Arkansas State press., 1951-11-16

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and the Deputy Sheriff turned If
to the right. | don't know wher
he went, ! don't know where h
was. and We turned off to tn
right and went on down the roat
piece, and the Sheriff began u
shimmy his wheels. and said
Something is wrong with m.
left front tire ana he pulled OF
to the side, and stopped, ant
pretty soon reached down and un
der the seat on the floorboari
and got his flashlight, II was
flashlight with a red band arount
the head of it, IL had red trim
around it, don't know what yot
call that. He got the flashligh
and got out OF the car, on the
right side he checked the tries
and on the left side he checked
the tires, and then he got back
in. said couldn't find what was
wrong, | don't think he went all
the way around the car He got
back in and taken off again, and
drove on while, | will say q
rough estimation of two more
miles. and then he stopped again
the wheels started shimmying a
gain, and he stopped, and was
trying to pull off to the side of
the road, and he reached after
the flashlight again, and got out
and went around to the right side
of the car, and kicked the right
front wheel, and then he came on
around to where Sammy was sit
ting on the right hand side of the
car. ! was sitting in the middle.
Then he said, YOU SOB's get
out and get this tire fixed" and
did not see any tires in back.
but We had to obey, because he
was Sheriff, and so we went to
get out. and Shepard he taken
his foot and put it out of the car,
and was getting out. and l can't
say just how quick it was, but
he shot him. and it was quick
enough, and he turned. the Sher-
III did, and he had a pistol and
shot him right quick, and then
right quick he shot me, shot me
right here indicating right up
per chest and he came on and
when he shot me, he grabbed me
somewhere by my clothes, and
snatched me. he first shot Shep-
ard and that left me facing the
face of the car, you know. the
face of the car, then he shot me
the time he reached and grabbed
me, and snatched me, and Sammy
too. he snatehed both of us and
that threw both Of us on the
ground, and then | did not say
anything. | didn't say nothing, so
we after he snatched me, he shot
me again in the shoulder. and
still I didn't say anything all that
time. and | knew that I was not
dead, and so heard him say Il
got rid OF them, killed the SOB'sn
but l still did not say anything.
He ran around the car, and call.
ed the Deputy Sheriff on the ra-
dio, and l heard him say, Pull
around here right quick, these
SOB's tried to jump me and l
did a good job" and in about ten
minutes the Deputy Sheriff was
there. He came from Towards
Umatilla. and got out OF his car.
had pulled his car over TO the
side OF the road, and that pulled
the car over TO where the Sher-
IN car was parked. and the Sher-
IFS light were still burning. The
Deputy Sheriff had a pistol, I
don't know whether II was his
pistol or the Sherlffs pistol, and
the Deputy he shined the light
In my face, and he says to the
Sheriff, THAT SOB Is not dead"
and then he said. Lets kill him. "
The Deputy Sheriff then pointed
the pistol on me, and pulled the
trigger, snapped the trigger, and
the gun did not shoot. and so he
took II back around 20 the car
lights. and looked In II, and shin
ed the light In II. and them some.
thing they said was about letting
II stay cooked, and so he turned
II on me again, and pulled II,
and that time II fired. and went
through here Indicating Il went
through neck) and then began
to bleed and bleed, out Of my
nose.