Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-09-06
ARKANSAS BRIEFS

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her deceased husband at the time of
his death, the subpoena being issued
in the case of The State VS. Lee Ollie
Lackey, who is charged with the
murder of viii Gordon in the north
end of Howard county in August, 1905.
Prosecuting Attorney Lake says that
he has ordered that the dog be
brought into court as a part of the
chain of circumstances upon which
the state bases it's hopes of conyic-
ton. He says that Lackey lived with
Gordon prior to the killing, and that
| the dog was as familiar with Lackey
as with it's master; that subsequent
| to the finding of the dead body of VIII
Gordon the dog accompanied the faith
er of the murdered man to the scene
of the killing; that a short time after
the arrival of the party at the scene
of the killing, the dog was found a
mile and half away, in field with a
man where Lackey had stopped and
talked, and was subsequently found
with Lackey 1t is the theory of the
prosecution that the dog trailed Lack
ey from the scene of the killing to the
| place where he had stopped in the
field to talk with the man, and after
ward followed the trail from that point
until Lackey was found. By the act
ions of the dog in court Prosecuting
Attorney Lake expects to supply
| link in the chain of evidence against
! Lackey
A Scotch terrier belonging to Geo.
! Leiper Jr., deliberately ended its life
recently by jumping off the free bridge
at Little Rock, into the waters of the
Arkansas river. The dog took up with
young Leiper and made its abode
around the lime and cement store OF
Leiper & Milk. 1t was an affection
ate little creature, but there was no
place for it about the store, and TIE
young man was informed by his faith
er that it would be we'll to give the
dog away. few days ago young
Leiper started to Argenta, and as
usual the dog started to go with him.
Mr.. Leiper again told his son that
it would be well for him to give the
dog away, and asl-ed him not to bring
! it back to the store. When about
half way across the bridge the dog
suddenly stopped, squeezed itself
through the space between the floor
of the bridge and the iron railing and
jumped into the water about sixty
! feet below 1t made no effort to swim
out and drowned almost Immediately.
The dog may have understood that IT
was not wanted about the store, and
may have decided that death was pref
cradle to separation from the masters
of its choice.
Heavey rains at Fort Smith recent
ly effectually stopped the building op
erations in that city. No stone or brick
work could be done, and only on build
ings where the sides and roof were fin
ished, SO that inside work could be
done, was there any work. All the
work downtown where rebuilding was
in progress was delayed and contract
ors had idle men on their hands. One
contractor said that he knew of 100
brick and stonemasons who had been
idle practically a week. Where eX-
cavations were made an founda-
keep men at work bailing out water
to prevent settling and the ruin of
work already under way.
The work of computing the total
pension allowance for each county of
the state has been completed by clerks
in the office of State Auditor Moore,
and by September Is, it is expected
the various pension vouchers will be
in the hands of the county clerks of
the state, ready for distribution. The
total allowance for the state has not
yet been figured, but it is estimated
it will reach about 100000. The
pension fund this year will be $685.
900, so that the board will probably
be able to pay about 65 to 20 per cent
of each of the pensions allowed. This
is the largest per cent paid by the
state board in many years.
A a mass meeting held at Sloan
Springs the sum of $2,354 was sub
scribed toward the bonus for the
Rogers Southwestern railroad. The
total subscription to date is $13,703.
Much enthusiasm was displayed at the
Sloan Springs meeting and the SEN
timent in that city is apparently unan-
imous for the proposed line. Busi-
ness men were the leaders in the
movement toward subscribing bonus
for the road. Other meetings are to
be held shortly and efforts put forth
to increase the amount already do
mated.
The contract for the construction
of the foundation of the New Union
Depot at Little Rock has been let to
the Westinghouse urch-Kerr Com
pany of New York, and work on the
excavation will begin at once. No fig
ures have been given out by the rail
road officials, but it is estimated that
he foundation work will cost about
| $4,000.
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