The Monticellonian., 1895-08-02
KILLED BY CHEROKEE BILL.
The Outlaw Kills a Guard at the Fort smith Federal Jail-Desperate Effort Of thr ondcmned Criminal to Escape tic Gaifows-H His Victim Slatn White Assist Ing in Locking the Prisoners in Their IIa

smith Federal JaiI-Desperate Effort of thr ondcmned Criminal to Escape the Gaitows-TIIs Victim Slatn White Assist Ing in Locking the Prisoners in Their Cells.
 F0RT SMITH, Ark, July 27-Chero- kee Bill, the notorious criminal out law, who is at present under sentence of death, has another life to answer for A little after o'clock Friday evening R. c. Eoff, the turnkey of the federal jail, as is his custom, was mal- ing the rounds of the cells, engaged iu locking the prisoners in for the night The federal jail Is composed of three tiers, the lower floor being given over to those convicted of murder. Chero- kee Bills cell is on this floor, on the north side. The usual manner of fast ening the cells is by means of lever located in the corridor, at the end of the cells After this is done the turn key goes inside the steel grating which surrounds the three tiers and locks each cell separately He had performed this duty on the south side, and had gone around to lock those on the north side. He was accompanied on his rounds by Lawrence Heating, the night guard, who always keeps on the outside of the steel grating in or der that he may be able to suppress any riotous demonstrations on the part of any of the prisoners. As EoH came to the cell next to that occupied by Cherokee Bill, he experienced some difficulty in locking the cell door, and remarked that it had been tempered with. As he was endeavoring to re- lease the keys Cherokee Bills cell door was thrown violently open and the outlaw stepped out with cooked revolver in his hand Throwing it down on Heating. the guard, who was only d few feet away, he said:
 Throw up your hands, G-d d-n you, or l will kill you.
 Hardly were the words out of his mouth before the fatal shot was fired. Heating, seeing his danger, turned slightly around, and the bullet struck him in the side. He staggered toward the stone wall near him and sank to the floor He was dead in few min utes Eoff. seeing his own danger, abandoned his keys and started to run. As he turned to the corner of the tier of cells Cherokee Bill fired at him, but failed to hit him. Turning the next corner, only short distance away, Eoff continued his flight down the south corridor, until he reached cut off, where. by standing in the doorway and elinging to the cell door he had partial protection from the bullets. While in this position Cherokee Bill fired three shots at him, but none of them took effect.
 At this juncture George Lawson, an. other of the guards, who was upstairs in the iailer's office at the time the firing commenced, appeared on the scene with a Winchester and began firing in Cherokee Bills direetioni but the elosely=woven grating prevented his taking good aim, and his shots went wild. Seeing that his attempt to escape had proven futile, Cherokee Bill ran back to his cell. Other guards ran to Lawson's assistance, and a reg ular fusilade was kept up for some time.
 Finally Cherokee Bill agreed to give up his revolver if the guards would promise not to kill him. He turned it over to Henry Starr, and by him the murderous weapon was passed out to the guards. A search of Cherokee Bills cell revealed the fact that he had In his possession enough cartridges to have killed fifty men. While the ex- citement was at the highest his sister, who has been in the city several days, appeared among the crowd of excited citizens who had congregated on the outside. and created such a disturb ance that it was found necessary for an officer to lodge her in the county iail. Cherokee Bills brother is also in city. and the suppostion is that either he or his sister furnished the weapon with which the desperado did his deadly work.
 This is the second time within s month that revolver has been found in Cherokee Bills possession. George Pierce who is under sentence of death, Is believed to have been implicated in the plot. As Turnkey Eoff ran along the corridor he looked back and saw Pierce chasing him. In his hands he held the leg of table, with which he thought to brain Eof.
 Heating, the guard, was carried out side the jail and laid on the grass. He never spoke a word after receiving his death wound. He was faithful and popular officer, and his death is deeply deplored. The shooting inside the jail attracted a large crowd on the outside, and when it was definitely known that Cherokee Bill had added another vic tim to his list indignation knew no bounds Lynching was openly advo- cated, and had not United States Marshal Crump arrived on the scene when he did and securely locked the heavy iron doors of the jail it is prob able Cherokee Bill would now be dangling at the end of rope. A squad of fifty armed guards were on duty last night to repel an expected attack.
 Crawford Goldsby, alias Cherokee Bill, alias Gorilla, is only 10, but has been convicted of train robbery and murder One murder case is pending in the supreme court of the United States, and charge of killing his brother-in-law is still on the docket here.
 The United States has been the principal souuce of the worlds gold supply even since the discovery of gold !n California.
 BRIGHT BITS.
 JURY should be firm, but not fixed.