Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-02


Finally Dr Williams was called in .
attend saa child. which was Yesterday.
From -until y O'Clock fe>gas with
Ter AID made careful diagnosis of
ac. csse, 6rt told 10 cae Of The n
f4le at the trouble until tate "a sac
aft44 3aa. #hea tfr. NHraFy WIS seen.
- saea heal5aa@3= to toll the ghalae
tal 81 tie ch.ld5 trouble, but was
pressed 70 Do 50 by MI Murray.
Hs..1,.e=aaHaistan hen tod the father tAe
aous]a Tha s1ild. he said, had beea
assaulted b. some fend. The =b9dF
W. jaseeGatcd some and besides,
~ s=z-1f= blythe brute. Such was t!4e
55a.Hz5}}5 naWs= communicated % he
.=1lIag.
SIC at e#ae@ suspect. the nagHa,
99sz.3a. whoa short time before work
e.l =. tae Murray house, =bas-Hho vas
5doa Uo.hao st Sanders. mill, as
4e:ag ,l1a SHiitE ere. Tho enra @e.}
f55ha-' a once determined to ta2ze 44e
l5fa=5f 5aa#e eaa=whe had destroyed tta
.fa6t CT his #hofac - ee5paia522s. lis
34aeeeat I=z5.szs 'sf@a6ar.- He Ten2en3-
aaaad dI..t=s. weeks before Kidd
~ ny Iat.=t'.e= ,Taiias. home a2a
10 aIa Ia.1I to WoIis.
Resolved GTsr % be sa.a that Kidd
vas entity Oft horrible deed. aH3
fDaa t. Aia i'm. lie fef6 his home OF
.aHesi6a md came 03 nt5 lie c.zy.
Ela Went immediately e -. .=Li9stf
Cos tore. Wheze be engaged a
zIaseGa loaded wigh 6ael.=shot ell
5ns lie Jerk that He 1.as going 10
Shoot buck. Later. TO allag aDy
suspicion, he#aaat friend to the
store and gothic sun and carried il
TO his office 1t the mill en- East Fzif.f
avenue.
TIE hour Of 6=o'el5ck vas fast ap-
preaching and he made ready TO re-
eeiye Kidd. Placing the shotgun ia
a convenient place, and hiding dirk
under his shirt, he left word for Kidd
to appear at the office as soon as he
had checked out.
Presently the negro appeared in the
Office where the enraged father await
ed his coming He grasped the ne
gro By the coat, saying, in substance
Kidd, You ruined my daughter, didn' t
you?"
No, sir, replied the negro. but a.:
he heard the empassioned tones OF
the, fathers voice. his eyes dropped
agiltily and his face, naturally Of a
light color, discolored with fear. and
with trembling voice. he replied tc
later eyco1ritions Of M. Murray:
Il did rot mean to ruin her. Mr.
Murray. didn't know l yained her
Those words were all the aDgered
man wanted. They implied unmistak
ably his guilt. and no sooner had he
uttered them than the pentup range OF
the father of the WrOnged child be
came no longer controlable His
first inclination was to strike hin
with his fist. which he did, hitting him
sqHarely on the face. The negro was
rendered a!mGst" unconscious by tho
blow and Mr.. MuTay's riahr hand
was incapacitated by spraining it
! Then tie dix occurred to him. and
! he drew II With the intention Of stick
+ II Git into the negro until he had
KILLED lisl But as The slitterine
! blade was elevated to strike and kill
q friend Frank Fortune. entered the
Office ana caught Murray's arm in
! time to prevent the knife being
! plunged into the body of the nerrifed
negro. At the time Of Fortunes Ell.
! trance into the room he had no knowl-
| edge Of the injustice MI Murray had
suffered, and acted as he thought a
! friend should act.
The dirk was dsengaged from Muir
rays hands Then an inkling of the
trouble was given Fortune and the
| spectators, and Mr. Murray again
went after the negro, this time with
pair Of pliers he had gotten hold Of
With the pliers as a weapon he leap
ed upon the negro like a frenzied
wild beast. striking him on the head
and face, breaking it is thought, his
nose and skull. Then the negro, con-
scious still, got away. Mr.. Murray
would have used the shotgun but fur
the crowd Of laborers standing all
around. The negro ran through the
mill and got safely away
Mr.. Murray went home. Soon his
! troubles became known, and his home
was visited by friends in carriages
and other conveyances, all expressing