Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-21
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Ne ,s'coaich' carpentsrsst Cotton Bell
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y ,Asnopsytanes Substitute II eacher :
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in Sunday School. I
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''tI Z l,: Ncco%s "a ic5seh' carpehter II
tie qp!4pn Rel t. snaSs s. and a VIZ, SUBJ
.ssa,as teacher, lin tbs Sunday 3D.! a SCHOOL,
ea+o Rivnraide methodist r,ccghlsqqrchi' was
arfaced IN custody SundHy,vatr t,nooh
ehaTg2ea5 With assault with Intent to
rape. upon the person Of Esf1a Nielsen,
the elsyeqiysar9old y daughter es,! Of VIII
|. liam Nelson raafEsmaaa feFli1 the &c. Csotton
BeAs rsi9w ar &C enApans ,faslding .ip the
east esadcs: AT rof gnots s.r:ts,-
':'ToAarC Coy WAS. ssraigned bsfprs Justice
eff the Peace L~E ,Gheelstands, hjs+boha'
! was sfxsslost es50a. sd,ats. Sunday az,
yfernooin her sa ceeeded in, ,,nakipssf bail,
mawa ssneleasea, from cystQdxsw -
! nTheoaHsssat csime .oecyHeb Sunday
feolRiaghjuat 4hefoge, thee, SUNDAY,
iscl,oeh aheaf S, atw Riverside uMeestthhodist
einuelh sHlsts tpriar to tbs tigm i'm fer the
snndaN seboA to- sop.Etieense, Mccoy r
oalle legged, tt, have ipdtaeed the LITTLE gifll
rin to1 he pastors 4 study inst ip the
rear qfethe. church, When, !eonf6rgonteI
cfwith the, isirl and her father by the
officers latsr in 1.-THE day. he be, did not,
ydepy,oaay eqf The Ites stattmtePpqtss made BY
!. tbs girl but claimed, tbat he er h had no
EsyAs intentions in the ..lm9a matter About
noon, City Detective Ed Cheek Con-
stable Frank Stewart and Deputy
Sheriff Mason Philpot, armed withsa
warrant for McCoy's arrest, which
had abeens sworn out by. the father Of
the girl. went to his boarding house
and placeds him-nnder custody. He
asked the officers to go ahead and PERI
mitrhim to. follow, doubtless to avoid
the notoriety, Of his arrest, but this
they declined4to d. and he, was obfig-
ed to accompany them back to the
police station. where he was held I'M
?stit9 the. arrival of Rrosecatinggs Attor-
ney Jones later in the afternoon.
Judge JONES' after interrogating the
fatheraof the girl and the girl, herself,
Il decided to hold the man on the charge
named Justice L. E. Cheek was sum-
| mened from his, home land placed the
accused mans bond at $500. which
was subsequently made. out by his
friends, and he was released from
| custody, His preliminary hearing was
set for Monday. before Justice Cheek.
NJ. c. Mccoy is a coach carpenter
for the Cotton Belt railway, and is en-
ga ged at the shops of that, company
lin this city He. came here, from
Evansville. Indiana. about three, years
ago, but there are several sparties in
Ffthe city 5Who have. known him from
boyhood. He is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS years
+ OF a sA anna hasa wife. who is now Wis
isinsy relatives in.uEndianss,t During,
iher absence. Mccoy Is boarding near
the Cotton Belt shops. Mccoy has. all
ways borne good reputation up. to
the present time I.
aKey.Stt.' ". Drake. ' Who 'if Is i pastor of
thhsSRf RiiNEerrslde a Mefh5dfsf church.,
speaks in complimentary terms of the
mans past record. as do Other mem
s SETS 81 the church III the EAST end
VI ~ Up Il Until recently, Mccoy has beer
member of the Riverside" Methodist
eiinrchs. bHft oW7Ehin,g IL change of resi-
aegce he Joined }he kivsrsiaa " " grgs
cation. He is not a regular teacher
in the Sunday school at this church.
-hut has served as substitute on sever
! ers >>Nssssabsen,.. slts daiSsaAhHH active
part in the song service and other