Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-10-11
A DUEL IN ARKANSAS
Six PerseEs Engage in a Desperate
Fight at EldOradO.
THREE MEN KILLED
Another Of the Participants Is SO Bad
ly Wounded lie Will Die and Two
Others Received Slight
Injuries In the Fight.

Eld0rado. Ark. Oct. i0.-Three NOR
were killed. one win die and tw,
other were wounded in a shooting az
fray on the streets here late Thurs
day afternoon.
The dead.
II l.. Dearlng. constable.
Tom parncll. farmer.
Waaer Parnell. farmer.
Tho wounded:
Guy y. Tucker. city marshal. shot
six times and win die.
Dr. Hilton. wounds not serious.
Jim Parnell. not serious.
The shooting Is the sequel 10 the
killing on Sept. is here by II. l.. Dear
ing. OF Robert Mulleus. which follow
cd a wedding.
GA Sept Il n Mr. Puckett Of Tex
arkana arrived In the city to marry
Miss Jesse Stevenson. who was EN-.
ployed IN Mullens' photograph gallery.
Tie following morning he called az
The studio 20 see the young lady and
was attacked by Mullens and forced
to Gee for his life, leaving his horse
and buggy. Mullens claiming that he
tMu.iensI was engaged % the young
LADY puckett returned with City
Marshal Tucker and secured his
horse and was that night married
under the protection OF the officers.
taking the night train for Tcxarkara
They heard that Mulleus intended C
intercept them at q small station sew
eral miles away and asked Marsha
Tucker and Constable DCaring 20 &C.
company them. which they dld. when
the station. which is known as SIC.
Murflan. was reached Mulleus was Oh
t4e pi9ii5Tn nuft'i ~ - arrested as be
back to this place where be was re
leased on bond late Ia the afternoon.
AZ @ 81. Dob. Mu,lens met Constable
UsarIug ON the street and attacked
him ior The arrest ln the scuiie
bearing shot Mullens with a pistol
aud The latter died the following
morning
The parncll boys were friends OF
Mullens and Thomas Newton was a
friend of polriug Some time ago, q
d. aIogCi. Newton accused the Par
nell boys OF setting ere 90 his house
and a few days aftorWard Newton
was stabbed in the back. but by
whom W.s NOT determined.
Since tho killing of Mullens all par.
tics have been gling heavily armed.
Thursday morning Jim pancll and
Newton had some words but no one
was injured 10 seems that both fac
prepared for trouble and lt cn
when they met % vas at i.3O that
bearing. TuckCt and Newton were
walking along in front of the Union
Grocery company on the east side ol
the square when they met the three
Parnell brothers. Jim Parueil is said
TO have fired at Newton and in an in.
staut the fusillade began. About
seyeutynve shots were fred and n
sounded like a regular battle. The
men were so close together that theiI
aim was deadly. II developed into a
mantoman anair. Dearlng and Ton
Parnell emptying their several pistols
az each other at a distance 10 clos,
that when they fell. unable 20 shoot
any more. their bodies formed a cross
The others wer firing promisculously
Tucker was shot six times and viii
die. Or. Hilton. who tried TO sep
arate the men. was also shot. but moi
fatally.
II is said that just as the smoke wa'
clearing away Newton saw Jim Par
nell standing over the bodies OF the
three dead and two wounded men ant
ran up and pointed his pistol at bis
head.
my gan is empty" said Parnell
throwing the weapon 10 the ground
Newton did not take advantage o
the unarmed man and did not shoot