Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-02

at the Cotton Belt shops, was shot and instantly killed on East Second avenue at noon Wednesday,, in front of 917, directly opposite the grocery store of [. N. Eason. and 8 short time later Mir. Eason was arrested at his home, No 800 East Second ave. nue. Chief of Police Stewart making the arrest Mr. Eason was brought to the office of the chief of police, to which place his attorneys, White anl Altheimer, were summoned
 To Have Married Easons Daughter.
 No person could be found who claimed to have seen the shooting, and the evidence against MT. Ease is circumstantial. The fact that King had secured a license to marry Miss Lola Eason, the daughter of the man under arrest, to which the father WAS opposed, the place where King shot and the finding of a Winchester rifle in the store of MT. Eason, which had been recently discharged, were considered sufficient facts by the au thorities to warrant the arrest of Mr. Eason.
 Expected the Arrest.
 When the officers went to the home of MT. Eason to arrest him he stated that he did not shoot King, but antic' ipated being placed under arrest, be- cause the fact was known that bad feelings had existed between himself and the dead man.
 Heard Shot,
 Mrs. Stacy, of 9o5 East Second ave hue, with whom King boarded, statel tc the Graphic reporter that King, who had told her that he and Miss Eason were to be married Wednesday night, had just finished his dinner and walked out of the house. without stat ing where he was going, when she heard shot, and going out to the street found King lying on the ground, directly opposite the store of MT. Eason.
 Some person in the yicinty picked the dead man up and placed him on the sidewalk, where he was left un- til the arrival of the officers. OHlcers Iockhart and Minor soon arrived at Nhe place of the killing, and the ambulance was also summoned, the remains being taken to Robinson's undertaking pariors. where an inquest was to be held.
 Found Revolver by Dead Mans Side.
 Officer Locl;hart stated that upon his arrival at the place where King was lying on the sidewalk he found {, revolver by his side but upon lnves- tication found that it had not been Cischarged The officer then went ln- tc the store of MT Eason, for the purpose of telephoning Chief Stewart, when he discovered a Winchester rife and his attention was attracted to the weapon on account of the fact that it was cooked. He picked the gun up. and discovered that 1t had been recently discharged. Ofhcer I.ockhart asked to whom the weapon telonged. when Mr. Eason replied that it was his, and that he had just used it to shoot beef.
 After these inquiries were made by the officer Mir. Eason went to his home. a few doors west of the store, where he remained until arrested by the officers. After going to the store for the purpose of getting into the buggy to come to- headquarters with the chief, Mir. Eason gave his clerk some instructions in reference to the business, and did not appear to be laboring under much excitement
 Anticipated Trouble.
 It was we'll known fact to the friends of MT. King and Miss Eason that they intended to marry Wednes- day night, and trouble had been antlc- fpated, on account of the strenuous objection of MT. Eason to the mar riage of his daughter to King, and whom he is said to have warned to