The Sentinel=record., 1918-07-09

Little Rock Ark, July S.--The tele--
phone operator at Heher Springs late
this afternoon reported that fighting
is taking place in the hills near that
town between draft resisters, de
tachment of national army soldiers, a
company of the Fourth Arkansas reg
iment and sheriffs posses from three
counties. The operator said that the
sound of firing had been heard in the
town all afternoon and that it was re-
ported. that one man had been killed.
No report had been received OF the
result of the lighting. At noon the
resisters were reported to be fleeing
and setting fire to the woods SO that
ments. The posses and soldiers were
reported in hot pursuit.
One man was killed and several he
! lieved to have been wounded in fight
| between the resisters and a posse
| headed by Sheriff Duke Sunday morn :
| ing. The man Killed was Porter Iia =
zelwood of Heber Springs, with the
sheriff's posse Several Of the gang
were believed TO be wounded
During the night the gang abandon
ed a house occupied by Thomas At
kinson, said to have been one of the
gang leaders, and scattered in the hills
according to reports reaching Heber
| Springs.
Anticipation of fighting caused two
doctors to be sent from Heber Springs
J Monday morning.
| The posses of guardsmen and Camp
Pike soldiers reached Pearson about
noon. They Immediately began beat -
, ing the hills near there. endeavoring
to locate the resisters
| Arrests of six persons who are sus .
| pected Of having sympathized with the
| draft reslsters in the hills Of Cleburne
county constituted the sole activities
of the posses of three sheriffs and
two military detachments in that
county today. The military officers
and one of the sheriffs expressed dis
satisfaction with the conduct OF
Sheriff Duke of Cleburne county, who
was in charge of the search for the
draft resisters and tonight sent an
appeal to Governor Brough asking
! that he declare martial law In Gle
burne county. The governor had not
| acted upon the request late tonight.
Parties who searcned the Atkinson
home, where yesterdays fight oc-
| Cured, captured a considerable uuan :
tity of arms and ammunition. The oc-
cupants OF the place had disappeared,
however. 1t is believed that they are
hiding in the hills and possibly are
being concealed by friends and
neighbors.
| Governor Brough late tonight said
that he had sent Colonel Leonard
| Ellis, commander of the Fourth Ar
| kansas regiment of the National
| Guard to Cleburne to take charge oi
| the situation tomorrow, the governor
saying that he would proclaim mar
tial law, il such action is recommend
ed by Colonel Ellis and Adjutani
+, General Lloyd England.
A dispatch from Heber Springs late
tonight said that the pursuit of the
draft resisters would be continued to-
morrow
1t is believed that they are hiding
in the hills of that section and there
is some question whether 1t would be
wise to go into the hills after the en-
as it is believed that bloody battle
would ensue. Sheriff Duke, OF Gle
burne county, is said to believe that
it would be wiser to try to starve the
men into submission.
The posse in Sundays fight was
outnumbered about five to one, anC
was forced to retire. The posse wa:
fired upon as 1t drove up to Atkin-
sons home, Hazelwood being strucl
by two bullets.
An appeal for help was received
: here Sunday evening and Capt. Franl
Terry, with % men of the Little Roct
Machine Gun Company, armed will