Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-13

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think he aimed it a; nr. Ganaway. Prisoner theH
said he would hang his pistol mp, aud asked II VII
ness welId see justice done him lie hung his f1s-
tol on 4 bush end approached. Nr. Galawhy siarueu
to run towards him. but witness rqnested INN 10
.top. a.r1ham approached for twenty-five or thirty
sicps. threw himself down oil a To- and commenced
weeping. pou't raealleet the daY Of the"eeA 1t was
the day ON which Nr. Wise spoke here. Witness let
Graham with Mr. Gana@ay and went to get The pi5-
a. ga returning. heard the prisoner request Can
away 70 take bis pistol aud blow M brains out, as
he lal disa4aee1 lis family. Witness iired two or
three shots with his own istol4 as a signal to bring
NJ the other members of tho parry Thc signal was
not preeoneertea. There was 10 preeoHeorted signal.
Fired the pistol in the air the barrels which The
witness did not fire Lad powder and bali in them 1t
vas Colt five shooter common size. Prisoner said
he knew lie had killed Spi1lcr. Witness asked him
II he knew be had shot Nr. Trigg aad Mr.. Terry and
.Hr. Cox when prisoner enquircd II it was Mr.. Cox
who was standing at the door, and said It was not
Ms purpose - shoot him ii was h5 object TO fire
beyond hun to Tighten him OF. Thought it was their
object to close Inc door aud keep him IN. lie said
he bad sad thc past night GA the top oi the Cove
Mountain. nnd had come down to get something to
eat aad drink. Prisoner Wis standing near a cabin
when he was seen was about 200 yards above the
cabin. looking down towards it. Had a piece Of raw
meat which he said somebody had given him. He
had not cooked it because he feared the smoke from
the fire would lead 70 hi detection.
Witness found the prisoner about sunrise. Rode
by lis side nearly all the way to town. Here the
witness made some statements respecting a search he
had made for the prisoner ut his mothers, nc, which
it IS not deemed necessary to report Witness had
asked the prisoner /" What in the name OF God made
him kill Mr.. Spiller % TO which he replied . Mr..
Spiler remarked, in conversation with Mr.. Trigg,
that there would be murder done about that yet
aud at the same time put his hand 10 hisb1aet. He,
the prisoner, then drew his pistol and commenced
firing The prisoner may have said that he thought
Spiller was going to shoot him, but witness lid not
fceollect It. Don't know thathe said anything Of the
kind When Or lIoyt came up,he asked me, witness,
five wanted to tie him replied it was unnecessary.
The prisoner remarked he would 60 with us any
where. There we're four or i've of Us together then.
Don't know 10 whom the prisoner had reference in
the remark.
Cross-aamiBei ~ dsfree-Prisoner said no
hing about having thought they were going 10 mur-
der him when he poke ofthe fear Of hisbeing closed
M ia the room at tie time Of the shooting. lie told
me- the reason he was carrying arms was that he had
-, IN. t,,,to1 i, nirbmon1 l., Mr. u,mrrott
and DR.. Crockett, aud he intended, if he was so treat
Cd again, 70 use thehl. lIlhk he told me he haa
been threatened IN own-had been very badly treat
"a mid nat .,y nv whom, Didn't say how the DIFF
feulty with Crockett and uammett had originated.
lie SAID he had been oaaiy teated ny It NUMBER Of
persons about the town. Always spoke of them SIM
NV ma - thc,-." Didn't say how he knew thai Mr..
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seen 81 woman aiter the shooting, eut witness auh /
know that She had told him anything about Mr., Spill
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me prisoner sal" ne hao carried d He'e SIX SHOOT
er-that those things We're no aeeount-had then
need a five shooter Prisoner did not say he had
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rg1soufartt. lie added. that he didn't intend, as witness III
derstood him. to injrre any one else.
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