The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1854-06-14

onstrat;on in Trinity. Maj Liddel was in the
habit of coming frequently to Trinity in
skiff. He did not generally before this carry
arms in his skih when coming to Trinity, az
/ though he were off On little war-exped
! sion.
! JosEPu Guss, sworn.-Some three or fou,
weeks--winess thinks exactly three weeks
before Glenn and Wiggins were killed, wit
ness was in Trinity when Pryor, Glenn, Jones
Sam Smith, Henry Huntington, Dr. Emerson
a,.l others came into town. Most of them
were armed with double barrelled shot guns
and pistols. Henry Huntington had rife
! Did not notice whether DIR. Emerson wa:
armed or not. Pryor and Glenn wors stand
inc close together on Robb's gallery. l went
| there the and set on the Steps. About the time m
sat down, Pryor said Maj. Liddell was g
| Cd id coward and id scoundrel
and if he would show his face, they would
shoot his id head off, and if there was
any man there who would avow himself a
friend Of MAJ. Liddell's, they would shoot the
top of his head off. Witness left and went
over to ellis store, where he found Sam
Smith with double barreled gun and pistols
belted on him. Witness asked Smith when he
had got to be fighting man. He said if any
of us would give him proyocation he would
soon show us when he had got to be one
BY that time Pryor came along and said,
Sam, let us go up to the Saw-mia and see
if we can see anything Of bully Philips
These men were all pretty much together,
and seemed as if their whole object was to
hunt Maj Liddell. Late in the evening, when
skiff came up the river, which they supposed
to be Liddell's, they brought Their guns out.
Witness believes from their manner and ac-
tions that they would have shot if Maj. Liddell
had been in the skiff. On the day Glenn
and Wiggins were killed, witness saw Wig
gins, in company with Glenn and Others, in
Titfey's ten-pin alley, rolling tan-pins. Wig
gins was armed-witness saw pistols buckled
on him. Witness did not testify before the
Grand Jury which found this bill.
THOMAS JOHNSON, sworn.-Witness was
acquainted with Glenn and Virgins Wit
nesss spoke to Glenn, on one OCCASION, about
the difficulty between Charles Jones and
Maj. Liddell, and asked Glenn lift could not
be settled. He said "No-yai Liddel was
too ID scoundrel and rascal to fight"
He asked Glenn if he (Glenn) had not better
drop it so far as he was concerned. He said,
+" No-I am into it, and will seeit through .
Glenn then said, eve will Get him yet re-
ferring to Maj. Liddell. Wiggins, who was
standing by, said to Glenn, Sam, you have
said enough Glenn spoke to witness on
another occasion, and said to witness, :" Tom,
if we had you, we could take these fellows"
Witness did not, at first, understand what
Glenn meant by this language, but from
what he said Immediately afterwards, witness
knew that he was referring to Maj. Lidden
and his friends. Witness supposes Glenn's
object in making the last remark to him was
to enlist him against Maj. Liddell. Witness
did not testify before the Grand Jury which
found this bill.
r. G. WooTEN, Sworn.-While the diff
Guilty, between Maj. Liddell and Jones, was
existing, and some time before the killing of
Glenn and Wiggins, but on what day Wit
ness does not recollect, Witness had been at
Jones' house, and was returning home when
Witness met Mr.. Robb going to jones'
Robb asked Witness to return to Jones' with
him: after some persuasion Witness consent
ed, and went back to Jones' With Mr.. Robb.
When they got there settlement was pro-
posed to Jones to be made between him and |
Maj. Liddell through their friends. The set
.lement proposed by Mr.. Robb as friend of
Maj. Liddell, was an amicable one Jones
refused to make any settlement. Jones ap-
oeared quite violent when speaking of thei
matter; witness endeavored to prevail On
Jones to make settlement as requested by I
MIR. Robb: Jones still would not consent:
put finally told Witness that he would take
he matter under advisement and would write !
! letter to Mr.. Dunbar in New Orleans in
.elation to it. Witness went second time
o Jones' after this: it was on this occasion
hat, about dinner-time, two men rode rapid
Y by Jones' house, and stopped some dis
ance below the house; after remaining there
shorttime they rode rapidly away. Henry
Huntington was there aud after looking at
he men with spy-glass, said that they
we're Mr.. Jim Smith and witness thinks a
1oung Mr.. Metcalf On the first occasion
when witness was at jones' house, Jones
lad spoken of this Mr. Smith to witness and
dr, Robb. and said that he had been to his
rouse few DAYS before on pretence that he
wanted to buy the Nichols plantation which
le desired Jones to show him. Jones refused
nd said that he was afraid the mans object
vas to assassinatc him. Mr.. Robb told Jones
hat Smith was desperate man and he had
10 doubt that he would have assassinated
lim if he had gone with him to show him the
Nichols place. Witness was sent for third
ime by Jones, through Glenn; after some
election and by the advice Of Mr.. Robb,
witness went to Jones'. Jones called witness
nto back room and proposed to witness to
make proposition to man named Hensley.
f he would assassinate Lidded he would give
i'm (Hensley) $500 Or $4,000. Witness re-
used to be the bearer Of any such proposition,
ut told Jones tllatif he wanted to see Hensley I
e would send him to him. Jones said that be ,
id not want to see Hensley. Glenn, Wiggins
nd Henry Huntingdon were in Jones house in
n q room when the conversation took