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THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VANDYKE,
Publisher and Editor.
NEWPORT, - - ARKANSAS.
DOUBLE MURDER
MARS CHRISTMAS.
(Continued from First Page.)
the fact that they were all heav
ily armed had led to their deten
tion.
Sheriff Simmons testified that
upon hearing of the murder from
me negro nacK ariver ne naa
rushed to the scene, where he
found the body of the younger
woman, not yet cold in death,
and the bonnet about her head
still smoldering. One white man
and a negro were there, and the
latter was sent to Newport for
R. W. Bandy’s blood hounds.
He proceeded to an investiga
tion and found that the two wo
men, probably fearing to walk
the railroad trestle, had quit the
track near the bridge and cross
ed over to the public road. When
the bridge was reached the as
sault must have occurred, for the
tracks of only the younger wo
~ man were apparent further. The
mother must have been dragged
down into the ravine and her
daughter thought to escape in
flight. About 100 yards north
beyond the bridge, evidence of a
struggle in the road could be
plainly seen, and there lay a
man’s cap, bearing stains of
fresh blood. The imprint of a
a body thrown to the earth was
evident in the mud, and from
here the tracks of the girl led to
the ravine between the railroad
and public road bridges.
She had evidently been run
ning, judging from the long
stride, and had plunged down
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waru irum ute eiiiuanKinenc
without looking below. The mud
showed how she had fallen head
long and only a few feet away
were the tracks of her pursuer *
who had alighted upon his feet
in jumping. Here were appar
ent the first blood stains upon
the ground, and just a few steps
to the west were a cloak, and on
20 feet further, marked by a
trail of blood, was the prostrate
form of the murdered, ravished
woman.
The mother must have been
dragged beneath the bridge by
another man, whose tracks led
from thence to the edge of
White river. There some be
lieved they could see the imprint
of a woman’s stocking, as she
clung to the bank upon her knees,
doubtless begging for her life,
and the gradually deepening
waters were sufficiently clear to
add another awful chapter to
this mystery and show the im
press of some human form slip
ping away from life and hope in
to an unknown grave. Others
think that a boat may have been
anchored there by means of
which the brutal murderers es
caped from the scene of their
joint crimes. There are others,
well informed, who think that
the parties, a man and woman,
who burglarized Parker’s store
early that morning, were caught
displaying their stolen goods be
neath the bridge by these two
women, whose murder was then l
it.
committed to hide the lesser
] crime.
IDENTITY OF TWO MEN.
The evidence of the inquest
strongly implicates the two men
following the women, but this
is thought to be unjust to them.
Lewis Allwhite and son say that
they saw the two women ahead
and were no doubt the parties
seen by the negro and Stafford,
being dressed according to their
descriptions, but claim to have
left the railroad dump at the
first bridge, cut across the low
lands to Joel Wyatt’s. They
j heard two pistol shots, but didn’t
| give the incident much thought
I because of the general celebra
tion of the day in this manner.
BOTH SHOTS TOOK EFFECT.
Dr. 0. E. Jones testified be
fore the inquest jury that he had
examined the body of Mrs. Maul
din and believed that she had
been outraged. He found that
one bullet, entering the back of
the head, had gone through and
broken the chin bone. Another
bullet had struck the throat to
the right of the Adam’s apple,
taking a downward course into
the right lung, striking and
breaking the eighth rib and lodg
ing in the upper part of the
pleural cavity. The right part
of the head, ear and face were
badly burned, caused doubtless
fmm fhn Knnnof hoino1 oaf nfirp
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in the close proximity of the
pistol when discharged. Both
bullets weighed about eight
grains and were from a 45 Colt’s
U. M. C.
ADJOURNED TO DEC. 29TH.
The taking of evidence before
the inquest was not concluded
Monday afternoon, and Esquire
Smith adjourned the hearing un
til Thursday, Dec. 29th, before
which time the officers hope to
recover the body of Mrs. Kinkan
non and make arrests which may
clear the mystery.
The remains of Mrs. Mauldin
were buried Monday morning in
the potter’s field.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,)
Lucas County j
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
that he is senior partner of the
firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., do
ing business in the City of Tole
do, County and State aforesaid,
and that said firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars
for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence, this 6th
day of December, A. D. 1886.
[Seal.] A. W. Gleason,
Notary Public.
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F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
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DOCTOR BROWN
DEAD AT HELENA.
—
Pneumonia Takes Brilliant Meth
odise Minister Well Known
in Newport.
Helena, Dec. 25.— Dr. Juliem
C. Brown of Hot Springs, for
merly pastor of the Methodist
church of this city, died this
afternoon at the home of his
wife’s mother here.
Dr. and Mrs. Brown came to
Helena a few weeks ago on a
visit and the doctor was taken
ill with pneumonia. His daugh
ter, Miss Katie Brown, was sum
moned to his bedside, and his
sister, Mrs. S. M. Bains of Wel
don arrived Friday.
Dr. Brown was one of the
foremost ministers of his church
in the state and his fame as a
pulpit orator was widespread.
Toys for the babies and little j
folks at the 5 and 10 Cent Store.
Read the Independent for al
he news. j I
SIX o’clock dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Erwin
entertained their bridal party
with a six o’clock dinner Monday
evening at their handsome home
on Main street.
The dining room was beautiful
with its Christmas greenery and
cut flowers. An elaborate course
dinner was faultlessly served and
! the evening delightfully spent,
j Those present weve Misses
Dove Erwin, Hester Phillips,
Messrs. Joe Bevens, Jno. W.
Stayton, Ira Erwin, Alcorn Fer
guson.
MASQUERADE PARTY.
Miss Lura Hawk and Mr.
Watson Hawk were the host
Monday evening at the home
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. J. Hawk, when they enter
tained a number of their friends
with a masquerade party.
The very inclement weather
prevented many from attending,
but those present had a most en
joyable time.
Christmas decorations were in !
all the rooms, and Christmas
merriment reigned supreme.
Fruits and candies were served
by the hostess, which concluded
the pleasant evening’s entertain
ment.
CHRISTMAS MELEE.
Jim Brady, living on Bader^s
Ridge, struck another resident of
that section Christmas eve while
engaged in a drunken brawl, with
a jug, inflicting a bad injury,
Sheriff Simmons telephoned
Constable Hardin of Breckin
ridge township to look into the
the matter and make the arrest.
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