Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-03-28
This Morning's Session.

This Mornings Session.
Court opened promptly atao'clock
The first witnessed called was David
Brown. eolored. Testified that be-
tween / and ) o'clock Monday eve
ming he was digging potatoes and
saw McGehee and Scott passing
along the road and they We're talk
ing very loud. He finished blowing
and went on home. and soon after
he got home he heard four pistol
one was made and about one.
minute elapsed before the other
three. which were made in rapid sue
ression He said he lived on the bic
road where the dead body OF Nc
6ieliee was found.
THE ONLY EYE WITNESS,
DraVfl browns little 7-xear-old
daughter. Josie, was mex intro
duee0 and closely examined as TO her
qualifications as 4 Witness in the
case. She made some very bright
answers, but in In cross. examina-
ion she beeamcsomewhatp eIplexed
50 many questions having been
asised her Judge Elliott decided to
allow her to testify. She vas sworn
anu testified thai slr. -was in the
woods near her llo44.s eat herig4a
hickory nuts when McGehee anu
Scott came riding along; that Scott
shot McGehee and that he fell from
his horse and that Scott dragged his
body from the road out into the
woods and placed him up against a
white oak tree: that he took the sad
die and bride off McGehee's
horse, threw them up into n fence
corner and turned the horse loose
In the cross examination she stated
that MeGehee was standing on the
ground when Scott shot him. She
seemed to have no idea OF time or
distance, but as a general thing She
made intelligent answers to allques-
tions asked her; the cross-exal.ina-
ron. however confused her some
What
.tdcline brown wife nf David
Brown. testified thai she saw Nc.
es,hee and s.ott pass her house OF
Monday evening. coming towald
Pine Bluff. III Il seon aflef thes
ass ii Sic heard pistol Slot and Ii
aboui one minute three additional
shot in rapid Succession. She fpstis
Gaa thai flleshpotiag occurred about
fifa or ten minutes alter they pissed
lnl house.
Mike Graham Who works at iarz
elin'S mill testified HAT lie took Scott
To Dexter and ON the way Scott told
him he WAS - years old and that he
Was never before in such trouble,
sayiAg that he ma Killed a man be-
low Pine Bluff
Sheriff 4 q. Thompson was swo1n
aud testified that he arrested Scott
at Dexter, October, Is, 1894 and
brought him to Pine Bluff lie stuffed
when he arrested the prisoner he had
Just COTTON on the cars at that place.
On examination he found that Scott
had n Smith q Wesson double action
reVolvercarrying five loads on his
body The pistol was shown the
jury. 1t appeared that four Of the
cartridges were comparatively new
while one was old and rusty
Witness stated that the prisoner
Scott had ahstained from food for Il
space OF about three days, and that
after he had given orders for no
food to be left in the cell and that the
day following the prisoner again be
gan to take food.
w A Clay testified that he had Il
conversation with Scott next day
after he was placed iii prison in
which conversation Scott said Me
G1hec pulled out his pocket book and
said he had only $500 but would pay
him the balance when he got to
town, but said Scott it looked like
robbery and then remarked, II am in
no condition to talk
Harry l. Holderness was again
called and testified that the wounds
ia Mr(iehee's body We're made by at
least Il Si-calcbre revolver. IIeagain
explained the location of the wounds
in the body and stated that he ex-
amined them closely.
The prosecution stated here that
the State would rest The defense