Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-06


 Eason tam ba @.at to 5a- aa:64 "oam, GesUt the etuou-gfauc5+ ol arther. aaE began talking fa Miss Es@efa when tEasam eieeted him lifGm the hoas4 He testified t
 after he ha been elected from tho house King went to the front 5aae and attempted to enter the house the second tine this time having re volver in his hand. but was met at he door bz Mrs. Eason. who prevent d him from entering. He testified that uAon the day King secured his decree of divorce he met him oh the street, and pulling the document from his pocket told him that he had 2 divorce and applying 3 vile epithet told him that if he was dead now and out Of the way he would marry the giri that he was the only obstacle ir the wa, as Miss Eas0a had de- clared she would rot marry him IS her father lived MT. Eason stated that ha was frequently ace0sted bz King, who applied vile epithets to him. and cursed him, and that upon more than one occasion King had struck him, but that in order to shiela his daughter from the talk fight or quarrel would cause he had submitted to these indi gnities. He stated that upon his return to the store "Wednesday, after making his rounds with his delivery wagon, MT. Baker had canae to his store, telling him that he had very important disclosure to make to him, which he reerettei to make, but felt it his duty to do so: that at this juncture a customer entered the store, and that a4 the suggestion of MT. Baker he vent to wait on the customer, and that after finishing this. he discover e.I that Baker had left the store, and that he did not see him again until after the killing of King.
 Tells of the Killing.
 The defendant then gave his yer sion of tha killing of Kins. He stat ed that he went to the front door of his store when he saw King start across tie street on the stepping blocks; thar when King saw him he nuttered something, which he did not understand clearly. and pulling a revolver from the inside pocket of lis coat, continued to advance toward him, in q crouched position, with the pistol grasped in his hand and point ed in his direction. Eason stated that when he saw King making this hostile demonstration he went to his office in the rear of the store, and picking u, his rife returned to the front, and discovered King still approaching, still crCuched, as if looking for an opportunity to shoot; that King could not see him because he was behind an obstruction over which he was looking, while King was attempting te discover him by peering under the obstruction. He stated that it was at this time, and while in this position tbat he shot King. He stated that after firing the shot he threw another cartridge into the barrel of the gun, and waited to see what effect the shot had had but was soon convinced that another shot was unnecessary.
 Eason testified that he was not ex- recting trouble. and that he had not learned of King securing the license pecting trouble, and that he had not been warned of such intention; that he had supposed the idea of marrying King had been abandoned by his daughter because of her promise not to marry King during the life of her father. When the prosecuting at torney asked Mir. Eason why he had denied the killing of King, had stated that he had recently used the gun with which to kill a beef, that King committed suicide and made numer- GUS other statements in conflict with his sworn testimony, the defendant stated that he had not desired during that time to talk to anyone in refer ence to the case.
 Alex Perdue was called by the state ac the concusion of Mr. Eason's testi- mony, and testified that Mr. Eason had stated in his presence after he had been brought to town subsequent to the killing, that King had commit et, suicide.
 Identifies the Pistol.
 Frank Music was the last witness