Show AN ASSASSINS STORY recently a man named hayed white murdered ed mr beattie Bc altic sh sl it er r iff and turner eleni biek constable or of crittenden county tenn while icile the murderer was being conveyed on the train from little ruck to Mcm phi on oil ad bist lie he was interviewed by a reporter of the appeal to whom lie rc re the following remarkable story tory fe I 13 78 STATIC tile trouble tron llo was started hi ill the tile following li milliner lanner I was acell accused ad of breaking into mr store about sundown laif last la if tua tuesday da i week eel and alid they sent turner Bi riler fell iron ricks dricks a I colored constable on oil wednesday morning orning in to al arrest rest me I had not lot got t up and was not dressed when he came cattle but asked him to conic in ill I went with liim and stood trial I had proof that I was not in ill craw ford villo nt at the time the store was nj broken open but I was put under 1000 1600 bond boil which was afterwards reduced to 1000 I asked and insisted of the constable con com s bablo to go around round 11 with merand try and get D t ti the ic bond and lie refused saying there was it nobody in ill the county comity bt but u t what w was abou on bondio I would have to carry you oil to jail I said As you will not go N ith me to try and give ti a bond I will let you ou tie tic my lily hand liandi if you will go fo with me tile to see my lily wife all and children before wo we go to marion I will pledge you my word that I will not go further than the fence lie refused saying you might as its well put your foot in ill t alic road and go to manon marion A young man mr swaps ton as asked k cd if endricks what he was afraid of he ile said of not nothing hinr I said then to Il endricks I will wil 19 go with you we started to rS store when we got there lie ordered ine to stop in ill tho road until lie got half a pint int of wid ky wo anio started t for warion marion whenever we readied reached any lily ones anoa hobo he lie would tell to go alicade with me nic and before I could get jut of hearing I could hear him boasting to thi people about carrying me lie to jail I made a remark to listen to turner and said eaid I would speak to liim tit when lie came up fiend ricks caught up with i I it us its at gus edwards and iva r icks gave ed awards ards a dollar for a hoise hoi se for me to rido ride to marion wo we started lie stopped and boasted at mrs hollo ways about carrying me to jail ail I said to mr that I would d not dot liate bato this so bad if it was not ilot for my illy wife and children and being P I fic accused of stealing when I was innocent said it will not go hard with you ott if you oil get a couple of good boys boy fl lawyers awyers as I do not expect to appear against you If endricks caught up with us its again r he came up in a hurry mid said to swep stoll let ua have more of eliat whisky I said to liim him I dont tin think you are treating me right ire re asked w eliy hy and I and because I lie to go with ili me io to see my illy aai alfo and children nor go with me to find a it bond he ile replied let your wife come to alai marion ion to you like other mens wives do and then I thought of his shooting at me last christmas and I got mad nind but said no more If endricks hit my lily horse and said walk up I drew a pistol from ili my bosom and shoved it against liim him fired and said no now w you rido ride up but lie then fell fro from in il his is horse otoji jumped from front his horse borse a fw second later ater and I got on and began gan walk i walking alki g backward k keeping c ilg the lionso between betwee ll mo we and them belll after getting off ten tell steps turner Il endricks fired at me ile the boll ball going through m my jac jacket lct which I pulled off and t threw brew down mr said to zile 1110 to go on oil As I westover wen went tover over the fence fired at me again I made back across the road to ili liim m and said allf if you are not satisfied I will satisfy you or you shall satis fIne he ile broke broko and ran behind if log I walked by and told liim him I was ewt io after him and not to shoot me unbeknown to juc inc If endricks t threw liis his I pistol away and abil ran to the lake some sonic twenty steps I fired nt at him again and w I icele d and went up tho bo road and asked Siv epston to give me ine his ilis boroc jilich he r refused todo to do I said giap me your pistol lie then handed it to me nod said now go and never tell anybody I helped 11 you ril on ou in ill two hours from that tune I was home again in a few ini minutes there came cattle by three colored men nien looking for me but I did lid not go out I afterwards got out of the house and laid out ok that night buta storm came cattle on oil and I had to go back home next mornin morning all mrs cro arossy Jr ossy sy a colored woman camo came to my illy house and I thou glit very strange of it as sl alio to had never done BO so before and I hurried to get allt of tile house MURDER or oil in a few minutia after she left my illy wife said I told you to hurry and anti go away for yonder conic come two men and both of them have got shotguns I asked wk d her do you know ift alio they y arc are she answered that elic d did i d cn not ot I replied I do not know what to do I think they it intend to kill nio me because I expect turner II Il endricks is dead I got in ill tho the corner at the head of the bed and over as its low as I could in fit a few ati minutes one of them came to the lie door allor began talking to my wife I coup nut not recognize ats h voice voice and while fiey they were cro talk talking iiii another man came callie in ill tile door could not make niini out but I could ace that it hu hit had I a it guu lie to looked behind the door and under the bed beds aswell as w ell as I could bee see I still could notsie not co ili hh fate filice to make libin out and could not nol recognize him by his hi by that itne time 11 lie ile looked behind the bed and sa s aw a my shoulders and shoved the gun glin between the w wall tit