Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-04-16

large crowd of interested men were present. Mrs. Monk came in later. accompanied by her daughters and their attorney, Irving Remberger. John Monk was the first witness. He testified that he was 49 years old and conducts a meat market in this city. He said he was awarded the younger child, Clara, by the chancery court and that he provides for her as we'll as his circumstances will permit. He says he saw his two older daughters running away with the little girl and pursued them. Sarah Monk, he says, struck htn with piece of iron and he finally got away from them, taking Clara with Jim to the home of Matt McGehee. While he was there tele- phoning for the police. Monk says his daughters attacked him. Clara hold ing him while Ethel beat him into insensibility with a club. He ran from the house and fell unconscious on the front porch. He was taken home by friends and when he came to he says Ais little girl was there. Dr. H. D. Williams. Jr., attended him and later, when called, the physician told of the wounds and said the pa tient was unconscious. Monk stated that he did not send the little girl to school because he had been told by some niggers" that an effort would be made to steal her away. He said he did not try to harm his older daughters, bat all that he tried to do was to prevent them from taking the child. He deRied that he grabbed for a stick and said he would kill them both.' When Monk concluded his testimony Attorney Reinberger asked that the plaintiff be ssput under the rule," but Justice Frazier declined to exclude him from the court room during the hearing.
 City Detective Stanley testified 70 making the arrests, after being called to the Monk home. He brought the club, which was used by the Monk girl, to headquarters with them and it was introduced as evidence. Sarah told the officer that Ethel struck her father with the club, and that the father was trying to kill them.
 Dr. Harry Williams testified that Monk had five wounds on his head and -described them. He had to take several stitches to close two of the cuts.
 Defendant on Stand.
 Ethel Monk declared on the wit ness stand that she felt that she was a mother to her little sister, in that she had cared for her for many months at Hot Springs convent, and, after she and her little sister were brought kere by their father from that institution, she said heY father treated her cruelty and she left him and went to her mothers home in Little Rock. She and her sister, she said, went to Monks home to see little Clara and they met her near the house. She said the child asked to be taken away and they ran away with her. Their fath- CT pursued them, she said, and at- tackled them. bruising her sister and finally getting away with little Clara. He "jerked the child about" she said. and treated her cruelty. They kept after him and when they went into the McGehee home. where Monk was telephoning for the police, she said her father tried to strike her with the club. Sarah Monk grabbed him and in the mix-up he dropped the club and she got possession of it. She struck him several times on the head and he fell as he was running out of the front door. Sarah Monk tele- phoned for the police and she went to her fathers house. .anJ helped the doctor, dress Monks wounds. Sue said her father mistreated her on. former occasion and she had him ar rested at that time. Sarah Monk told practically the same story as her sis ter.