The Forrest City times., 1895-11-08
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

morning The doctor died in few hours. The doctors body was pierced by six pistol balls, three taking effect in the left jaw, one just below the heart, one in the right side and one in the left shoulder. Brown made the following statement:
 "Hancock became infatuated with my wife some time ago. He was our family physician, hence had many op- portunities of being with her. His att tentions had been getting more and more persistent and annoying all the time. My wife and talked the mat ter over, but I was anxious to avoid trouble, and tried to persuade him to stop. The night of the shooting he came to my house and acted like maniac I tried to get him to leave, and also tried to keep him away from my wife by locking her up in room He went away, but came back again and said he was going to kill her. He drew his pistol and fired, but I knocked it out of his hand and got hold of it and began firing myself"
 Mrs. Brown has been married five
 
 Miss Martin previous to her marriage, daughter of James Martin, surveyor, who lives at Pine Bluff About all Dr. Hancock said in reference to the affair was that, II did not do any shooting; he did it all himself"
 SAID IT WAS JUsTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.
 At the coroner's inquest Mir. Brown was one hour on the witness stand. It developed that the physician had visited Mir. Browns home for three nights previous to the killing. Each time he brought a quantity of mor- phine and whisky along, and swore he intended to commit suicide.
 'On the night of the killing" said Mir. Brown, Hancock came to my house and said to me: T love your wife, Brown, and can not live without her, and if l can't get her. I will kill her. I love my children, but don't like my wife, but I love Mrs. Brown ten thousand times better than I do my children"
 "I tried to get to leave, but he would not. and then ne drew his pistol and fired. 1 knocked it out of his hand, and began firing myself"
 After hearing the evidence, the jury returned verdict of justifable homi- eide
 Collision the Iron Mountain.
 Freight train No 70 and the Iron Mountain south-bound "cannon ball" collided the other morning on the main track 1 mile east of the Fort Smith crossing. in North Little Rock The first section of No. 70 had stopped because drawbar had pulled out. A fagman was sent ahead to flag the cannon ball." which was soon due, but for some unaccounta ble reason he failed to perform his duty. The passenger train rounded the curve, and before it had time to slow up the wreck had occurred. Very lit tie damage was done to either engine. The baggage car. which was immedi- ately following the express car on the cannon ball." ran into the latter. smashing the floors of both cars gen orally and piling the wreck up in confused mass. Baggagemaster Cramer was pinioned under the baggage, and was not extricated until after an hours hard work by the crews of both trains. He was badly bruised and scratched, but no bones were broken The ex. press and mail employees were badly shaken up, but sustained no injury. Engineer Horne and Fireman Trend ley were severely bruised
 The England Killing. A dispatch sent from Little Rock | says: Gov. Clarke has offered re- ward of $500 for the arrest and convic- tion of the parties who participated in the lyncbing of Albert England at Vilonia.
 Vilonia is little town in Faulkner county, 30 miles north of Little Rock. The mob was composed of white men. and it is believed it will be compara- lively easy matter to identify its mem- bers The shooting of England took place miles east of Vilonia, where his body was found. Deputy Sheriff Moore, John Hinson and others had England in custody, when the mob of nine men came up and demanded their arms and the prisoner. Sheriff Moore says the men were all masked and were strangers to him. England was shot sixteen times.
 There are two theories as to the lynching. One that Englands part ners in crime killed him to save them selves from prosecution, as it was feared he would confess and duplicate them; the other that his courting girls. passing himself off as single man, caused the relatives of the young women to avenge them. The coroner's jury found that England had come to death at the hands of men to them nn