Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-03
B|C CROWD Is
 AT BISON TODAY Habeas Corpus Hearing For Release of Six Accused Persons in Triple Trag edy On There
JAMESON ON STAND
Testimony Taking Begun This Aiter- noon at l:30 O'ci"ck-Judge FL Gett Returns From q Visit to Clio.

The habeas corpus proceedings.
 through which the attorneys for Bert 1 McCartney, his wife. Mrs. Sue Me Cartney, J. J Prince, w. C. Cotton, 1 Ed Richards and Jesse Strong. who are charged with having been im- lplicated ill the triple tragedy at Clio, | Cleveland county, Monday a week ago, was begun in the circuit court room at Rison this afternoon at 30 O.
 clock. It was expected that w. H. ,Iamieson, who says he saw the shoot ] ing from start to finish, would be , placed on the stand by T. Havis Nix on and Deputy Prosecuting Attorney George S. Brown, counsel for the State. to resist the issuance of bond flor the six accused persons, the at | torneys for the defense having filed the habeas corpus application with l that end in view.
 The hearing is set before County Judge William England. It was to Ehave been called this morning at 10 o'clock, but owing to some other
 business, the hearing was not begun
 until II o'clock No witnesses were placed on the stand this morning. When court convened, Attorneys Nix l on and Brown asked the county judge. who is nearing the case in the ab sence of the circuit judge, to have one | of the judges of the chancery or cir cult court sit with him to decide any questions that might arise where it
 was expected points of law would be involved. The attorneys made this request because of the fact that the county judge is not lawyer and, it is said, is not familiar with legal matters. Judge England declined to grant their request. In addition to W. s. Amis, Pitt Holmes and s. M.
 Taylor the defendants this morning
 employed Attorney Bridges of Cleve- land county to assist them in the de- fense.
 Mrs. Sue Mccartney and all the five
 men charged with being implicated in
 the killing of Godfrey, McEwen and l Bush are at Rison in attendance at
 the hearing
 The little town is crowded again | today with lumbermen from Clio and
 Grant county and other interested spectators, including many newspa per men and officials of the law. Up to 1 o'clock today there had been no excitement and nothing had occurred
 of any unusual importance. It is expected that real sensation will
 be sprung this afternoon by Jamieson,
 the chief witness for the State. His
 wife is with him at Rison and may
 also be used as witness. Other
 States witnesses. including Justice
 of the Peace Lee Culberson, and
 Duke and Brooks Falk are also pres
 ent The defense will introduce fully llltS WltuSSSS0, It lo uui HIS 'ii>' hearing of the habeas corpus case.
 If this proves true, the hearing will Hast several days. Jamieson and his wife will return to Pine Bluff tonigh,, lit is said, fearing harm will come to them after giving their testimony. Chancellor John M. Elliott return
 ed today at noon from Clio, where he spent the morning personally in-
 vestigating the recent tragedy and |also looking into the conditions there He reports that everything is peace able and that his orders are being carried out to the letter and promptly
 He has two bookkeepers at worl making out the payroll of the Bluff lCity Lumber Company's employe: and says that he will be able to de
 termine in a few days what will bt
 done with tne plant. < " Judge Elliott searched the lumbel
 wards and elsewhere for Bush's body
 ibut failed to locate any trace Of II |, He says all that has been found i
 IBush's overcoat. perforated with bul
 llets. He says his hat was neVe
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