and bed and snapped at me I was sit it that time excited and rose til till with the ditol in ill my hand the pistol that mr gave nic tile all and fired as I w was as rising I did lid not know who the man mail was until I hit biad filed fire and I was asto astonished hed and tind wonderfully w excited the man inan wheeled and ran out oi of the door by that time I said to to my wife Is eliat mr beattie Bc attic and started out of tit the e door floor mr maddoc shot hot at it me ile I stepped back all and I got ot c a holster pi pistol and told ili him 11 boyl to let t me nie coille come out lie still atoo stood d with liis gun ili in a shooting position I shot at him lihn mostly to sa s1 c cl him bill sombat so that I could get out and get away I started over the fence but turned bick back to mr air beattie Bc attle and alid took his gun gull and pistol to protect myself with in ili looking for cartridges I found three dollars and some chall change ge which I took with me and went no ito further through his pockets after f finding tile cartridges ir iridies i ridges all and when I left him lie kasnot was not dead lead lie did not say anything that I know of I went down alad Cro chosed Sed lie the military road a 11 mile above tile old stave camp calill struck a it bayou and swam it got to Ri richville ceville station on oil the Mell memphis iphis little rock road about 10 the saine day lay and went up till the railroad toward tow aid blackish blackfish station and left the railroad this side know ing that there was a telegraph office there ali ere run 1191 auiT JIT I then went to madison till and got there about sundown I expected expect cl to be caught I I got to forrest city the same samo day ay juist after suber I made inquiries for forterson IN winns inns I stayed st ayedis in front of the church until preaching was ove oveana over and then I went and stayed all night r with him I told him all tha t had happened from the beginning guill ing 10 to the end I also left the gun till with liim him that I took from mr Bc attic and told parson winn to send solid the gun back I left forrest city ari friday a morning at daylight I got to cotton plant ilant just about daik lark a and d I sold turner pistol for five dollars and gave man mail one dollar and seventy five cents for it horse to cairy carry me tile four miles to souk Joness Jon cys where my lily brother inlaw in law jaw lives li cs I stayed friday night saturday allday all day and until sunday morning thorland crossed river and went three miles to mr stewarts stew Ste wares aits and engaged one months work I gave him mr beatties Be attica pistol to keep eel for me and I also gave his wife ife eight dollars to deev keep for me itle monday mori morning thim mr air W E williams williaim came over bicic alloi and brought bi ought sonic incisi with him and came very near catchim catching me the tile race lie ile made a do me run caused ili my y feet to get very sore and being nearly sf arved as I had tothill nothing to cat from dinner until WIGs tuesday only reason that williams did lid not catch me was as I jumped in ill bayou cache and sam across and they thought that I was aa drowned I went down don half a mile and crossed back to the same side I went to a colored mana mans bouse an and told him the trouble I was as ini in I asked him to tell lye alc tile way to augusta lie told me tile and find I tried to edge tile woods to get to the bottom but got lost and and found myself back in ill the same creek and eam it twice between sundown n and dark trying C to I find some house tim THE CAI TURn I laid in ill tho bottom monday night tuesday evening I saw a man mail running a rt trout lino line and told him wit aliat at trouble I was in ill and asked him to t o cairy carry me somewhere to get something to cat cm he be paid qaid jio lie aou would take me wo to his house and give g i yo me pie and then take me ille to river and put me across and not charge me tile anything lie said lie had to t go about a mile from his iii house to get it key to unlock the after lie had left I said to the man mail of the house that that was a I lacap of for himself oil such a night as that without any lily charge cli arge after lie found out the secret lie went to the store after three white in men en to tell jell them where lie would bring me by when lie came carne back lie me inc a drink of whiskey and asked me if I w was as read ivady y to go I paid that I was not that I was tired and my illy feet were blistered lie aid said YOU yop ought not no to olis disappoint appoint me I replied plied ic you yu ought to have known that I had better sense than to let you lend lead me inc out in ill the tile woods and let somebody shoot me ine down low ji lie sa says I dont dollt know who told you that lie i unless it waa was the man who stays here in ill this house lio I eaid said to him eliat E one olle will be here tonight t after me but they will find m mo here in ill the house I laid before the fire about I heard a dog barking at the next house I got up tip and went out to the lot and stayed awhile and then went back to the house I baid to the man mail of tile house that I was going to give up aa as I waa was broke down and did not know the country for I knew if they did not ilot get me there they would sollie where else mr mason came and surrounded the house with four others that alighi and ind stayed until daylight and asked the man of the tile house was not there a grange man in it there he lie said yea yes I came cattle out and gave myself up ill to liim hini white ad in i if r i r istir ded that he was wai borry sor r lie h e killed k i e mr r beattie Bc attio that lie w was L ai ins s f friend ri e i i a and mr beattie was big his friend and that lie worked for and helped to elect him sheriff but lie could coul not see who lie waa was shooting ut at when lie killed him in ill the house ho ile was not lot sorry f for or killing turner rui I ter If endricks he ile did not w want ant to be ile mobbed but it ho did not care what tile law did lid with him |