Sharp County record., 1912-05-10
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away while driving with her hus-
band and children. The team be-
came frightened, and in running
away threw Mrs. Day from the car
riage, together with her husband
and children. Mrs. Day was killed
outright, while the rest of the fam
lily received only a few bruises.
Oudi Graham, a little girl of Po-
cahontas, happened to serious ac-
J cident a few days ago while playing
in the yard, where her little brother,
Harry, was chopping wood The
little girl walked up behind the boy
just as he swung the ak back over
his shoulder preparatory to strike
and received the blow of the ak,
which was a double-bit one, full in
her face. Her nose was cut terrib-
ly and the little child suffered
ereat loss of blood before medical
aid reached her.
A few days ago near Berry q
work train on the White River road
was wrecked when the engine plune-
ed through a washout in the track
and tumbled down the dump to the
. river resulting in the death OF one
of the brakemen, G. F. Owens, whose
home was in Cape Girardeau, MO.
Owens was on the engine when it
= struck the gap in the track and
was pinioned beneath the engine,
sustaining a badly mangled leg and
other injuries. He was removed to ?
, Batesville, where he died two days
| later Engineer Dycus and Fire
q man Routzong escaped without in
jury, although Dycus was aboard the 1
- engine during the perilous leap.
His escape was miraculous it is said.
a RoutzonG saw the washout in time
to jump from the engine, During tlc
past several months the White Riv-
er road in many places has been
rendered dangerous by the continu-
: ed rains,
A gang styling themselves as the
Kit Carson Gang" was organized at
Walnut Ridge recently, and since a
e number of the alleged members
j have been arrested charged with
! night riding. The gang ridded Wal
! nut Ridge and community of prac-
tically all the negro population by
{ posting threatening letters advising
: them to leave the county. Later a
5 mill at Walnut Ridge which gave
employment to several negroes was
dynamited supposedly by the nigh.
, riders. The farmers have been not
ifed not to plant more than one
, half their acreage in cotton, and
, that il they did there would be
trouble. These acts caused the cit
izens of that section to ask for a
company of the state militia to be
called out and take charge of the
situation A squad Of the state
guard was stationed at Walnut
Ridge and things quieted down.
Those who were arrested will be
, tried this week,
Virgil Smith, I years old, resid-
ing with his parents near lmboden,
was killed instantly in most hor-
rible manner q few days ago, The
lad was riding stalk cutter In a
{ field adjoining the Frisco railroad,
4 when a passing freight train fright
{ ened his team, which became un-
G ruly and ran away. In some man
/ ner the small boy became tangled
@ up in the lines and was wrapped
about the large roller of the stalk
cutter being dragged for a quarter
= of mile by the runaway team
A When his father Joe Smith, reach
( ed him, the boy was dead, his toly
t beinG mashed into pulp and wrap
! ped about the machinery It was
necessary to take the stalk cutter
q apart before the llfeless body could
y. L.. ,,io,so1 Vhn child uho Wn1