Woodruff County news., 1908-09-17

| that John D. Holt, the SO-year-Old son of Lincoln merchant, is the suspect being chased by posse head ed by Deputy Sheriff Todhunter, for the killing of John w. Murry. According to the report, Murry caught Holt stealing watermelons and upbraided him for his act and this led to the trouble which ulti- mately resulted in Murry's being shot from ambush on the road near his home. The killing took place about o'clock Sunday afternoon. Holt it is said, has disappeared from his home, and a posse of 200 men is trailing him across the country. It is claimed that at one time the boy was surrounded in a cornield, but he managed to elude his pur- suers and to successfully cover his tracks. Bloodhourds which were put upon the trail immediately after the killing soon lost the scent, and the man-hunters are depending upon human agencies alone. A report re- ceived early Tuesday evening declar- ed that Holt had been captured and that the officers were concealing the fact of his arrest, fearing mob vio- lence, as the feeling against the young man is high in the community in which both he and Murry resided. Murry, the man shot from ambush, vas about 10 years of age and leaves family.
 Reporting that he had been kick ed off freight train by brake man near Gilkerson, recently, and two bones broken, Manuel Baca, a Mexican, IS years of age, and claim ing Fl Paso, Tex, as his home, walk ed into Jonesboro Saturday seeking work. After being thrown from the train, the Mexican says, he spent the entire day in field, and late in the evening attracted the attention of a farmer who was walking along the track. The farmer, he says, took him to his home and cared for him until he was able to make way to Jonesboro The Mexican says that the day before he left the farmers house several young men in the neighborhood threatened to tar and feather him if he did not leave the community at once, and that if he told any one what they threatened to do to him in case of his refusal to leave they would kill him.
 The local operator at Dumas re- ceived a message Tuesday morning from Gould, eight miles north, that the depot at that place was total by fire, the company's records being en- tirely consumed in the building. The property was doubtless the most valu- able station property owned by the Iron Mountain at any place on the line south of Pine Bluff and is es- timated to have cost $7,000. Fire broke out at about 3 a. m. and Is supposed to be of incendiary origin. The government force of cattle tick eradicators Is busy in Washing ton county. It will take about 30 days to complete the canvass of the county, and then, it is claimed, there will not be a tick left in the county. The government is also furnishing the oil for greasing the cattle.
 A bonus is being raised by the citizens of Nashville to guarantee an extension of the Memphis, Paris and Gulf railroad to Murfreesboro. The railroad company agrees that, in consideration of $7,500, it will build the extension and maintain the rail- road shops at Nashville for period of 20 years. The company also agrees, in consideration of this amount to release the Nashville business men from their guarantee of 150,000,000 feet of timber, which the company claims is not on the land secured.
 The old B. R. Anderson home stead near Nashville, together with all its contents, was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The fire is supposed to have originated from a defective fue.
 The old settlers of Randolph coun- ty will hold meeting at Biggers September G4. A permanent organi- zation of old settlers of the county