The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Robert Clay Kills Dan W. Holiday.

Robert Clay Kills Dan w. Holiday.
 Robert E. Clay, consrable-elect of Roland township and prominent planter and stock raiser, shot and al most instantly killed his brother-in- law, Dan w. Holiday of Big Maumelle Thursday morning shortly before 3 o'clock
 The killing took place at Shader's wagonyard, 9l0 West Seventh street, Little Rock, and grew out of quar- rel over evidence given in a recent hearing in Chancery Court to decide who was entitled to possession of Clay's son, Charlie Clay, aged Is years.
 Clay went to Little Rock Tuesday to dispose of his cotton, and Thurs day visited the wagonyard, in com pany with B. C. Johnson, to look at some cattle in the stock pens and de eide on the purchase of them.
 Just after leaving the stock pens, witnesses say, Holiday, who had been in town several days, approached Clay and the two engaged in an alter cation, Holiday demanding that Clay make apologies to his (Holliday's) mother. for statements he had made relative to her yeracity at the hearing in court, and applying several times vile epithets to Clay.
 It is claimed that Clay repeatedly warned Holiday to go away and leave him, and walked from him toward his own buggy. Holiday, it is said, had a knife in his hand and was whiting when the two met for the first time, and kept the knife in his hand during the trouble. Near Clays buggy the shooting occurred, Clay producing 9 A Colts pistol and snapping it fenr times, three shots being fired.
 Witnesses claim that the first at tempt to fire the gun and lunge with the knife on the part of Holiday came almost at the same instant, and it is hard to say who made the first actual move in the hostilities.
 Clay fired two shots from his pistol as Holloday advanced and then snapped the gun once on an empty shell. A fourth time the trigger was pulled, bullet plowed it's way through the brain of Holiday. and he fell on the ground, dying in a few moments. It was then found that Clay had long gash across the muscle of his right arm, from which the blood poured freely.
 Clay, carrying the weapon Tn his md was taken to the office of Sheriff .. C. Kavanaugh by C, L. Kraft ill his buggy He surrendered to the county authorities and, in the custody of Will Hobbs, deputy sheriff, WAS taken to the office of Dr. G. M. D. Cantrell, wound in his arm.
 In the meantime, Deputy Coroner A. A. Brown and city officials had been called and, under the direction of Mir. Brown, the body of Holiday was re- moved to the undertaking establish ment of Healey & Roth, where, at 10:30 o'clock, a coroner's inquest, un- der the direction of Coroner s. F.. Vaughter, was begun.
 After hearing the evidence Of A. Nj. Goodson, J. A. McHughes, B. r. Bra shera, ]. NL Greene and J. A. Good son, and finding that the statements of all the witnesses were substantially the same, the coroner stopped the taking of testimony and placed the matter in the hands of the jury.
 Brief deliberation resulted in re turning verdict that Holiday came to his death as the result of gunshot wounds inflicted by Robert E. Clay, but the jury was unable to agree as to whether the killing was justifiable and this phase of the question was left out of the verdict.
 Clay was committed to jail to await preliminary trial.