The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-09
Cousin Sally billiard Outdone

Scene ut Chatham during the session
of the Circuit Court, in the case of Com
monwealth Us. Cassidy, on charge Of
malicious stabbing.
The venire being impaneled and the
jury solcmnly charged by the clerk, the
Commonwealths Attorney called. in sup
port Of the Indictment, the witness, Buck
Bryant, who being solennly sworn the
truth to tell, testified as follows:
Question by commonwealth Attorney
Tell all you know about Che cutting of
the prosecutor, by Cassidy, the prisoner
at the bar
Answcr-Well. gentlemen, it was cleo
ton day-'twas dark cloudy, wet sort of
a drizzly day;and says | to my oldwo. man,
believe III so down to Ringgold and
'positmy vote. And says my old woman
to me, well, Buck, as it is sort of driz-
ely day, says she, hadn't you better take
your umbrill. Says | to the old woman, |
'spect | had better take the umbrill So
| took the umbrill and advanced towards
Ringgold, and when | got down thar,
Mr.. Cole coined, and says he, uncle Buck,
have you seed anything of old noighbor
Harris? Says to Mr.. Cole, for why?
Says he he's got my umbrill. (The
witness was here interrupted by the court,
and told to confine himself to the actual
fray between the prisoner and Cole, the
prosecutor. In answer to which the
witness remarked, III tone of indignant
remonstrance, well, now, Mr.. Judge, you
hold on, for | am sworn to tell the
truth, and am gwine to tell it my own
way, 50 faint worth while for you to say
nothing more about it-whereupon the
Court and Commonwealth Attorny being
anxious to get rid of the witness ON amy
terms, told him to go on and tell the tale
in his own way) Well, as was a going
ON to say, twas ON election day. Bucllan-
an and Elmo was running for the Leg
lslatur, and says to my old woman, old
woman, says |, believe I'll go down to
Ringgold and 'posit my vote. Says my
old woman to me, says she, Buck, as is
a sort of Il dark, oudy,rainy, damp, drz-
Fly sort of day, hadn't you better take
your umbrill? Says to the old woman,
says |, spect had better take my UNI
brill; 50 | took the umbrll and advanced
on towards Rmggold, till | arriv thar.
Well, the first thing | did when got
thar was to take drink of whisky which
was monstrous good, and says | to my
self, says old boss, you feel better now,
don't you? And while | was advancing
around, Mr.. Cole he came to me; says he,
Uncle Buck, says he, have you seen any
think of old neighbor Harris? Says |, for
why? Says he the old cocks got my
umbrill Arter awhile | posted my vote,
and then Mr.. Cole and me advanced back
towards home, and Mr.. Cole was tighter
than | ever seed him. And so we advance
ed along till we got to whar the road and
path forked, and Mr. Cole and me tuck
the path as any other gentleman would,
and arter advancngawhile we arriv to old
neighbor Harris asettin on log with the
umprll on his arm, and about that time
Elijah Cassidy (the prisoner) coined up,
and we advanced on till wearriv at Elijah
house.
Elijah is my nephew and likewise my
son-in-law-he married my darter Jane,
which is next to my darter Sally. Ar
ter we had advanced to Elijah's house
we stood in the yard awhile aawing, and
presently two somebody's rid up ON a
boss, which was Johnston before, and
Whitfield Cassidy behnd-Whittield
and Kiah Cassidy being the same. Eli
jah and Kiah is brothers, both born in
the nat'ral way like anybody else's broth
ers, no gals between 'em, and both efom