Two unknown men, said to
have plenty of funds upon their
persons though trying to beat
their way 'north upon the Hot
Springs-St. Louis passenger
train No. 18 orr the Iron Moun
tain Monday night were put off
at Diaz by Conductor Holly.
As the train started up again,
one of them, who is said to be
named Cheathem, was attempt
ing to climb back on the rear
end of the moving train, when
he was shot by either the con
- ductor or brakeman.
The man fell, the bullet rang
ing from a point in the tjack
downward through the body
and was removed next morning
by Doctor Allen of Diaz.
The two men boarded No. 24
next morning as passengers and
continued their trip North. Of
ficer Ballew went to Diaz on the
same trail, upon which the men
left and was able to secure only
a meagre story of the incident.
_ Negroes Kill Officer.
Marianna, Oct. 2.—Deputy
Sheriff Mark Yarbrough was
last night shot to death by twro
negroes, Arthur Jone and John
_ Collins, whom he had warned to
stop raising a drunken disturb
| ance in front of his home.
The shooting occurred about
p. a half mile from ^Marianna. De
|L puty Yarbrough came out of his
home with a shotgun when he
heard the drunken negroes ap
i| proaching. When he threatened
K them with arrest both negroes
|H opened fire, using automatic pis
|E tols, three shots taking effect.
|B|^ Yarbrough died a few hours
K later. '
Wm Both negroes were captured
Wgm today. The authorities are tak
■ra-ing precautions to protect the
||||Lprisoners as threats of lynching
IgPitrb freely made.
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Boards Raising Taxes.
Special to Independent.
j Little Rock, Oct. 3.—David
A. Gates of the Arkansas Tax
Commission reports that the
equalization boards all over the
! state are doing good work.
! Much new property is being put
j on the tax books. The Commis
sion itself has added about $12,
000,000 in railroad, telephone
and pipe lines, which is their pe
culiar jurisdiction. This in
j crease is not quite so large as it
was two years ago, but the av
' erage will be more than made
up by the action of the Boards.
| The increase two years ago was
$48,000,000 and this figure
■ should be exceeded, this year.
: Next year the real estate wilt
again be assessed, and Mr. Gates j
I estimates that that should make
| the grand aggregate for the
I state in 1912 about $460,000,000,
Uvhich will bring about the first
! reduction in the tax rate on the
■ sliding scale prescribed by the
1 Turner-Jacobson bill should
'that be ratified bv the people,
As an example, the Crawford
county board, consisting of J.
| T. Jones, W. G. Furry and Addis
Bryan, the latter a republican,
is adding about one million dol
lars to the taxable values of the
county. Clark, Phillips and oth
er counties are equally active,
and half a million to the county
is not considered an excessive
estimate. At least two-thirds
of the boards were selected
through the advice and sugges
tions of the county judges, who
are for the most part working
hand-in-hand with the Equaliz
ers.
Would Extend to Springfield.
Governor Hadley is reported
to be planning for a busy time
early in October. He will go
from Springfield by motor car
with President Bmi. F. Bush of
the Missouri Pacific over the
territory south of Jefferson City
between the Missouri river and;
Springfield. The Missouri Pa
cific wants to build south to
Springfield,, either by a contin
uation of the Bagnell branch
running south from here or by
a connection at Warsaw. Both
prospective lines will be examin
ed. The governor and Mr. Bush
| will be accompanied by a dele
gation of business men from
Springfield October 9.
America Loses Out.
Spokane, Wash., Oct. 1.—Phil
ippe Vignoli, professor in rifles
sionaterorgica and inventor of
a machine “to see around the
world,” who was acquitted by a
jury in the criminal department
of the Spokane county superior
court of the charge of defraud
ing Antonio Scarpelli, a local
contractor, of $2,390, the
amount advanced to perfect the
apparatus, declared today that
America will not have the op
portunity of seeing his contriv
ance in operation. He has de
cided to give the honor to Italy,
for which country he will leave
in a few days. Vignoli’s defense
was that the riflessionario is
based on correct mechanical the
ories and he had several experts
testify in his behalf. He said al
so that the machine would have
been completed and in success
ful operation had not Scarpelli
interferred with the work by
causing his arrest in Los Angel
es. Deputy Prosecuting Attor
ney McWilliams said after the
hearing that the charge never j
' would have been preferred |
against the inventor if it had j
been known he has only a child’s
conception of business affairs.
