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ten before six o'clock. do not recoIlect whe-
ther Christian or myself commenced talkino
! about the affair 81 the 18th. ST.. christian
asked me- or told him. that had found OH,
what the affair wss about He asked ,ne Ia
tell HIM vi about Il, told him il was about
Miss Andersnn, and be insisted upon MY telling
HIM al taat knew about ii. 1 told him he
mad made an engagement to go with Miss A.
70 church, and that Blackburn had told her not
50 with him. Hesasked me ii Blackbusn VAS
coming q church. told him that did not
know. ItheA went down to the bar-room In
q lew moments Christian came in, and, asked
me TO SO to- supper With him, which | de-
clined. After Supper Christian asked Cen
SINS and myself 50. 20 up 10 his room. We
both went do not nAcolleet our conversa-
non, We did not STAY more than Id uinutes
Cotslns as@ ngyselk then went down, leaving
Christian hi his roosl. " came With lie IN.
tention Of going 10 church With ladies, and sep
Grated ut the tavern. went TO church with i
lady, and left her at the door, After talking i
few3minutes with some Cadets at The door.
went down to Mr. Christians room again. As
H l was gong up the steps | met several Law
Students on the steps and in the passage /
went 70 Christians room and found il locked.
Some Que opened lit | went IN and Mr..
Christian seemed to be very nl,feh excited. He
had his coat n his Eand and had just pulled il
oft. could see on it some blood and mud His
4 face was also very bloody, and his shirt, the
left sleeve very bloody. He had not pull
Cd off his vest, but did so and | saw blood on
the bosom, near the collar Mr.. Christian ask.
ID me II Blackburn twas hurt told him /
didnptknow they had hada fight. Ithen asked
I linn where lie was htrt He said Nowhere
! IHasked him where the blood came from. Id
/ said i came from l}laekbuin's face; that lie had
1 cpt hun IN the Jaw and he showed me the place!
at that moment some one knocked atthe door
Mr. Christian asked il il was Phillips. | don't
recolsct what tie person said at the door but
IL was opened, by whom don't know, and
Mfr. SEWER game in. He told Christina that
he had better be getting away, that Black
burn, they thought, would die in a few MN
utes. Christian said let me change my room,
and said, get naet somd clothes. He went in
Mr.. Strayeris room. Il went down and up to
tile place whore Blackburn was and found him
DING SIS,
Cross Examinations told Mr.. Humes in
MFR. Taylor's ropm that Mr.. Christian safd the
affair was n0s done with. Mr.. Humes said
that Blackburn was the very man for him. If
he wanted 10 fight 1t was at that time Mr..
Ilumes rtold NE What the affair was about.
This oecurred9on Saturday night or on Sunday.
| think on Sunday alter dinner.
ANuREw MooRE.-ln going up the steps at
McDo&ell's Hotel on Saturday the l4th Of
January met Christian o.. the steps. lie
said he wanted to see me and invited me to
bis room. l went with him and be asked ME
If ! had heard Of the difficulty which be had
gotten into tod "a. hin p w lIs tbeq H
come 10 him in front Of McDowell's Hotel
aud told him that heI (Blackhurn( was the .
cause of his (C'hrs.ian'>) not going to church
with her, anil that he had heard or believed
him toIbe man of bad or infamous character
| asked him Tow in the world he kept off of
him. lie said Blackburn had his hand IN
the breast oil lis coat and that he believed he
was armed. | remarked that probably he
was ini the habit d carrying his hand there.
Christian said that from the position in which
Blackburn oagne up to him, he was also IN
dueed to beliefe that he was armed. lie also
said that good many Cadets were standing
around aud that one Cadet had taken his
cane from bis. hand and he believed it was a
preconcerted plan TO thtash him. ltold him
/ wish had been there. He made some an
swer implying thai would have taken up for
him. i told hins | was Blackburns friend,
and could probably haze settled It Il the sat
isfaction Of BETH. He asked If blackburn
was related to Miss Anderson. told him
Thought be was a third cousin. | told Chris
tan / thought the kai was rather far ont 10
Justify such advice I thought 1t ofhGious and
unealled for III him to- do 4 that she was
here under the care Of Mr. and ms Moore;
that LIE had met Mrs. Moore at parties aud
other places; that she had an opportunity Of
Judging OF bis character, and ii they consld-
cred his character bad it was their duty to adj
vile her. He then asked my advice as 10
what Id should d0 told him that | would
oo to Blackburn and ask for an explanation,
and that ii lie refused to. give it would fight
him. He remarked that Blackburn was
much stronger man than he was and could
whip HIM / told him then, would take
cane and if he refused to explain, | would
cane him. He then remarked B. is armed
ana will k;Il me. then told him if it came
to that be fChristian) would have to defend
himself and TO wing him. Mr. Christian
| showed me a revolver, q single-barreIed pistol
~and large knife. He had the knife ID the
4 waistbatd OF his pants trimming across from
right to- left 10 not lacolect where he had
Lis pisttls; | think be had them in his sack
coat pocket Yo then talked about arms, the
r.lanner Of carrying thctn, DC. told hun
that bowie knives were generally carried be
1 hind. Ho said with sack coat on, ii was
difficult 70 eet at them. lie told me that he
III had bought that day, d large number Of
! raps. before BIZ could get any to suit He
asked ME II wanted box, and / told him
L.d no use sos .them. He said he had been
running bsslIs for his new pistols; we talked fot
Al hour and. i hat or two hours upcn val
1 r::ous subjects and am lot wiling 10 say fhat
lie CONVERSATION about arms had anything 10
az with blackburn. Alter all this, he said be
would 10 to Mr.. Blackburn upon The street
and he would Ike for me to ~ present. /
+ tdId him if hs would let me- know when h
was goine to: him, wpuld bs about. He
sid lie expected TIE Cadets would doulsle o.
| linn. ] tod kini if they dsl would % Tie
| bkst | could for Linn. This was 81 Saturdass
eveuina. s.On Sunday morning at church.
Christian came and sat down Is nc. and
Blackburn was sitting u the g .dv;s' 4 sIierg
al tie ogpossse;. rer4srlsed to C.lrissiilil
mere Il yonrj ff:eDd, nCw. IL ssni.ek and
ss;d @Yes! / s.e allni WIN ehaseh ii oui
Christian Iseni out befose ms. AFhsn came
e5,s lie WIS ssandiing oss lii. steps, and as
zane III him Blackburn caFlse out on the op
,g,-;ta s.de He. lCIlrisfian) said 10 me Aslisl
tsf H. ltaf