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That
went back to stop them; After
stopping the team, witness again
started to the house, and met
Harvey with a revolver at the
corner of the garden and his
brother Robert with a shotgun.
[She took the weapons away
from them and later they were
returned to their places in the
house, where the boys had se
cured them.
Dr. Kimberlin On Stand.
Dr. K. K. Kimberlin testified
that he found Hub Dunn dead
from a gunshot wound in the
left breast just over the heart.
The main wound was 1 1-2 inch
es in diameter and scattered
about were single shot wounds.
The charge had not penetrated
the body, but could be seen be
neath the left shoulder blade.
Witness had met Ruddell
about noon and had told defend
ant that Dunn was dead and
where the shot had struck. Rud
dell had remarked'that his aim
wras good. The doctor had said
“I’m sorry you killed him and
Ruddell replied “Yes, I’m sorry
too, but I had to do it and it will
all come out in the wash.”
Harvey Dunn Called.
Harvey Dunn, the fourteen
year old son of the deceased,was
on the wagon of copi when his
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turn home testifying to substan
tially the same conversation be
tween Ruddell and Dunn leading
up to the shooting, adding that
when Ruddell shot he exclaimed,
“Nov; I’ll pay you and if you
want any more of the same kind
you can get it.”
The lad testified that when
the shot was fired, he jumped
out of the rear end of the wa
gon and ran to the house. He '
telephoned Mr. Lindley to send
the constable as his father was
shot and with his brother the
two had gotten a shotgun and .
revolver and were running back (
toward the wagon, when met by
their mother and their guns ta
ken away from them.
He then went to his father’s
body and felt his head and
throat, finding life was gone.
While reciting his story here,
the little fellow burst into tears
and told his story between sobs,
much of this being ruled out by
the court.
Other Boy’s Story.
Robert Dunn, the eleven year
old son, had been told of the
shooting by his brother,Harvey ,
and had gotten the shotgun
from over the door, but was met
at the garden by the mother and
disarmed.
Constable Ritchie Called.
Witness had a conversation
two weeks before the shooting
with Ruddell in Tuckerman, in
front of Graham Bros. Ruddell
had told him of trouble with
Dunn and had said if he ever
stopped him in the road he
would never stop another man.
This was ruled out because wit
ness could not give words of con
versation. While the talk was
| on, Dunn had passed and Rud
dell had said “There goes the
d-now.” Witness
stated that Ruddell had sur
rendered to him at once after*
the shooting and told him, he
(Ruddell) had killed Dunn.
Gore Testified As to Gun,
| George Gore, a neighbor of
the two men, hf.d a conversation
with Ruddell, latter told witness
he was expecting Dunn to raise
a row with him, offered witness
a drink of whiskey, but same
' was refused. Ruddell had a
shotgun laying in the bottom of
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SEWER FACILITIES i
NOT SUFFICIENT J
[n Capital City Says Engineer 1
Buchanan Now In Inde
pendence County.
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Little Rock, Oct. 6.—Col. E. •
C. Buchanan, civil engineer, left J
last night for Independence .
county, where he has charge of i'
the work on the Curia Drainage j
district which was created byj
the last legislature. This dis- ^
trict will drain 25,000 acres of j
valuable land contiguous to
Black River, and it is estimated
will cost in the neighborhood of
$25,000.
Col. Buchanan has made a j'
close study of the sewerage pro- j
position in Little Rock, and said: |
“The greatest thing Little Rock
needs just now is a better sys
tem of sewerage. The . entire
South and Southwest portions of
the city are without sewer facil
ities, except for .a few septic
tank systems, which are all
right, when constructed proper
ly, which these are not. And
even then they do not answer
the same purpose as the drain
age sewers. *
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mere snouici oe a iiuxik mie
sewer extending from near the
aew penitentiary, along the :
high water line of Fourehe, tun- (
neling under Oakland cemetery (
for about 2500 feet, and thence '
framing into the river. This 1
would be entirely feasible, and is 1
the only means of taking care A
af all that section where the city '
is now growing more rapidly T
:hna anywhere else. It could be .
aaid for by throwing the South- 1
srn portion of the city into an *
improvement district. The *
:runk line would be about six *
miles long, and it might be car- *
ried even to the Four mile gro- e
lery at a cost not to exceed
[>12,000 per mile. And no mo- *
aey could be expended |hat k
would add more to the growth
and healthfulness of the city.
Agents Take An Interest.
Special to Independent. ]
Little Rock, Oct. 6.—Insur- •
ance agents and mayors all over 1
the state are taking a great in- j
terest in the plans for Fire Pre- (
mention Day which'will be ob- ]
served everywhere next. Mon- r
fay, Oct. 9, upon proclamation (
af Governor Donaghey. Appro- ^
priate exercises are to be held (
that day in all the public schools,
and mass meetings of business 1
men will be held m the evening, i ]
They will discuss ways and (
means of lessening the great -
fire wasie of the state. An ef
fort is being made to awaken (
the public to a realization of the
importance of their co-operation
in reducing the fire loss.
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. Notice.
Commencing October the j
first, I will start closing out my i
entire grocery stock. I will j
have no bookkeeper employed, j
run no delivery wagon and wiHj
not be in a position to take care 1
of any credit business whatever. 1
This will be an opportunity to j 1
stock up on groceries as the en-;'
tire stock must-be sold if possi-,1
ble, in thirty days at actual cost, i
We wish to thank those who 1
have been our customers and
friends so long for their kind '
consideration, and assure you
one and all, that we feel grateful
to you.
56btf. H. P. Martin.
Babbitt - Metal 10c lb. atSrto
pendent office 51btf ■
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And Hit Him Just For This!
