Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-04

! kins the lie twice; but l can't remember
what Hopkins had said when Baker gave
him the lie. Hopkins said that he die
not come there to raise fuss and he
must not give him the lie; Mr.. Baker
Immediately struck Hopkins; them I d.
not remember hearing any calls fol
help. And further this deponent saitl
not. JOSEPH ASHLEY.
Adanijah shobe being first duly sworn
deposes and says: I live in this State
and am 40 years old; l did not see any
part of this afray, and know nothing
about it; 1 heard some conversation be-
tween Hopkins and Baker just previous
to it; heard Baker ask Hopkins if he
had 25 dollars for him; Mr.. Hopkins
told him he did not owe him any; Mr.
Baker said that he did owe him and he
allowed to keep it out Of the wheat; Hop
kins said he had plenty Of property and
if he owed him he could sue for it; thai
the law was still in force; that is all thai
1 heard. Mr.. Baker told me on Friday
evening to tell Mr.. Hopkins that he was
going to thresh on Saturday and if he did
not bring him that % dollars he would
keep it out of Hopkins share of the
wheat. told Hopkins, as requested.
And further this deponent saith not.
ADANIJAH SHORE.
Jacob Brinker being first duly sworn,
deposes and says: l am about 40 years
old, and live in this county; saw moth
ing of the fight between Baker and Hop
kins; 1 heard the parties talking before
the fight. Mr.. Baker asked Hopkins if
he was going to pay him 25 dollars
Hopkins asked him what 25 dollars
He said he claimed 25 dollars on a
house he had built; Hopkins told him
he had paid him that. Baker said he
hadn't, and that he was going to keep
the wheat for pay, and that Hopkins
could not have any of it. Hopkins told
him he was there to get the third of that
grain; that the third of it belonged to
him and he was going to have it; and
that ifhe owed him anything to sue him;
that he had property, and he could make
the money out of it if he owed him; Ba-
ker observed that there was no law now,
and l then left them. was behind the
wheat stack when the affray took place;
l heard Hopkins cry, for God Almighty
sake, men, will you stand by and see a
man crippled up in this way; observed
to Mr.. Shobe, l believe, they are fight
ing, and we got up and started round;
Mr.. Shobe got in sight first, and says, he
Baker is down; then he asked what he
would do with paper we were counting
on, and I told him to fold it up and put
it in his pocket; We then went ON the
ground, and one was lying one side and
one on the other; l think Baker dead
them Hopkins was in pretty bad con-
dition; he was in good deal of agony
and misery, and out Of his senses and
helpless; we carried him and laid him in
the shade; l helped put him in the wag-
on and 1 come in after the buggy; l
helped carry him from the wagon to
his house; he was still out of his senses;
he talked wild and incoherently by
times; am satisfied he was out Of his
senses. And further this deponeut
saith not. JACOB BRINKER.
Michael Aisel after first being duly
sworn deposes and saith: l am 30 years
old, and live in Illinois; am here on a
visit to my uncle; I saw the fight be-
tween Baker and Hopkins; I saw Baker
get stick and strike the other man on
the arm; Mr.. Hopkins then got the
hatchet and took after him and hit him
in the side and knocked him down and
struck him twice after he was down;
when Hopkins was struck he staggered
but did not fall; | am a German; don t
understand the English language very
we'll. And further this deponent saith
not. MICHAEL AIsEL.
Dodridse Taylor being first duly
sworn, deposes and says: L am 33 years
old, and live in this co lnty; I saw the
affray on Monday, between Baker and
Hopkins; l saw Baker knock Hopkins
down; he struck him two licks; Hopkins
fell under the machine and appeared like
he was very bad hurt; he did not get
quite down; then Baker run round and
got hold of pitchfork and struck Hop
kins tzo licks, as we'll as can recollect,
but [ don't think he hit him to injure
him much, at that time; then Hopkins
made at Baker and struck him in the
side, and then Baker hit Hopkins sew
eral licks with the fork and like to got
him down, and would have got him
down, l believe, if it had not been for
Mr.. Cooper and Mr.. Sayre interfering
between them; then Mr. Hopkins made
at Baker and Knocked him down and
struck him two licks while he was on
the ground; Hopkins run off after that
several steps, and | did not notice what
become of him; then | vas looking at
Baker; | think the blow that Hopkins
gave Baker on the back Of the neck was
given after Baker fell. And further
this deponent saith not.
DoDRIDGE TAYLOR.
&. w. Cooper being first duly sworn,
deposes and says: am 40 years old,
and live in Racine, Ohio, | was present
ON Monday last when the af1ray occurred
between Hopkins and Baker; the first l
heard of the difficulty between the two
men, Mr.. Baker said to Mr.. Hopkins
that he owed him 25 dollars and if he
would pay him 25 dollars he should
have his share of the wheat, and if he
did not, he would take it out of the
wheat; Hopkins asked him what he
owed him 20 dollars for. He said it
was for building that house. Hopkins
said, if l owe you % dollars, l have
plenty of property chat is liable to the
law; you sue me for it, ami if | owe it
to you I'll pay it; am a law abiding
man and will pay all my honest debts;
| have brought men here to get my rent
wheat, and my wheat I want and will
have it. Baker then said if you don't
pay me 25 dollars you shan't have one
grain of it; | will leave it to these two
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