The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1903-07-03
DAY Of BLOODSHED
A Nd MURDER
Condemned Man at Hot Springs
Takes the Life of a Fellow
Prisoner.
THEN DEFEATS GALLOWS BY SUICIDE
Young Negroes 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 diabolical murder and suicide of
the murderer at Hot Springs and two
murders at Little Rock is the record
for Saturday, June q.
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. H. vii.
liams. one OF the men under arrest
in connection with the famous foot.
racing cases. The prisoners. as is
tho 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
razor from he coat pocket of a ne
gro prisoner, without a word of warn
ing. slashed his victim from behind,
the steel cutting his liver almost in
twain and making a deep wound ex-
tending across the abdomen on the
left side
Then waving the bloody razor in
the air. the murderer detied 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 cell.
When news of the tragedy and VIII
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 large number of depu-
ties, but while he was pleading with
the crowd to let the law take its
course a messenger from the inside
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
missions on each side of his throat
causing death.
Dougherty was one of the tough
est characters ever convicted of q
crime in this state. During his trial
for the msrder of officer Donahue he
demeaned himself in the most dis
gushing manner. cursing his attor.
neys, the court and all parties con.
nected with the case.
Duel to the Death.
In a dark room of a small cottage
Pete Fulghum and Joe Campbell.
street car motormen. engaged in
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 a piece OF
stove wood. At the start of the trou-
BILE the young women ran from the
room, upsetting the lamp in their
flight. The men continued the strug.
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
eession, and a moment later Full.
ghum appeared at the door with
smoking revolver in his hand To
parties that had gathered he stated
what had transported and proceeded
to the city hall. where he surren-
dered. No one entered the house
where the tragedy occurred until the
arrival of officers. who found Camp
bell lying on the floor with his face
toward the wall, dead Fulghum was
held to the grand jury by the cor
oners jury.
Killed BY Negroes.
Robert Richardson, young negro