Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-05-14

ApDedTdnceS. 1HdTteS DdVlusOI, COI- oner of Desha county; T. C. Parham, prosecuting attorney; Joe Wallace and P. Seamons, of counsel for state; T. Havis Nixon, attorney for Morris Wolschansky, and E. T. Evans, short hand reporter.
 Be It Remembered that on the 8th day of May, 1916, a coroner's jury, having been duly empanelled at Ar kansas City, Desha county, Arkansas, by order of Charles Davidson, coroner of said county, for the purpose of inquiring into the manner in which one Tom Huddleston of Watson, Ar kansas, came to his death, said jury proceeded to McGehee, in said county and state, where an autopsy was held and the body viewed by the jury:
 Whereupon, witnesses having been previously summoned to appear at the courthouse in Arkansas City, Arkan- sas, at 9 o'clock D. m. on said day, said jury returned to Arkansas City, in said county and state, and at that time and place the following evidence was offered and introduced, to-wit:
 E. M. Vaughn, being first duly sworn by the coroner, was examined as witness and testified as follows:
 Direct Examination.
 By Hon. T. c. Parham, prosecuting attorney:
 Q. What are your initials, MT. Vaughn?
 A.. E. Mn
 Q. Do you live at Watson, in this county?
 A.. Yes, sir.
 Q. How long have you lived there :?
 A. have lived in Watson little over year. I have lived about two miles and half from there three years, or four.
 at <; NasesGs ns you hold any official position
 A. Yes, sir; mayor.
 C. Mayor of Watson?
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. Do you know MT. Morris Vol schanskys
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. Did. you know MT. Tom Hud- dleston in his lifetime?
 A. Yes, sir.
 c. Did MT. Huddleston hold any official position at Watson?
 A. Yes, sir; he was the marshal.
 @. About how long had he been marshal, Mir. Vaughn?
 A. Possibly little more than two weeks.
 0. Did you see the trouble be- tween Mr. Wolschansky and Mr. Hud- dleston at Watson last Saturday evening?
 A. Yes, sir.
 c. Now, wish you would go ahead and in your own way tell the jury whatsyou saw and heard about that, Mir. Vaughn. In the first place, where were you? @s#
 A. was standing just few steps north of the Ferguson hotel and just few steps out in the road; possibly four or five steps north of the hotel, and had stepped out in the road four or five steps.
 0. As I understand it now, the Ferguson hotel is on the east side of the railroad track; isn't it?
 A. Yes, sir; on the east side.
 Q. About how far would you say from the railroad track?
 A. We'll, from the closest point of the railroad track, would judge it was about fifty feet.
 Q. We'll, mean the depot, now?
 A. II would judge the depot was about one hundred and fifty feet.
 Q. The hotel is south of the depot, isn't it, Mir. Vaughn?
 A. Yes, little south.
 c. Now, with reference to the depot, where did the trouble happen? ? A. Why, it happened north of the depot near the railroad crossing.
 0. Where the Main street through there in Watson crosses the railroad? A. Yes, sir.
 0. About how far would you say from the depot?
 A. Mir. Parham, all these dis tances are just guess-work, because I haven't taken the trouble, like good many, to go and step it off.
 Q. Just give an estimate as best you can about it?
 A. I would judge it was probably fifteen or twenty steps from the depot
 Q. North of the depot?
 A. Yes, sir.
 Q. Now 1t was on the west side of the railroad, wasn't it?
 A. Yes; on the west side of the railroad. O. That was across the railroad from where you were at the time?
 A. Yes; across the railroad.
 c. Just go ahead and in your own way tell the jury what you saw about that?
 A. Now, would it be necessary for me to tell anything about the serving of papers, or anything of that sort.
 0. Yes; go ahead and tell about the whole business?
 A. We were trying to collect the special privilege taxes levied there in the town under Ordinance No. |, and MT. Huddleston went to Mir Vol schansky to collect his, and he re- fused to pay. Mir. Huddleston then came to me for warrant for his arrest, which let him have, and after that went down to the hotel to get . cigar, and in the meantime Mir. Hud- dleston had been walking over town hooking for MT. WoIschansky, and l walked down out of the hotel and had just taken few steps away from it when saw MT. Wolschansky come walking rapidly across the street to- ward Mr. Huddleston, and ] suppose he had got as close as that water cooler over there (indicating) to him -as far as their conversation is con- cerned, didn't hear itr--aY,d saw