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DONAGHEY FREE 7
WITH PARDONS
Grants Fourteen Petitions Out
Out of Thirty-Three Con
sidered
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 3.—Govern
or Donaghey had another busy
time Monday passing on thirty
three petitions for pardon,
granting fourteen of them. No
very important cases were on
the list of applications, but
some of the cases were decided
ly interesting. Lillian Irby of
Yell county, perjury, was grant
ed a pardon. This was granted
because the girl Irby was to,and
did marry, had told others she
was of legal age, a statement
which Irby later backed with his
oath.
Will Vance, serving a long
term on the Pulaski county
farm, was also pardoned. His
crime wras petit larceny. James
Ryans, Yell county, grand lar
ceny, was pardoned on the peti
tion of a. lartrp nnmher of c.iti
zens of that county. James
Thomas, another inmate of the
Pulaski county farm, on a lar
ceny charge, received executive
clemency. Because she was not
the aggressor, and acted in self
defense, Bertha Sanders, serv
ing time on the Jefferson coun
ty farm, was pardoned. Del
mar Smith, another petit larce
ny county farm case, from Cle
burne county, likewise received
a pardon. This was restored
citizenship, the term having
been served.
On the recommendation of
the trial judge and prosecuting
attorney, Lige Hardin, serving
a year from Woodruff .county
for embezzlement, was permit
ted to go free. T. Gunter,
Franklin county, murder in the
third degree, with five years to
serve, was pardoned on account
of the time already served be
ing considered sufficient. Bert
Sheets "and Perry Treddon, petit
larceny cases, the prisoners be
ing on the Pulaski county farm,
were pardoned upon the petition
of deputy prosecuting attorney
and justice who tried them.
George Franklin had his citi
zenship restored.
Bobbie Jones, a 14-year-old
boy, was granted a pardon on an
assault to rape charge from
Pope county, the year he has
served in the penitentiary being
considered sufficient punish
ment. The governor also re
moved the jail sentence from
the punishment of T. W. Wood,
Carroll county. He was convict
ed of assault.
Charles F. Lewis, a Yell
county township official, was re
lieved of a forfeiture amounting
to $53. Lewis arrested a man
for dynamiting fish, and out of
the goodness of his'heart, re
fused to put him in jail, taking
his note, with the endorsement
of two others, for the fine. The
endorsers, as well as the princi
pal, absconded, leaving the offi
cer with a note upon which he
could not collect.
C. N. Nance Dead.
C N. Nance, sixty-five years
olcT and a splendid citizen of
Remmel, died Monday afternoon
frohj-dropsy and was buried at
Remmel Tuesday afternoon. De
ceased is survived by three mar
ried children besides many rel
atives living at Remmel and
Grubbs.
Senator Sells Apple Crop.
Senator Jeff Davis ljas just
shipped 515 barrels of Gano ap
ples from his new farm near
Springdale. He received $2.25
net for them, per barrel,
amounting to $1158.75, and he
has 1500 more barrels to ship,
which will bring him a total of
$4533.75 for this year’s crop on
a farm for which he has just I
paid $12,000. He has sixty j
acres of bearing apples and
twenty acres of peaches, and j
says that his yield this year was!
only half a crop. He will soon |
begin the erection of a cottage ;
on the farm, and expects to
make that his summer home.
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Bridge Repaired For $900.
| At a regular session of the'
! council Monday evening, the
j scrip for lumber and labor upon
the Lake bridge repairing was
allowed, totaling only about
$900 in scrip issued at 60 cents
on the dollar.
As the city’s job cost only
about $4 per thousand for lay
ing lumber and material and the
best bid received was $18, the
council had a right to feel pleas
ed over the cost of the improve
me.rit.
