The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-17
A CowARbIY ASSASSIN.
An Attempt Ia Murder Prominent
 Jatst

An Attempt "a Murder Prominent
 Jurist
 Several dats aee. the .if7, aiae Tefserv X..sss' ten,ainea the ipllosing piece ot sensannnal uess
 Na ee4ta&e. to~afAis attempt to ..ssassiuatc one et eut ieaaing eitisens. The Flat keek nrieshatheo1. i,,ng near the e8sy. was shfasf gafa | ~It1 state of eSetement yeS,ri.l,, ,notoing upon ivtaung tt,t ; ,e~ sfaiy tempt had been mAsc by sons uskipws patty upon the lie ci la1Ee ls,les A. taf <. can be ~ et,sinri the folos iag ts a correct ssateueu, oi the sawafaiiy sad shameiui assaal, he ludFe adjourned toat. late m the afternoon and a 'ace tepifed to his humc III the tial Rock neishborhood to enioy iha, rest and que, ot ~ht.h hc was sa much ln need When ceeaing ,atee. he vent eat into ihc hack yard to draw hne kei II that ess ellen, water for winch the neig ighbothoad is nols,l While he was drawing the ~air, so,.e one ap- preached ,ia,, ks and struck Inc eminent iutist a heavy bles on Inc top al the head and then ks ked him several umes se- vefely ihc ludge's e,tes brought his estim4bie Wiie in tho scene Aa but the sii- lam had e>eaped. The Aeoundrei ,s sup- posed ,o be some one ~he has evidently been auslkned before count during the present seasion and ,hai he sought the co~atdiy revenge above stated. The ne~spape account seems very plausible, but the lac, IA. alter the judge adjourned cont, he went with party of poh,loa al friends to saloon where he tc- frshed himseli ~,,h eesetal gia.sss of buck beer When a man, be - ,n.lst or the pfopfietot ot a itot-iipe, take. sew eral glasses of butk beer, he IS in posi- iioa to take several giassss more, and when he does take several glasses more. he does net oeoapy any position as all. II he can stand up. he may consider him. self fortunate. When the ladge reached home, whieh he did after uasesslng con siderable territory, the house seemed ,o be upside down. Alter entering, n seemed 10 hum through hole In the 'oof. he went down io the floor and found his wife ~eanng a hardened cz- p'essa"n oi connisnance He took Il short nap, and upon being awakened by the buck beer. winch ls ever restless. de ternga1ng tha, man shall not rest, he alied ior sa,ef
 you want water yon may get t yourself snapped hIs wife. The ses- wants are go C, and you needn', think that am going 10 wAil on a drunken man
 Don't self tn trouble on my ac- count he frplisd. Ask no odd. any man, and serambling to h,a feet, he took the bucket and vent out so the well. The appAfa,ua used ,y the lnds for hoiat- ing Inc hmpii fund ,o tn. earsh's surface, is an oId-iashioned ~io1iAss, slth great crank and hickory handle like the polished sail'alah of an Irish policeman.
  He lowered the bueses after much eresiion and had almoss wound up the chain on the return trip. whsn the handle dipped from h,s hand, flew around with A ~ain and gave hun sie kening crack nn the top of his head knoeklng hirn to A kneciIng position. Before he could crawl out oi ihe way, inc handle struck him three tunes and came in one of psit,ng oa, the giaring light of his Jadiciai ex. Is'enee Ills slid cries summoned his wife, who assisted the bruised man to his sosi. ii.s ses.i~s af the ..s.s..ss ca 'iaoght was blood-curdhng. and when he judge dropped to sleep. .i,h a vet o~ci on hia legal mug. the deceived ady. ~is'l eyes fail of pity, said ,o her. eli:
 las, ta .h.nk Ina. shnald haze 'poken crsss to him IL is 4 judgment enf on rre for my harshnessD