, SEPTEMBER 24.1913. MEMBER 150.
mg __
Kghts threats
■ainst_carouthers
le Told By Many to Defend
K t0 put Him On His
■ Guard Against Slain
■ Man
■lc state rested in its case
■nst William H. Carouthers,
Uged with the murder of
■h L. Albright, late Tuesday
■rnoon and at the night ses
■ following, the defense be
■ the introduction of testi
fy to show that the killing
done in self-defense and af
»he officer had been told by
■y friends for as many
Kths that Albright intended
■ill him.
■rhile failing to break down
■ state’s line of evidence as to
H manner in which Albright
■ shot, the defense was able to
Kblish the fact that the de
■dant was aware that Albright
■ continually threatening his
■^ as well as other police offi
■s, that hatred of the police
■s a kind of a mania with the
■nand that when drL.. ng, Al
It was a dangerous and
glsome man.
bably expecting the argu
n the trial to open Wednes
fternoon, the audience was
and included many ladies,
imber of whom present has
ally increased fom the first
The evidence may be com
this afternoon and thus if
gr night session is held, the
f the defendant may reach
ury’s hands about noon
day.
B’S EVIDENCE CON
CLUDED.
G. K. Stephens followed S.
ids among the witnesses
e state, and described the
in and effect of the gun
wounds from which Al
died.
ry Davidson testified that
thers shot Albright the
ine, when Albright had
nds up over the soda wa
xes, begging him not to
also that Albright had
g in his hands and that he
a bullet had pierced one
boxes about the height of
ht’s chest from the floor,
ate contending that this
lot was the one which
1 fatal. On cross examin
witness admitted how
uiat ne nad been convicted
f perjury in the federal court
David House, another young
lan employed at the bottling
font, who saw the shooting,
orroborated parts of the testi
mony of Davidson, but became
1 kit confused on cross examin
tion. *
. Sheriff J. F. McCuistion testi
fod to his examination of Al
ight’s body, finding no weapon
uPon his person. Officer had
kis hand into one pocket and
elt the wounded man at other
>foces for any gun, but found
pone.
| J- B. Finley, who went to the
scene with the sheriff, had also
searched the body of Albright
kot found no weapon, though he
1811 kis hand into none of the
bounded man’s pockets.
M was introduced to
sfeow that he had found a flat
tened bullet on the floor of the
bottling plant several days af
ter the shooting.
Joe Pierce, who was employed
at one of the local mills, told his
story of the assault made by Ca
*ktothers upon Albright in the
Anderson saloon that afternoon
and the conversation leading up
tc the blow, which was narrated
by this witness in the inquest
hearing.
Dr. L. T. Hays, the veterinary
surgeon was the final witness
for the state, having overheard
a conversation at the stable in
which Carouthers said some
body was going to be killed be
fore night. Court adjourned at
5:30 p. m. till the evening ses
sion.
The defense opened with Mar
I vin Adkinson on the stand. He
j was the officer present with
Marshal Carouthers when the
shooting took place. He did not
make a good w'itness and where
his evidence before the inquest
did not coincide with that in
court, gave counsel for the state
an opportunity that was not
neglected to impair the effect of
his evidence. Officer Adkinson
testified in court that Albright
backed out of the small store
when under fire and that as Al
j bright rested one hand against
the door facing, he could see
something in his hand, also that
when Albright Had retreated be
j hind the boxes, he held some
thing bright in one hand.
1 i 1 1 1 T-\ • 1 T~1 11
vmuis. aiiu juiuk raumiier
testified to meeting Albright
about 8 o’clock the night of the
shooting in front of Parrott’s
and that Albright had told them
i he was going to kill Carouthers
i before he slept and had pulled
lout a 33 calibre weapon with
j which he proposed to consum
j mate his threat,
j John Weaver, at that time a
I salesman for Johnson-Avera
j Hardware Company, told of Al
: bright buying pistol cartridges
| from him the evening of the
j killing and said he was going to
jkill Carouthers, who walked in
just as purchase was concluded,
overheard the words and saw
the sale slip. M. A. Callahan,
Iron Mountain agent at Oly
phant overheard the conversa
tion and corroborated Weaver’s
story.
Lee Quinn was used to show
Moving Pictures
at the Opera House
18 Reela Per Week.
JUST GOLD
The four brothers choose be
tween love and gold- Lionel Bar
rymore, Lillian Gish and Alfred
Padgett as leads in this excellent
Western drama.
(BIOGRAPH.)
—
THE BLACK HAND
Featuring John Brennan, Ruth
Roland and Marshal Neilan.
