LICHTLE SECURES
' HIS LIBERTY.
Walter Gregory, Alleged Accom
plice, also Secures Bond.
Lightle’s Relatives Came
^ to His Rescue.
Searcy, Aug. 24—Dr. R. G.
Lightle. at a late hour last night,
' made bond for his appearance
next Saturday on the charge of
conspiracy to defraud, arson and
^ grave robbery. His bond was
signed by J. Ev Lightle, his cous
in, and his mother. Mrs. S. T.
Lightle. It is supposed from
this fact that be has gone into
‘the details of the plot and told
what he knew of it, as hitherto
his relatives had declined to make
bond for him until he should tell
the full story.
Walter Gregory, who was ar
rested Tuesday, charged with
complicity in the ease, ako suc
ceeded in making bond earlier in
the day in the sum. of $2,?00.
Those who signed his bond
were: Will Canada, Judge M.
M. Stuckey., of Newport, Mrs.
Lula Roberts, mother of John V.
Roberts, who is out or bond on
the same charge, W. C. Bugan,
C. B. Regers, J. C. Harder, ex
Sheriff J. L. Moore and Dr. L.
E. Moore, Dr. Moore it will be
recalled, was a former business
partner ef Dr. Lightle, and it
was he who made the examina
tion of the charred body found
in Dr. Hightle's barn on the night
of the fire, and it was his testi
mony that had a great deal to
do with the identification of the
body as that of Dr. Lightle.
Eay Deener and Dandridge
Neely, two well-known young
men of Searcy, whose names
have beer prominently connected
with the case, returned to the
city today from St. Louis. Deen
er and Neely, it is said, will be
important witnesses for the
prosecution. Crrrent.rumor has
it that they were eye -witnesses
t© the digging up of* Edward
Pitts’ body, although they had
n© actual part in . the desecration
of the grave andihe subsequent
attempt to defraud the Insurance
companies. The t wo young men
have been absent from Searcy
for some time, but there was no
fear that they wouild not,return.
STORY OF THB BOYS
According to a etory that is |
generally told «ffnd popularly be
lieved, these boys, suspecting i
something, shade-wed Dr. Lightle
and Gregorydike juvenile Vidocqs
bent upon a solution of the <£ark
mystery attaching to their ac
tions. Arriving at the grave Dr.
Lightle and Gregory began.dig-,
f ging, when, ft is said, Gregory
' was heard to ;ask what they I
woulcf do if they wereto .be seen. I
Dr. Lightle is said to have re- j
r plied that they would keep a d
I I close watch, and if they should I
discovered ,they would kill
the persons who saw them and j
it the bodies in the coffin from
hieh they were to remove that
Ed Pitts. This frightened -
e boys from their vigil, and ;
ey fled in the darkness. Ira-; j
lied by an insatiable curiosity, ’
wever, they returned soon j j
ter, and saw Dr. Lightle and i 3
■egory, so the story runs, re- j'
>ve the body from the coffin i
d place it in Dr. Lightle’s i
ggy, seating it upright in the <
'Jtipat beside him, and placing I
Mspghtle's vest on the corpse. In s
■n|is way the body of the honest <
jftjechanic, which ghoulish greed i
■ fuld not permit to rest undis- 1
H|pbed in that, haven which is ^
final home of mortal clay, c
|Bjs driven boldly into the city, t
^R1 to the residence of Dr. t
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tin tT'. rhnnn S5«.n i t.n r ill m . PfilmnKna. O I
Lightle, where it wras placed in
the barn, which was afterward
burned. The story also declares
that at the cemetery the legs <©f
the corpse, which had been in
the grave for a month, were de
liberately cut off with an ax,
that the body might be mere
readily handled.
*iAS GEEGORY CONFESSED?
