The Forrest City times., 1913-10-24
ROY BURNETT KILLED
Bad Whiskey and Consequent Depray-
 ity the Cause.

A'SH bE' 'HtIJ "dS dbOHt JNeDl y eight years of age at the time he was killed by Constable J. T. Johnson early Sunday morning, after des. perate fight ats the home of. Mr. and Mrs. II. ]. Warshaysky, where the officer had been called to arrest Bur nett, who was intoxicated and creat ing disturbance
 Mr. and Mrs. WarShavsky say they were awakened about o'clock Sun. day morning by Burnett hammering upon the door of the negro servants room in the back yard of their home. Burnett's oaths were mingled with the screams of the terrified negro woman.
 Mrs. Warshaysky opened a window from which she reproached Burnett Ter his actions. She says that the man appeared to be crazed by liquor. for he cried out to her in anger:
 Take your head back in that win dow before shoot it off. I'd just as soon kill the whole outfit of you as not
 Backing away from the window. Mrs, Warshaysky called to the man: I'm going to call an officer.
 Mrs. Warshavsky says Burnett ap. piled one vile epithet after another to her and with an oath said:
 Co ahead and phone for him. I want to kill him, anyhow'
 Despite his threats. Burnett be- came quiet after this, and the War shaVsky's thought he had left The negro woman, however, continued to scream and Mrs. Warshavsky called to her to come into the house As the negress crossed the yard. Burnett sprang from his hiding place and chased the negress into the house. He pursued her into the kitchen. but she escaped him by Slamming in his face the door between tue kitchen and the next room
 Burnett was still in the kitchen when Constable Johnson arrived.
 Constable Johnson says that when he arrived at the Warshavsky home about ) o'clock Sunday morning he found Burnett in the kitchen. He had walked through the house looking tor Burnett and as he opened the door to the kitchen, he says Burnett showed pistol against his breast and demanded that he drop his gun, which fe carried in his right hand. The constable says he seized Burnett's pistol with his left hand and thrust It from him at the instant Burnett hred, The two men then clincled and at the same time Constable John. son opened fire, He fired four shots. three of which crashed into Burnett s body and the mans huge bulk top- pied backward through the kitchen door and fell lifeless out into the portico
 Examination by the coroner's fur, showed that one bullet lad passed through Burnett's left forearm, an other through his neck and third had penetrated his skull iuSt above the left eye
 The coroner's jury empanelled here sunday morning to investigate the XII ing of Roy burnett, the ice man, eXhonerated Constable J T Johnson from blame The evidence developed he fact that Burnett fired the first shot and Constable JOhnSun's Jeff hand was powder burned when he grabbed the dead mans pistol and thrust II aside, al the instant Burnett nred Burnett was resisting arrest threatening the officer and fighting.
 Burnett $ death is attributed to bad WhlSkey and a back yard negro wench. he dead man had anumb mber of friends m Forrest City, all of whom are in ulgnant over the circumstances and causes which led up to his tragic death. Manyexpressions -e heard con oemning bootleggers and the laxity of the practlceof allowing loose negro wo- men 10 carry on high revel in the back yards of white families all over the city. The back yard negro wo- man and the bootlegger are serious menace to the peace and dignity of the city and are two evils that the officers should stamp out at any cost.
 Burnett's remains were forwarded to Memphis Sunday evening where it was met by brother, under whose escort it was shipped on to Moscow, Tenn, near which place deceased's s family resides.
 Burnett's parents live at Moscow. Tenn. He came to Forrest City about six years ago. He was unmarried. He was large and powerful man and when sober had the reputation Of be- ing good natured, courteous and oblig ing. His employers say he was un- usually efficient in his work.