I
The report of the sewer com
missioners was received, but no
action taken . upon same. Cur
rent bills were allowed and af
ter a short session, adjournment
was taken.
FRANK WALKER
MUST HANG
Young Man Had Been Confident
Of New Trial In Appeal
to Supreme Court.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 3.—The Ar
kansas supreme court has de
creed that Frank J. Walker, a
young white mpn of twenty
eight years, must pay the ..ex
treme penalty of the law for the
murder of Sam Smith, at Dell,
Mississippi county, May 4, 1911.
He was originally sentenced to
be hanged last July, but an ap
peal was taken to the supreme
court, and the case was decided
yesterday. Chief Justice Mc
Culloch rendered the opinion,
and declared that he could find
no reversible error in the pro
ceedings of the lower court.
Walker had been confident of
a new trial al the time, and the
fact that now nothing save the
clemency of the governor stands
between him and the death pen
alty, the blow was a heavy one.
Walker claimed self-defense, and
that he shot only to protect him
self \yhen a general attack, was!
made upon him in a barber shop
at Dell conducted by Hiram
Smith, a brother of Sam Smith.
The quarrel arose over the
fact that Walker, who is a
member of several other lodges,
had been black-balled when hej
m,ade application for member
ship in the local Odd Fellows
Lodge. Walker accused Smith
of having dropped in the black
ball, but Smith replied that he
| was not the only one. Sam
ISmith, a farmer, witnessed the
I altercation, and insisted that
Walker leave the shop, where
! upon, according to the testimo-j
ny, Walker pulled a pistol and
fired several shots at Sam
■Smith, killing him. As Walker
ran out, Hiram Smith fired sev
eral shots at Walker, who sub
sequently surrendered to the
officers.
BAINS SUES
FOR COMMISSION
Of $250, Alleging That He Had
Been Authorized To Make
Sale.
The suit of S. M. Bains versus
D. A. Kimbrough and R. J. Wise
occupied the day Tuesday in the
Jackson circuit court. The
plaintiff brought suit for $250
alleging that he had been ap
pointed as an agent to sell a
tract of land owned by the de
fendants, who refused to make
a deed.
Stuckey and Stuckey and J.
B. McCaleb represented Mr.
Bains and Phillips, Hillhouse
and Boyce the defendant.
Owing to the sickness of
Judge 0. W. Scarborough', the
argument in the appeal of the
license petition case has not
been concluded, hence no decis
ion from the court upon'the mo
tion to dismiss the appeal.
Docket Record In Brief.
City of Newport for use of W.
R. Thompson versus A. M. Bal
lew et al, debt; plaintiff takes
non suit.
Pelley Bros, versus St. L. I. M.
& S. Ry. Co., damages; dismiss
ed at cost of defendant.
A. Bullard versus Henry F.
Kath, continued at cost of de
fendant.
A J Grant versus Jackson
County Levee District No. 2,
damages; continued for term.
Josephine Grooms, exparte,
appeal from probate court;
agreed statement of facts filed.
W. C. Morgan versus St L. I.
, :JI
M. & S. Ry. Co., damages; can?
tinued by .consent.
Joe Dunn versus St. L. I. mA - ~
& S Ry. Co., damages; contin
ued by consent.
r
Jeff Bars Any Charges.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, Oct. 3.—Senator
Jeff Davis, who had engage
ments to speak at the county
fairs at Harrisburg, Fayetteville
and Benton, has announced that
he will not appear at those
places, as he has been advised
that charges for admission will
be made at the gates. He says
he will not speak to the people *
at county fairs when they have
I to pav to hear him.
I ‘
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Trials In Justice Court.
J. W. Thorpe^th^vcying bar- /
ber who stole a "v5r' ■
get a bottle of w
night, pled guilt
Loftin Monday
was fined $10 an
Before the s£
the cases of th
charged with crs
also heard Tue
the defendants
by jury.
“Bully” John
victed, the fine
ning $49 while t.
the other eight
to be referred to
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