Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-06-16
NO 8
HE IS A BAD MAN.
And ia Kept conatantly on the Move
 Rpn out of Pine Bluff.

aia'he ot steofge D. Hearn arrived i II Pine Bluff and secured a position
 as switchnan in the yards of tbc Cotton Belt Railroad. Hearn cama
 here from Boone, Iowa. and broupht
 with him Il woman whom he calIpa
 his wife, and liyed with her AK sueb
 Last week the GkAPnIc received a
 letter from Boone. with the follow ing extract from theBoone News.and requesting that the extract be puh- liahed in the GRApHIc
 Geo. D. Hearn, who left his sfamily in Boone several months ago and fitted to parts unknown. has been located at Pine Bluff, Ark, where hR is switching in q yard, ana living with new wife. His family in Boone K in straightened eireumstan- ces.
 Tine reporter knew none of the facts concerning charges made in the extrael and instead Of publish- ing the extract 1t and the lettsr was tGH@i over to MT. ] II. Aeimeyer. eieneral Yard Master Of the Cotton Belt, and by whom Hearn was em- ploycd.
 Mir Neimexer wrote the following letfer to the Boone News:
 PINE BLDFF, ARK, May sl, 1897. EDITOR NEws: have in my employ one Geo. D. Hearh. switching, and 1 have been shown . letter in which WAS attached | clipping from your paper na name signed The letter eend clipping shows that the said Geo. D. Hearu had run away and left his wife and family and whs LOW living here with a new wife. lIe had some woman here with hin. do not know fl she is still here or not but l would like to know all tho facts in Che c1se and if he has been guilty of deserting his wife and fam fly and taking up with another l will discharge him, Ut once. for will not employ knowingly man that is guilty of such dastardly conduct. Please answer and give me the facts in the case as l do nat wish to do him an injustice if he is innocent Hoping for an early reply,
 Yours, Respeetfnlly
 ]. IF. NEIMEyER.
 6'enl. Yard Master St. Lonis $. ".
 In answer to his letter Mr. Net meyer on Friday received | copy of the Boone News, which publishes his letter and comments o4 Henrn aa < follows:
 Since receiving theaboye theNews has taken pains to make further in- quiry into the matter ana 1ia1 tnikt.ss -- with quite q number of reputat.le railroad men, engineers, conductors, firemen, besides other citizens and the conclusion arrived at was that Hearn had not been painted as black as he deserved
 "The story told by those in posi- tion to know is that he N antonly tie- serted his wife and three small children besides leaving his wife in It de'ieate condition. He left immedl- ately after pay day, drawing his full pay and leaving his wife hut ten dollars and taking the rest of the money himself, joining q Council Bluff woman of low eharacter with whom he had been more ur less intl- mate for some time and g0ingaway with her on q trip. 1t is presumed that this is the same woman who has since been with him iii Pine Bluff.
 sTha News informaIts further say that after IIearn left the mother and children suffered for the necessities of life and must have almost starved had not kind neighbors taken in some provisions. As it was the children were sick from trying to drink sour milk or eat inproperfood when they were very hungry and there was nothing in the house fit for them to eat.
 The Hearns had bought home on the monthly plan but since Hearn left, his wife was unable to meet the and the place was taken libid lft etit4l SHt NftS tuItfsl t5tb 0l doors. She is now living in Il little two-roon shanty down by the coal mines, shanty which some kindly person donated fo her that she might have shelter. She is said by all who know her tp be fine woman and is making noble effort to keep sonl and body together in herself and children
 "Hearn has been expelled 0m the of Railway Trainmen since leaving here and is held in dis gust by all the railwaymen and irders in Boone any of whom, it Is said. will -uhstaHtiate what K saiti iefe, and more He certainly de- 'eryes har! treatment for Il x hrntal .omlnct
 The Annual Reunion cx-Confed- crate Veterans will be held Ut Nash- vile. Tenn, June 22sl ta 24th. For this occasion the St. I,ouis Iron Mountain and Southern railway will on June 20 and 2i sell tickets at rate of Sl0.O0 for round trip. Final re- turn limit ten days from date If sale