The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-24

been, they lost the trail at the rail
read rack. 1t WAS surnised that ne
got into some conveyance a. that
point, and The sunrise IS row practi-
caliy a certainty, and weLt to the
house OIL Mr.. Geo. SEWERS place be
low TalluIah, where his wife lived.
The dogs were taken to that place,
aad the negro's wife was taken iuoo
custody, and several at the place
said that the rlaa had come back 10
Tallulah, so TIE dogs were not pu.
Gu. down there. The woman said That
the negro had given her twenty dol
lars. end as she knew he had no.
been working she asked him wEe-e he
got it ard he told her none Of her
business, but told her to meet hin in
Monroe. Il afterwards dsveloped that
he had written her a 2ote on the 18th
telling her 90 meet him a. Mcoe.lee,
. Ark, and he had pinned same TO her
hat. It was evident that she Ike"
nothing Of the affair.
1t was afterwards learned that i
negro who works for Mr.. Jim Ssy.eg
who was 'corilg TO TG!luiah Tues2ay
about ten o'clock 70 bring buggy
/ in to ga. Ifc. Folk, had been asIe3
by Calhoun to let him ride to Tailu-
lah with him, which ne did. This ne
gro said that when he passed the place
where MIR. Arnold was killed, Calhoun
asked him, "WLat ell white man lived
in that place," evidently trying t.
see how much this Regro krew abc'.'
tha affair. Of which ne cays he wa
ignorant at the tine. Ee says tacy
then came CT TO TaG;riah, ala lie GO;
out Of the buggy at Nr. "iihercw
70 sell some chickens, and told Ca
houn to mind the buggy XIII he '"
turned, but that when he came ou.
Calhoun was g3re &c says th7'
while car1ing to tcwr CaIhS1a tod
! him hat he was gai-g 10 Holly FidCc
where he had relatives, and TTante J
20 make the nccn train. This neSr2
Iiaays then he went down the s-cee.
and vss OF the station when the trai
!, left, and t,laS be saw Calhoun geS
he train, going Sc gcTy 2idse. Tn
train did ros step at Holly 2.dge. br
ne eaid tlJat hs was gciEg 70 Ea5vill'
. and walk back.
When t5is develo?e5, tha crta6T'
les thcvghs it WAS unuece7ss7S :,
retain the hlood hcl,nds, SO NJ. GGn
: left wy thar Wedi.esSzy.
'Fs -. ''s'e -.s III. g,:,t c-c tlrc- ie-
uty went 10 HOLY 2i'ge on the noo'
t-a;r, which lad 1r;ers- TO step :
Holly Ridge, ard ieu-d the neer'
, II The hcuza OF relatives. TheT f7u7'
!. OF h;n e % ealih-, pistol, vh;-h be
I lcaced to The murdered r'aT. III
a rag9o wos taken 70 Rarvilie. rs i
: vas feared that il he were Srough
, 70 Tallulsh he would ne lyrched.
. A SPECIFY trial is promised, as tn
; Jury has al-ea y heen called. ard "
; understand that the trial VIII b"gil
: On Thursday OF 1ezt week TIE 81
+, tho-ii:es are absolutely SIRE that
: conviction VIII be obtained.
y When q conviction IS Obtained n
4 viii be hung in Taliulah, as the >!a'
> has been changed in that respect, an
. thu hanging viii ta!1e place ii til
,e ia;l yard in Ta!Iulah-
m Es2eciai credit IS due to the Shiri-
! srd his Deputies and to the bloo
le hounds.
y IN i1Cusst was held cver the bod
e Of the dead man, and the eyiE1e W.
4 n-c-orrced to be at the hands
Ne Calhoun.
Z Fi-. Arnold came to Tsllg'at fro
10 Mississippi, tut had not resided the
"a long, going there fror, Kentrcky. /
or came to Tal,1lah recently. having pu
so chased small place near Taliul'
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