The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-05

Mss ELIZABETH WOOD SWORN.
Am the daughter Of the late Reuben
Wood, Of Clinton county, Ky. Ny father
died Dec. 4th, 1851. lie was shot at home,
near Albany, Ky, on Monday evening,
shout suOseL heard tome persons coming
up the road, whcoping and hallooiug as IL
they were driving stock. Iopened the door,
looked out, and saw Champ Ferguson, Rains,
PhillpOb and smother man, whose name |
th.nk was Kineaid, coming up the rosd,
driving som hogs. When / opened tho
door, they were juat coming in sight Of the
house. Father was coming down the read,
meeting thcm--aud Ferguson, in a very
abrupt mannor ordered him TO get out OF
the rosd. Father got out Of il rs soon as he
could and came 10 the house, ana was just
ia the act Of opening the door, when Fer
guson and PhilPot rode up 20 the fence and
ordered him 10 come there. Father turned
thea and went ont TO the fence where they
we're. Ferguson asked hm how no came
on, and the usual compliments wero passed.
Ferguson then calling hther by name,
said, ] suppose you have been TO Camp
Robinfon9 Fsther answered, 7 have. Fer
guson then asked him what his business
was there aud before faiheg could rep'y'
Ferguson, using violent snd bitter Ian
gusge, tod him nobody but a id
old Lincolnite would be caught at any
sach place. He stll continued using
violent language Ter Eve or ten minutes.
The Language, ! cannot express. Fer.
guson then oIew his pistol aud said don't
YOU beg, don't yoa dodge Mother was
standing in the door with me, and begged
him not 20 shoot father. / $50 begged, for
the love Of God, for them not to shoot my
iather. Father says "why, Champ, / have
nursed yen; is there any Misunderstanding
stween US 90 "No," said Ferguson, "Rue-
ben you have always treated me like q gen
usmsn, but you have been TO Camp Robin.
son. intend 10 Kill you" Fereufon then
shot father, but he did not fall. he shot
sgain aud missed him. Father drew his
CO.'S tround him as be walked around the
eud Of house. and entered the back docs.
The hrst shot hit my father in the len side,
'eeiow 'se len nippleh in the region Of the
p' OIL NE stomach. Ferguson jumped Of
ms horse and weat sround the other end 81
vac mouse. Mother and I wepti 10 num- far
iA'hT ana met Ferguson with his Disio, In
ms hand, ready 70 shoot. and Fo-r,s,n s.ta
Where is he 2" "where ia No. 49,
him We didn't know; We begged him No, i
shoot any more, but be paid 10 ,t,er,;on !,
us and went on into the room whore r,b..
Wss. lhesrd another shot. and be,-a 49,.
hHiag over, and a.desperate ttrars'oi, =.
ROOM Neither ard myself screamed ss1,r5
a. We could, aad alarmed The neirhborbo,a
We then weat to the widow Nolsnd's. sbou.
SIX hundred yards from our home. Ne I.
turned in short time, apd found f.the.
sitting BY the Gre. We berre6 him n d
down. Head "No, I cannot lie down
you were not presen-untl / relate the cir
eomsianoef." an not positive. bat min
he said there win be some hereafter 49,,
This They oaunot 90 on in This w.v a.
bound to die, and 7 want you 20 know IN.
nov THIS vas Tam uot positive Ia 80
there viii be some hereafter nb,,t -
an positive, though, that be hs =
9'und 10 die, aad that he wanted III -
Just how tbs was.
was was with my father from a.,
onal bis death. He spoke ofi -
Who came in, aud they an snid h. NJ. -
Aedied on Wednesday aboat N o,.l..'
n. N0dsy night previous he wen, -
soon a. be had related the e-irenr.t..@
1.-THE aght He wOu d, during thi,. 49,
araw breath. ] don't remember 60.
age eSsely, but think be was O. yea, I,
ne had no arms upon his person, nor ala
nave any about the house. No other =.
loa' were about The house but mother ana
I'AsF u O. years old. ~ falher "a
came into ths back door and pick
ss'eAst aud placed mysslf in eorr