The Monticellonian., 1899-08-11
|RE CASE OF WILEY bUNN.
The Sheriff of Calhoun County, Ark, Takes Him Back
 From East St. Louis.
THE PRISONER FULLY IDENTIFIED.
The Negro Murderer Seemed Relieved at Sight of the Oficer, and Apparently Anxious to Have Done with tine Tor ment of an Accusing Conscience Story of the Crime.

Turlow of Calhoun county, Ark, left this evening for Little Rock, with Wiley Bum, the self-eonfessed mur- derer of Allen Martin in custody, and will leave him for safe-keeping, till court convenes in Calhoun county, ill the state penitentiary.
 The sheriff. Bunn. and Chief-of-Po- lice Hauss of East St. Louis, where Bunn surrendered had long talk Friday evening, and the prisoner seemed much relieved to see some one from near the scene of his crime. He showed a remarkable acquaintance with the people of the county, and questioned the sheriff about many per sons there, Bum seemed rejoiced at the arfivaH of the sheriff, and begged that whatever was done with him be done at once. He wants the agony ia which he has lived for the past six years ended.
 In addition to the mental anguish which he suffers, il was discovered last night that Bum had internal bleeding from wound he received when he was but Il years old. Last night he frequently spat blood.
 The sheriff recognized Bunn imme- diately. and the negro also remem- bered the sheriff. although al the time the crime was committed Turlow vas in private life The sheriffs story If the murder does not differ materially from that given by the murderer hin- self He was careful to avoid details. and said as 10 the trouble that led di- rectly up to the shooting that he onlF knew in general way that il was q dispute between Martin and the negro. The sheriff said that three negroes had already paid the death penalty for the crime Bunn committed. and his description of the events is quite stir ring.
 ''There was q negro shot and killed in Drew county. who was supposed to be Wiley Bum. about q week after the murder of Martin said the sher if. You see there was q movement as soon as the murder took place te catch and hang the murderer. One # the posses that went out after Bum was composed of q deputy sheriff. whose name | forget; Jim Martin. q nephew of the murdered man, and !. T.. Warrington. They went over into Drew county. and near Dermott the deputy and Worthington saw negro run out from the swamp. They thought it Yas Bum and shot him They piledHogs on the corpse to keep the hogs from eating him. and went back 10 Dermott to get Jim Martin and see if II was the right negro. Jm went out to the place where the dead man was and said he thought it was the negro that shot his uncle, but he never was very positive about it. as the corpse had all swelled up and it was hard to tell just what ne did look like. They all came to Clay county and got the reward of something like $4o0 for killing Bunn. The other two negroes who were hung for the crime were Jim and Jack Wire. They were hung sort of on general principles You see they were smart, pert negroes. and we don't stand for that kind of negroes down there. We kill five or six of them every year. and that makes the others behave tolerable well. The two Wire negroes had been arrested flor being accessories to the murder. We always thought that Bunu was q good negro. and that it was the Wires that put him up To killing Martin They were arrested soon after the kill ing and placed in the county jail at Hampton Court was in session, but tEat was kind of slow for the boys. Jim Wire admitted that the shooting had been done with his gun, and said that Bunn had borrowed it, saving that he wanted it to kill deer that he saw running across his field.
 Bum has been asked repeatedly about where got the gun since he gave himself up,and said that he found it at a place where some campers had been near his cabin. Even after the sheriff had made his statement, Bunn denied that he had secured the gun from Wire Sheriff Turlow continued;
 "The boys gathered about the jail one night and started to take the Wires out and hang them. but Col. Thrcnton got up and begged them to let the law take its course. They decided to let il go at that and the crowd broke un. The next night another gang gathered HEouDu lHt anu 1iltlV was hO ollt to stop them. so they took the two ne groes out and hung them to q willow tree a half mile from the town. R. II. Cone was sheriff of the county then.
 What do I think they will do with Wiley? Why, hang him, of course. They would do it without trial if l took him to Hampton to jail. That $ the way we have of doing down our way. But. then, the poor fellow is in a bad wayvnow, and TT take him to Little Rock and leave him there until the time for the trial. They will hang him any way, but he might just as well have as much time as possible. We have a negro women down there in jail for killing a little child, and when l told the judge l was coming after Wiley, he said he would cali T special session of court and the two of them will be disposed of within q few days. Wiley seems to be badly in love with his wife yet. and made me promise l would give he' things when he is gone.