MOTHERS CASE
NOW ON TRIAL
e Members of Jury Secured
/hich Is to Pass Upon
Guilt of Newport Officer
William H- CaroutHers, mar
1 of Newport and indicted by
present grand jury for mur
in the first degree for the
ing of Noah L. Albright, a
iter upon the night of June
i last in the Diamond C.
fling plant on Lower Front
let, was the defendant in cir
court Monday in one of the
it widely discussed murder
>s in the annals of the local
fs.
rjth the prisoner, sat his
lsel. members of three of the
ing law firms of the county
{key & Stuckey, Phillips,
house & Boyce, Campbell &
s also G. L. Grant of Little
k, while assisting the prose
ng attorney C. M. Erwin
two lawyers of Walnut
geH. L. ’onder and Will
th, who are understood to
t been retained by Mrs. Al
ht, who is taking an active
rest in the prosecution and
in court Monday through
tedious process of making
he jury.
t three o’clock, when the
liar panels and special venire
been exhausted, nine mem
of the trial jury had been |
red out of forty eight exam- ]
. At 2 p. m. only 7 jurors 1
been selected, while the ^
t had excused 18, the state
challenged 7 and the de'
eG.
leriff McCuistion was then |
cted to summon additional j
men and it is probable that
jury will be completed be-j
night, as many farmers |
l outside points who happen-j
o be in the city, were at j
served. i
ie jury thus far selected is !
wsed of J. B. Heard, Geprge J
ioyd, Albert Hite, Homer j
kolls, B. 0. Craige, William
iel<^, R. L. Hurley, A. J.
ter, Walter Smith and J. B.
den. Two special bailiffs J.
asting and Boss Ray were
ited by the court to wait up
lem.
1KET RECORD IN BRIEF- j
mes Joseph versus John F.
ush, unlawful detainer;
inued by consent,
ate versus Will Smith, on
*1; continued for term,
ate versus Jim Campbell,
irbing the peace; nolle
sea.
ate versus Jim Smith, con
ed for term and set for first
ate versus Roy Turrentine,
‘nit and battery, plea of
ty, continued.
tate versus John Johnson,
iult and battery, heard by
“t and defendant discharged
tate versus Wilburn Greg
on appeal, jury trial on
‘fce of selling liquor, verdict
nitty and fined $50.
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Fair Weather For Week.
Washington, Sept. 21.—Fair
weather generally for the entire
country is promised by the Wea
: ther Bureau for the coming
'week. Chief Marvin, in his
j weekly forecast issued today,:
| says:
; “Cool weather will prevail j
east of the Mississippi river dur
i ing the early part of the week.
There will be frost Monday morn
ing in the great central valleys,
the upper lake region and west
ern lower lake region, Tennessee
and the extreme northern por
tions of the east gulf states, and !
on Tuesday morning in the Ohio
valley, the lake region, New En
gland, the Middle Atlantic states
and possibly the interior of
North Carolina and northern!
South Carolina. These frosts \
will probably be heavy over the j
northern tier of states. i
“It will be warmer early in
the week west of the Mississippi
river, by Tuesday or Wednesday
over the central portion of the
country, and by Thursday or
Friday over the eastern dis
tricts. There are no present in
dications of decided changes ov- j
er the West during the second j
half of the week.
“TKp wppV pq p wVtnlp will lit
one of fair weather. There will!
be rains Monday in New Eng-j
land and the North Pacific;
states, but no other precipita- i
tion Of consequence now is indi
cated, except possibly some
showers about Tuesday in the
Northwest and some local show7-;
ers Monday and Tuesday in east-:
ern and southern Florida.
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Wage War On Mosquito.
Camden, Sept. 21.—Sheriff :
J. H. Parker, with the co-opera-!
tion of City Health Officer J. S. j
Rinehart, M- D., is raising a
fund for the extermination of.
the mosquito in this city and >
community. All possible breed-;
ing places will be covered with a i
layer of oil and all ponds of any j
appreciable size will be drained.!
Dr. Rinehart is making a stren- j
uous effort to make the city of j
Camden a model one from a!
standpoint of sanitation.
