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C F Dr BAKER (VETERAN CSA)

Maysville (aka Tinnin) Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

Company C 3 Louisiana Infantry
Civil War Confederate
March 25, 1836 - March 3, 1895

*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, March 7, 1895

BAKER, C.F. - A series of outrages and crime were committed at Maysville last week such as is rarely known in the quiet and peaceful county of Benton. The beginning was an attempt on Tuesday night to burn the mercantile establishment of Hall, Smartt & Co. which luckily proved a failure. A can of sawdust, saturated with coal oil, was used to start the fire which was discovered and extinguished before any serious damage was done. On Thursday night the climax was reached when N.H. Crocker discovered the residence of Dr. C.F. Baker in flames. He hastened to the scene and was horrified to find Dr. Baker standing in the midst of the flames with his head cut and bruised in a frightful manner, and in a semi-conscious and crazed condition. Mr. Crocker caught the Doctor and after almost superhuman efforts succeeded in dragging him out of the room, the Doctor resisting him and all the time crying out, "Smith, don't kill me." By this time several other parties had arrived and the fire, which had enveloped the room, was extinguished. The murderer had broken a lamp and set the house on fire to cover up his hellish work. Suspicion at once pointed to Dr. E.H. Smith as the perpetrator, because of the ill feeling existing between the two doctors, growing out of the abortion case for which Smith was recently tried in a J.P. court and held for the next grand jury and in which Dr. Baker was a prominent witness. Accordingly Jim and Scott Yeargain went to Smith's house to arrest him. He was held there until Saturday when W.C. Sellers, Percy Wiley, Jas. Yeargain, Dave Victor and Constable Wells brought him here and lodged him in jail. Dr. Baker was an old citizen of Maysville and had many friends in that section and his tragic death is greatly deplored. He was 69 years old.

*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, March 7, 1895

Chas. Baker of Helena, Montana, son of Dr. C.F. Baker who was murdered at Maysville last Thursday night, was in town yesterday in company with W.C. Sellers of Maysville, looking after the affairs of his late father's estate.

*Obituary
Gravett News
Saturday, March 9, 1895

Thursday evening of last week Dr. Baker of Maysville was brutally assaulted by one Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith was out on bond, charged with producing abortion on one Minnie Fitzgerald, and Dr. Baker was the principal and most damaging witness against Smith. In the evening when most of the people were at church, some one at the hotel discovered that Baker's house was on fire and the alarm was given. On entering the house Baker was found staggering around in an unconscious condition. He was taken charge of and the flames were soon extinguished and Dr. Smith was immediately placed under arrest on suspicion. Dr. Baker lived until Sunday evening but never regained consciousness, his skull being broken on either side of his head. An investigation was made and resulted in finding a hatchet in Dr. Smith's well with blood and hair on it. Several parties identified the hatchet as being Dr. Smith's and the wounds on Baker's head indicated that they had been produced with such an instrument. While they have no positive evidence, as we can learn, against Smith they have circumstantial evidence which is convincing of his guilt beyond any reasonable doubt. Smith was taken to Bentonville Saturday evening under heavy guard and lodged in jail to await further action. Sunday evening Sheriff Galbreaith went to Maysville and arrested Bill Dalton as being implicated in the crime. What will develop at the preliminary we will give to our readers in due time.

*Obituary
Gravett News
Saturday, March 16, 1895

Dr. W.J. Conner of Labette, Kansas whose wife is a niece of the late Dr. Baker of Maysville, was a pleasant caller Saturday last. The Doctor was present and assisted in the coroner' inquest and informs us that the jury's verdict was "Dr. Baker came to his death by wounds inflicted by Dr. Smith." The jury was only out a few minutes.

*Obituary
Bentonville Sun
Saturday, March 23, 1895

The grand jury Wednesday returned an indictment for murder in the first degree against Dr. E.H. Smith, who is said to have killed Dr. Baker of Maysville some time ago.

*Obituary - News Article
Gravett News
Saturday, May 23, 1896

BAKER, Dr. - Dr. Smith of Maysville was convicted on his third trial at Fayetteville of murder in the second degree and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. He was charged with the murder of Dr. Baker.

Contributed on 1/16/13 by wfields55
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Submitted: 1/16/13 • Approved: 6/18/18 • Last Updated: 6/21/18 • R814807-G0-S3

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