Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-09-19

strict instructions that the woman should not be molested; that ho should see to it that his father did not abuse her at their home and that if similar complaints were made to him again he would take the children from the father and give them into the custody of the mother.
 This lecture was given Nichols two weeks ago, after he had been cited to appear before Judge Elliott and show cause why he should not be adJudged guilty of contempt of court for having failed to pay the wife alimony. The citation order was made at the re- quest of Attorneys Whitelaw and Sor rells. who represented Mrs. Nichols, and it was shown during the hearing, at which Judge w. D. Jones, of the law firm of Taylor and Jones, appear ed for Nichols, that no such order had been made. There was some mistake about the order having been docketed and Judge Elliott then ordered Ni- chols to pay his wife $5 week until the case was disposed of. Nichols, who was at that time working at Humphrey, objected to the order of the court, pleading that he had been out of work and had difficulty in mak- ing "both ends meet" in a financial way. Judge Elliott took no stock in his story, however, but told him he must comply with the orders of the court. At the same time A. L. Cason reported to Judge Elliott that Mrs. Nichols was ill and was being cared for at his home in this city. She had no money or means of support, Cas- on said, and was too i'll to teach sev- eral pupils music, as she had been doing since the separation.
 Would Not Harm Her.
 Nichols promised Judge Elliott that Mrs. Nichols would not be harmed if slie came to his place to see or get the children, He said he knew she did not like his father, and Judge Elliott told Nichols that he could not make the woman love his parent, but that well as his father. The Nichols di- vorce case was to have been heard be- fore Judge Elliott on yesterday morn ing.
  Mrs. Nichols, accompanied by Mrs. Parnell, left the city Sunday morning at g o'clock and arrived at the Ni- chols home on the Warren road fifty minutes later Mrs. Nichols got out of the buggy and walked up to the gate and stopped. The children were in the front yard and Nichols was on the front porch. Nichols invited the woman into the yard and Mrs. Nichols went in and kissed all the children. She and her husband had talk, that Mrs. Parnell did not hear. A few minutes later Mrs. Nichols took the girls by the hands and walked to the porch to get her little boy, who was seated in Nichols lap. Mrs. Nichols was on the ground and when she reached out to get the little fellow Nichols jumped off the porch, ran up behind her, grabbed her by the arm and slashed her across the chin with his knife. He then pulled her head ack and as she screamed her husband slashed her across the throat.
 The frightened woman was covered with blood in an instant. She ran from the yard into the road and as she saw Mrs. Parnell driving hur- riedly to B. G. Bailey's home, quar- ter of mile away, for assistance, she followed. Screaming and stumb- ling Mrs. Nichols ran into the Bailey yard, after opening the gate herself and climbed upon the porch, calling for doctor. She fell into a chair in front of the screen door and Mrs. Bailey and members of the family ran to the phone and called for a physi- o{o Ac