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MAIN FOUND SLAIN; FRIEND ARRESTED J. D. Stuckey's Tnront Cut In Local Sanitarium?J. A. Dullose In Custody' Columbia, April 29.?J. A. DuBose of BIshopvlllc, a traveling salesman, was arrested last night on the charge of having murdered his friend, J. D. Stuckey of BIshopvllle, a wealthy planter, who was found lying on his bed with his throat cut In a local san itarium last night .about 8:15 o'clock. After an Investigation by Sheriff Cole man and Coroner Walker, which lasted for ovor three hours, Mr. DuIJose was urrested. There was every indication that Mr. Stuckey had committed suicide except that tlte knife with which he cut his throat could not be located anywhere in his room. The knife, a double bladed bone-handle instrument, was found in a pocket of a coat belonging to Mr. DuBose In his room on Lady street. There were two small splotches of blood on the blade. After the knife was found Mr. Du llose said that he lent it to Mr. Stuck ey and picked It up when ho found him dead in his room. An Inquest over the remains of Mr. Stuckey, who was a prominent and widely connected citizen of Bishop ville, will be held some time today. Wanted to See Him. Before his arrest last night, Mr. l>u Bose, who seemed deeply shocked, talked very freely about the affair. He said that a relative of his friend, Mr. Stuckey, told him at the Jerome hotel yesterday afternoon that lie was un dergoing treatment at the sanitarium and would like to see him. Mr. Dullose came to the sanitarium about T.."iO o'clock last night and talk ed to his friend in the sitting room, Mr. Stuckey had been Buffering with delirium tremens, according to Dr. M. M. ltice, and had told several people at the sanitarium that he was afraid of being arrested. Mrs. Stuckey, who had been at the sanitarium with her husband ever since he came to Co lumbia a week ago, left for her home in Blshopvllle yesterday afternoon, after telling those in charge of the patients to keep a close watch over Mr. Stuckey, as she was afraid he would do himself Injury. Mr. DuBose said last night that Mr. Stucky, whom ho had known for years, told him about his hallucina tions and ho advised him to think of something else. After they talked a while and made arrangements to spend the night together, Mr. DuBose says his friend asked him to lend him a pencil. Found Lying Bond. "I told him I didn't have one and he walked out of the room," said Mr. Du Bose. Ho was gone some time. I found the negro porter back in the hall and asked him to show me Mr. Stuckey's room, which he did. I open the door and saw htm lying on the bed with blood all over the pillow. 1 walked over to the bed and put my hand on him to see if he were alive.'' Mr. DuBose then infnrmpii Dr. O. E. Thomas, manager of the sanitarium, that Mr. Stuckey's throat had been cut. Dr. Thomas telephoned for a physician first and then for Coroner Walker, who arrived about 8:20 o'clock. The coroner found Mr. Stuckey lying full length on one of the three beds In his room at tho sanitarium. Ills left arm lay across his chest and his right arm was straight down his side. There was a long, deep gash on the left side of his throat, but there was no knife in his hand, nor could one be found on the bed or in the room, A window, opening into a light well, was opened, and It was thought that the knife might have been thrown out of it, but a search was made with out success. Scrawled Note in Room. A note, written in a scrawling hand with pencil on a scrap of pasteboard, was found lying on a table in the room. The note read: "I am Innocent Cod Knows it." The latter part of the signature on the note was almost Illegible, but the first name, "Jim," could be easily read. The last name began with an S. The fact that Mr. Stuckey was sub ject to hallucinations due to delirium tremens, the finding of the note, the position of the body and the distribu tion of he blood about tho bed, all led to the belief that he had commit ted suicide, but the knife with which the deed was done could not be found. Coroner Walker questioned Mr. Du Bose, the negro porter and others in the sanitarium. Afterwards Mr. Du Bose said that if he were not needed he would go to his room on Lady street, lie came back in a short while. In the meantime, after he had made a futile search for the knife. Coroner Walker notified Sheriff Coleraan. An undertaker removed tho body of Mr. Stuckey to the morgue where it will be held until the inquest. Sheriff Coleman and Coroner Walker j questioned Mr. DuBose in a private j room in tnc sanitarium. Exactly wkal he told them Is not known. They went down on the second floor of the build ing to search for the knife in the bottom of the light well again. Then they held another conference with Mr. DuBose. They went with him to his room on Lady street, and the knife was produced from a pocket of a coat. Lent Him the Knife. Mr. DuBose told the officers that he had lent Mr. Stuckey his knife, which he had asked for with the pen cil. When he went in search of his friend and saw him lying on the bed with blood all over the pillow, Mr. DuBose told the officers he took the pocket knife up and put It in his pock et. Then he notified Dr. Thomas of what had happened to Mr. Stuckey. Several who saw the body last night commented on the fact that, although parts of the fingers and the back of Mr. Stuckey's right hand were blood smeared, his palm and the lower joints of his llgers had no blood on them. This was taken as an indication that he held the knife In his hand and con forms to Mr. DuBose's final statement to Sheriff Coleman and Coroner Walk er, made only after much questioning. it is expected that the inquest today will go far toward clearing up the mystery which surrounds the knife With which Mr. Stucke\ met Iii.- death. Relatives of the late James 1). Stuckey were expected to arrive in Co lumbia last night from Bishopville. They were notified as soon as the trag edy was discovered. Mr. Stuckey was apparently a man of about 40 years of age and weighed over 1T."> pounds. He was a wealthy planer. He returned only a few weeks ago from Hot Springs, Ark., where he went for treat ment. Ho came to Columbia about a week ago with his wife for treatment in a liquor cure sanitarium. There never was a time when poo pic appreciated the real merits of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy more than now. 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