New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-31

John NJ. Clayton was shot and instantly killed
about O'clock to.nghtp
'iE bfechnndge also showed 10 the CORRESPONDENTS
copy OF dispatch sent By him to a friend IN Pine
bum where the orphaned daughter of the assas snated
"epuohcan lives. II read:
Express to the family of Colonel Clayton 10Y pro.
round and heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement
bet me know when and where he will be buredo
he also sent the following dispatch to Carroll Arm
strung, his attorney at Plummervie. who engaged
with Clayton In taking deposItIons in the election con-
test yesterday:
am shocked at news of Colonel clayton's death
Give particulars
= IN reply to questions by the correspondents Mr..
precknrdge said In substance;
colonel Clayton and / were fellow-townsmen
haehDors and personal friends. He had been sheriff OF
our county for a number Of years, and had voted for
MN Tor that Office l saw him few days ago. as was
On he point Of leaving home, and we had some con-
Veisauon about the pending contest Yes, Pummer-
Vliie, Conway County where he was killed is tho
pace where the ballot box captured and carried
away oy four masked on the night Of the election
ieS, IL was a Republican box. The average Republk
can majority In that precinct IS about 400 or 45O
hach party accuses the other Of stealing the box but
hether has been able TO produce evidence convict
the other and the identity Of the robbers has never
oeen discovered. II they were Democrats they may
nave Killed Clayton in order prevent discovery and
SO tiat even II the Plummerve box had been counted
Tor Clayton, would stIll have had majority Of sew
era hundred votes. That was the only place In the
district where any fraud theft was discovered. so
Tar as have been able 10 ascertain
Representative Peel. Of Arkansas, sald @The
hllng of Clayton s a most deplorable occurrence
lie was man who generally respected as
citizen and popular with his party. Ho was an hon
est man and official OF tried and proved integrity
vi course he was strong Republican and an active
PARTISAN but no fair fighter well as a hard
hitter. II his death was due TO political causes, tho
affair Is all the more deplorabe, and, Of course
hope that such is not tho facL' Senator Jones. Of
Arkansas, ssid Plummervllle was tho place where
els psi'o' eox was stolen on the night q the last
ssacH so as Every eHod to discover The thieves has
Layton y might be on their track concluded TO put
senator Bowen of Colorado said that he had known
Layton Tor many yeas. IIe was with him In tho
Arkansas legislature He was a sterling Republican,
ability He was hardly as aggressive as his brother
S,, roEe was, but he was. nevertheless a power in
THE BODY TAKEN TO LITTLE ROCK
Idttie Rock, Jan. 3O.-The body of John N. Clayton
was brought 10 this city tonight, and was met at
The depot by the knights Templar CommanderJ and
vast conconrse OF people and escorted TO the com
mandery asylum, where II lies In state I'll TO- morrow
TO be taken to Pine Buff for burial The fatal
wound Is an ugly charge OF fifteen buck
shot entered the hight side OF the head, tearing
hole IN which man could his fist Seven balls
passed clear through, making a hole the left
side an inch and half In diameter The neck
was broken, all the arteries from the brain to tho
heart severed and death was instantaneous.
a pistol found Just outside Mrs McGravcns yard IL
tho only clev 70 the perpetrators. II Is Smith q
Wesson, forty-four cabre, blue barrel, latest I'm
proved. bran new and Is loaded fun and has never
been fred. Mcu came back last night at O'Clock
and prowled around the house trying to find H. but
the rlen inside unarmed ard wers afraid TO
venture ont, knowing that It meant certain death
The assasens heavy arctic overshoss, which
they pulled OF a. soon as they gOt outside Of the
gard.
THE CRIME SEVERELY CONDEMNED
Pine BluG. Ark, Jan. 30 SpecisD.-hteDse OK
eitement exists here because Of tho killing last night
u PiummevlIe OF John NJ Clayton. In Pine
elen, naytou's homo ho a held n high esteem 10y
members Of both political parties A messmceiing
Of citizens 10 be held to-day at the court house viii
condemn unqualIhedly tho fact and means Of his
death.
little Rock. Ark. Jan. 30.-A bill was presented
In the senate to.dsy authorizing the Governor TO
offer % 900 reward for the arrest Of tho murderer
mufderers Of John NJ Clayton, and &c was made
the special order for tomO