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NEWARK, INDEPENDENCE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1921
VOL 20 NO. 45
WOMAN IS FREED
OF MURDER CHARGE
Mrs. Mattie Detheridge Swore
That Her Husband Killed
His Brother
Newport, Feb. 14.—1Twenty
minutes after it had taken the
ease, and after the defendant
had accused her husband of
the crime for which she was
tried, a jury in the case of
the State vs. Mrs. Mattie Deth
ridge, charged with murder,
late Friday afternoon found
her not guilty.
The sensational feature of
the trial was the testimony late
in the proceedings of Mrs.
Dethridge herself, in which she
testified that not she, but her
husband, Will Dethridge, sh: t
to death on October 13, 1920,
his brother, Homer Dethridge.
The scene in court was a
dramatic cne when Mrs. Deth
ridge, who at the coroner’s in
quest had said that a masked
man entered the house and
killed her brother-inlaw7, re
futed this statement by saying
her husband killed Homer with
a shotgun while she looked on.
She said that he told her he
would also kill her if she told
of the murder. He arose eariy
Hi that morning, she said, and ap
plying a foul epithet to his
? brother, declared he w7as going
to kill him. He took his shot
gun and went to Homer Deth
ridge’s room, she declared, got
down on his knees, leveled the
gun at his brother and shot
him while he slept.
What will be done with Will
Dethridge has not been deter
mined. It is considered doubt
ful w’hether he will be tried
for the crime his wife charges
him with. Under the law his
wife cannot testify against him
and it is said there is no evi
dence against him, not purely
cii'cumstantial.
In any event, Mrs. Dethridge.
who has been in jail since the
killing at Swiften, in October,
is free, and another chapter of
her life of tribulations appears
to be ended.
Mrs. Dethridge is the first
woman to be tried in Jackson
county for first degree murder.
She is 33 years old. Years ago,
or in 1894, her father, Ander
son Carter, who lived near;
Mountain Home, so it was said !
when Mrs. Dethridge was ar-1
rested in October, was lynched
by a mob together with a son- j
in-law, Bud Newton, for the:
alleged murder and robbery of |
a farmer. Her brother, Bart
Carter, said to have been irn-j
plicated in the same crime,
was allowed to escape, but j
four years later was shot and !
killed in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Dethridge was pale
and collected during the trial.
The only time she seemed mov
ed was when her little four
year-old son, who was with the
father, left him and ran to his
mother’s lap and kissed her
cheek. The plan of defense in
the case as outlined by the
woman’s attorneys, Claude M.
Erwin and George A. Ilillhouse
was successful. It was their
theory from the beginning that
Will Dethridge was jealous cf
his brother, Homer, and that it
it was he who killed him.
Prosecuting Attorney Hugh
Williamson represented the
State.
The jury which found Mrs.
Dethridge not guilty was com
posed of J. D. Smart, H. C.
Townsley, R. P. Williams, Ce
dar Shelly, Joe Sutherland, Joe
Massey, W. S. Hinkle, George
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AGED MAN ASSAULTED
AND ROBBED AT ROSIE
Rosie Man Shows Fight When
Attacked but is Overcome
by Robber’s Pal
—
Two unknown men entered
the home of Alec Reynolds,
near Rosie, Tuesday night and
beat him up and robbed him I
of $61 in cash.
Mr. Reynolds who is about
60 years old, lives alone. It
was generally thought that he
kept considerable money about
the house, but the bandits were
unable to locate it and secured
nly $61.
One of the bandits went to
the front door and called the
old gentleman, while the other
went to a rear door. When
the bandit at the front de
manded the old gentleman’s
money, Mr. Reynolds grabbed
a stick of wood and knocked
him down. The bandit at the
rear door then rushed in and
felled Reynolds with a blow
tliat left him unconscious. The
bandits then tied him, hand
and foot, and ransacked the
place in search of money. Mr.
Reynolds is said to have had
about $1400 which he was
thought to have hidden around
his house. He says, however,
that he had just placed all his
money in the bank except the
$G1 which the bandits tooft.
Mr. Reynolds gave Sheriff
Harris a fairly good descrip
tion of the bandits and he is
working on the case, but has
fgund no clue as to the identity
of the guilty parties.
Foushee, A. R. Bonner, G. D.
Pierce, W. H. Mead, farmers
and J. G. Walker real estate
dealer.
Homer Dethridge who was
murdered in his sleep had
come to the Dethridge home
but one day before the mur
der from West Plains Mo. to
pick cotton. He left a wife
and baby.
DAVIS CASE AFFIRMED
The case of J. L. Davis vs.
Rodman, Roe & Bone, appeal
ed from the Independence Cir
cuit Court, was affirmed by the
Supreme Cctirt last Monday.
This was a suit for damag
es against local physicians by
j J. L. Davis of the Dota neigh
borhood, in which Mr. Davis
alleged that members of Ills
family were not given proper
medical attention some time
ago when being treated by
these physicians for typhoid
fever.
When the case came up for
trial in the circuit court, it was
ruled out oh demurrer.
Mr. Davis appealed and the
Supreme court affirmed the ac
tion of the circuit court.
