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

| uSuG occurred between MT. bakeT anu
Mr.. Hopkins; they commenced talking
with each other, and then Mr.. Hopkins
walked round the machine, and when he
came around lie had the hatchet in his
hand, then they commenced talking to-
gether again and Mr.. Baker struck hin
with the stick; that was all that seen
as was driving the horses; l think i
was jockey stick which Mr.. Baker hac
clea ming the riddles, that he struck Mr.
Hopkins with; it mnst have been abou
an inch thick, and three or four feet
long; I couldn't tell pointedly where
abouts he did hit him, but 1 think ht
hit him on his right arm, as he threw
it up; saw but the one blow struck;
didn't observe whether the blow stag
gard Hopkins or not; l did not SEE
Hopkins strike back. Hopkins was
doing nothing that I could see, wher
Baker struck him, but talking The
stick broke when Baker struck Hopkins
And further the deponent saith not.
GEORGE RICHARD.
David Hesson being first duly sworn
deposes and says: I am AZ years old
1 live on West creek on Mr.. Powell S
farm; saw part of the affray between
Hopkins and Baker last Monday; saw
Mr.. Baker hit Mr.. Hopkins with dog
wood stick, about three feet long, used
for cleaning the riddles; it had been a
jockey stick; he struck him about the
head, as near as [ could see. | did not
see any more of it until [ saw Mr.. Ba-
ker fall; the first blow staggard Mr.
Hopkins, and he fell down against the
machine; [ was sitting back against the
wheat stack in bad position for seeing
the whole afray, and was about three
rods from them; [ did not see Hopkins
doing anything when the blow was
struck; he was standing close by bar
rel; sat still until the fray was over
1t was about ten minutes from the time
the first blow was struck, until it was
all over; 1 could not tell whether they
were fighting all that time or not 1t
was in the forenoon. The stick broke
that Baker struck Hopkins with. And
further the deponent saith not.
DAVID HEssoN.
John Pullins being first duly sworn,
deposes and says: | am 46 years old;
live in the Flats near the brick Church,
in this county; l was at Mr.. Bakers,
threshing his oats and wheat; [ had
threshed his oats and stopped the ma
chine and was regulating it to thresh
wheat; l was upon the machine regula-
ting it, when they commenced talking
something about their settlement, and
they disputed something about it. Mr..
Hopkins claimed portion Of the wheat
and Mr.. Baker told him if he would pay
him, what lie owed him that he could
have his share of the wheat, and if he did
not, he could not have one grain of it, I
think was the words he said think the
reply that Mr.. Hopkins made was, that he
had plenty of property here, that Mr..
Baker could come on it and get his pay,
if he owed him anything; and that he
was going to have his share Of the
wheat crop. Hopkins then walked un-
der the straw-carrier to where his bar
rels was, and I think he brought bar
rel up to where the wheat runs out; he
then passed through under the machine
again, the same way he went before
He walked out sorter towards Mr.. Ba-
ker, and l did not see lick pass be-
tween them. The first thing [ seen
was, Mr.. Hopkins staggering under the
straw carrier; he kind Of fell and catched
on his hands; then he kind Of staggered
up on to his feet, and l was getting
down off Of the machine, ON the oppo-
site side Of him; they were out ofmy sight
then; and when | came round to where
| could see, Baker was lying on the
ground, and they were getting Mr.. Hop
kins away. The affray lasted but a
short time, perhaps not more than a
minute from the time Hopkins raised to
his feet from under the straw carrier
[ did not see any blow struck by either
party; was busy on the machine; Mr..
Hopkins had a hatchet in his hand and
Mr.. Baker jockey stick, little over
three feet long, in his hand; [ believe
Mr.. Baker was a tenant Of Mr.. Hopkins S.
Hopkins told Baker that he could come
on to his property if he owed him any
thing; that there was as much law now
as ever there was. And further this
deponcnt saith not. JOHN PULLINs.
VIM. A. Rose, being first duly sworn,
deposes and says: l am Is years old,
and have been living at Peter Richards;
l was present on Monday, when the af-
fray took place between Mr.. Hopkins
and Mr.. Baker; the first [ heard they
were disputing about the wheat; Mr..
Baker told Hopkins that he couldn t
have any wheat, until he paid him some
money, and Hopkins said that he in
tended to have his share of the wheat;
one word brought on another until Mr..
Baker struck Mr.. Hopkins and staggered
him back against the machine; he struck
him with stick he had to keep the
chaff out ofsthe riddles about as large
as common fork handle; he struck him
about the head; saw Hopkins throw
up his hands; I saw Baker strike at
Hopkins twice; he broke his stick and
lodged under the machine and got a
fork; when Mr.. Hopkins getting some
what recovered, commenced striking
him with hatchet that he had in his
hand. Mf. Hopkins said before he
struck MIR. Baksr-my God, men, will
you see a man cripple me up this way?
Mr. Sayre and MIR. Cooper, l believe,
ran between them and triea-to get them
apart; Mr.. Sayre had hold of Hopkins
once and Cooper pushed Baker or Hop
kius, l forget which, and got them one
time nine or ten feet apart; I couldn t
see how they got together again; they
were dodging round SO that couldn
see, and striking at each other, Baker
with fork and Hopkins with hatehet
| think Mr.. Cooper had hold of Mr.
Baker at one time; | don't think it was
over minute from the time Baker frs