Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-27

mack were with him; Dallas Warmack
was carried along by his brother and Pike
Dallas seemed to be quite drunk; stopped
down and picked up rock, and made an
| effort TO throw il al a negro, ard then fell !;
Pike and Matt Warmack picked him up,
and each walked BY his side, with their
| hands under Dallas arm; saw Pike and
the Warmack's go into Mrs Warmack's
! house, but did not see them come out.
Henry Wright testified Lives in Good
/ lettsville, half way between Mrs. War
maek's and Scruggs'; was there Saturday
evening at dark, and saw Matt Warmack
and Pike leading Dallas Warmack up the
street Dallas Warmack fell while walk
ing; he seemed TO be very drunk; they
were going towards Mrs. Warmack's; did
not see them afterwards; Ned Warmack
was not with the others, but had gone up
home in advance of them.
Dr. Burns testified: Lives in Goodletts-
vile; was at Mrs. Warmack's Saturday
after sundowD; she lives some three or four
hundred yards from his office; saw only
the women of the family; was sitting in
the lower piazza, when Dallas, Matt and
Pike came; Matt and Pike were walking
on each side of Dallas, and seemed to be
holding him up; witness then went up
stairs: Pike came into the same room
thinks Ned and Matt Warmack also came
into the room; heard the firing of gun;
Pike, Ned and Matt Warmack were
up stairs at the time of the firing:
After awhile heard noise, supposed to be
a woman screaming; firing of guns Is not
uncommon in Goodlettsville at night. Dali
las was brought up to bed at nearly ten
o'clock, though witness did not see him
while he was being brought up. Pike and
young Warmack went down to supper, and
came up and went into the boys room /;
after the firing and screaming, Pike came
out on the gallery where all he'd assembled
to learn what was the matter did not know
that Ned Warmack went down stairs; a
person might have gone down aud re-
manned fifteen to twenty minutes without
being missed by the witness; did not think
Pike could have had time to GO from
Scruggs' down to Mrs. Warmack's between
the time of the shooting and the time Pike
was on the gallery in company with wit
ness.
Mrs Warmack testified: Live at Good
lettsyille; am the mother of the Warmack
boys; ali her children were at home on
Saturday; Pike and Matt and Dallas came
home about dusk Dallas was very drunk,
and staggered around till he was put in
chair Pike and Matt went up stairs;
when Pike and Matt finished supper, they
put Dallas on the pallet; Dallas had been
vomiting; was with Dallas till the shoot
ing. When it was announced from above
that there was shooting ptOwn, witness had
to pass over Dallas feet to get up stairs.
When witness got up stairs she saw Pike,
DR.. Burns and her other sons; afterwards
she heard some persons come down and
take Dallas up stairs. There is no gun at
her house, and has not been for a long
time; none of her family went to town that
nigh. did not hear of the murder till next
morning; her house is some forty or fifty
yards from the pike.
Miss Mile Warmack testified: Live at
Goodlettsville; was at home on Saturday !;
Dr. Burns and Mr.. Pike were there that
evening about dark; Pike and Matt
brought Dallas up, holding him under each
arm; Dallas was sick, and vomited a pal
let was fixed and Dallas was laid on 1T
Witness prepared supper for Pike and
Matt; Dallas did not eat supper; DIR.
Burns, Matt and Pike were up stairs.
When the alarm was given witness and her
mother went up stairs, passing Dallas /;
when they got up stairs, they found DIR.
Burns, Matt, Ned and Pike on the porch
looking towards Goodlettsville witness
came down stairs in a few minutes and
found Dallas still lying in the same place.
Mrs. Newbern testified: Lives in Good
letsville with her mother, Mrs. Warmack !;
DR.. Burns and Mr.. Pike were there that
night; Mr.. Pikeand Matt Warmack brought
Dallas home drunk, one holding each arm !;
Dallas was brought in, bur did not see him
afterward, but heard him vomiting Pike
came up stairs and took a seat in witnesses
room, and remained till supper was an
nounced after supper, Pike came back to
witnesses room, and then went around to
the boys room; no one could have passed
from the boys room down stairs without
being seen from the position occupied by
the witness; heard two guns fire in quick
succession DR.. Burns was in witnesses
room; heard fiddling in the boys room at
the same time; after the alarm was given,
about the shooting, witness went TO the
window and saw Ned, Matt, Mr. Pike, DIR.
Burns and her mother and sister; soon
after the shooting Dallas was carried up
stairs to the boys room; did not hear Of
the death of Scruggs until the next morn
ing all of the family were considerably
excited Mrs. Warmack came up in ten
minutes after the alarm was given.
Court adjourned till 10 o'clock Monday
morning.