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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921
VOL. 21 NO. 10
Section Foreman Killed by
Train izarly This Morning
France Moxley, section fore
man of Magness, met death
in a horrible manner some
time early this morning, the
supposition being that he was
i un over by an eastbound red
ball freight train which pass
ed Magness some time after
midnight.
The mangled body of Mox
ley was found beside the rail
road tracks directly in front
of the section house about
half a mile east of Magness
by the crew on the .early
morning “hot shot” which
passed Magness station about
5:40 o’clock.
Moxley, apparetly, had been
dead some little time when
found by the ‘.‘hot shot” crew.
His head was completely sev
ered from his body, nearly
even with his shoulders, and
he was badly cut and mang
led. Besides being badly cut,
a great hole was knocked in
the back of his head and num
erous small pieces of flesh
were torn from his head.
His right arm was cut clear
off and the left cut nearly off.
He was badly crushed about
the stomach and abdomen, his
lef side was completely caved
in, and pieces^of his ribs were
broken and scattered * along
the track. His heart was dis
located and his body badlv
cut and bruised otherwise.
When discovered by th«
“Hot shot” crew this morn
ing, directly in front of h s
home, there were none of
Moxley’s folks at home, he
and Rob Lamberson having
taken Moxley’s family to Par
oquet about eight o’clock to
spend the night with Mrs.
r
and
Moxley’s parents, Mr.
Mrs. J. W. Wayman.
Moxley and Lamberson re
mained at Paroqet until some
time after the Westbound “hot
shot” had passed Paroquet
last night, and returned home
on a speeder. Lamberson was
a near neighbor of Moxley
and worked on the section
under Moxley. After return
ing from Paroquet they re
mained at Moxley’s house
some few minutes and Lam
berson went home, leaving
Moxley laying on his from;
poieh, with his clothes on. Be
fore going home he told Mox
ley to come over to his house
ne\l morning and get his
breakfast, which he agreed to
do.
it is believed tnat alter
Lamberson went home, Mox
ley went to sleep on his front
porch, right where Lamberson
left him, and that some time
in the night he awakened and
went down to the track where
he met death. Just opposite
Moxi >y’s residence across th<
track is a small tool house
where supplies for the section
are stored and the theory it
advanced by some that wher
he awakened his thoughts
turned to some matter con
cerning his duties and heweni
; down to the tool house, prob
ably to see if he had locker
same or see about some othei
detail concerning the too
house. It is thought that aftei
satisfying himself concern
ing the tool house he migh’
have sat down on the tract
| and fallen asleep.
At the place where he mel
death there is a sharp curve
j and a slight down grade, anc
j that the engineer of the loco
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motive which struck Moxley
was unaware of the man
presence on the track is evi
dent from the circumstances
surrounding the case, and ii
1 is believed that if Moxley did
not set down on the track and
go to sleep that he was close
to the tool house when the
tram was appraching and that
if seen by either of the engine
men they did not believe that
he would attempt to cross the
track. It is thought that if he
attempted to cross it must
have been when the train was
very near him, and that he
stumbled and fell and the
train was upon him after he
passed from the vision of the
engine crewr.
Nearly everyone has' a diff
erent idea of the way in which
the accident could have hap
pened, some of these being
that when he went down to
the track he was stricken with
heart failure and fell dead on
the track before he was struck
by the locomotive, and others
advance the theory that he
could have been walking in
his sleep, or that probably he
was awakened by the whist
i ling of the freight train and
: thinking probably some of his
■ cattle were on the track went
down to see and started across
■ and fell under the train, and
1 a dozen others advance as
• many theories. Moxley’s
1 friends state, that to their
knowledge he had never been
known to walk in his sleep
I and that if he ever had an at
: tack of heart trouble they nev
er knew it.
The freight trai.t which 13
, supposed to have killed him
! passed Newark eastbound
- about 2 o’clock this morning
and if the crew knew any
thing of Moxley’s death they
never stopped when he was
struck or when they reached
Newark, the place where
Moxley was killed being about
half a mile east of Magness
and about a mile and a half
west of Newark.
An element of suspicion
that he might have met with
foul play began to creep in
when Moxley’s watch could
not be found, a,nd not a cent
of money was found on his
person after the accident.
Wednesday was pay day and
it was learned that Moxley
cashed checks to the amount
of $106.55 at the First Nation
al bank of Newark, but all
but*about thirty dollars had
been accounted for at the
time The Journal went tJ
press and it is thought that
the remainder might have
been spent or disposed of
otherwise.
juumaie menus oi me ueau
man believe that no cause
ether than accidental can be
attributed to his death and in
just the exact manner whic.i
he was struck will probably
never* be known.
When the hot shot stopped
this morning on finding the
body the engineer blew the
whistle quite a number o
times trying to rouse some one
thinking probably his family
was in the house.
Lamberson who was with
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NEWARK GIRL SAW
TULSA RACE RIOTS
Riot Scenes Witnessed From
Top of Bulling in The
Business District
Miss Dollye Carpenter of
this place who is employed as
stenographer in Tulsa, Okla.,
witnessed the recent race riots
in that city. Her mother, Mrs.
