The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-27

nCOn anu Salu ne seemed more nofY' ous and excited than in the forenoon.
 He said Ellis was dressed in ordinary business clothes at the time and de- clined to take dinner with the wit ness.
 Witness said on cross-examination that he greeted Ellis; that Ellis rec ognized him and they shook hands, but defendant at that time showed no disposition to converse with him. The second time he saw him was at 2 o'clock in witness office. Ellis told the witness he was here on business was the reason he could not go to din- ner with him. Witness knew nothing of the business Ellis had here; he said when he came to his office he asked
 for writing material and said he wanted to write letter. Witness said Ellis told him goodby when he left.
 Witness said he noticed he had pli- CTS in his pocket and took a revolver from his pocket when he took off Bis coat.
 Oscar Ellis, Jr., brother of the de fendant, was the next witness on the stand He is 21 years of age. and his brother, the defendant, 27 or 2S years of age. He named the children of his family, five in number, giving their age and residence Witness said he had resided in Pine Bluff and made bis home with his brother there was with his brother a good deal, though not all the time. He said his brother was considerably worried when letters testified that Mrs. Ellis was in the court room at the time of the tragedy and in a critical condition, though ap- parently somewhat improved. Witness said he left the inf1rmary the night before the tragedy with his brother, the defendant, but they did not go home together, and his brother came home about o'clock and woke wit ness up and kept him away all night by getting up and walking around the room. His brother appeared to be very much worried and slept very lit tie during the entire night: defendant said no.hing about going to Little Rock the next morning. Witness is nephew of Mrs. Grace, who is also a glsnd-aunt of the defendant. He said his aunt was first placed in an insane asyum before he was old enough to remember, and had been confined in an institution periodically every year since. Her son, Will Grace, cousin of the defendant, had also testified that Miss Line Reed of Fayetteville, a cousin of the defendant, who had been an unusually bright woman, and at one time a teacher in the State University of Fayetteville, now teach. ing in the public schools, was at one time mentally unbalanced, and had been confined in an asylum, but had now entirely recovered.
 Witness said he was employed with his brother at Pine Bluff and they had been nearly year together and had been associated at Fayetteville pror to that time. He outlined the duties of his brother as general superfntend. ent of the electric line at Pine Bluff. He said his brother was attentive to his work, and he observed at no time that he was not faithful to his busi. ness, until the night before the trag- edy. He said Mrs. Ellis had been con. fined in the infirmary at the time about two weeks. During that time witness and his brother had gone to the inhrmary every night, and it was thought it would be two or three weeks before she would be able to leave the institute. Witness said he was at supper with his brother the night before the tragedy and noticed nothing then that impressed him as peculiar in his brothers actions. He said he did not hear all the conver. sation that passed between Mir. and Mrs. Ellis that night, and did not re. member the tenor of what portion Of the conversation he did hear Wit. ness saw nothing in the conduct of his brother when they left the infrmary together that impressed itself on his mind at that time or that he remem- bers now. The little girl was at Fay. etteyille' at that time and had been with his mother there about two weeks prior to the time Mrs. Elis went to the infmary. The witness heard his brother make no statement as to any trouble he expected to have with MT. Willis, and witness did not know that Willis was in Little Rock at the time. The first witness heard of the tragedy was in the afternoon of July 27. the same day ' on3
 and he never saw his blot r.o"i fendant, again until he - Newport in jail on the that time nnfhinp .wac ns