The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-01
champ FergusOn's Trial.
riFrEESTH DAY.

Vim. Thrasher sworn for the prosecution:
WSs along when Ferguson took my brother,
snd on the day after vi were taken. We
were passing BY old man Tabor's through
the farm. Ferguson said, "by Cd 7 be-
lieye / see some one down Al the house"
he told some Of them.io 60 down there aud
see him or gel him. Five or six men start
ed and vent 10 The house and brought Mr..
Tabor out, and Ferguson was at the bead Of
the column and came riding back, and
asked them what in the hill they brought
him up there for, and when he got back
where he was, he got of his horse, said
Cont shoot him behind me-" and began
pushing him of. By this time Ferguson
had got off his horse, and Tabor vent right
up to him beggp g. Ferguson said "you
ought not 70 De killed, you hsve done no'h-
ing TO be killed for" al The same time
shooting him. At the frst shot he did
not fall, ct the second be fell head
long doan the hill. As he fell 3 man by
the name Of Frank Burehett said "d-nhi III
shoot him in the head" Then Ferguson
put his pistol down close TO his head and
shot him.
Question by Judge Advocate-Bstwesn
the first and second shots did Tabor say any
thiBgg
Ans-Yes, but couldn't hear whst Il was.
he threw up both hands. Ferguson said +:
al have killed old man Tabor; a id good
christisn. / think he don't mind dying"
Upon the morning on which old Mr.. Tabor
was killed, while we were taking breakfast,
Ferguson sat down by me, and asked me
what the old Man zachnry's sons said about
his being killed. told him they said they
intended TO kill the fellow who did t.. He
wanted 70 know who they thought did it. I
told him Fayette Allen, Ferguson then
said that he was the man who did it
himself; that they needn't accuse Allen o
Il. Ferguson took three dollars from me.
He took nothing else, except some bipnkets
and thiags ! had drawn from the Govern
meBt. i escaped in about half an hour after
old man Tabor was shot. We had not gone
more Than q half mile when we saw Hud-
dleson's men; and about nmile further On
jumped of my horse and ran. They left
Tsbor's boly lying in the road.
cross EXAMINATION.
Il was Elan Huddlescn who came upwith
his men and engaged in the fight when I
made my escape. csnt say wheth-
or Zachary was making up an indie
pendent company at the time he was
killed. Don't know whether | heard
Of more oi FergusOn's men being killed
than Jack sturgiss, previous to zaehary's
death. On The day. of the light, Of which
have spoken, Huddleson had about so men,
aud Ferguson only p. Here the Judge
Advoea'e objected, saying whether Huddle
son vas in Che habit OF taking prisoners or
not-ss il could be no excuse for killing old
man Fabor. Who raised TIC black Dag or
who did not, was not matefiel 70 the present
issue. The Court sustained the objection.
II was the custom o. Elan Huddleson &c kill
some Of his prisoners. He killed one Of
Fergusons man on the day Of this fight.
The balance eouldn't be caught up with.
Never heard Of Tabor belonging to any in
dependant baud heard Of che death of
Zaehery before Tabor was killed. Huddle
son and ] belonged 70 the l2h Kentucky
csssiry, end 10 the same company when We
vent into the ssryice. He went OF froIn
the regiment and made up a company Of
his own.
When Ferguson hsd me prisoner he ask
ed me If I didn't think he ought 10 kill me
told him I thought il would be hard tokill
an uusrmed man. He said no, and asked
me If I didn't think il would bring the war
to s close sooner if he killed al he took. /
Told him didn't know. He then gave the
guards orders Il any one came up and any
me made any sstempt escape to kill Us tie
arst shooting dorp No remark was made
in regsrdto Tabor's being a member Of any
band.
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