and witness knew Mrs.
Lightle had received a letter sup
posed to be from Lightle, but
which Mrs. Lightle and witness
both doubted as coming from
Lightle.
witness naa a conversation
with Neely at the world’s fair in
which Neely told of Chandler’s
examination of the grave and at
this time witness told R. A. Ward
that Lightle was alive. Denied
the story of Gregory as to money
received from widow for both
Roberts and Gregory.
Acknowledged having a con
sultation with Jno. T. Ginnochio
at the Falstaff in Little Rock up
on his return from St. Louis, and
told him the facts as communi
cated to the papers next morn
ing. Denied having met Lightle
near Wynne before latter’s re
turn to Searcy.
Stated that prior to his meet
ing with Ginnochio he called up
on Mrs. Lightle, who said she
had returned $15,500 of the in
surance money to S. M. Powell
that day and that Powell and his
attorney had promised both her
and her husband immunity from
prosecution.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION.
Witness told of his visit to
Armstrong Springs the night of
the grave' robbery, in com
pany with Dr. Faust, corroborat
ing th^ evidence of the Ligons,
Faust and others. Had consult
ed the registers of several hotels
in a number of towns to prove
his whereabouts.
On further cross-examination
he told of his relations with Greg
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around in the tcater•
At all win Grocers.
ory, whom he sometimes associat
ed with, but not as a close com
panion. Witness thought Mrs.
Lightle did the right thing in
keeping the money and paying
Gregory and others to keep their
mouths shut, if she was in doubt
as to her husband’s death.
The witness was excused and
defense rested their case.
REBUTTAL TESTIMONY.
’ I Jno. T. Ginnochio, a newspa
per correspondent at Little Rock,
! told of his conversation with
John Roberts by appointment
\ about 11:30 o’clock one night.
Roberts told witness he had been
) called in as an attorney for Mrs.
Lightle, and that he had gotten
) $1,000 from the widow and paid
* it to the boys.
Kit St. Clair of Woodruff coun
ty testified that he had a conver
! sation with Roberts on train
| about time of Lightle’s arrest,
! that Roberts had told him to tell
1 Lightle when he reached Searcy
' that Deener and Neely had ex
posed the whole affair, and how
he (Roberts) had offered them
money to keep still. Neely had
taken $500, but Deener had re
fused and wanted $1,000. Rob
erts said he had told him to go
to h—1.
Lon Ray of Searcy heard Kay
Deener ask John Roberts what
1 they were doing last night,
whether they were burying a
body or taking up a stiff. Had
i also seen Doctor Faust in Searcy
» about five o’clock on a day, later
proven to be April 26.
Sheriff Wood was introduced to
establish this date.
Mrs. Pitts, widow of the man
; whose grave was robbed, was
j summoned. She was dressed in
mourning, testified as to the
death of her husband, her con
sent to have the grave examined
and return of remains to same.
Her husband was buried in a
standing collar.
Circuit Clerk J. D. Branden
had a conversation with Roberts
and testified that Roberts told
him he had the widow Lightle
send him the package of money
to him by Butch Gregory.
Hicks Deener, assistant cash
| ier of Bank of Searcy, denied
j having told Hadden Adams that
he wouldn’t believe Walter Greg
ory, his brother-in-law, on oath,
but said that he would.
George Walter, deputy sheriff
of Searcy, had a canversation
with Roberts in court house, and
latter told witness to tell Lightle,
| who was in jail, that he still felt
kindly towards him. Later Rob
erts told him Lightle was guilty
as h—1. Witness testified that
Dr. Faust was not to be believed
on oath, and that his reputation
was very bad.
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HUNTS HUM AN SKULLS
Peculiar Hobby Which Occupies
Leisure Time of a Texan.
Tima Vlalted Many Land a and Coma
trie a In Search of the Odd Curioa
and He Haa am Intercat
ln( Collection.
The following advertisement appeared
In the newspapers of St. Joseph, Mo., re
cently:
“Wanted—Human skulls! must be la
good condition; will pay liberally tor
Cne specimens. Apply Hotel M. Charles
W. Jenkins.”
Jenkins was a temporary resident of
St Joseph, where he has considerable
realty interests, but bis rsal home Is in
Corpus Chrlstl, Tex. He has probably
the oddest lad of any collector of curios
who has ever been a resident of that city.