(Comedy—KALEM)
PLAYING WITH FIRE
Tired of the restraints of mar
ried life, a young woman almost
lets her love of society run away
with her judgment. Another
! case of the moth and the flame.
Pretty Dorothy Kelly* Harry T.
Morey, Harry Northup and Earl
Williams in a strong drama.
(VITAGRAPH)
* .
THE EGYPTIAN MUMMY
jRuth Roland, John Brennan and
j Marshal Neilan in an excellent
! comedy.
(KALEM)
We have ten of our best actors
and actresses tonight in an extra
good program. Don’t miss it.
Good music.
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENTS
that S. A. Davis had sent him
after Albright, whom he found
at O’Neal’s, but they went to
Bailey’s before starting home.
Albright showed witness the
cartridges he had bought with
which to kill Carouthers.
The morning session Wednes
day was consumed by the de
fense in showing the reputation
of Albright as dangerous and
how many had heard his threats
against Carouthers and commu
nicated them to the officer
against whom his animus seem
ed principally directed.
Herbert Plant heard Albright
the evening of the killing in
front of Anderson’s saloon, say
that he was going home and get
his tools and “kill Carouthers
before I sleep a wink tonight.”
This was told to Carouthers by
William Ballard at the request
of Plant.
W. W. Dutton when in the
drug business here, was selling
Albright paint some time last
year, when the man pulled out a
gun, with which he said he was
going to kill Carouthers. Wit
ness said Albright’s reputation
was known to be bad as a dan
gerous man.
I. H. Dyer told of Albright’s
threats while at his store, said
he had shot McDougal and
would get him vet, but this por
tion of his evidence was exclud-1
ed from the jury. Albright had
cursed all police officers and de
clared he would shoot all the offi
cers, particularly Carouthers.
Will Dyer corroborated this tes
timony.
S. R. Phillips met Albright on
the street near Maris’ store last
fall. Albright was drinking
some and said he was going to
kill Carouthers and taking hold
of witness’ hand, had made him
feel the gun he was carrying be
neath his coat.
W. R. O’Neal and J. T. Craft
testified to threats against Ca
routhers’ life made by Albright
the afternoon of the shooting,
which they had told to Carouth
ers.
Ed Collins told of trading pis-!
tols with Albright, said the lat
ter was in his store last fall and
told of getting Carouthers do^vn !
and would have killed him had
not others interfered and said he
was going to get him yet.
James Sisson told of numer
ous times Albright had threat
ened Carouthers’ life, how he
had kept Carouthers out of the
saloon when Albright was there,
ao the marshal wisher! t.n avoid
trouble and knew of Albright’s
threats.
i
G. W- Gochenour, a barber,
testified that while in his shop,
Albright had been talking about
iCarouthers and the officer told
I him not to talk about him (Ca
routhers). Albright had shak
ien his finger at Carouthers and
; said he would get him yet.
James Duffer was also placed
| upon the stand to show that Al
bright was in the habit of carry
ing a gun and that he repeatedly
threatened the life of Carouth
!ers and other officers.
I In fact, the defense seemed to
have no end of witnesses, among
whom are our most responsible
business men, to show that Al
bright when drinking held a
: grudge against all police officers
and the defendant particularly.
>At these times, he was wont to
carry a gun, to show it to others,
1 and to make threats against the
life of the officer now on trial.
COMPLAINT TILED
BY EQUALIZER
Of Taxes From One County
Who Can't Secure Co-operation
of Other Members.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Septebmer 24.—
The State Tax Commission is in
receipt of a letter from a mem-1
ber of a County Board of Equal
ization, stating that every time
he votes for a raise, the others
over-rule him. He calls atten
tion to the fact that a brother of
one of the members has a farm
for which he has been offered
$13,000, and it is listed on the
tax books at $2,430. The owner
was summoned before the board
and asked to raise his assess
ment to 40 or 50 per cent of its
real value. He refused to con
sent to a raise of more than $70,
making the assessment $2,500.
The minority member of the
board writes:
“I refused to accept this small
raise on the ground that he was
much lower than cite surround
ing country, which is far less
productive. This farm is reas
onably worth $14,000 and should
be on the tax books for $6,000
or $6,500, and until this pro
ductive land is raised I shall op
pose any further raises on the
second and third grade lands of
the county.”
