Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-13
DILL GETS NO
 CHANCE OF VENUE Alleged Assailant of Miss Burkhalter, of This City,
 Must Stand Trial
IN THE CAPITAL CITY
Witnesses Testified Sentiment Strong Against DiliZGirI in
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Little Rock, Ark. July 12 tspe ,ial.l After bearing much evidence on the petition of attorneys repre- sentjns Earl Dill, charged with crim- inally assaUlting Miss Ray Burkhal- ter, of Pine Bluff, for a change of Venue, Judge k. !. Lea this after no0n denied the petition and the case will go to trial Immediately in the circuit court
 The circuit court room was crowd ed with curious persons this morn in@ when the case was called for trial.
 After the list of wtnessas for the state had been called and al! an- sWered. Lewis Rhoton. who. with De F. Bradshaw and r F. Helm is rep reSentjns the defendant. arose and presented d petition for a change of venue to some other portion of the district, which could be only to Per rNville. in Perry county. The reason , given for the request for the change of venue was that the feeling here is such against the defendant, ,ie could not get an impartial trial.
 Testified to Prejudice.
 \. W. Parke was the first witness called, and for an hour and a half he was upon the stand The witness is local newspaper man, and testi- fled that in the discharge of his reg ular duties he had discussed the Dill case with fully 1000 people. and the majority of these were prejudiced against Dill, and had expressed their opinion inc should be hanged, with out a thought for guilt or innocence of the defendant. He named a num- Der of promine mt citizens with whom he had talked about the matter and gave their expressions.
 T. J. Bragg Called.
 T. J. Bragg. who conducts pro- | l izard streets, was the second sup i porting witness called, and he re- maned on the stand until 12:3O.
 MT, Bragg testified to hes::as many people express the opinion that Dill could not get an impartial trial at the present time. This witness was very positive in his statements, saying he had talked with many about l the wagon yards and in other places and such was the opinion he had heard from all who spoke about the case
 In the cross examination he stated it would be impossible to get a jury in the county to try Dill without let ting the feeling against him creep into the case. In reply to pointed questions of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Pemberton, the witness stated he did net believe One-half of the men of the county, or one 1 fourth, were strictly lawabiding, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not try the case at the present time without a display of prejudice
 Judge R. J. Lea took much inter- est in the proceedings and asked a number of questions of each witness. which would tend to make clear the prejudice which is against the de- fendant in the county.
 Parents With Accused.
 Earl Dill, the defendant, sat be- 1 side his mother and fathlr Curing the entire examination. He was seat ed on a bench at one side of the 1 room and only a few knew of his presence. He was brought into the courtroom by Deputy Sheriff Louis Reichardt just before court convened, and his mother soon joined him on i the bench. The lad was a bit pale, probably from his confinement. He was neatly clad with fresh shirt and collar and dark trousers and vest, the heat being such that he did not wear coat from the jail.
 Miss Burkhalter Present. Miss Ray Burkhalter, the prosecut-