Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-02-02
Saws He Did All the Shoot ing Whe.l He Found Blair
 In His Home With Wife
THE WHITES GET BAIL
E. L. White Says He Did Not Intend to Shoot Blair When he Caught
 Him In House.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 1.-E. l.. White and his brother, J. F. White, the two England men who are charg- ed with killing Herbert Blair, drug clerk, about three weeks ago, were admitted to bail in the sum of $5, ,000 by Chancellor John E. Martin eau at a special session of court held last night
 As the attorneys for the White brothers insisted that this bail, in view of the financial circumstances of the defendants, was practically pro- hibitory, Chancellor Martineau indi- cated that he might reduce it, pro- vided that it was proven that such was the case.
 Mrs. White, whose relations with Blair are alleged by her husband to have been the cause of the killing and who is also q defendant in the pro- ceedings. was in the court room last night She sat beside her husband with their three little girls around them, without manifesting any emo- tion while the motion to admit the defendants to bail was being consid cred by Chancellor Martineau.
 Mrs. White was released on her own recognizance at Pine Bluff, where she was arrested several days ago with her husband and the lat ter's brother.
 George NJ. Chapline, who with James E. Gray represented the de- fendants, announced that the attor- neys had agreed to submit the mo- tion to Chancellor Martineau without argument. He simply stated that in view of the fact that his clients would be given speedy trial, he wish ed to save them from the hardship of being imprisoned while awaiting trial.
 Not Murder in First Degree.
 Unless the evidence shows that there is reason to believe that the defendants are guilty of murder in the first degree, they are entitled to be admitted to bail said Chancel Tor Martineau, in announcing his de- cision.
 After hearing the evidence in this case, I am led to the conclusion that the provocation for this killing if it did not justify the deed, would at least reduce the degree of the crime below murder in the first de- gree. therefore order that the de- fendants be admitted to bail in the sum of 5000, the bond to be approv ed by the sheriff.
 Attorney Chapline then requested that this amount be decreased,
 My clients have little property, he said. "A S5.00o bond would be pro- hibitory in their case
 If such is the case, 1 will reduce it. responded the chancellor. T fixed it at that sum merely because that is the usual amount in cases of this character
 Thomas C. Trimble and his son, Thomas C. Trimble, Jr., of Lonoke, who were employed by the dead mans brother to assist in the pros ecution of the Whites, announced that their only interest was to have the bail fixed at a sum sufficiently large to insure the appearance of the defendants for trial
 Tells How He Shot Blair.
 The application for bail was talk en up yesterday afternoon at ? o'clock by Chancellor John E. Martin eau. the first witness being E. l.. White He related the circumstances of the killing of Blair and said that he fired the shots first from his own pistol, and then grabbed a pistol from the hands of his brother, J. F. White and fired again. He said that he did not enter the house with the inten tion of killing Blair. but circumstane- es which followed prompted him to shoot He claims he fired through a closed door.
 He said that he and his brother hid in the barn in che rear of his house in England. He said that he could see his wife brushing her hair. and that finally Blair went into the yard through the back yard and was admitted to the house.
 He said that he instructed his brother to go around to the front of the house and knock on the front door. Later he, himself. was admit ted to the house through the back door. He said that he saw the par Tor door was closed and he made up his mind that Blair was in that room. He declared that after receiv- ing no reply from the person in the