Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-16
SENTENCE FOR
 NIGHT FRONTIERS Little Rock Police Judge Says City is in Terror and Residents Do Not Sleep TWO MEN SENT UP Tried to Enter House But Later
 Claimed They Went on the
 Wrong Premises.
TWO MEN SENT UP

Little Rock, Ark, June 15.-"This prowling in Little Rock must be stopped The entire city is terroriz- ed and less than half the citizens sleep in peace. You TWO men have been found guilty of proving. You had no right to trespass on the prop erty of another citizen. You did so knowingly and will have to suffer the consequences. I will fine you each $100, costs and six months on the county farm.'
 The above is the statement of Po- lice Judge w. M. Tweedy, made this morning when M. w. Pierce and Hugh Dearie, painters, were brought up before him charged with having attempted to enter the residence of W. F. Niehauss, 1912 Louisiana street, Thursday night.
 According to the testimony of sev- eral witnesses this morning, the men had been working at the Niehauss residence Thursday and had been too inqusitive as to the residents of the neighborhood Their remarks had aroused suspicion.
 Thursday night at about II o'clock the men came to the back door of the Niehauss residence and knocked on the door. When asked by Mrs. Nie- h h0 'It's us. , But who is us?" asked the woman. and the answer was, 70, you know ..zz.,55..-z=.E
 Mrs. Niehauss then went for a re- volver and when she came back the men ran off, Dearie going through the rear of the yard and Pierce try ing to escape by going between the Niehauss home and the residence be- tween the Niehauss home and the residence next door, Howver, Lee Capestro, who lives at 1914 Louisiana street, had heard the argument and conversation of the men, and came down with his revolver just in time to stop Pierce. Pierce stated that he had come to the home on request of a friend and had done nothing wrong 1 whatever. However, MT. Capestro stated that he would have to keep him and let the police investigate the case, to which Pierce replied, "Fll be d-- if you do,'' and ran.
 CaDestro fired one shot in the air in order to stop Pierce or attract at 1 tention, and Clark ran out of his home at 1905 Louisiana street with a shotgun and fired once al | Pierce. He missed him, but followed him, catching him just in time to pre- vent his going over a fence at the corner and probably escaping.
 When he saw that he was caught Pierce then gave up, saying that he had done nothing wrong and that he was willing to wait for the officers When the affair was investigated by the detective force, Hugh Dearie, the partner of Pierce, was arrested yes LA
 terday afternoon.
 The men claimed they had gotten into the wrong home.
 It was stated at police headquarters this morning that Pierce has been seen in several instances prowline around in the residence districts
 It was only by an act of Providence that Pierce came through his expe' rience alive, for Carl Clark stated that he took deliberate aim at hin and fully intended to 'drop' him How he came to miss the man is not known. as he was using shotgun loaded with buckshot
 q am going to punish to the full est extent" said Judge Tweedy this morning, /" all providers brought be- fore me on that charge and foun( guilty. It is a dangerous thing fol any one to prowl around in the resi- dence districts at this time, because the entire city is keyed up to such ; point that almost every citizen vii shoot at the slightest noise. A mar prowling at this time is fully awar' of the danger he is placed in and il evidently on an unlawful mission ol account of the risk he takes