The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1854-06-14
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oversee for him and fight for him too, if he,
j., would pay him for it. On the day when
Jones proposed to witness to hire He,lsley to
kill Maj. Liddell, Witness rode from Jones'
house in company with Glenn, Wiggins and
Henry Huntington. Witness spoke of the
proposition which Jones had made to him
and expressed his modification that Jones
should entertain so mean an opinion of him
as to suppose him capable of hiring one man
to kill another. Glenn, Wiggns and Hunt
ington agreed with witness that this was
very remarkable procedure on the part Of Mr.
Jones: and they all four entered into SOL
emn agreement to have nothing more to 90
with Jones. 1t was agreed further that Henry
Huntington should write q letter to Mai.
Liddell and inform him of the agreement.
Witness knows that Glenn did not observe
this agreement: that Glenn afterwards went
to Jones' and was as intimate with Jones as
before: riinks that Henry Huntington did
not observe the agreement-has heard Of
Huntington beng at Jones' since that time:
does not know wiether the letter agreed to
be written to Maj. 1iddell by Huntington
was ever written or nos, Witness, himself,
wrote to Mr.. Robb, THAI he would have
nothing more to do with Jones and has never
been since inside Of Jones' housA. Witness
was of the opinion that Maj. Liddel always
wanted to have this matter settled. Mai.
Liddell is an honorable higf-lninded man
a quiet and retiring man in his disposition,
stays much at home and attends to his own
affairs.
| FELIX RoBB, sworn.-Witness went to
Jones' twice to see if he could not settle the
difficulty between Maj. Liddel and Jones.
Witness was authorised to propose peace or
sition was made verbally twice bu witness
and once in letter. Jones refused to make
any settlement upon any terms. Witness
knows that Maj. Liddell was ANXIOUS to have
settlement made-either to fight and settle
the matter at once or to drop hostilities by
mutual agreement: Maj. Liddell is an hon
orable, high-minded man: GENERALLY be-
lieved to be so in the community a quiet, re-
firing man, stays much at home, attends to
his own affairs and lets other peoples alone.
A short time before Glenn and Wiggins wero
killed, witness met Henry Huntington in
Trinity. Henry Huntington spoke of the
challenge that had passed between Maj. Lid
dell and himself-said that Maj. Liddel had
backed out, and that now he (Huntington)
would have to take him wherever he could
find him. This was the day when Jones,
Pryor, Sam Smith, Glenn and others came to
Trinity armed. The whole party was armed,
the most of them with double barreled shot
guns and pistols. Henry Huntington had
rifle. The same day Pryor made threats
against Maj. Liddell while standing on the
gallery of witnesses store in Trinity, and Of
fered to bet $1,000 that Maj. Liddell would
not be alive within given time, and offered
500 to any man who would give him the
bet. The same day Pryor told witness that
he had understood that Maj. Liddell had
threatened to take his 1Pryor's) life at sight.
Witness told Pryor that he did not believe
Maj. Liddell had done any such thing, Pryor
gave witness letter to send to Maj. Llddell,
in which stated to Maj. Liddell that he had
understood that he Iiddell) intended to take
his life at sight and asked if such were the
case. The letter was written by Henry
Huntington and signed by Pryor-witness
sent the letter to Maj. Liddell-witness re-
ceived letter from Maj. Liddell in which
Mai. Liddell spoke Of the contents of Pryors
letter and said he had never made any threats
against Pryor, that the whole thing had
originated in the brain Of the person who had
written Pryor's letter, as the letter was cvi-
IDENTIFY written in a different handwriting
than that of the signature. In the same note
Mai. Liddell asked witness to tell Pryor that
be did not wish to hear from him again on
that subject or any other-witness wrotea a
letter to Pryor upon the receipt Of Maj. Lid
dell's note, enclosing copy of that note and
reiteratino his own assurances to Pryor that
Maj. Liddell had made no threats against
him. Before Pryor received witnesses letter,
PRYOR had written and sent to witness another
note for Maj Liddell, repeating the contents
Of his first note, and telling him that he had
received no answer to the first and that If no
lid not receive an answer to the second, he
would take it for granted that Maj. Liddell
had threatened his life and would act accor-
lincly. To this note from Pryor witness be-
ieves Mai. LiddeIl paid no attention these
lifferent letters were exhibited IN Court.)
Pryor told witness that he did not know Maj.
Liddell: that he had never seen him: witness
believes that Maj. Liddell had never injured
Pryor. Pryor had been but short time in
he country, only few weeks, and lett soon
.fter Glenn and Wiggins were killed. Pryor
lad no property here: witness understood
hat Pryor spoke Of buying or Of having
,ourht some land somewhere in this Parish,
,ut believes it was all pretence. Pryor
vas a VIGOROUSLY bad character, given to
rioting and fighting. On the day
when Pryor made the threats in Trinity al
uded to by witness, the whole party with
,im seemed to be acting in concert. In the
evening a skff was seen coming up the river
n the direction Of Maj. Liddell's and was
supposed to be Maj. Liddelrs skiff. The
whole party got their weapons and went
lown to the rivers edge with the view las
witness belieyes) Of killing Maj. Liddell if he
aad been in the skif.
Cross Examination.=Wh witness went