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| saw Sloan come to near where the aiiray took
place, and looked down and poEed with his
foot in the sand Charley joined him. and they
returned TO Sloan5 house, talking in a low
voice; sloan went into the house and Charley
went back.
Cross Cc1mined by SMAILEY The ARRAY
took place between Sloan's house and DR.. Fair
chld's house. and going to the Dr's. from
SIoans person would pass over the spot AIN
The wife Of Sanderson, and relative Of the de-
ceased
l9h Witness. --Eben ger LHWtney-- Reside
at Milton Falls; had some conversation with
Sloan year ago last winter he came into my
store one day, and said some people had been
expressing thclr opinion of him pretty freely ;
told HIM had expressed my opinion Of HIM,
and would again, if lie wished he said there
were some people whom he would butcher as
soon as he would snake; he mentioned :.
Nanderson and Prentss this was after >loan's
arrest for adultery; his conversation was di-
rected TO Mr.. Marvin, and sloan said quito Il
number Of people had expressed their opinion
about HIM at Mrs. Sandersons have heard
Sloan make threats bu. cannot fix time ana
place.
Gross examined by CuIrrEHDEN.--
Nothing material was elected by the cross
examination of this witness.j
~" - "'eSS-G eorgc .iShicy'-hcslue at
MIlton'-'-o 'nlIG from the place OF ARRAY
ABOUT 'ie time me wooden morse ana papers
were SUCK up S'9one '9lu me no" lie nad bePi'
c.'n1yeu' ara h'u got ms ieG"h3' so WVFhGu
~ s''1t ~ iIe eoUlu get 'lu VI t'ee llinNIuu1'S'
o'oH fiio" Us ne SnouIu cure Ior lhe cGIse'
qgeHoes Us &c h.H'SeH' nc '''oV'u"a'S alIuu
% "a ~ were 'o'""cI D. Ile''IiSS (ueceascd ana
D .IT or" e!"out ''lI'Iso"' ca" yen
r.ad,1i,en p,,;-., ca, W i''I' l'''?.o U''p'i
bad Talk with prontiss md s,,i ba ,oId prom
,iss he was no, afraid of hin. He said he had
given i'ren,iss Il chance if he wanted il. This
was a month or two previous to the afFrsv.
Cross crumidei BY CmrrrHpuv.-At first
conversation stopped in the road before : s.
shop; he told INC about the wooden horse. ma
nure, plpers. broken windows, ding on rail,
and t.r and feathers Referred to those who
had hand in these things: Nloln asked me
what he should do: told him if | WIS in his
place ana they attacked me-, | should dcfcn,
myself with what could &c, hold of. What
loan said about what he sould DO. was after
told him what should do; :.loan wa, highly
excited :.hiuk Sloan was not n uuIr.eisc ne pcr
sou think sold the knife to loan before the
"oouc" morse ui,l'r, tne Iuil before 'Ioah
'''eA'l'"+u o'LoIS Ce'l0e t''e 'nreP /" t'lc same
7ccn9' 'nI''" Nl'l" "a'n i'e was III ''aF OIL MS
me ,.
Wuesl ''Su'e" meant j. TIoaH "as no,
E"",l - """' ''!' =, ne "uS RuilIy' 'o'u
''" ~ N''I' away i'"" ''o1n was not
Iu'II9','!"G man previous TO I'M" Trouble
TH''''' ma "oeI !"'n3 Oh LOT Nv" HeaIS'
cross ',"'"'" u! "A,'Lf INC NeI SPOKE
dGIi,St '''u' us 'i'al were iieh''S9 ana
aN1c,'o"' 40 ol'o c''i'Ii1u lhdt H4oah WIS
qu"iIe''o'"o i:''N'
Court adjourned 20 fifteen minutes before :
P. NJ.
Afternoon: Ii before 2.
2lSi Uj,neg7-.Am1y;n Synferson- In the
month of July or AUGUST. 1851. was at Prem
tis;' blacksmith shop. and Sloan was passin-
--prentiss commenced conversion with him
and said. Dave Won did not kill yourself las,
nirht, did vor" Sloan stoned, or did no. walk
quite 60 fast. and made some relv they twi,.
ted back and forth. and hid some pretty harsh
talk Sloan passed aIonr 10 his house. 4 few
rods from the blacksmith shop. and went in -
soon utter he came on, and went TO his owr
shop lie had been doing work for me and
went 10 his sl0r: Sloan was much vnynd and