1 Newport Daily
I VOLUME IV NEWPORT, ARKANSAS. FRIDAY.
FOUR ARRESTS FOR
DOUBLE MURDER.
;Strong Case of State Against
Loui Allwhite and Son Re
ported to Have Brought Con
fession From Boy—Excitement
•of People Grows Stronger as
Facts of the Crime Are Re
vealed.
A well founded rumor, the re
liability of which there is little
reason to doubt, has made in
tense the interest and excite
ment of the people over the pro
bable apprehension of the mur
derers of Mrs. Rachel Kinkan
non and Mrs. Amelia Mauldin
upon Christmas morning.
This current report says that
Newt AllwMte Thursday evening
confessed the guilt of his father
and himself of the double mur
der, giving all the details of the
shocking crime. The confession
is said to have been made to the
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not been told to the inquest jury.
To corroborate and fully estab
lish the boy’s story he was taken
to the scene of the tragedy Fri
day morning and is said to have
there related how he and his
father had outraged and mur
dered the defenseless women,
throwing the body of Mrs. Kin
kannon into the river. However,
he is said to have failed to find
the gun used in the crime, which
he said was hidden near the spot.
The two Allwhites were ar
rested and jailed Thursday even
ing, as were also the two men,
Arthur Bunch and Walter Bur
gess, whom the story of father
and son before the inquest jury
implicated. Bunch and Burgess
were arrested near Stryder’s
late Thursday afternoon.
The inquest jury will probably
return a verdict tonight and it is j
confidently expected they will fix |
the crime upon two of the four
men now in jail.
ALLWHITE ON STAND.
Loui Allwhite, about whom in
terest centers in this investiga
tion, and whose arrest was made
by the sheriff Thursday evening,
together with that of his son,
Newton, was brought before the
inquest jury that afternoon and
put through a vigorous examina
tion.
I Perhaps a man of 43 years, on-1
ly about 5| feet tall, stockily!
built, with red, fluffy face and
dark brown beard, he failed to
make a good witness for himself.
He told of his trip to Jewell Wy
att’s Christmas morning, how he:
had stopped at Stafford’s tent, <
saw Mrs. Kinkannon and Mrs. j
Mauldin pass along tne railroad1
track, and in about 15 minutes
both he and his son crossed the
^ railroad track and cut across to
^ Jewell Wyatt’s. He saw
two men, both white,
whom he thought were Ar
thur Bunch and Walter Bur
gess, and they were going in the
direction of the women and
would have had time to catch up •
with them at the place of the
murder. Witness heard two gun
shots when about 200 yards from
the railroad, but kept on his way
in a northeasterly direction
through the woods.
YOUNG ALLWHITE TESTIFIES.
Newton Allwhite, aged
about 19 years, a beardlessflight
haired and fair complected boy,
not more than an inch taller than
his father, was next sworn. He
stated that when he and his fa
ther were standing at the Staf
ford tent, both saw Bunch and
Burgess, and his father remark
ed upon it, calling the men’s
names. This was in direct con-1
tradiction to the old man’s testi
m
mony„ for he had first stated that
he saw no men pass.
Newton Allwhiie declared that
he positively identified the two
men and that they were only 100
yards behind the ladies. He
contradicted Stafford in saying
that he and his father did not
visit any traps.
Witness stated that both
Bunch and Burgess had appar
ently been drinking, the former,
he said, wore dark coat and hat,
while latter had on light-colored
hat. The two men were brought
before the witness and identified
by him.
CAN PROVE ALIBIS.
Arthur Bunch testified that he
was at the home of John Roberts
Saturday night and all day Sun
day, December 24 and 25, and
was seen by Calvin Tosh and
wife and John Roberts and wife,
but was not with Walter Burgess
those days.
Walter Burgess testified that
he was in Newport Saturday
night, December 24, and next
morning until 11 o’clock with
Tom Silvage, Frank Miller and
Bowdy Roberts.
STAFFORDS ON STAND.
Mrs. Mamie Stafford, a young
woman, the * daughter of Loui
Allwhite, testified Friday morn
ing, but knew nothing relavent
to the case.
Mrs. Kate Stafford, wife of J.
