The Mena weekly star., 1922-01-19
AND WIFE.
 BRUTALLY KILLED
shiaking Party in Faulkner County t Ends in Fiendish Murders--Sus- |. pected Pair Escapes--Justice
 Walls Held Inquest
n the Arkansas Gazette.

Y fom the Arkansas Gazette.
 n Conway, Jan. 13.-Slain with a bocking, brutality and bloodiness, : korge W. Hopkins, aged about 50, bnd his wife, Mrs. Nettie Hopkins, 2 xed about 40, were killed at their come near Marshall schoolhouse, Pal srm township. IA miles southeast of qonway, about o'clock this morning. \ Tom Johnson and his son, Roy
 ohnson, both well known court char eters, were accused in verdict re- turned by coroner's jury late this sfternoon. Neither of the men nave ,sen arrested, and an all day search NJ officers revealed no trace of them. Whiskey Is Blamed
 . What started as friendly drink AlQ party and ended in one of the lost pruesome tragedies in the his- >rv of Faulkner county was begun at night, according to Marion i, right, neighbor who was near the ' enc of the tragedy. Wright said ! was visiting the Hopkins home Then the two Johnsons arrived, ' ineing a quantity of moonshine li- st for. During the evening, he said, | opkfns remonstrated with the elder h lhnson for using indecent language \ tho presence of his wife, and a \ Int at that time was threatened.
 s Toward midnight trouble between e men seemed imminent again, and right left the house, but remained : ithin hearing distance. The dis
 nbance grew more violent, he said, Ia he heard shots fired in the house. 2 said Hopkins ran from the house one direction and his wife in an- her. with the Johnsons pursuing
 opkins and firing at him. After
 inning thru the barn, Hopkins re-
 1f11ed to the house and crawled un-
 er the porch floor. While he was
 lere one of the Johnson, Wright sid, hred at him again.
 Woman Is Attacked.
 In the meantime Mrs. Hopkins had turned to the house and the John elr1s turned their attention to her, \ avinp her on a hill near the house. They've shot me and cut me, and am Bleeding to death. Go get Jim : 1atney," Hopkins gasped, according
 Wright. ' As the latter ran toward the home Guatney, who lived half mile "a ray. he said he heard Mrs. Hopkins the woods, several rods from the sad, pleading with the men not to Ell her, and the voices of the John Ss ns, but could not distinguish what Se latter said. 5When Wright and Guatney arrived, sopkins was dead and his wife could slt be found. Apparently, to be sure the deadly effect of their attack, use while Wright was away, and sushed the mans skull with a stick 2 fire wood. E It was not until several hours later Eat the body of Mrs. Hopkins was bund. The first reports reaching SnWay today were that only the man Ed been killed, and his wife had es- Tped. Shortly after daylight, Mrs. 5,pkins' body was found on the side hill, nearly a quarter of mile k)m the house.
 SThe woman's murder had been fe- Hciously brutal, according to Deputy iFerig J. I. Summers, who returned Snight from the scene of the tragedy. 1 Sing d few feet from her body was E large stone, shattered with blood, l H which strands of the woman's hair < hered. The forepart of her skull 2 as Almost pulverized with blows l ! on this stone, inflicted with such eciou6 force that the head was driv- s several inches into the soft earth. s sppar<ntly, in her dying convulsions, ee had partially raised her head 2 eoua out the depression. There were 2 other marks on her body, however, Id ofRcers are inclined to disbelieve
 report that she was assaulted be-
 re Ehe was slain. | Punctured with three bullets, slash |
 | with 12 knife wounds, his clothing shreds and his skull crushed, Hop
 ms met death by means equally
 rutaly.
 Father and Son Accused.
 Arriving at Marshall early today leputg Summers and Deputy Prose- utinQ Attorney c. A. Holland of Con- ray, searched the Hopkins house and oulld cap, coat and pocketbook aid to belong to Tom Johnson. The tockctbook, which was brought with lhe other articles by Summers to 1cnWay tonight, contains several pa- pefH and letters bearing Johnson's name. They went to the Hopkins nome, about a half mile from the dopA1ns home, and were told by his wife he had left yesterday morning or Little Rock to settle 9 govern npnE judgment against him for $2,- 70 in connection with his manufac- aka of liquor, and she had seen noth- 1g of him since.
 It was reported here tonight that
 om Johnson appeared at the home of
 ewls Clements, five or six miles ortheast of Marshall, this morning
 nd aaking for food saying he had had
 breakfast. Clements at this time
 ad heard nothing of the tragedy
 othing has been heard of either of
 10 Johnsons since that time.
 Roy Johnson has been a fugitive
 0in the law for the past several
 8nths, following his indictment in
 ulaski county for capital offense
 Eainst Mrs. Wallace Wilson, wife of
 Ie man, who was slain and behead-
 | by George Flake last October.
 oth men are said to have terrorized
 Ie community in which they reside
 Id the officers fear their capture
 III be matter of much difficulty.
 Coroner J. A. Pence of Conway be-
 g unable to attend, Justice John l..
 'aI1s of Saltillo was summoned and
 Ed the inquest over the two bodies.
 ne verdict of the jury was that both