A. L. Gamble, has received a
letter from her giving some of
the details of the riot, a portion
of which is published below:
Dear Mother.—I meant to
write you yesterday but this
has been a very trying week
for me and everyone else in
Tulsa.
i uesaay evening oeiore i
had gotten off from work we
got a report that a gang of
negroes were surrounding the
| county jail. Their purpose was
! to break in and get the negro
that insulted a white girl. They
thought the whites were going
,to lynch him. The negro
! deputy sheriff begged them
to go back home, which they
finally did, long enough to
get every negro and all the
arms possible. They march
ed from “Little Africa” right
up Main street, shooting in
every direction and ordering
the white men to stand back,
.which they did, for they had
nothing to protect themselves
with.
In the meantime I had hur
ried home from the office and
was watching the proceedings
from the roof of the Y. W. C.
A. I saw them coming to
ward the court house which
; is only a block away. By this
itime the whites had gotten
I ammunition from th« hard
ware stores and were trying
to get them under control.
It looked as if everyone was
out on the streets. The whole
town was in a panic, the
whites killing blacks and
blacks killing whites. It last
ed all night long and the next
morning they either killed or
put in jail every negro found
on the streets. Then they set
fire to “Little Africa” and
burned building after build
ing and home after home un
til practically all the negroes
were left without homes, food
or clothing. Then they filled
the jail, court house, church
es, one of the parks and the
fair grounds with them until
they could find homes.
I went to McNulty park to
see them. They were brought
in by truck loads and herded
like hogs, nearly everyone
carrying something. They
neither laughed nor cried, but
looked straight ahead without
the slightest expression on
their faces. An old negro
preacher preached and they
sat and listened just like they
were in church.
Wednesday and Thursday
everyone was required to have
a pass to be on the streets and
even now the negroes have to
have police protection.
DOLLYE.
Another Delco plant to car
ry the fans has been installed
and a number of new fans
added to the equipment of
the Royal Theatre, and it is
now “the coolest place in
Newark.”
COLLECTION OF ROAD
TAX HALTED BY COURT
Bon^s Sold Below Par and
Legislative Act Violated.
Judge Reeder Hold8
Chancellor Lyman F. Reed
er in chancery court at Bates
ville last week declared road
bonds to the value of $90,000
void, and restrained the tax
collector from collecting taxes
from the land owners of the
district.
The road district affected
is a 20-mile gravel surfaced
road extending from Bates
ville northeast to a point near
Cord. This road was buil*
under an act of the legisla
ture of 1919 creating Road
District No. 1 and \yf.s built
last summer. The plaintiffs
Robert A. Long, et. ah, tax
payers, filed suit to enjoin
the collector from collecting
| the taxes for sdid district.
Judge Reeder, in^ handing
down his decision, ruled that
the bonds had been sold for
$10,000 below par, when the
act creating the district spe
cifically stated that they
should not be sold below par,
and furthermore that the com
missioners had allowed the
contractors a commission of
$5,000 for acting as fiscal
agents and they had received
alleged damages to the ex
tent of $5,250 on account of
delay in securing funds to
build the road.
BREAKS JAW BONE
Lawrence Potter of Cotter
had his lower jaw boon brok
en a few days ago while
playing baseball. He was
taken tc Batesville for medi
cal treatment. The break oc
curred in the center of the
chin.
DIES WHEN TOLD SON
IS HELD FOR MURDER
Jackson County Lady Dies of
Shock When Told Son
Accu*ed of Killing
Mrs. Gladys Burton of Algoa
died of the shock last Sunday
when tcld that her son was
accused of killing a man. '
Orvil McGahen was shot
and killed while walking a
long the road near Algoa with
a woman.
W. O. Burton, aged about
25 was later arrested charged
with the murder.
McGahen’s body was hid
den in some undergrow'th near
the roadside, where it was
found shortly after he was
killed. Burton’s arrest followed
and when a neighbor went to
his home to tell his mother,
she fell in a faint and died a’
most instantly.
WEEVILS TAKE FAULKNER
Conway, June 14.—A mass
meeting for devising measur
es to combat boll weevil was
: called today by County Agent
; T. M. Williams to be held at
1 the courthouse on June 18.
Williams made a special ap
peal to the farmers to attend,
when an effort will be made
to devise a uniform method of
fighting the pest. Cotton
fields in the neighborhood of
Providence are completely in
fested with weevil. Merchants
and business men are aiding
Williams in securing general
action to check inroads on
cotton fields.
“Daddy Long Legs” is one
; of the greatest pictures of life
j that has ever been made. See
Mary Pickford in this great
picture at the Royal, Friday,
June 17.
Wm. Farnum
The Scuttlers
One of the most thrilling
stories of adventure in
which this popular star
has ever appeared
ITS A GREAT PICTURE
Also Pathe Comedy
FRIDAY, JUNE 24
ROYAL THEATRE
“COOLEST SPOT IN TOWN”
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