There is a rumor afloat hereto-;
day to the effect that Walter
Gregory has made an important
statement regarding what he
knows about the affair. This
rumor is based on the faet that, '
immediately after having a con- (
saltation with a well known at- ,
torney, Gregory made bond. TJp ,
to that time he had made repeat
ed efforts to secure his release, i
but failed. J? ust what is the na- ;
ture of this statement, if he real- '
ly made one, is, however, un- '
known to the general public.
HThe trials of Roberts and Greg- |
ory are set for September 3, but (
it is thought they will both waive j"
preliminary hearing. ^
MRS. PITTS’ ATTITUDE. I.
Mrs. Pitts, the widow of Ed-' 1
ward Pitts, now that the last 1
Boubt is removed in regard to the i *
mutilation of her husband’s body,;
maintains the same inscrutable
dlence which her double sorrow 1
orought to her. Her husband’s
aody, clad in the clothes of .anoth- r
jr, charred and dismembered be- j
fond recognition, lies in the
?rave of a man not yet dead. 1
Mo steps have been taken to re
nove the body to its rightful 1
•esting place. Mrs. Pitts is poor,
fhe original funeral drained her J
scanty resources. Who will pay
he expense of the removal is a J
luestion to be determined after y
he trial. This latter part of a
story of avarice, deceit, supposed n
leath, mock burial, flight and its
ittendant details of political am- 4
>itions blighted, arrest and dis- 5
rrace, is by all odds the most #
ongruous of the several chap- £
ers of Searcy’s greatest sensa- £
tel. In the chiaroscuro of the $
tragedy, the three central figure?,
Lightle, Roberts and Gregory,
have been in the white limelight
of public view and discussion.
Mrs. Pitts and her sorrow have
been obscured by the shadow
cast from their greater conspicu
ousness. After all, however, it
is she who is the real sufferer of
the many-sided sham’e—her hus
band’s body burned and muti
lated and made the medium for
fraud, resting as it now is in a
grave to which she can lay no
claim—it is small wonder that j
she is torn by emotions which she
cannot express. Not until the
sorry story is unraveled in all its ;
various threads will the body of j
Edward Pitts be removed from
its present resting place and re
turned to its last earthly home, j
t . .COUNTRY . . 1
^CORRESPONDENCE, i
DIAZ ITEMS.
Well, as news is scarce, I will !
ring off.
Mrs. M. D. Campbell is report
ed quite sick.
Miss Lettie McLain of Newport
was in the city Sunday.
Chas. Holden of Holdensviile
was in the city Tuesday.
H/T Tk J» T TT 1 * <
ivn^. ivj, d. is xepurt
ed much better this week.
Mrs. H. Climer returned home
to Batesville Friday, after a few
days’ visit here.
W. Y. and J.. G. Armstrong
left Monday night for a two
weeks’ visit to the fair.
Misses Myra Meeks and Mar
tha Smith left Saturday for a
week’s stay at the world’s fair. ;
W. F. Hurley, Herbert Hurley;
and Cromwell West left Tuesday !
night for a week’s visit to the
fair.
W. F. Hurley and brother,
Herbert, returned Tuesday from
a week’s visit t© St. Louis and 1
the fair.
Uncle Josh
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BIG FAIR MAY
COVER DECEMBER.
The Iron Mountain trains into
St Louis Monday carried more
passengers than since the open
ing of the fair. It is said that
the traffic on the lines of this
iompany is increasing at a rate;
which will make it absolutely i
accessary to put on additional i
squipment to accommodate the i
i i /• it
great iiumuer ui peupie wnu are j
turning their attention to the
?reat exposition. The coach ex- i
iursion rates which have been in
iffect some time wiil be contin- !
led through next month and pos
;ibly throughout the fair.
The Little Rock Democrat says j
hat a concerted effort on the |
>art of the railroads aifd other1
tusiness interests of the country ■
vill be made to have the fair j
ontinue through December and |
tossibly longer.
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John Kelley, 25, and Mrs. \
lary Tatum, 28, both of Ken- !
on. ! {
Jim Bowen, 35, and Mrs. Jen
ie Brown, 35, both of Newport.
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