The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1903-07-03
DAY Of BLOODSH[D
AND MURDER
Condemned Man at Hot Springs
Takes the Life of a Fellow
Prisoner.
THEN DEFEATS 6AlLOWS BY SUICIDE
Young Negress Stays Her Paramour
at Little Rock and Two Street Car
Motormen Fight a Fatal Duel in a
Dark Room With Knife and Pistol
as Weapons.

| "A dlaDolical murder and suicide OF
the murderer at Hot Springs and two
murders at Little Rock is the record
for Saturday, June 27.
The Hot Springs tragedies occurred
| In the county Jail, where James
Dougherty, recently convicted of the
murder of Jack Donahue and SEN
| fenced to death, murdered r. II. vii.
liams, one of the men under arrest
in connection with the famous foot
racing cases. The prisoners, as Is
the custom. were turned into the Jail
corridor about a. m, to permit of
cleaning of their cells.
While Williams was washing his
face, Daugherty. who had secured a
razor from the coat pocket of a ne
gro prisoner. without word of warn
ing, slashed his victim from behind.
the steel cutting his liver almost in
twain and making deep wound ex-
tending across the abdomen on the
left side.
Then waiving the bloody razor in
the air, the murderer defied the other
prisoners to interfere.
A moment later Daugherty sprang
upon another prisoner named John
son. bore him to the floor and was in
the act of finishing him when off.
GERS arrived and forced him to re.
treat into a cell.
When news of the tragedy and Will
liams' death became known the peo-
pie showed great indignation and
about II o'clock at night a crowd of
several hundred gathered in front of
the Jail with the intention of lynch
ing Dougherty.
Sheriff Williams. however. was on
guard with a large number of depu-
ties. but while he was pleading with
the crowd to let the law take it's
announced that Daugherty had not
only defeated the object Of crowd. but
| had cheated the gallows by commit
| ting suicide.
Upon investigation 1t was discov-
cred that DOugherty had taken the
| steel ends of his shoestrings, fiat
| tened them out and made a two inch
L..
| causing death.
Dougherty was one Of the tough
est characters ever convicted of a
crime in this state. During his trial
for the murder of Officer Donahue he
demeaned himself in the most dis
gusting manner, cursing his attor.
neys. the court and all parties con
nected with the case.
Duel to the Death.
In dark room OF a small cottage
on West Markham street, Little Rock,
Pete Fulghum and Joe Campbell,
street car motormen, engaged in 4
| fight that cost Campbell his life
The men called on two young
women. sisters. whose parents at the
| time were away from home. 1t seems
| jealousy existed between the men and
quarrel arose. Campbell first at
tackled Fulghum. according to the
latter's statement. with piece of
stove wood. At the start OF the trou.
| bic the young women ran from the
room, upsetting the lamp in their
gle, Fulghum claiming that Camp
| bell drew his knife after the piece
Of wood was knocked from his hands.
Before the women had gone a block
they heard two shots in rapid sue.
cession, and moment later Full
ghum appeared at the door with a
smoking revolver in his hand To
| hat h. a
what had transported and proceeded
to the city hall, where he surren-
| dered.
Killed By Negress.
Robert Richardson, young negro
about % years of age, was stabbed
| in the heart with a pen-knife by Vida
| Binkley, 15-year-old mulatto girl.
| in the stable yard adjoining the resi-
| dence of his employer at Little Rock.
| The girl surrendered and claims the
killing was in self-defense. The girl
| had remained all night in Richard
sons room, and says that when she
started to leave about o'clock in
| the morning Richardson tried to
make her give him silver dollar
she had in her purse Upon her re-
| fusal the girl claims Richardson be
gan to beat her. knocking her down
and kicking her in the side. Ac-
cording to her story she gained her
| feet and continued the struggle. sue.
ceeding in getting hold Richardson s
| knife when she plunged the blade
| into his heart.