HENDERSON-NORRIS
Ernest Henderson and Miss
Grace Norris were married at
the home of Squire W. C. San
ders Wednesday evening,
Squire Sanders officiating.
They are splendid young
people and have the best wash
es of a host of friends.
Can you fill Other Men's
Shoes?
“Other Men’s Shoes” at the
Royal Friday night.
John W. Glenn of Batesvilie
;pent Saturday in town.
Knox mends hsoes cheap 111
Walnut Street, Newport, Ark.
W. E. Self went to Bates
vilie on business Wednesday.
G. O. Magness transacted
business in Batesvilie Saturday.
W. T. Thornton transacted
business in Newport Wednes
day.
FIRE insurance. F. O. Eller
agent, phone No. 87, Newark,'
Ark.
Dr. A. A. Evans went to
Batesville on business Satur
day.
Fresh barrel sugarhouse mo
lasses just received. J. H.
Holderby.
Mr. and Mrs. Zed Griffith
of Oil Trough were in town
Wednesday.
There is good entertainment
and a splendid moral in “Other
Men’s Shoes.”
Mrs. J. W. Adams and sons.
Harvel and Paul, spent Wed
nesday in Batesville.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Fink
spent Sunday in Newport, the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. J.
Best.
Dark Single. Comb. Rhode
Island Red eggs for sale $1.50
and $1-00 per 15. Mrs. Dan
Moore.
Mrs. E. W. Nelson has re
turned to her home at Monette,
after a pleasant visit here with
friends.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Boles,
and children, are spending the
week visiting relatives near
Cave City.
For sale. — Thoroughbred
White Leghorn Eggs, $1.50 per
setting or $2.50 per 30 eggs.
Mrs. H. V. Merriwether.
Will Duvall of Sulphur Rock
was a passenger up the road
Tuesday en route home from
a business trip to Little Rock.
|Can you fill the other fel
low’s place as well as he is fill
ing it? See “Other Men’s
Shoes” at the Royal Friday
night.
The Methodist first quarter
ly conference will be held
Wednesday, ^February 23, at
7:30 p. m. Presiding Elder
Wade will be present to preach
■md conduct the conference.
Dan Moore Co. who recently
opened for business in the
building recently occupied by
t\. J. McSpadden, have had
:he front of the building paint
ed white, which adds greatly
:o its appearance.
Sam C. Herrin, deputy in
come tax Collector, from the
Little Rock office, will be in
Batesville from February 24 to
March 1, for the purpose of as
sisting tax payers in filing
their income tax returns.
Mayor J. B. Ivetchem and
Rev. C. C. Fuqua were invited
to see a private showing of
“Other Men’s Shoes,” and they
pronounced it one of the big
gest shows ever brought to
Newark.
Good conduct is the base of
all real prosperity. The better
we behave ourselves the better
we get along and the more we
prosper. Prosperity bred of
anything else is 'non; the real
kind and soon melts away be
cause of the troubles which al
ways follow wrong-doing.
Copies of the Income Tax
Primer, recently issued by the
Bureau of Internal Revenue,
which contains questions and
answers relative to the filing
of income tax returns, are now
available at the office of Col
lector of Internal Revenue, Lit
tle Rock, Arkansas. Copies
may be obtained only through
collectors’ offices, and are not
being mailed from Washing
ton.
If you should get into trou
ble, escape from prison and
suddenly remember that you
had a twin brother who was
a minister in a distant town,
and that you could pass your
self as the minister, would you
do it? Crauford Kent did it,
and the resultant complications
makes “Other Men’s Shoes”
one of the biggest pictures of
the season.. See it at the Royal
Friday night.
The Ladies Aid of the Bap
tist church met with Mrs. J. F.
Morgan Thursday afternoon.
The time was spent in quilting
and a jolly good time was had
by all. Those in attendance
were Mesdames Chesser, Bruce
Hutchinson, Sammons, Prid
more, Brightwell, Moore, Way
man, Green, Wilmuth, Wilson,
Brannon and Morgan. Mrs.
Frank Wilmuth will entertain
the Aid next Thursday after
noon. All are cordially invit
ed.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO
HOLD CONVENTION
Plans Being Made for State
Meeting to be Held in
Little- Rock
The Arkansas Sunday
Scfiool Association feels that It
is very fortunate in being able
to rent the moving picture film
which was made in connection
with the World’s Sunday
School Convention, held last
fall in Tokyo, Japan. This,
with other film3 of interest 4o
Sunday School Workers will be
shown at the State Convention
held in Little Rock, April 13
to 15, at the First Methodist
Church, South.
.Anotner matter ol consider
able interest will be the award
ing of a fine silver cup as a
Mileage Trophy to the county
which has the largest represen
tation at the convention in re
lation to the number of miles
traveled. This trophy wa3
won last year by Benton coun
ty, the most distant county
from Little Rock, and their
contention is that they will take
it back again this year. There
; are other counties, of course,
claiming that they will take
I the trophy away from Benton
| County at this convention.
| Arrangements for the State
Convention are proceeding
with great satisfaction and a
j 'aree attendance is expected
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Little Rock, Ark. Feb. 15.
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