He calls attention to other in
equalities, and said that one
than had "threatened all kinds
of political annihilation to the
board that attempted to raise
his land above the present fig
ure. If I had a board that would
help me”, he continued, “ we
would make them do something
that they have never before
done, and that is, pay their just
proportion of the tax of the
county and state. These people
do not list one dollar in money,
but if some poor ridge or hill
side farmer has a young colt or
calf for sale, they are ready with
the money to take it at the low
est figure for which the party
will let it go. This is a deplora
ble situation that needs a reme
dy:”
Loggers Stuck In Mud.
Brinkley, Sept. 23.—W. O. L.
Westegaard and party arrived
in Brinkley tonight, although
they had to abandon their cars
about five miles west of Brinkley
until morning. They found the
road through Cache river bot
toms in bad condition on account
of rains last week. The good
roads enthusiasts of this city
who went out to meet them,
brought the members of the par
party here, where they will re
main over night.
Early in the morning an at
tempt will be made to bring the
stranded cars into Brinkley.
Leaving here the members of the
party will try to make the run to
Memphis tomorrow if possible.
The loggers were entertained by
Brinkley business men tonight
at Efk’s hall. Mr. Westegaard
said that this is the official log
ging trip of the Better Highway
Associaton, as well as of the
Amercan Automobile Associar
tion. The members of the party
are in the best of spirits and are
sure of making Memphis by to
morrow night.
For Rent.
First class storage room at
i Bowen’s Cash Store. 39dlm
1 •
Lloj d-Griflin Wedding.
The Methodist parsonage was
the scene of a very sweet and im
pressive little wedding Tuesday
evening, when Rev. O. C. Lloyd,
the popular pastor of the Meth
odist church at Calico Rock, and
Miss Gussie Griffin of Norfolk 1
were united in marriage at 9
o’clock, the ceremony being per
formed by Rev. Wilcoxson of
Jonesboro, who is an uncle of the
groom. Besides Rev. Mr. Wil-;
ford’s family, Rev. E. V. McCaf
fery of Swifton and the bride’s j
brother were tlie witnesses to
the service.
After the marriage Mrs. Wil- ;
ford served an elegant luncheon
to the bridal party, all of whom
were very intimate friends.
The bride is the daughter of a J
well known Methodist minister
in the conference. Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd remained in our city to- ;
day, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. j
Wilford and will return to their;
home at Calico Rock tomorrow I
morning.
i
—
Friday’s Bargains.
Friday is bargain day. No
goods charged at bargain day
prices.
One 241b. sack of the finest
flour you ever had in your house,,
for 50c, regular price 90c
Sugar cured lean breakfast ba
con, worth 30c only 19c.
Something great in laces for
Friday’s bargain day.
50c curtain goods only 22c for
Friday.
'25c oil cloth only 14c a yard.
The above bargains can be
had Friday only. No phone or
ders.
49d4w 1 Bowen’s Cash Store.
PREMIUM LISTS STATE FAIR
Second Edition is Now Ready
For Distribution and Every
Arkansan Should Have
One.
Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 23—
With tiie announcement from
the management of the Arkan
sas State Fair that the recent
tire in Hot Springs will have no
effect upon the 15)13 fair, except
to redouble the efforts of the of
ficials to make it bigger and bel
ter than ever, the association
has issued a second edition of
the premium list, which contains
the grandest list of association .
and special premiums ever of
fered by a state fair
There is something in this pre
mium list to interest every resi-^
dent of the state. It, is simply
a catalog of the state fair and
the big things the visitor and ex
hibitor may expect. This sec
ond edition is made for the sole
purpose of placing into the
hands of the people of the state
a correct idea of the grandeur
of the Arkansas State Fair, of
its magnificent scope, and to
convince every farmer, stock
raiser and business man that it
is their right and their duty to
contribute both in exhibits and
attendance. A copy of the pre
mium list will no doubt interest -
you to become an exhibitor, if
not at the coming fair, then at
the fairs to be held in future
years. Get a copy of the premi
um list simply by addressing a
card to Geo. R. Redding, Secre
tary, Hot Springs, Arkansas.
i ta n rpn rp=n fPB n=an PlllPfl franJia!l frafl fpfl Iff
I EARLY FALL STYLESI
I OUR CLOTHES |
I represent a conscientious effort on our part to give
you maximum value for your money. ||t
When we buy our clothe* each *ea*on we carefully chcose the D
best quality fabric in the most attractive patterns ard colors, then we B
select the models that represent the new fashion' ideas best, and we B
have our manufacturers make our clothes from these fabrics over the B
models we desire. SUITS $15.00 TO $30.00 gj
The Result is Better Clothes Value for You Bj
ALF. BENJAMIN—ADLER ROCHESTER-MAJESTIC B
It will pay you to find about it. »
Berger'S 1
"STAR CLOTHING HOUSE!