Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-01-23
DUMAS SLEEPS WELL
 AFTER BAD NIGHT;
 NEGROES AT LARGE
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(COntinued from page One) gestipn of the governor. The only mishaD occurred to w. T. Pate, who ruined a serge suit when he slipped on an oil-covered spot near the pow CT rlant. The only other excitement was furnished by a flue fire short iy before the arrival of the troop train The fire alarm bell sounded, and 9 couple of well-disposed citi- zens started working their shooting irons. It sounded like battle. The Pine Bluffians, started toward the direction of the shooting, only to col lide with a gentleman who informed them that "Will's house is going to burn down if you don't get more mon over there" The fire caused no damage.
 Sheriff Lacey, who arrived this morning, returned to Arkansas City tonight, as did deputies from his city, and from McGehee. Sheriff John McLain of Lincoln and several men also went home this afternoon.
 The presence of posses and troops
 
 upon Deputy Sheriffs J. H. Breed owe, Joe Nuckols and George Burns | They had arrested Doe" Hays fol attempted murder of negro who nal 1 informed James Burras, mill owner and employer of the negroes, that Hays had stolen oats and hog. Eight or ten negroes opened fire on the deputies, and forced them to abandon their handcuffed prisoner. i MT. Breedlove says he had only three cartridges in his rifle, and the other deputies had only pistols. The attack on the officers, and threats of reprisal caused Mayor Dante and some other citizens of Dumas to be- come apprehensive, and in mass meet ing Wednesday night they decided to urge sending of troops. Governor Brough acted promptly and obtained immediate action by army authori ties. Troops left Little Rock at o'clock yesterday morning
 ! Major Prescott, who commanded the detachment, is veteran of the Spanish-American and the world wars. He fought in the Philippines, and was colonel of regiment for Is months in France. He was in the Argonne, and other severe fighting, and wears two wound stripes. Cap tain Lewis, and other officers and men of the detachment also saw service overseas and in the Elaine in- surrection.
 Troops Presence Help. | The presence of the troops doubt less had salutary effect, particul- arly because of the promptness with which they reached Dumas. It was the first time anything like an army in action had been seen in that sec ton, and the detachment with it's train of IA wagons was watched in- tently, particularly by the few resid ing upon the long and lonesome road from Dumas to "Niggertown." Information obtained here indi- work of a few belligerent negroes. ganized effort. Negroes in the vicinity, in the city, and on the country road to the isolated negro settlement displayed only curious in terest. Governor Brough took oc- casion to admonish several to refrain from listening to any talk of law, break, warning that the state is behind the county authorities, and the federal government behind the state-as shown by the body of train 1 ed fighters, with their two machine guns, and numerous automatic and | high power rifles.
 The Kibbler family, three of whose members are said to have been in. volved includes the five brothers Sam, Will, Lloyd, George and Frank and the common law wife of Doe" Hays, whose outbreak provoked the arrest and trouble.
 No trouble is anticipated, and it is confidently expected that the assail- ants of the sheriff will be captured and brought to trial
 Scene of Outlawry.
 The vicinity of the attack on Dep uty Breedlove has been the scene of several other chapters in the crim- inal history of Desha county. It was near there in September, 1911, that Sheriff Bill Prescott of Desha, ard rtputy Sheriff Barney Stiel or Pu- laski. were killed and several otEer officers wounded in pitched bat tle with Charles Malpass, white, and his mulatto sons. The sons were killed in the fighting, and Malpass wounded, captured and hanged near Dumas. The clash occurred when the officers went to arrest Malpass' sons, who had escaped from jail months before and tauntingly defied the of- ficers to attempt their arrest.
 More recently the neighborhood was the setting for the assassination of Deputy Sheriff Mel Orchard of Red field, when he sought to arrest negro on the Rhea plantation. Bud Rhea, white, was sentenced to death for his part in the assassination. His sentence was commuted to life i'm prisonment, and later he was grant ed full pardon. He died about a year ago.
 Deputy Sheriff J. H. Breedlove, who figured in the affair Wednesday, had part in another pistol duel in that section in April, 1911, a few months before the clash between officers and the Malpass family. With Dr. Ison, he fought Will Williams, negro, wanted in Little Rock for the the murder of John Miller, Little Rock policeman. Williams was wounded, taken to Little Rock and sentenced to 21 years.
 Dr. Brunson's Famous Prescrip- ton was originally prescribed to overcome ailments peculiar to people of tbs- or6 iS aSnoCto1lxy I.