The Mena weekly star., 1921-06-02
DYNAN|TED CAR
 USED BY OFFICER
o Attempt to Intimidate Deputy sheriff Walkers Ford Destroyed Had Explosive for Tom Dempsey,
 Too-lOklahomans Suspected.

E 6f<icers of the law was attempted at ove late Friday night, when the Ford ear of Deputy Sheriff Douglas Walker a,as destroyed by dynamite and his h6ne damaged. Another batch of ex- n3osive, believed to have been intended fnr Tom Dempsey, an assistant of Walker, was not put in use and was {ound Saturday morning when Sheriff
 A. Thornton put officers with a Bloodhound on the trail of those re- <ponsible for the attempted intimida- };on of the Cove officials.
 The explosion of dynamite at Dep- At Walkers home at Cove occurred 4hortly before the midnight hour and Ypsulted in the complete destruction I'll the Ford car used by the officer in MS official duties. Pieces of the ear <vere hurled into the Walker home, Alarming the sleeping family and e4nsing some damage to the residence. ne Ford is in such shape it's days as Ha fiivver is ended, but the damages to the Walker home are such that 4hey can be easily repaired.
 At the time the explosive was used fhe car was standing in the yard at ihe Walker home place, and only short distance from the house. From <he appearance of the wreck it is be- 1jeved a charge of at least half a 6ozen sticks of dynamite was used, 1he explosive being placed just in kront of the seat.
 Two men are suspected of having fouched off the explosive and it is Thought they reside in Oklahoma. Their trail lead in westerly direction rom Cove.
 Sheriff Thornton was called at the midnight hour from three different 6oints south of Mena, and for awhile he believed a wholesale attempt at jiynamiting had occurred. A call rom Hatfield expressed belief the ! Ripping vat at Ed Myers place had hoen blown up. Another call from Xandervoort located the explosion at the vat near that place. It wasn't un- <u Deputy Walker called from Cove <hat the location of the mighty blast xas definitely located.
 Sheriff Thornton arranged as soon zs possible to send assistance to Cove nd help Deputy Walker in his work 1f running down the dynamiters. Deputy D. A. Hazel was called and he and w. H. Heneger, new Mena fesident who owns a young blood hound, were sent in a service car to Cove, leaving Mena in less than an kour after the report was received.
 The bloodhound was taken. to the Walker home, in the east part of Cove, md struck trail that led westward fcross the Kansas City Southern Backs. During the course of the : <railing the officers and others with {fe dog located a charge of dynamite e0ntaining seven sticks with fuse and m all fixed ready for exploding. This < 6undle of dynamite was hidden in a 1rnber pile near the railroad track.
 The Mena blood hound followed a <Pail westward for more than a mile nd then lost it where a rail fence and pine thicket came together. It is 6elieved that the man who touched off <ke explosive at the Walker home had horse hidden in this thicket and made his getaway from this point. I&e end of his trail the man hunters Hturned to Cove.
 Deputies Walker and Dempsey have bteh active of late in experimenting Y1olators of law in Cove and vicinity Ihey have ben especially keen in the &arsuit after moonshiners and boot Rggers, and have destroyed several ell known stills both in Arkansas and 4cross the state line in Oklahoma. heir work has been highly commend
 by the federal authorities at Fort xnith.
 A report that the attack on Walker Xas made because of his having war Mnts for the arest of anti-dippers in 6pve and vicinity. is not given much STedence by Mena officials, who be- lleve that the wildcatting element is at the back of the outrage. Walker 20 not have the warrants for the etti-dippers, these being in the hands q Deputy Mack Hughes.
 Deputy Walker was in Mena Fri ~ afternoon in charge of four Gran B men arrested for moonshining. & with Tom Dempsey and Sol 4prke, the latter of Grannis, conduct eq raid early Friday morning into zae wilds west of Grannis and found Elmer and Tom Mccormick, two {Quths under 21 years, in possession parts of wildcat still. The Me- 8rmick boys were found, the officers
 ". attempting to move the still to
 e home of Frank Arnold, south of Hannis and, after finding other evil 4fnce there that indicated moonshin-
 g arrested Arnold and H. H. pungblood, better known as Hub" ! xoungblood.
 x The four men, together with smaller
 rts of the still, were brought to
 ena Friday afternoon and were ar-
 pgned before Justice l.. N. Burnett.
 ne quartet waived examination and
 ere bound over to the next grand 2ry in bonds of $500 each. Being
 able to furnish the necessary se-
 rlties, the Grannis men were sent
 the county jail.
 Arnold is former road overseer at
 Fannis. Youngblood is one of two
 others who claimed they were con-
 'entious objectors during the war
 ,u sought to evade military service. ub" and his brother were arrested
 siackers and were taken to Camp 'ke by County Judge Finger, then
 eriff: The brothers served time in
 military guard house at the camp
 tii the armistice was signed. ------------o----
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