Woodruff County news., 1908-10-01
NEWS OF S ARKANSAS !

w. L. Greer Kills James w. Reneau.
 Stabbed at ten different places in his body, James w. Reneau, brake man on the Iron Mountain, who lived 1 at 102 North Pulaski street, Little Rock, died between 2:30 and 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from the wounds which were inflicted by a | steel paper cutter in the hands of | w. l.. Greer a wellknown collector l of Little Rock, in Greer's office, room No 12, Fulk building, just short time prior to bis death. Blood poured profusely from every one 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 $16.40.
 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 day afternoon to evidence in the in quest over Reneau's body, returned the following verdict:
 "We, the jury, find that J. w. Rencau came to his death from knife wounds at the hands of W. l.. Greer, while being held by Miss Cora David son. We, the jurF, find the killing uniustifiable, and recommend that w. l.. Greer be held to the grand jury without bail.''
 Miss Davidson is the stenographer for MT. Greer, and, according to her own testimony, struggled with Re ncau while he and Greer were down | together on the floor Of the ofhce, and with both hands held one of Re | neau's hands, which she and w. I. Tucker, attorney in room No. Il or the Fulx building, swore held gun
 She testified that Reneau started the trouble in the office by knocking | greer to his knees, and further testl- fled that Reneau then seized gun belonging to Greer, which was lying on the table She told the coroner iurv that immediately after Reneau | seized the gun, she grabbed the hand holding the weapon and struggled 10 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, l 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 ed the room from his apartment at- ter hearing a crash, swore that he did not see the knife ill 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 tenpts to collect money, amounting to S16.40, from Reneau, the latter claimed that he did not owe the money. Rencau 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, in conversation with him Thursday morning said that Greer had 1t 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 said:
 He won't monkey around me, or l 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 I said that he wanted $1640.
 You are going to demand S16.4O, | 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 l 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 Raneau cut in number of places ard bleeding freely. He died within a few minutes. A physician