Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1893-04-13
THE CLAYTON MURDER.
Scenes in the Examining Trial of
Frank Hickey.

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night of January 29, 1889, began a
Morrillton, Ark, this a. M, before
Justice 0. T. Bentley. Attorney Jack
son and Reid have been retained tt
defend the accused and it is also ru
mored that "Poker Jack" Mcclure
will assist in the defense. Witness
Burkhart and Officer A. j. Werner o.
Butte, left Little Rock yesterday fol
Morrillton, to be present at the ex'
amining trial in that city to-day. The
following statement of his case, con.
tanning much vituperation and abuse
has been prepared for publication by
the prisoner:
81 see by the statements of the con-
spirators, Buckhardt and Werner, that
| have travelled under the names OF
Kelly, Riley and Coffee John. want
to say that this man Werner is a liar;
that | never went under any name
but my own, and the reason he made
the statement is to try and prejudice
the people against me. | court and
demand thorough and full investi-
CATION of this conspiracy, and when
it is made, you will see what con-
temptible scoundrels Burkhardt, Wer-
ner & Co. are. l put the "Co." for the
reason Burkhardt and Werner will
approach unscrupulous parties
for to swear my life away,
as they done in Butte, Mont, Here
are the names of some of the sele ct
who perjured themselves against me
in Butte: j. Martin, pimp and
hackdriver, who had charge of bur
glary against him, and was to have it
nolle pressed if he swore against me;
j. Pincus, hotel roustabout, who
slapped in the face, and a policeman
by the name of Wild, who, no doubt,
got his place on the force for swearing
against ME. Wild and Martin |
never saw before in my life till they
went on the witness stand. have
photos of myself, which you can have
published the world over if you wish,
and if am such man as those con-
spirators claim, there ought to be
some police in the different cities who
ought to know me. But / dare this
man Landers, alias Burkhardt, for to
do the same; but if this legbreaker is
an honest man, as he claims, ! don't
see what he would have to fear. |
am not the only man this Landers has
tried to send to the penitentiary; he
tried q similar scheme on two parties
in Texas, but they swore warrants out
for him for purjury before the trial
and he skipped out, and he is an out
law now from the State of Texas. /
don't wish you to take my word for
this, but telegraph Ross and Terrill,
of Fort Worth, Tex, leading attorneys.
They will give you his full history in
the State of Texas. | refer you also
about Werner's veracity to George
Griffith, Dave MicKeljohn and Pat
rick Cantwell, brother officers of
Werners in Butte. l don't profess to
be an angel, but no man can swear
honestly that hurt or harmed any
man in my llfe."
THE OTHER SIDE.
The statement set forth above was
made by Frank Hickey just prior to
his arraignment IN court for the MUIR
der of John M Clayton. The first
witness called upon to testify in the
trial Of the case, was Nat Burkhardt,
the informer, upon whose evidence
the arrest was made. We feel 1t a
duty TO state in this connection, that
the man Burkhardt has absolutely
nothing to recommend him to the
confidence of the public, he being de-
void Of character and clearly of a
weak, vacilating temperament. After
numerous previous statements, volun-
tarily made to different persons out
Of court, the informer, after being
duly sworn, proceeded to relate his
connection with the Clayton murder,
in the following terms: He testified
that he went from Morrillton to Lit
tie Rock on the Goth of January in
company with Frank Hickey. lie
said that Hickey's right name was
Riley and that he was raised by his
(Burkhardt's) family. In 1882 Burk.
hardt said he had quarrel with his
mother and left home, Hickey going
with him. lie had known Hickey ia
assume the names Of w j Culver, W
ID Lawson and Frank Kelly.
THE STORY OF THE KILLING.
At Little Rock Burkhardt said he
met man by the name of Richards
or Richardson, and one by the name
of Flannery, and with Hickey, they