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BREWER’S SLAYER I
MUST HANG
S. L. Johnson Convicted of Mur
der of Elston Brewer, a For
mer Newport Boy.
Sol Lucas Johnson, murderer
of Elston Brewer is to die for his
crime. This news spread rapid
ly through Vicksburg Tuesday
night, says the Vicksburg Her
ald, when it was flashed over the
wires from Port Gibson, where
the murderer had been taken up
on change of venue, to be tried.
Following the prompt verdict of
the jury of guilty, Judge Moun
ter passed sentence and inform
ed the indifferent defendant
that he would be hanged Octo
ber 24.
Johnson’s crime stands with
out an equal in the criminal an
nals of this county, with few ex
ceptions, and throughout the or
deal since the night of July 13th,
when he murdered Elston Brew
er, the condemned man has re
fused to disclose anything of
his former life and associations,
except to discuss in a most
vague manner, the questions
which have been repeatedly put
to him by the newspaper men.
fVin vovir +Vwif
Johnson was arrested on the af
ternoon following the murder,
after he had been trying to sell
to Tom Morrisey the two small
boats in which he and Brewer
had come to Vicksburg, Johnson
evaded the truth, and his many
fabrications landed him deeper
and deeper in the trouble which
thickened about him- It was
due to Tom Morrisey that he
was arrested, as he was prepar
ing to leave on one of the small
boats.
In jail the night of his arrest,
Johnson said to a representative
of The Herald, that his* friend,
Elston Brewer had not been
killed, despite the fact that the
murdered man had been found
in the canal, and there was con
vincing proof that the body was
that of Brewer. The murderer
walked around the canal banks
with perfect complacency, and
was not in the least worried over
the terrible nature of his atro
cious crime of the previous
night. In jail Johnson insisted
that Brewer had left the city
for Memphis to take a position
on the News-Scimitar, and told
another falsehood by saying
that he had sent a telegram to
him by the Postal Telegraph
Company. He was told tnat it
he would give an order to the
telegraph company to produce
that message, that it would help
to get him out of jail in a hurry,
and he produced the order,
knowing that he had not in real
ity s5nt any such telegram, as it
afterward developed.
After killing the helpless
Brewer, while he lay asleep in
the small boat, Johnson was so
heartless as to forge a telegram
to the dead man’s father and
endeavor to have him wire mon
ey in his son’s name, which
Johnson had forged to the mes
sage.
His everjT act from the time
^he crime was committed was
that of criminal deception until
the pangs of conscience stung
him, and he made the confession
of his crime to Mr. E. A. Fitz
gerald, in the presence of Mana
ger Fox of the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
Johnson had been employed
by Brewer to come down the ri
ver with him in the two small
boats from Cave City, Ark., and
acted in the capacity of cook and
helper on the boats. He killed
the man who had befriended
him, fed him when he was hun
gry and gave him a position.
After the two had been in Vicks
burg for several days, the body,
which proved to be Elston Brew
er, was found in the canal, and
the rest of the story locally, has
been fully told many times be
fore.
Brewer’s uncles came here
and returned, and at this trial
the aged father, G. W. Brewer,
and F. W. Brewer, uncle of
the dead man, were present.
They returned home last night,
feeling that Claiborne county
has said through a jury of hon- j
est men, that justice must be j
done for the murder of their1
loved one- Acting District At
torney Charlie Thames, County
Attorney J. J. O’Neil and Attor
ney A. A. Chaney also came in
last night. Mr. Chaney said
that the record in this case is
full of errors, and he has ap-1
plied for a new trial by a mo
tion already pending, and will
appeal the case to the supreme
court. Speeches were made in
the case by Attorneys Chaney
and French for the defense and i
Acting District Attorney Charlie j
Thames and Attorney Jones of ,
Newport, for the state. Court j
Stenographer T. M. DeLoach j
took the entire proceedings of
the trial, which commenced
Monday morning and was con
cluded last night at 9 o’clock
when the jury returned a ver
dict. Those returning from
Port Gibson, stated that John
son was perfectly indifferent ]
when sentence was pronounced.
