Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-07-24
TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Three Men Killed i'm a Remote
Part Of Arkansas.

Harrison Times, July III
On Saturday, July 10th, a mar who,
it was afterward asc~ertained, had
been stopping with a person named
Jamison, living in a lonely place on
the mountain a shOrt distance west Of
Carrollton, entered the house O, John
Myers, in Hale's Barrens. during the
absence of himself and wife, and car
ried off a suit of clothes and other ar.
ticles. A neighbor named Rhodes.
who saw the thief as he was riding
along on his mule, recognized the
clothes and as soon as possible in.
formed Myers of what he saw. Both
then started in pursuit, and near dark
saw the thief afoot in the road near a
house at White river, where he had
stopped to feed. Myers at first de.
manded his clothes, and receiving the
reply that he would have to wait a
long time, threw his shotgun down
on him and said: you are my pris-
onerl' when the man replied: "Am
II" aud Immediately shot Myers with
his pistol, killing him instantly. The
murderer then made his escape afoot.
going back southwark. Having trail.
ed him on Sunday to near Jamison's,
the assistance Of Ike Wann, the dep.
uty sheriff at Carrollton, and Others
was procured and Jamison's house
and the roads in the vicinity were
watched all that night. Just before
daylight on Monday morning those
stationed around Jamison's house saw
a man pass them towards the house.
About sunrise, as the party we're adj
%vancing towards the house Jamisou
came out, going to the spring after
water, when Wann halted him and
told him that there was a murderer
in his house whom they wanted. Jam.
ison replied that there was no nan il
the house that he knew Of. Jam.
ison was then detained under guarC
and the party resumed their advance
towards the house when the murderer
dashed out Of the house with a pisto.
in each hand. Wann ordered him Il
halt when the firing back and forth
began, Wann firing a little the first
hitting him in the back near the righI
shoulder blade. The murderer, how.
ever, succeeded in making his escape
about 60 yards through a patch of corr
and brush, intending to pass through
a gap in the bluff close by. James OF
Rock Jones as he was more famil.
iarly called, with his son Gilbert wa,
stationed on this bluff; both of them
fired at him as he was approaching
one ball hitting him in the
lett breast, ranging downward
and the other SCATTERING his chin
when he fell forward on his face
Jones then told the others not tC
shoot any more as he had finished
him, when the murderer arose on his
knee and shot Jones, killing him in.
stantly. Previously, Ebert ran to.
wards his father, but too late Il
warn him OF his danger The muir.
derer then shot at Ebert, but was toe
weak TO aim straight, and missed him
before he expired, a brother of Myers
shot him again, and crushed the bach
of his skull, influenced no doubt By
an uncomfortable frenzy towards the
one who had murdered his brother.
AS 500 as the murderer was shot
Jamison, who was in custody, wa
heard to exclaim: Good God! the
have shot my SOM This is the onll
clue as to who the man was; he wa.
known, however, to have previousl,
made Jamison's house his stopping
place.