Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-03
Mob disappointed hy oaieers Taking
t<ida to Little Eaek ats f.jzzs7a
Fiira iN the !ase.
MARTIN NAsG ALS0 r. OWED

D-3 lzzz.,l, the young II "a Who
is a.iesod 70 have b4utally assaulted
ae=eas5a- -yeaf-old daughter
.'lasE Murray. a faII account = which
was gi9on in Wednesdays c abie, is
noN##afely= ensconced behind - state
pe1iseDtnagy walls ii LITTLE Rock.
His capture was effected II ds6zday
afternoon about ? o'cioeH. sad the
prisoner vas taken to 5n1agt'a cross
ing, where he was placed on t34a i
p. II. Iron Mountain and se.1t t5#H.itlla
Rock.
It dees not require q soot1z aver to
foretell what would have happened il
Pine Bluff last night had Kidd been
brought to this city. After the details
Of the terrible affair became we'll cir
culated by the press Of tie city, indig-
nation at the nesro's alleged crime
was running high. There was 70 ger
eral organization formed to take the
life of the prisoner. had he been
brought to this city, but almost every
man seen on the street EXPRESSED his
intention of joining any mob that
should be organized The friends Of
the Murray family felt deeply the
enorminty Of the crime, and had the
prisoner been brought here, there
would have been bloodshed. Either
tJo =!
or the mob would have been repulsed
by the officers Of the law. No one
realized this more than the officers,
and they adopted the only feasible
plan for preventing trouble They
could not afford TO put themselves in
the attitude of giving the prisoner
over 70 the mob and they did not wish
to have to defend the negro's life, as
such a state of affairs would have GER
tainly resulted in hlOodshed
The capture Of Kidd was effected by
Constable Check. He and his deputy,
Mason Phi}pot, had worked assiduoUs-
ly on the case. Most of Tuesday night
was spent by them in running down
clues and in searching for others
Wednesday Deputy Constable Philpot
located Kidd in the house Of a rela-
tive i'll HoboEen. There he and Con
stable Check went Wednesday, after
noon. The inmates Of the house toi,!
thcm that Kidd had been there, but
had left the house some time before
and had taken to the country by the
Monticello road. leading out Of Pine
Bluff in a southerly direction. MI
Philpot returned to town and Cheek
started in pursuit of the negro. He
went several miles without hearing
anything of Kidd. Every person he
met most of whom were negroes, were
asked if they had seen the negro All
ansN cred negatively.
Cheek is a pretty smooth officer, and
the idea occurred to him that it might
he well fer him to change his tactics
Instead Cf asking the negroes along
the road if they had seen Kidd, giving
his description at the same time, he
asked them if they had seen a wilitc
thereafter replied that he hadn't soen
a Write man, but he had seen r go
go IL short time before on wag y.
BY this method he gained all the III
formation he wanted and hurried on
until before long he came upon a two-
horse wagon occupied by two men.
Cheek rode up to the wagon. haltei it, |
and. at the first glance at the face o.
one of them, saw he had the right
man.
He placed Kidd under arrest ana
drove back towards town with hirn.
At Wiley Jones park Cheek teleph IN
ed to Sheriff Mccoy, telling him that
he had captured Kidd and asking
what disposition should be made of |
him. me sheriff realized that Kidd |
should be taken to Little Rock Dep
uty Sheriff Pleas Culpepper was de-
tailed out to where Cheek and the |