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ROW AT MENIFEE ! M'ARTIR KILLEDA quarrel said to have been over ‘ crops raised on McArthur's farm, re- i suited in the killing of Charley Me- | Arthur by Marion McCarty at Menifee 1 I on Saturday. McCarty was manager!] of a farm owned by McArthur and one | version «.f the faial affray was that I McArthur made an accusation that a |. whiskey .-till was being; operated on \the place, to which he objected. A 'quarrel followed. McArhur, who was \I armed with a pistol, did not shoot.| Mc( arty is said to have gone in the I house and reurned with a shotgun, de-| manding that McArthur put up his ■ pistol. McArthur refused, it is said' i and McCarty fired, the charge of sh t ' j eviscerating McArthur and causing j | almost instant death.McCarty was still at large this af- , ternoon at 2 o’clock, according to an unofficial message from Morrilton. However, he had offered to return and surrender if Conway county officers would guarantee him protection. Officers here had received no official summons from Morrilton to he on the look out for the alleged fugitive.According to oik- report of the killing, McCarty hurried to his fallen adversary and gathered him up in his arms. McArthur is said to have murmured several times, “You did not do it on purpose, did you? After his death, McCarty is said to have hired a negro driver and started toward Conway, intending tc cash a check for $100 which he had. However, the negro persuaded him to turn back and he returned to Menifee. A negro was a witness to the alleged murder.The McArthur family owns considerable land near Menifee and McCarty was reared by them, Charley McArthur making him farm manager. Their wives were also related.
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Conway Log Cabin Democrat
Conway, Arkansas, US
Mon, Jun 13, 1921
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