Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-01-17

der, Kelly and F'rauk Kis' my in Il
room in the rear of the salo playing
pitch early in the evening, Il short
time before the killing. II was Il sew
en- point game, the last deal, with SIX
and SIX, and Kelly was distributing
the cards. Alexander turned III oilF
card shy and Kelly accused him OF
cheating Alexander. according 20
the witness, denied the charge and
called Kelly a lie This broke
up the game and all the players. &
eepting Alexander, who walked out u
the Alabama street entrance vert
in1o the saloon. T'bey were stand
ing at the bar twenty minute later
when Alexander entered from tn
Third avenue entrance or front door
with drawn revolver. With an oath
he rushed at Kelly and asked to re-
peat what he had said to him at the
card table. Kelly turned and throw
ing up his hands said: Alec, don't do
that But Alexander fired at Kelly
and the ball entered his breast, piera-
ing the heart Alexander attempted
to shoot again and Kelly grappl d
with him The pistol was discharged
in the mix-up aid both men fell %
the floor, Kelly being ON top. The
bullet entered the whiskey case at the
East wall o. the building. AS they hi
the floor Kelly rolled Off his antagon-
list and expired.
Frank Kiselny. another eye witness
testified to practically the same facts
as Cock, as did also Walter IeVey,
another eye witness Levy had not
been with the party at the bar, how
ever. He had walked into the saloon
Just ten minutes before the shooting
but was pres Mt when it occurred. His
story corroborated that # Cook ana
Kiselny in every particular. Percy
Henderson, bartender on duty at the
6FQOkuiJi al llit lllitG VI StiF5 =Aioc'-AAe7e
saw Alexander enter the saloon with
his pistol drawn, and j. j. Holland,
taller at Pina Bluff, testified as -
Alexander's conduct when he arres:-
ed him Immediately after TIE tragedy
Hill Pefdue Waterman for the Coz
ton Belt, sad ne was sitting III 'front.'
of the Arlington hotel, just acrsos the
street. when the shooting occurred,
and sometime before. He saw Alexan-
der coming from the direction of Main
street, walking along Third avenue.
! pass the Brookhill and the Arlington,
going East. Five minutes later he
saw him come back up Third avenue.
He walked ten feet West OF tn
Rrookbill, turned around and then
/ entered the saloon, at the Third ave-
nue. entrance
! Immediately after Alexander walked
| in Perdue said he heard two shots
He Looked in that direction and saw
men running from the saloon. Perdue
walked over to the SIDE door and goi
there in time to see Kelly roll off c.
Alexander. He walked into the sA-
loon and saw Kelly expire. Perdut
said Kelly neIer spike word.
/ DR.. H. E. Williams, the coionel
from Jefferson county, described IL
fatal wound in Kelly's breast In ali
swer to a question ne said that MAI
of Kelly's physique could have Crap
pied with another even after bulle
had pierced his heart. He said h
examine the clotl:--<,, Kelly wore AM
could find no powder burns, bearinE
out the contention of the State tn !;
the shot was not fired at close range
The .pisotl Alexander used was III
troduced as evidence. It is a 80 cali
bre Smith and Wesson 1t was loade,
all around at the time it was take
from Alexander. One chamber wa
empty, the next cartridge had beer
snapped and the third was empty
having been discharged. One Of thu
! witnesses on the stand today testi
fled that after the first shot was fl
ed the revolver snapped and sec
ond shot followed.
Former Congressman Stephen A
Brundidge is assisting in TIE prose
cution and is aiding District ATTORNEY
Nixon in the examination CT witnesses
It is believe that all of the testimony
will have been submitted in the cast
before Wednesday night.
j The jury that Alexander faces
] eomposed of J. G. Reitzammer, Henry
i Holcombe, Ed Potter, W. "A. hhucN
les, Cal spurlock, Ben Outlaw, A
carrelle. J. M. Blossup, i. B. Denf
! Fred Nicholson, Roscoe Change an
Joe Knuckles.
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