Mr. Jones, the attorney from
Arkansas, a close personal
friend of Mr. Brewer, the de
ceased, made the opening argu
ment for the state in a very >
clean-cut and forcible speech
and in the closing stated that he
and the father of the dead boy,
as well as his uncle, wanted to
express their appreciation of
the efforts of Hon. J. J. O’Neall,
county attorney from Warren
county, in producing the wit
nesses in this case and also the
Warren county officials and Mr.1
Charles S. Thames for the able
way in which they have handled
the case and for their assist
ance rendered him, a stranger,
in presenting the facts of the
case before the jury.
Mr. Jones was followed by
A. A. Chaney, of Vicksburg, and
C. A. French, of Port Gibson,
representing the defendant.
Their line of argument was on
the question of the insanity of
the defendant. Hon. Chas. S.
Thames, acting district attor
ney, was congratulated on his
fair, but eloquent presentation
in the closing argument for the
state.
About forty of the ladies of
Port Gibson attended the trial
of the case all day and mani
fested much interest both in the
testimony and arguments of
counsel. Johnson as usual
showed no signs of fright or
worry and during most of the
arguments was reading a farm
journal.
PRAISES NEWSPAPER MAN.
Mr. Gustave Jones, who assist
ed the state in the prosecution
.of Brewer’s murderer, states
' that to Mr. Fitzgerald, news ed
! itor of the Vicksburg Herald,
is due much of the credit for
Johnson’s conviction, for it was
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*>
this newspaper man who obtain
ed the first confession of the
man sentenced to hang.
“Mr. Fitzgerald,” says Mr.
Jones, “was a postoffice inspec
tor under Cleveland’s adminis
tration and a very efficient one
too- Mr. Brewer, the father of
the late Elston Brewer, ex
pressed great appreciation of
Mr. Fitzgerald’s help in bring
ing Johnson to justice and
thanked him very warmly for
his efforts.”
Robert Robinson Dead.
After an illness of more than
a year Robert Robinson, aged
25 years, passed away Sunday
morning at 9 o’clock at his home
on Laurel Street, surrounded by
his family and loved ones. The
funeral was held this afternoon
at 2:30 conducted by Rev. B. L.
Wilford of the Methodist
church, burial following at Wal
nut Grove cemetery.
The deceased was bora and
raised in Jackson county, being
a son of one of the oldest and
most prominent families in the
county. Bob, as his friends
called him, had a large circle of
friends who are grieved to
learn of his death and the deep
est sympathy is felt for the
young wife and infant son, who
have been so sorely bereft. Be
sides these his mother, Mrs.
Fannie Robinson and two broth
ers and two sisters. Cleve and
Bee Robinson, Mrs. L. C. Culli
son and Miss Louise Robinson
survive the deceased.
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State Meeting of Sportsmen.
Little Rock, Ark..
September 22, 13.
Dear Mr. Van Dyke:
During the week of the Pulas
ki County fair to be held October
13-18 we will have a meeting of
the sportsmen of the state, we
have selected for the sports
men's meeting October 16-17th.
at which time we hope to have
the greatest meeting of its kind
ever held in the state.
Mr. E. A. Mcllhenny of Avery
Island, La. will be present with
moving pictures of his great
wild fowl refuge, as well as r n
resentatives of the American
Game Protective and Propaga
tion Association of New York,
and other associations who are
interested in the conservation
of wild fowl life.
We will have an exhibit of
Arkansas game, birds and fish,
and also a fly casting contest
and shoot.
At the banquet the night of
the 17th short talks by Gov.
Hays, Ex-Gov. Futrell and other
local men will be had, after
which the regular election of
officers of the association will be
held.
Please give this meeting as
much publicity as possible, and
urge all who have specimens of
birds, game or fish who are will
ing to place them on exhibition
to write p at once.
A Is# urge that as many who
will enter the fly casting con
test and shoot, sending me their
names as soon as possible.
Very truly yours,
E. V. VISART.
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