The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-02
W. L. Greer Kills James w. Reneau.


 his body, James W. Reneau, a brake man on the Iron Mountain, who lived at 102 North Pulaski street, Little Rock, died between 2:30 and o'clock Thursday afternoon from tho wounds which were inflicted by d steel paper cutter in the hands of l w. l.. Greer, a well-known collector of Little Rock, in Greer's office, room No. 12, Fulk building, just short time prior to bis death Blood poured profusely from every une of the ten wounds, and Reneau lived but short time after the cutting, which termi- mated an encounter between the two men, caused by trouble between them over the collection of $f6.40 Greer was arrested shortly after | the cutting, making no attempt to escape, and is now in the Pulaski county jail, held on the charge of murder, pursuant to the recommends tions of coroner's jury, which, after | listening for two hours late Thurs 1 day afternoon to evidence in the in quest over Reneau's body, returned | the following verdict:
 We, the jury, find that J. w ! Reneau came to his death from knife wounds at the hands of w. L. Greer, while being held by Miss Cora David- son. We. the jury, find the killing unjusti1able, and recommend that w. l.. Greer be held to the gratld Jury without bail"
 Miss Davidson is the stenographer for MT. Greer, and, according to her own testimony, struggled with Re- neau while he and Greer were down together on the floor of the cBce, and with both hands held one C. Re- neaus hands, which she and w. T. Tucker, attorney in room No. Il or the Fulk building, swore held gun.
 She testified that Reneau started l the trouble in the office by knocking greer 10 his knees, and further testl- fled that Reneau then seized gun | belonging 10 Greer, which was lylng on the table. She told the coroner's jury that immediately after Reneau seized the gun, she grabbed the mana holding the weapon and struggled to keep him from using it. She swore | that she did not see Greer stab Reneau; that she did not see the knife in the conflict, and that in fact, she did not see it until after the trou- ble was over, and it was in the hands of another person who had come into the room; that she saw blood during the conflict, but did not know where it was coming from, and that Greer did not touch the revolver. She was the only witness to the encounter from the start.
 Tucker, who testified that he enter l ed the room from his apartment af- l ter hearing a crash, swore that he i did not see the knife in the hands Of Greer. He testified, however, that Miss Davidson was struggling with Reneau, holding with both hands the hand which held the revolver.
 According to the testimony at the inquest, Greer had made several at tempts to collect money, amounting to s16.40, from Reneau, the latter claimed that he did not owe the money. Reneau called at the office of MT. Tucker Tuesday, and the two had trouble then over the matter
 That Greer and Reneau would have serious trouble has been feared by friends of both parties for some time. w. NJ. Ballard, 2024 Ringo street, testified at the inquest that Reneau, do, morning said that Greer had it in for him." and that "We might as well have it out" He also testified to having talked with Greer after ward and warned him, and that Greer sad
 'He won't monkey around me, or will kill him.
 Greer garnished Reneau's wages at two different times.
 Thursday afternoon, between ? and 2:30 o'clock, Reneau walked into Greer's office. The testimony at the inquest was to the effect that Reneau refused to sit down when invited to do so by Greer, but that instead he immediately asked Greer if he in tended to keep on trying to collect the money in question and how much he wanted
 Greer, according to the testimony, said that he wanted $16.40.
 You are going to demand $16.40, are you?" asked Reneau Greer re- piled that he was, whereupon, Miss Davidson testified, Reneau knocked Greer down on his knees. The crash was heard by Tucker, who rushed into the room
 About the same time revolver came flying through the glass in one of the office windows and dropped to the sidewalk below, where Judge Brown was standing. He rushed up- stairs, followed by MT, Wells, They found Rencau cut in number of places and bleeding freely. He died within few minutes. A physician was called, but he could do not good. Reneau never uttered a word after they reached the room.
 Horse Is Killed by Lightning.
 Lightning killed a valuable saddle horse owned by T. R. Billingsley of Hope Wednesday night The animal was in a vacant lot at the time 1t waS killed