Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-09-28

nm a hundred or more 1ashes. lie
was then ordered to leave town for
good and he complied with the order.
viii Malpass, p, cousin of the
Wiley Malpass, 21, brother of the
TWO half-breeds who shot and kill
ed Sheriff Preston and Deputy Sheriff
Barney Stiel, was shot to death by
Special Agent W. D. Higinbotham, of
the Iron Mountain service, and Deputy
Sheriff Steve Robinson, and his white
father, Charles Malpass Sr., was
lynched by a mob early Wednesday
morning. Will Malpass, another
Of the family of desperadoes, was try
ing to kill Officer Higinbotham, when
the latter fired three steel bullets
into his body from a As automatic
Colts revolver. After being mortally
wounded the negro, with pistol in
hand, graBpled with the officer and
Deputy Robinson poked shotgun in
to the half-breed's face and blew the
left side Of his head away.
After the bodies Of stiel and Pres
ton and those OF their two victims,
Lee and Charles Malpass Jr.. we're
taken to Dumas Tuesday night fg3.zz
the little cabin on Oak Bayou, where
the bloody battle between the officers
and the negroes took place Tuesday
morning, posse was formed for the
purpose of going back to the place to
get Charles Malpass ST., whose left leg
sad been partially torn away by a
rifle ball during the encounter. The
surviving deputies who accompanied
Sheriff Preston and Deputy Sheriff
Steil to the place, did not think it
necessary to take Malpass to the
Dumas until after the bodies of their
brother officers had been cared for.
They left the wounded man in charge
of two negro farm hands in the old
cabin.
Headed by Special Agent Higin-
botham, Attorney H. H. Hays, of Ark
ansas City; James Fitzhugh, of Nc
Gehee; H. L. Sternberg, of Pine Bluff,
and Steve Robinson, of Dumas, the
posse left Dumas Tuesday night
shortly after 10 O'Clock and reached
the scene of the costly morning battle
at A. NJ. Wednesday.
Officer Higinbotham and Deputy
Robinson went to the door and knock
ed, but they got no reply. After call
ing several times, Higinbotham threw
his weight against the door and it
fell in with a crash. In rear room
was lying old man Malpass, suffering
from the wound which had been in
flicted by Deputy Ike Bankston, while
the aged man was running from the
house. firing at the officers, during
the morning fight.
VIII Malpass Under Mattress.
They lifted the wounded man into
a wagon and Higinbotham and Robin
son returned to the cabin to make
final search of the premises. They
found a negro man sitting on bed
in the front room, with a bandage
around his read. He was thought to
ha ono Of the men who had been in
structed earlier in the day to remain
with old man Malpass, and when ques-
toned declared that there were no
otbere in the house. The officers
later arrested him, after Will NAL
mass was found there, and took MIN
to Jail at Dumas.
Not believing the Negroes statement
uioinbotham and Robinson seafcheo
every nook and corner in the room
ond without warning (Higlnbotham
,iftod q mattress from the bed ana as
be did 50 viii Malpass, who was Sc
oreted beneath it, crawled out, reach-
;no for revolver that was at mis-
side Higinbotham lost no time ne
nnmned steel bullets into the negro
and notwithstanding the fact 'ha'
oacb hullet wound was fatal, the des-
. ,,orote negro after getting on his 1ee'
ran. around the bed and grabbed Hig-
;nhotbam As he did SO. Deputy hoo
.-aon fitted his shotgun and fireo
both barrels at Malpass' me sho'
w. f,red so close that Higinbotham S
anahrows were burned off and he mas
~. recovered his hearing. me
NV n,,otshot tore away the left side OF
M.,n,ss head and he fell dead at ais,
.1a.hon,.s feet, Higinbotham anu