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    3. Arkansas Gazette February 14, 1904, Camden, Feb. 13 - A.S. Varnell, town marshal of Kingsland, and S.C. Sanders, special deputy marshal, arrived here this evening over the Cotton Belt route with J.D. Kight, a liveryman of Kingsland, who this morning shot and killed County Judge S.T. Morgan of Cleveland county, and his brother, Henry Morgan. The tragedy occurred in Kingsland. J.D. Kight and F.L. Knickerbocker are rivals in the livery business at Kingsland, and had a falling out about rates charged. Kncikerbocker attacked Kight with a knife, cutting the latter's coat. Kight ran and as he approached some cotton bales, the Morgans, standing in such a way that Kight thought they were going to stop him, he opened fire with a 38-caliver Smith & Wesson pistol, mortally wounding both of them. Owing to the high standing and popularity of the Morgans, the feeling against Kight was so strong that the officers deemed it best to bring him here and lodge him in jail for the present. Kight has heretofore borne a good reputation in Cleveland county, and has many friends there. He is perfectly calm, notwithstanding his serious predicament, and seems to feel sure of being exonerated, when all the facts in the case are brought out in the courts. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com

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