Mr. Jenkins Is vsry anxious to Increase
his collection of skulls, and In the pos
session of medical students, physicians
and colleges of 8t. Joseph are specimens
taken from various burying grounds
that have been unearthed in the ex
cavations fer buildings on sltss that
hundreds of years ago were repositories
for the dead of the ancient red man.
"I have now In my possession 84$
perfect specimens of human skulls,” says
Mr. Jenkins. "They represent the hu
man of many ages, and I find them an
interesting study Indeed. How did :
eome to indulge In such a strange fad?
Well, In my youth I made a study of
anatomy, and became Intensely Inter
ested In the construction of the human
frame. I gradually acquired a taste for
this form of brlo-a-brac.
"I got my real start as a collector of
skulls In 1887. During exoavatlons In
St. Joseph on property In ths possession
of my father several specimens of an
ancient race were exhumed, and
straightway found a Testing place upon
a shelf In a e&blnet In my home. 1 vis
ited the former home of the mound
builder In Colorado and New Mexico,
where other specimens of the ancient
inhabitants were discovered. They dif
fer materially from the skulls found In
St. Joseph. Then I visited the holy land
In search of specimens. From there I
drifted to the lands of the Ptolemies of
Egypt Here some valuable acquisi
tions were made. I have tramped oyer
the Pampas of South America, the moun
tains of Peru and Chill, and even pene
trated Into the wildernesses of the Ama
*on, where, In deposits of earth and
•tone, I have brought to light perfect
specimens of human skulls, represent
ing periods which history does not
chronicle.
“In my experiments I have found that
tome skulls take on a very beautiful
polish, and I must say that, under the
hand of a skilled artisan, they are made
magnificent These specimens occupy a
| cabinet by themselves. I have a number
of skulls taken from the wreck of the
Galveston storm. I also have specimens
from other disasters on this and other
continents. Five victims of the Mont
Pelee disaster are represented in my
collection. This business of collecting
ikulls is a great aid In the study and re
tention of Important facts la history. I
have In my possession the skulls of men
at times prominent in the history of
this nation. How I came to have them
I do not care to say. However, money
a means of gratifying the tastes of
anyone who cares to make a collection
of this kind. Because I have acquired a
liking for this work, I spend much time
(urlng the winter months wandering
about between rows of grinning head%
pfallisophizlng, after the fashion of the
grave digger in Hamlet, upon the brev
ity of human life."
'•SUICIDE CLUB” FLOURISHES.
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Toons Women of Bolae, Idaho, Have
Organisation and Choete
Victims bf Lot,
Boise, Idaho, has a fully organised
suicide club. That It is ready for busi
ness and has already transacted con
siderable business is shown by the fact
that at least three of Its members havs
"shuffled off" by the suicide route with
in a period of as many months.
The fact of the existence of ths organ
isation became known to the poliee in
an Investigation into the death of Graea
Ashton, Its latest victim. Bhe died from
morphine poisoning on a third attempt
at suicide, both of her devious attempts
having been frustrated through season
able discovery by friends.
Another young woman friend of Miss
Ashton attempted suicide by taking poi
son, but reoovsred, and It was through
her that the existence of the club was
made known. The club is regularly or
ganised with a strong membership—all
young women—and holds meetings at
regular Intervals. It transpires that at
aach meeting a new victim is chosen by
lot, who Is to “pass off" before the time
for the next meeting by one of the usual
methods adopted In such cases, the par
ticular mode being optional with the can
didate.
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Positions in the Philippines seem to
go begging. Several months ago Col.
Edwards, chief of the insular bureau,
called upon the clrll service commis
sion to certify candidates for 150
teachers’ positions paying from $2,000
to $900 per annum. There were few
applicants, fewer took the examina
tion, and only 42 were found eligible
fdr appointment. Another examina
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October. The Insular bureau will not
permit women to take the examina
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ties or pay of pedagogue do not seem
to appeal to the young man of the
country.
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Paris usas 100,000,000 snails as food
annually. And yet, says ths Washing*
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