The following appeared in the
ast issue of the Clarksville Dem- j
•crat and Saturday W. A. Cov
ngton, to whom the reference
s made, met R. H. Holcombe, ed
tor of the paper, and gave him
t thumping:
“As will be noticed in the in
erview reproduced this week
'rom the Arkansas Free Lance,
Mr. Strait says there is no doubt |
hat Senator Covington was!
elected by fraud. His very
Main statement of fact indicates
;hat there is a breaking up of
political lines in this part of the
itate. Mr. Strait’s present de
Duty prosecuting attorney, Jess
Reynolds, was studying law in
Senator Covington’s office dur
ing the last campaign and imme
diately after, the election in
which Covington and Strait were
re-eleered, Mr. Reynold’s has al
ways had a great deal of consid
eration for Mr. Covington, he
will probably not take very'kind
ly to Mr. Covington’s last elec
:ion (supposed) to the senator
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In court Senator Covington
jrged an excuse for his asault
ipon Holcombe that he had been
:riticised by the Democrat until
nofion^o mao pvlicmshprl
Now it will require, a pretty
evere stretch of imagination to
liscover anything particularly
>ffensive in the paragraph,
chich contains only a brief re
erence.to quoted speech of the
irosecutor relative to matters
vThich are of public record and
phich are upon everybody’s
ongue.
Mr. Holcombe published noth
ng but what he had a right to
lublish. If Senator Covington
xpects to thump everybody in
he Fourth district who makes
eference to the matter which
roused his ire against the edi
or he will be kept pretty busy
or a long time to come.—Fort
>mith Times-Record.
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Dr. Frank G. Smith.
Dr. F. G. Smith, aged 80 years,
>assed away at 7:20 this morn
ng at the family home on Wal
mt street after a five months’
llness of lung trouble. The de
based was born and raised at
Denmark and Brownsville,
Tennessee, where he spent his
arly manhood, moving to New
lort in its early history and is
»ne of her pioneer citizens.
T)r. Smith is survived by his
vife and one daughter, Mrs. Em
na Minor-Murray of New York
City, also three grandchildren.
ittle Frances Virginia Mann ot
Vlarianna, Launcelot Minor of
Chicago and Sydney Smith -of
Dklahoma City. The funeral
will be held at the home Satur
day afternoon at 3:30, conduct
ed by Rev. Arthur Fox, pastor
nf the Baptist church at Mari
anna, assisted by Rev. L. C.
Bauer of the local Baptist
fhurch, burial following at Wal
nut Grove.
Dr. Smith served his county
as treasurer six years and made
an excellent servant of the
people who had the utmost
confidence in his truthfulness
and honesty which he ever por
;rayed toward his fellowman.
Df a broad Christian spirit, he
was loved by all and the Baptist
dnurch of which he was a mem
ner for sixty-two years and
which he loved so well, has in
deed lost a friend.
To all who mourn the loss- of
this loved one and especially the
[onely wife, is extended the
sympathy of many friends.
ARKANSAS ON
WHEELS TO LEAVE
To Leave State November 1 On
Second Annual Tour of
Northern States.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, October 6.—W. B.
Folsom, promoter of Arkansas
on Wheels, is in the city, and re
ports everything ship-shape for
the departure of the train from
Little Rock October 20 for a
2500 mile trip through the
North and East. There will be
55 counties represented as com
pared with twenty last year,
and there will be 143 in the par
ty, including the Wynne band of
twenty pieces. The train will
leave Little Rock, on the Iron
Mountain, at 10 a. m. October
20, and return to Little Rock at
11a. m. November 1. The prin
cipal cities that will be visited
are Memphis, Louisville, Cincin
nati, Dayton, Springfield, Col
! umbus, Pittsburg, Canton,Mans
field, Muncie, Anderson, Indi
ana, Danville, Champaign, De-j
catur and St. Louis.
This is the second annual trip
of the Arkansas on Wheels Ex
position, the first having been
made last year, through Illinois,
to Chicago, thence through Io
wa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri
ahd back to Arkansas. Over
35,000 people visited the train
on that occasion, and it is ex
pected that this number will be
doubled on the present trip.
Stove and heating wood, any
length, not mill wood, for sale.
Prompt delivery. Phone 187.
54dtf.
Removed to Hospital.
Charles Ramsey of Batesville,
employed on the gravel train,
was seriously injured Thursday
about the head and chest and it
is thought also suffered internal
injuries.
He was first removed to the
office of Dr. L. E. Willis and then
taken to the hospital at Little
Rock on No. 3.
“A Millionaire Tramp.” §.
“A Millionaire Tramp” com
ing on Monday, October 9th at
the opera house is to amuse the
patrons of wholesome and in
structive amusements, as it
were, holding up the mirror of
nature and revealing the myste
ries of the workings of crime in |
some of the big cities. The sto
ry is a very pretty love story of „ .
heart interest, showing what
disappointment will cause some
unscrupulous villians to resort
to, to blast and ruin the life of
another, and how by the untir
ing efforts of the ever watchful
detective, crime finally gets its r.
reward and justice achieves its
victory over wrong doers.
The management of the pres
ent Company has saved neither
labor nor expense in putting f
forth the present talent to in
terpret this great play, and ha&
surrounded the same with seen- ,
ic effects suitable to the action
of the play, giving it the natur
alness of life. Many pleasing :1
and novel specialties will be in
troduced during the action of
the play. I
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Received Daily
Sweet Potatoes, Pears, Celery,
Grapes, Cocoanuts, Apples, Lem
ons and Bananas.—Snetzer's
Grocery. 44dtf.
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