Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-27
THE eooDLE1reyILLE rRAaEDY.
Second Day of the Preliminary Ex-
animation.

animation.
TESTIMONY FUR THE f20SEri'TiON.
Aleck johnson (colored) testified: Live
at Goodlettsville, and was raised there by
Mr.. James Johnson am a blacksmith
was in Goodlettsville at time Of difficulty
between Warmack, Scruggs and Pike
About dark Warmack and Pike passed the
grocery on the pike about nine O'Clock
saw Warmack and Pike pass back before
the grocery; Warmack had a gun in his
hand, holding it down by his side; they
did not have the same clothing at that
time as in the evening; they passed me,
but nothing was said. Witness said to
Scruggs, There goes those two men with
a gnn Knows Warmack and Pike well
pointed them out in the court room. Wit,
ness was at the grocery several times
during the day, but was not drinking was
at the speaking and barbecue; did not
believe Warmack was drunk. At nine
o'clock witness and Horace Edmonds, Bos-
ton Prim and several others were about
the grocery. Witness was examined at
first trial, and did not say then that he did
not recognize Warmack and Pike. After
witness told Scruggs that there goes those
men with the gun" he (Scruggs) stepped
TO his gun and took it in his hand; did
not recognize Porter and Parham till
after Porter spoke. After Porter spoke,
Scruggs went out in the street and
had a talk with them was standing on
the steps when Scruggs exclaimed to Por-
ter, If You want to shoot, come ahead, or
some such remark" did not see the two
men after they passed up the pike. Some
one about the door said "yonder are two
men sneaking along the fence" though
witness did not see them, though he looked
in that direction. Moon was not up !;
could not dsting dish faces that distance out
of the light The guns were fired before
Porter had gotten more than five or six
feet from Scruggs; saw the flash of two
guns, but did not see the men who fired !;
had talked 10 no one about what he would
swear; had only seen Pike once for several
years; witness had taken one dram during
the day, but was not drunk never had
been drunk in his life; a great many
strangers were in town that day old man
Scruggs was not drunk that day, though he
had taken a dram; knew nothing of the
difficulty III the evening; after shooting
witness spent the night at Mrs. Burgesses ;
witness didn't tell Esq Cunningham at the
trial that be had heard Horace Edmonds
say before the shooting, he saw two men
sneaking down by the fence with gun in
their hands"
DR.. Reid testified Was in Goodettsville
on Saturday, and saw Mr.. Scruggs after he
was dead; examined the wounds; deceased
was shot in the back, and died of the
wounds; witness picked up, next morning,
several pieces of wadding near where
Scruggs was killed, and handed them to
bystanders; did not see Scruggs till after he
was killed good many strangers were
present; did not see the defendants there
that day.
VIM. Funston testified: Examined two
spelling books, and said he found them at
Mrs. Warmacks; searched Mrs. Warmack's
house on a search warrant for spelling
books and shot guns; witness examined
the wadding shown him, and compared il
with picture in the book, and found il
corresponded with picture and page; one
book had the leaf corresponding with the
page on the wadding torn out. Witness
read his authority to Warmack for search
ing the house; no objection was made
books had not been mutilated since they
came in his possession; the last page in
one book was 1873, and the piece of paper
represented az the wadding was numbered
139.
S. H. Parham (colored) testified Lives
three miles west Of Goodlettsville was in
Goodlettsville all day but saw no difficulty
between shutdown and dark saw Warmack
and Pike pass him with a gun, near the
grocery; did not see them after that; was
at the grocery by Aleck johnson when
Scruggs was shot did not hear Scruggs say
he would shoot anybody; saw Porter and
Parham, but did not see any men sneaking
along the fence; did not hear Horace
EdmOnds tell Scruggs that two men were
sneaklng along the fence did not know
any thing of the difficulty in the evening
did not see Scruggs with a gun saw the
flashes of two guns but saw no men; it was
too dark TO see men under that shed across
the street about i've to ten minutes after
the men passed, the shooting took place
knew both Warmack and Pike well.
VIM. Jenkins testified: That the pike
opposite oCIugBs grocery was ABOUT lOfly
feet wide
Capt. Shivers testified as to the identity
of pieces of wadding which were picked
up the next morning, near where Scruggs
was killed said that among the pieces OF
wadding were represented pages 136-7-8-9
Of a Webster's spelling book compared
the leaf wadding with the marginal lines
of the next page on the book and the
page of wadding was one-sixteenth of an
inch narrower than the page of the book.
Mrs. Burgess testified corroborating the
assertion that her daughter had told her
what she had overheard Warmack and
Pike say, the evening of the difficulty, in
regard to Scruggs.
FOR THE DEFENSE.
Matt Warmack testified Lived in Good
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