RESEARCHED BY : TINA EASLEY
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THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 2, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
MAY LYNCH NEGRO NEAR POCAHONTAS
BLACK MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OF BERT SEVIER SURROUNDED IN THICKET AND MAY BE CAPTURED
INTENSE EXCITEMENT AT O'KEAN
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POCAHONTAS , SEPT 2 , - THE CORONER'S JURY IN THE INQUEST HELD OVER THE DEAD BODY OF BERT SEVIER , WHICH WAS FOUND NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT O'KEAN , SIX MILES EAS OF HERE , RETURNED A VERDICT YESTERDAY TO THE EFFECT THAT HE HAD MET HIS DEATH BY A GUN SHOT WOUND AT THE HANDS OF UNKNOWN PARTIES. THE KILLING OF SEVIER TOOK PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EVERY EVIDENCE POINTS TO ARTHUR GOODSON , AS THE PERPETRATOR.
SEVIER , WHO WAS LAST SEEN ABOUT MIDNIGHT , IN COMPANY WITH GOODSON , AND THEY WERE BOTH DRINKING . GOODSON OCCASIONALLY DISPLAYED A 44 COLT'S REVOLVER . SEVIER WAS FOUND DEAD THE FOLLOWING MORNING . HIS BODY CONSIDERABLY BRUISED AND A BULLET HOLE IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD BEHIND THE LEFT EAR.
GOODSON HID OUT NEAR TOWN UNTIL JUST BEFORE NIGHT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO BOARD A FREIGHT , BUT FAILED TO DO SO AND THEN ESCAPED TO THE WOODS . SHERIFF SAM BROWN AND DEPUTIES OF THIS COUNTY AND SHERIFF W.K. SURRIDGE AND DEPUTIES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY , ARE SEARCHING THE COUNTY WITH BLOODHOUNDS AND AT A LATE HOUR YESTERDAY EVENING WAS REPORTED THAT THE NEGRO HAS BEEN LOCATED IN A THICKET , TWO MILES FROM WHERE THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED. ALL IS EXCITEMENT AROUND O'KEAN AND IT IS FEARED THAT MOB VIOLENCE WILL BE RESORTED TO IN CASE THE NEGRO IS CAPTURED.
SEVIER WAS 31 YEARS OF AGE AND UNMARRIED.
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