The Springdale news., 1912-11-29
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 Miss Braham was a niece oi Ehja Braham of Zinc. mefehaAt and well known in connection with many of the mines in this di5tfist rh4. girls father is prosperous farmer of 50 years There are thre- other children iii the family The mother of the murdered girl # @ feared. will suffer breakdown, es- peeiaIIv since she has learned thar the hogs ate away the nose and part of the cheek
 Lee Kirby Of Harrison, coroner of Boone county. had not arrived at the scene of the crime his al ternoon. Sheriff John Helm through his deputies. has stationed bosses at points on both tfe Ms souri < North Arkansas railroad and the Missouri Pacific, White river branch, in the belief that some tramp killed the girl.
 There is no clue further than the foot prints al and near the creek bank These prints are be- ing rigiaIy guarded | E EePort= ed here that the blood hounds kept at the convict camp at Les ne have been sent for and viii be placed on trail as soon as theF reach Aere Nearly eSvry person iH the settlement in which Miss Barham lived and many from near by towns. went today 10 look over 5ae scene All teams. buggies rom .te tes,4 jebles. Wetz='atea 2ur The names CT the fox hunters who found tie body could not be learn ed tonight although 1t Is known they were young men Of the neigh borhood who knew Miss Barham.
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 Otis Davidson Are sted
 Lead Hill, Ark, Nov. 23ZThe only development today i'll the brutal murder of Olive Barham. the lS-year old daughter of George s. Barham. the pleasant Ridge farm er, whose dismembered= body was found en mountain side near Pleasant Ridge Thursday night. was the arrest of Otis Davidson, who was taken into custody at an early hour Saturday morning at his home. near Pleasant Ridge Davidson WAS arrested on warrant signed by Barham, whose only statement was that he felt Davidson was guilty of the murder He refused. however. to make known his reasons Dav idson denies his guilt
 The prisoner was asleep when Sheriff John Helm of Harrison ar rived at his home to arrest him He offered no resistance and be- yond declaring he was innocent the prisoner had nothing 10 say He was taken to Harrison and lodged in the county jail for preliminary hearing at Zine Tuesday Davidson is 20 years of age and comes from well-known family His grand father served d. county judge of Boone County some years ago
 
 The authorities are still inyesti- gating the ease, but from indica- tons they have no further clue.
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 Two Suspects at Spr. ngfield
 Springflel, Mo, Nov 23=Two men, arrested here to-day on bur giary and incendiary charges. are
 
 neetion with the murder of Miss El- Ia Barham. of Boone county, Ark ansas, Tie men will be taken to Harrison. Ark. tomorrow
 The authorities here say that there We're blood spots on the clothing of one of the men, and that they admit having known Miss Bar nam
 The officials say the prisoners have confessed that they robbed store at Zine. Ark. less than week ago. IL is said they are broth CTS and that they live at Melville. Ark. They were arrested at the home of a relative here
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 Sheriff Hides With Prisoners.
 Harrison. Ark. Nov 26-Otis and Lear Davidson, the two young men who were trailed by blood hounds and arrested at their homes near Pleasant Ridge, will today face I preliminary trial at Olvey. on charge of the murder of Ella Bar ham, which happened last Thurs day evening
 The murder vas particularly hrut- Al After faFishing her. the mur- derer or mnraerefs killed her and then cut her to pieces with an axe BloodAaunds were brought from sPfinefield. Mo, and were put on the trail of the murderer. whose footprints were found on the banks of creek When the offirers ap- preached the Davidson house. Otis Davidson threw q pair of bloody