VV. Stafford, testified that she
saw the men pass the camp after
the women, but is positive neith
er was Bunch; thought she could
identify the two men who passed
and denied that anyone remarked
that the two men were Bunch
and Burgess.
l IN SOCIETY. J
MILITARY EUCHRE.
Miss Mary Bailey entertained
Thursday evening with one of
the most enjoyable card parties
of the season. The occasion was
a military euchre, and the splen
did interior decorations of the
Bailey home were never more
beautiful than at this time, with
its wealth of holly and mistletoe,
which carried out the Yuletide
idea throughout the house.
Scores were kept by the young
hostess and at the conclusion of
tne games, prizes were awaraea
to Mrs. R. D. Wilmans and Miss
Lou Minor, each of whom re
ceived a beautiful framed pic
ture, while the gentlemen’s
prizes, two boxes of fine cigars,
were awarded Messrs. R. D.
Wilmans and Claude Erwin.
At the conclusion of the games
a delightful Christmas luncheon
was served on the card tables
and consisted of chicken salad,
salmon croquettes, nut sand
wiches, olives and coffee.
Those present were Messrs,
and Mesdames T. D. Kinman, R.
D. Wilmans, Claude Erwin, R.
J. Wise, Mrs. Sam Taggart and
Mrs. Wm. Bailey; Misses Katie
Price, Esther Neill, Hester Phil-'
lips, Aubrey Arnold, Jennie Mc
Cauley, Noreene Kinman, Mabel
Padgett, Lula Wolf, Irma
Hooker, Tillie Sprigg, Lou Mi
nor, Lucile Taylor, Hilda Bailey,
Rina Price; Messrs. Alcorn Fer
guson, Curry Stephens, Max
Gregg, Ira Erwin, Eugene Hirsch,
Sprigg Foushee, Chas. Holmes,
W. C. Daniels, I$rnest McDon
ald, Adam Lockard, H. 0. Pow
ell, Roy Dutton, I. Bottenstein.
A. Mortensen has moved his
cleaning and pressing shop to the
newly remodeled building oppo
site city jail. 86dtf
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j SHOOTING AFFRAY
• NEAR RECTOR.
Relative of Mart Vowell Proba
bly Fatally Wounded by
Town Marshal.
Paragould, Dee. 28.—A shoot
ing affray, which will probably
prove fatal, is reported from Rec
tor, twelve miles north of here,
last night, Louis Nolan, a white
man, was shot through the groin
by Town Marshal Cagle with a
44-calibre revolver.
The young man was drunk an4
disorderly and is said to have re
sisted arrest by the officer. No
lan, the marshal says, drew a
knife and started toward him,
whereupon the officer presented
his pistol at the man’s breast and
ordered him to surrender. No
lan refused to submit to arrest
and advanced upon Cagle in a
threatening manner, with an
open knife. The officer says he
purposely lowered the range of
his weapon and shot Nolan as
above stated, the ball passing en
tirely through the lower part of
the body.
Nolan is alive, but his wound
is regarded as an ex remely dan
gerous one. He is a relative of
the late Mart Vowell, who was
executed here last June for the
murder of Bill Love joy.
HELENA BURGLAR CAUGHT
St. Louis, Mo;, Dec, 28. — Chas.
Butler, the negro who had about
$500 in money and diamonds
when arrested, after a fight,
by Detective Lee Killian Tues
day, changed the story he told
Chief of Detectives Desmond, in
which he stated that he had rob
bed residences in Omaha. He
now declares he stole the jewel
ry and money from homes in
Helena, Ark. He said he did
not tell the truth at first because
he was afraid he would be sent
back to the Arkansas town and
lynched. He told Chief Des
mond yesterday that he wished
he could be sent to the peniten
tiary at Jefferson City, and said
if he could go there he would be
willing to take a life sentence.
A telegram from the police at
Helena to Chi^ Desmond to
night stated that Butler was
wanted there for burglary and
larceny, and that requisition pa
would fye prepared immediately.
SEND DELEGATES
TO CONVENTION.
There will be a meeting at the
court house at 2 o’clock p. m.,
Wednesday, January 11, for the
purpose of selecting delegates to
attend the National Cotton Grow
ers’ convention at New Orleans
January 26.
It is desired that every farmer
and business man in Jackson
county attend this meeting. It
is important that the town and
county be represented at New
Orleans and meet with the grow
ers of and dealers in the staple
of the Southland. .
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