The Nevada County picayune., 1908-10-15
Rosert Clay ktlEs Dan v. noIIlaay.

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 Robert E. Clay, constable-sIect ef Roland township and 2 prominent planter and stock raiser. shot and a. most instantly killed his brother-ia- law, Dan w. Holiday Of Big Naumell@ Thursday morning shortly before o'clock
 The killing took place a ShadsE s Ragongard. si0 West Seve2th street, Little Rock. and grew out Of Q quar- sel oFef evidence given iu 8 recent hearing n Chancery Court 70 decide rho vas entitled to possession oi CIay's son. Charlie Clay. aged l5 years
 Clay went 10 Little Rock Tuesday 70 dispose Of his cotton. and Thurs day visited the wagOuya-d. in com pauy with B C. Johnson. 70 look a. some cattle in the stock pens and de eide on the purchase Of them
 Just after leaving the stock pens. witnesses say. Holiday. Eho had been in town several days approached Clay and he tao engaged in aH alter cation. Holiday demanding that Clay make apologies 10 his Holiday sJ mother. for statements he had made felative 70 her yeracity a the hearing in cCsFz. and applying several Hines vile eplfhets 10 Clay
 l. is claimed that Clay repeatedly warned Holiday ID go away and leave him. and walked from him toward his onn buggy Holiday, t Is said, had q knife iH his hand and vas whiting when the two met for the firs- time, and kept the knife in his hand during lhe trouble Near ClaE.s buggE the shooting occurred. Clay producing II Colts pistol and snappirg f four times, three shots being fired.
 Witnesses claim that the first a. tempt 70 fire the gun and iunge with the knife on he 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 pisfo. as HolIodag advanced and then snapped the gun once on an empty shell 4 fourth time the trigger was pulled 4 bullet plowed is way through the brain Of Holiday, and he fell on the ground, dying in few ncmenfs. | was then found that Clay had 6 long gash across the muscle of his right arm, from which the blood poured freely.
 Clay. carrying the weapon in his hand, walked from the wagonyard and was taken to the office Of Sherif C. (. Kavanaugh by C L. Kraft in his buggy. He surrendered 10 the county authorities and. in the custody of Will Hobbs. q deputy sheriff was taken 10 the office Of Dr. z NJ D. Cantrea, where IS stitches were taken in the wound in his arm.
 In the meantime. Deputy Coroner \ \ Brown and city officials had bee called and, under the direction Of Mir. Brown. the body Of Holiday was re- moved 10 the undertaking establish mem Of Healey 6, Roth. where, al 19s3o o'clock. 8 C0roner's inquest, un- der the direction Of Coroner s. ?. Eaughfer was begun.
 After hearing be evidence of A. NJ. Goodson. J. 4. McHughes, B. r. Bra shera, ] N. 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 dcliberation resulted in re- turning a verdict that Holiday came 10 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.