Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-13

sented the state and the interests of Mr. Madding were looked after by At torney James A. Gray.
 After the verdict had been announc- ed Prosecutor Dunaway said the &C., ton of the coroner's jury would have no effect on the criminal prosecution of Madding. He said he would not withdraw the charges of murder and assault to kill filed against the young Pine Bluff autoist immediately follow ing the accident Friday Prosecutor DunaWay agreed to admit Madding to bail and this afternoon the young man was released from the penitentiarv, Where he was taken for safekeeping, yesterday under a $1O,OO0 bond No special session of the grand jury will be called to investigate the case.
 The first witness at the inquest was G. P. Frazier, agent of the Shippers Traffic Bureau. He said he was at the scene of the accident almost as soon as the auto had struck Judge Harrod. He met Madding running to- ward Judge Harrod after he had stop ped the blue racer"
 Madding's Viewpoint.
 Ut was absolutely unavoidable" he said Madding told him.
 q replied" said Mir. Frazer, "it was not unavoidable. It was all due to your carelessness in speeding"
 He said Madding answered that he was not running over twenty-five miles an hour.
 II. H. Garner, postoffice clerk, was another material witness. He said he was on the rear of the car from which Judge Harrod alighted He said he heard crash. saw the flash of blue auto, yellow delivery wagon and second later the body of Judge Harrod crumpled up on the tracks while the blue racer" swerved and boy tumbled from the fender guard. Garner said the auto was on the wrong side of the street and that no warm ing whistle or horn was sounded when it came past the car.
 Lee Evans, the conductor of the street car, said Judge Harrod and the Coates boy stepped off the car at the same time. Just as they walked around the rear of the car he said a blue auto swerved across the street, struck the man and he thinks collid- ed with the delivery wagon. He said the car had just started when the ac- cident occurred and that the street car had gone less than ten feet when he gave the motorman the signal to stop. He jumped from the car, saw that Judge Harrod was dead and then be- gan taking the names of passengers who were on the car.
 Evans would not venture guess as to how fast the auto was travelling when it hit Judge Harrod.
 R. D. Block, 1928 Broadway, testi- fled as to the death of Judge HarrOd. He did not see the accident, but was one of the first men to reach Judge Harrod's side after he fell He felt his pulse, which he said was beating feebly. He said Judge Harrod died as he was holding his hand.
 None of the witnesses testified that Madding was driving at high speed, and all agreed that if any warning signals were sounded by the autoist they did not hear them.
 Oracle Testifies.
 Asa Oracle, attorney, who was in the machine with Madding at the time of the tragedy, told connected story of the movements of Madding and the "blue racer" from the time they left Third and Louisiana streets, about noon, until the fatal accident.
 He said Madding's sudden change of route, WHICH CduoCO AAAA tO D WI V to the wrong side of the street and in the rear of the car was due to the fact that delivery wagon had pulled across the path of the car and that it was necessary to try to run past the car or to crash into the wagon.
 MT. Oracle was questioned closely on efforts made by Madding to bring his car to stop. He said when they first saw the wagon start across their path they were about 15 feet from it, and that Madding then began to make efforts to stop the machine. Later on Attorney Oracle said he saw Madding apply his foot and emergency brakes just after Judge Harrod had been struck. After hitting Judge Harrod and the Coates boy the machine travelled about 20 feet before it was stopped.
 Attorney Oracle admitted that Mad ding had the machine on high gear when the accident occurred.
 Prosecutor Dunaway asked, if few