Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-03
koroner's Jury Fails to Place Blame On Eason for Death of Man Killed. KeeIer Tasiifies That No One Gould Have Placed
 Pistol Beside Body. SHOT WAS FIRED FROM AN ELEVATION

talk with the latter, and was teasing him about the repsrt of his approach ing marriage to Miss Lola Eason, the daughter of [. N Eason. He stated that King remarked, That old man had better not bother ne, or I will fix him." When asked if King made use of the name of MT. Eason in con neetion with this threat, he answered that he did not, but as the matter under discussion had reference to the marriage Of Eason's daughter, he nat urally supposed that King had refer ence to Eason when he made tAa threat.
 Shot From Elevation.
 Dr. Caruthers, who had made aa examination of the body of King, was examined at the conclusion of the tas- timony of keeler. Dr. Caruthers stated that he made an examination, and found that the ball which resl'' ed in the death of the man entered to the right of the front of the neck ranged down about two inches, ering the spinal column. and then dedecting downward and forward lodged in the left lung. The physi elan testified that from the place where the ball entered the neck the man must have had his side toward the person who fired the shot, an beth facing him, and that from the range of the bullet it was apparaae that the person who fired the shot was at an elevation consi1erabf,- above the place where the victim e the shot was standing
 Miss Eason Testifies.
 The audience was then excluded from the room and Miss Lola Eason. the daughter of l. N. Eason and to whom the attentions of King caused the tragedy, was introduced. If any one expected any light upon the case that had not yet been given, or any thing sensational in the evidence of the young lady they were doomed to disappointment. She merely testi- fled that she was at home when the shot was fired, and that she did not hear the report of the shot; that she was told of the shooting probably five minutes after it had occurred; and that she went out to the gate at her home but did not go any nearer the place where the body was lying. She stated that she did not know who fired the shct that caused the death of King, nor where her father was when the shot was fired. The only thing of interest in her testi- mony was that she had attained her eighteenth birthday on April 27, 1906, while her father declared Wednesday that his daughter was not of legal age.
 Suicide Theory Exploded.
 Patrolman Lockhart was the last witness examined. He was the first officer to reach the scene of the shoot ing, and described the position in which he found the body, and told of finding the revolver by the side of King. He stated that he was told by some person in Easons store that King had committed suicide, but that he examined the pistol found by the side of the dead man and found that it had not been discharged. The of ficer told of the finding of the rifle in Eason's store and noticing that if was cooked and had been but rH, cently discharged. He stated that reply to his inquiry as to the owner ship of the rife Eason stated that it belonged him, and that he had Just usad if to shoot beef Lockhart stated that the empty shell had been thrown out of the gun and anotherH cartridge inserted, with the hammer back as if a second shot was con templated. The officer stated that ne asked Eason who shot King and thas he replied that he did not know. Lockhart stated that he saw King down town about three-quarters Of