Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-08
HOOKER STILL AFRAID OF E'C4

Little Rock Dec. S.-Housto on Hook
er, the negro porter who killed Con
ductor Phil Atwood. was in Little
Rock yesterday for the first time since
he was spirited across the country
and taken to Benton overland in order
to avoid an attempt to lynch him,
which was feared had he been kept
here Hooker killed Conductor At
wood on the Pine Bluff accommodation
train on the morning of October 25,
near Farrell small station on the
Valley division of the Iron Mountain,
a few miles south of Little Rock.
Hooker Acted His Part Well.
'.Hooker would make splendid
actor" said Sheriff Williams, who
brought him to Little Rock, to a news
-~psr reporter yesterday told
him that his name would heneeforth
he Henry Jones and that he had been
arrested on the charge of stealing
COW. He played cards and chatted
with the other prisoners and not once
did he let the faintest suspicion be
aroused that he was other than shown
by the iail book Fully three hundred
people have visited the Jail since ne
was placed in there and neither by
sign nor word did he disclose his true
identify. He answered readily when
addressed as .Henry or Jones.
told the new paper peope ia Hot
SPRINGS yesterday afternoon that
Hooker had been confined in the laii
since October 30. and when the Tot
SPRINGS correspondent Of the Gazette
visited the iail Yesterday and address
edBthe prisoner as Hooker be eNeI2l@-
edgtrembinely. For God's sake, don
call me by that name here. The Cal
land county grand jury adjourned
Noy II and shortly afteWafd
visited tAe jail and told him, w en-.
Hem, they have indicted you tor
stealiu@ that cow TO which his repIJ
was a somewhat Indifferent All right
Heshas been subjected to the same eS-
n,sllre as the other prisoners, but
fany one recognized him as houston
Hooker he kept his counsel and diVn4s-
adanothing. The first the other prs
oners knew of Henry Jones pelhs
Houston Hooker was early this morn
M when took him from laIl ana
started for Benton.
Says He Wants Only Fair Trial
.HonEer has never intimated to
naa wha, his defense will be. He told
~ that all he wanted was tar
I:al. but when | asked him why IL
nnductor Atwood hod done nm
vrong, he did not have him arrested
IoSthat he could have been gwen
air trial, the negro had nothing 10
~ ~ His wife and SON knew that he
W. in Hot Springs and have visited
Ia several times at the jail. his son
@s in Hot Springs yesterday ana
snt as far as Benton on the same
Kin with his father this morning.
ENC HOCm TOT r1ooNCi a. WV
When it was agreed by prosecuting
6rnev H. r. Morrison and Hooker
SEyers. \. j. Murphy and Jack Page
kHSlatter a negro. that a change or
niue should be taken to Hot Springs,
heriff Williams says he telephoned
Mnerint endent ReeS b. HOeirs at Lit
toRock, asking il The prisoner could
placed in the state peaitentlary.
Ktold him that the Hot Springs jal
sasgfull. MI Williams s@ys the SUI
erint eudent al first refused, but a.
EDWARD told him to bring Hoo%e'
yer and he would te taken care OF,
[e was brought over by Sheriffs VII
AIMS and Kelly on the morning Choc-
WRtrain which arrived here shortly
ter 10 o'clock. On alighting from !
letrain at the station Hooker asked
Eta hack be provided to take HIM
II -pel4itentiary. bat this was re,
sslG9eA1 the party boarded stree
r. Hookes was handcuffed AID
sdily recognized by a number OF neo-