Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-03-29

itV etbtul Oiie diltl ttlidn Years. Il rom
Mexico he went to New Orleans,
q there he did nothing From New
4 Orleans he went to Little Rock and
secured job as cotton weigher The
1 year following he was manager OF
hisiold plantation, continuing there
until the fall of 1886. The next year
he went to Mississippi and for a year
was manager of one of the Richard
4 son plantations. Next year he was
for two months manager OF a plan
tation. but threw up his job and has
been wanderer ever since, going
from pillar to post" Witness then
4 testified that his father lived with
him, near leland, Miss. about one
year doing nothing. His conduct
! became such that he took him to
Greenyille, Miss, with the intention
of having. him placed in the insane
asylum, but that he thought over
the matter after he got to Greenville,
Edeeiding that it would be impossible
for him to succeed in doing SO be-
cause Of the expense attached and
that he did not have he money. His
! father told him he would not bother
him any more ii he would give him
money to get away on He did so,
| but in three weeks he was back
agiiin. Since that time he has had
no regular place of abode. Witness
testified that he had thought for a
number years that his father was un-
balance mentally
In the cross eNanIination the wit
ness stated that he was sorry he had
not had his father locked up when
with him at Greenyille.
Some questions We're asked the
witness concerning his fathers In
sect investment in Mexico and he
stated that the investment proved
disastrous because it was too costly
a compound.
b. f. Moore testified that the
evening after the trial between Me
Gehee and Scott in Judge Moore's
! Court he and Scott took n walk on
that when they approached the hank
Scott exclaimed Here goes the New
Orleans, and made an attempt as
he thought To Jump into the river
but that he took hold of him and
prevt nted him from making the leap
He testified thRt he thought Scott
was insane In the cross examiha-
ton he stated that he never saw
Scott take q drink
Abe Goodwin, testified that on last
October he was bar tender for Red
Styles and that one Sunday morning
about one week ( though he was not
positive with TIL" date before the
killing of McGehee Scott came into
the bar room with his shirt bosom
open and tanning himself; that he
looked wild and frightened him. Scott
began to talk but his sentences were
so disconnected that he couldn't un-
dei,stand what he was talking about.
He stated to several parties that he
thought Scott was either crazy or
going crazy iudging from his actions,
he said Scott had been drink
ing previous to this occurrence, but
ii lie had been drinking that morning
lie did not know it. he also testified
that he had seen other men in pretty
much the same condition as Scott
was that morning, from having
taken too much liquor.
Red styles testified that he had
known Scott about II or - years
He knew him in Little Rock before he
Icame to Pine Bluff He was stop
ping with him just before the killing
ofsAieGehee. Often he saw Scott act
ing strangely as he thought for
sensible man. He would call for
meals at his restaurant and never say
nsthiiig about paying for the same.
He also testified that about five
weeks ago he was handed a letter by
jailor Neitz from Scott: that the let
ter was written as though in Little
Rock and requested him TO send him
some whiskey and bring n carriage
and take him to ride; Scott claimed
that rom Hardison had taken the
key OF his trunk off In the; cross
examination the witness testified
that he had destroyed the letter but
not until he had shown it to u num-
Der Of gentlemen and among the num-
Der Gen. II. King White.
Mrs. Garrett was the next witness
She keeps IA boarding house in this
city and testified that during last
September the defendant boarded
about ten days at her house She
thought that Scott acted very
strangely from the beginning He
said he wanted room and wanted
it quick. but after she had shown him
to Il room he did not remain in 1t
very long. He was very irregular at
his meals, said the witness, and she
did not think he ever eat three mesls
day She heard him up al all
hours of the night, and frequently he
would come down stairs and go out
on the porch and smoke a pipe. On