Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-06


 without employment. At this junc- ture District Attorney Nixon arose and addressed the court and stated that he had been reliably informed that some of the witnesses, who ha,. been sworn and put Under the rule, had been discussing the case with other witnesses, and threatening them with violence if they did not testify .n Rhea's behalf. He told the court that since one of these same witnesses had gone to the negroes in the Arkansas City jail some days ago and threatened them with mob violence if they did not change their statements, he was inclined to be- lieve the report true.
 Judge Martineau then called all the witnesses into court and gave them more rigid instructions.
 Bert Holmes, of Dumas, said that on the Saturday before the killing Archard and Rhea came into his saloon, had some talk about the ar rest of Sanders, the negro on Rhea's place who Archard went after; that they appeared to be on friendly terms. Archard took a drink of whisky and Rhea took a bottle Of beer. That was all either drank there that day and both appeared to be perfectly sober
 The next witness was Maj. Davis, negro, who waa hostler on the Lenox place for Rhea He said the night of the killing MT Rhea and several negroes who lived on the place re- turned from Dumas a little after dark; that Archard had already been there and arrested Grant Sanders, and was waiting for Rhea to return before leaving with him. He admitted on cross examination that after Archard left with hls prisoner and Dr. West, the negro physician and bondsman who &C., companied him there from Farrell. Rhea told him to let the negroes have the brides to catch some mules; that they came down and caught cut some mules; he didn't know just how many nor who rode them away, as he was bsy about his feeding. He said that he lived in the yard with Rhea and did not see Rnea about the premises at any time after the mules were caught, until next morning.
 Counsel for the respondent asked leave of the Court to take a recess until tomorrow morning, in order that they might talk to their wit nesses. The Courtannounced that 1T the state had any with ,sses they were ready to offer an carried to do so. he would pr ,cea;l with the heac-. ing and let them be introduced. The State introduced Matte Stevenson, negress, who said she was the house. keeper for MT Rhea that she and Rhea lived in the house alone and slept together every night. That on the Saturday of the killing she went to Dumas in buggy with MT. Rhea, several of the negro hands on the place going to Dumas driving four mule teams. While n Dumas she pur- chased 25 cents worth of pitsol cartridges for Rhea and when she handed them to him in Dumas he took his pistol out of his pocket and loaded it all around. She and Rhea and the negroes off the place, she says, returirad to the plantation, a little after dark that night. She heard Rhea tell the negroes to gat the mules and take the prisoner away from "that fellow" She also heard Rhea tell negro boy to get shot gun for one of the negroes to take | with him. She d'd not see Rhea leave with the crowd, but did not SC him about the place until the negroes, who admit they were along, 1 returned. That when she next saw Rhea he and two negros, Major Davis, and Joe Berry, came to tho house where she was sleeping. Rhea told them to go and have the hand cuffs filed off Grant Sanders, and that he also said to her that they 1 had killed one S--' and that the first negro checked it would get a blow around his neck and thrown 1 in the lake. He also told her. she says she had better put what snt knew about it n the sole of hs' shoe and keep it there. She said the rext l n L11l oe