The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
POPE COUNTY AGAIN.
Killing Of Capt. asrriott, Militia "
6csr.
Assossinat,on Of tho Notorious Sherry
.atr4 rs', Dods0h. $500.

son. The latter NaS coplulisslpnri anu
Fowler was n,es,ilg f0r tac U.te before
the Supreme court and before the county
court II Pops. On Wednesday the '.Sr a.
called at Dover. eminent counsel iran ms
city being present in behalf Of both parties.
The trial ended Wedn 'sdal. the court decd
ing it lad no iuris iiction when Ill the par
ties left for Little Rock, where iHsy arrived
| YESTERDAY. with the exception Of DodSnlI.
For the particulars Of the kiliinE OF C"Pt.
! lIerriott and the shooting of DJdson, We refer
to the following statements
STATEMENT OF :, c. ROBINSON, COUNTY CLERK
OF PorE
Mr. Robinso,, was among the party who ar
rived yesterday. one reporter interviewed
him and obtained the following statement:
On "Wednesday the county court Was In ses-
sion, and on that day the contested election
case of Fowler vs Dudson. for the oihce OF
sheriff oi that county. was being tried
! Ten minutes alter the adjournment OF tue
| court, John dale game into the clerks oilicc.
| in the c0Hct 'g,ilise At this time the clerk
was standing at his table and when Hale
came in NE passed by thc,clers WALKING upto
the fireplace, pbcre George Iierriott was
standing tie commenced swearing and
cursng llerriott, asking him to make apollo
Siss for somcthing he had done wien the mi
! ltia were at Dover last summer. hlr. lfcrriot
| refused to apologize saying hc had done moth
ing for which an apology Was needed Robin
son. the clerk. secinga fight was probably to
take place. put all his books together, and
| placed them ont OF the way. and started to 90
out OF the Office On arriving at the door he
was stopped by Perry West who. after curs-
ing him, told him not to leave the office he
clerk thon told West lie would not leave, that
he would stay there. At this time, he says,
hale had started togo ont, pulling and drag
gipT Herriott with him. " est then took hold
of the clerk. telling him to 90 along with the
party. laying his hand on his revolver. the
handle of which the clerk saw In Wes s pock-
ct. The whole party then passed out into the
| hall of the court house, West and The clerk in
/ front and Hale and ilerriott bringing up the
rear West and the clerk stopped in the hall
and Hale proceeded dragging llcrriott with
him toward the north door OF the court house.
all this time swearing and demanding that
lierriott apologize. The specific charge
made against lierrott 10y Hale, for which he
demanded apologies, was that ilerriott had.
ut some time, broken in the windows Of his
mothers house, When they got to the door
Hale pulled lIerriotts moustache, beard and
hair also cuifed and hit him on the head with
his hands, and either knocked or pushed hin,
dow n in the courthouse door At this time
two shots were fired by some unknown per-
son in the crowd outside, which instantly
killed llcrriott.
When the firing commenced Vests atten-
ton was attracted from the clerk and he. i'm
proving the opportunity, darted out Of the
house, and getting on his horse, left Dover
He went dircrtl, to DodSon's house, twelve
miles southeast OF Dover. and STAYED there
till darn, After Rebinson'- arrival, Dodson
Judge Ionlcy, Judge Allen and Capt Eyulp-
ston, of Hu>sc!yiile. arrived from Dover
From there the whole party went t. Perry.
It tiun, the westrn terminus of the Fort
Il ib.,,s h, 1,
O'Clock Wednesday night and the whole pr.
ty, with the ex option Of Judge lonlrv, slept
, in Rankins' house till about half past four
when they had breakfast. After breakfast
Robinson AMI Warrington went into The pa-
srngrr ear together. Where they RENAME
about twenty minutes before rhe crowd came
in. The last man who camc on board wa
boisun. who got on att the ccntUytor Eat
/ cried " ali ahoard. and cam, ia a. the rcN
, door stopping II monIrnt run the platform :,
order breakfast tor Ria, Emhry, colorot
hack driver Immediately after tui> orr.
, the shot WAS fired. and Dod-On came ,ta.grr.
ing into the car. What followed j. told II,
Mr.. A ) Fowler, who WAS Dodson's oppu
nent for the Office Of sheriff:
As. v0wLER's STORY.
Mr.. Fowler was sitting in the ear when the
shot was fired He thinks the assassin va.
probably under the rear platform o, the car
,
form on the car platform he reached ouL and
shot him. DOdson came into the car groan-
ing. and drew his revolver before be became
inscnsible and Judge Yonlcy laid him in his
seat. At the time of the shooting every body
was excited, bnt notwithstanding this, Dod-
son was removed by Mr.. Fowler with the aid
Of others. into the station. After being laid
or y nattres. on the floor he asked Fowler to
turn him on his side Fowler did so. but
Dodson screamed and groaned in agony. 50
that Fowler placed him again on his back
lie then asked Fowler to raise him up and.
in accordance with hi. wishes Fowler pro-
cured some cheese boxes. which he placed un =
der the head of the mattress. after which he
sent for doctor. Mr.. Fowler pnt camphor
to his nostrilS and bathed his temples He re-
vived considerably and asked to be sent TO
his family. lie was not in,ensible when the
train left.
JUDGE =. r.. ALIENS STATEMENT
The judge was sitting in tho car. Waiting
for the train to start when he heard pistol
shot, and saw DodSon come in at the rear
door Judge Allen stepped past him and
closed the door to prevent more shots being
fired into the car, Mr. Allen went out on the
platform and saw some one behind some bar
rrls or hogShcads and. when he was seen the
person, whoever 1t was, lodged out of sight
lie don't know whether the man he saw had
ANYTHING to- do With the shouting or not
1 Both Judge Allen and Judge YOnley were
at Dover when Ilerriott was killed They
were engaged in the contested election ease
OF Fowler vs.. Dodson; Allen "a counsel for
Dodson and lonlcy for Fowler. The case
was dismissed from court, for want of juris-
! diction in the county court to try it
THE STORY As TOLD BY JUDGE YoNLEY.
At about half past four o'clock Thursday
morning he WAS sitting in the car when he
heard the report of piSto, which at ,hc time
he thought was the noise made by closing the
furnace door in the locomotive Immediately
after the shot was fired he saw Dod>on come
staggering into the car, groaniu. in agony.
| He got up and placed him in his seat, where
he was carried ont IN a fSiiting condition
and taken tn Mr.. Perry's store. where he re-
Nived 'omcwlatand made a few iucohcrent
remarks. When he came into the car he ashc,l
for his pistols. which were given TO him. He
had no bleod IN lrlnI but hlcd internally lie
was shot Ia his hft side near the lower ribs
the ball passing around his body. and coming
out Of hi; right Rrra.t, After the ball came
out 1t proceeded at q sharp angle, and made
: ucrp iuu-n,rn N the post or the car, No
! Que was seen to Are the shot and no attempt
WAS made to arrest any one, shortly aftrr
this the train moved oil and Dod>on was lcft
1t Perry. Mt which tine he was sensible, hav-
ing revived,
TnE lXCIrrMENr
Over the reception OF This news Yesterday
| morning was Ncty grrt throughout The city.
| II WIS tie general subject ot conversation
| durin. the DISCUSSION e the matter by the
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