Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-08

cross his threshold, or he would kill
him; his mother cried very much,
and told him not to do it; Capt. Yer
gers wife thought 1t was outrageous
to inhibit Mr.. Stewart from coming to
the burial; but he swore heshould not
come, and if he came he would kill
him.
When he was talking to Mr.. Nor
gan, he (the prisOner) said he had
been to New Orleans; that was the
part l was so much ashamed Of-his
praising himself 50 much. He told
Mr.. Morgan he had been to New Or
leans, and he had the honor and the
pleasure Of seeing five thousand people
| rising 10 their feet and h6Zzahing no
zannahs to his name. He also cursed
Mr.. Morgan all the way, and once in
awhile called him I" he'll hound" +
remember, I cannot exactly state the
time, but Ii was about three or four
months ago; / was employed in his
house to sew by the week, and one
day, on Saturday, he told his wife and
children that they must all prepare to
go down to Judge William Yerger's
to see his aunt, Mrs. Shall Yerger;
they all got ready and went; after |
they had started he sent off his dining
room servant to hunt the COW; he |
sent off his Washerwoman to buy a !
dollars worth of bead, and he had |
three turkeys killed; / said It was
strange to have so many turkeys
killed; they would all spoil before
they were eaten; the cook said shell
had the order, and she would do what
he had said; Mrs. Eerger had not |
been gone more than half an hour
when ! heard some one running about
Cursing ana damning, and saying
. hurrah for our sides" / looked over
he would come out, and then |
go back into the library ours
ing. | would not gO down, for ! was
a little afraid of him, as | had seen
him act so before; his wife came home
about O'Clock, and he was still going
on; she said Mr.. NergeP had forgotten |
You were here; he wants a fire in his
library, and he is exasperated that he
hasn't got one; said was afraid to 90
down, and did not let him know l was
up here. About 2o'clOck he went out |
In front of the yard, walking up and {
down, cursing and damning and hal
lcoing hurrah for our side; y he had
a knife in his hands. His wife told
nLe to goand bring him in; went out
bIt he would not come in : he cursed
ME and drove me of. told him that
he must come in; that it was dis
grace to stay there. He said he did /
not care q dam: he would not come
III; at length he came in and lay down
Dn the lounge with the knife in his
Gandi ! thought he was asleep ana /
-ried to take the knife cut Of his hand,
DIt he made q Qgt IT me; ! said to
Mrs Ner9en J am now going to get
r.Y dinner, viii leave this door open i
or you to escape, for fear he should
,Iln at yOu with the knife; she said c
lie had seen him in a worse fix than y
lat, and she had never been afraid Of 4
iim. But / left the door apen, fq
ltld not been gone yslQGc than twenty
minutes, hefore he caine rushing hy
)It % q back street. He Waz after
wards found by 2 man, that he had
there; they brought him
n; be was cursing, and he said,
There is a son of a b-h, and be :
I.ying to break into my hnsse-therp
n goes with q red TiDbon on his hat. q ly
" G supposed it was the devil he had /
'een; when bS get upon the gallery
lis lI0ther George and Mr.. John X. {
\ erger got hold of him; he jerked
away from Mr.. John Yerger, and &
le commenced to cut at his brother !
George, and George struck him with G
he cushioned part of a chair; that en- I
aged him, and he struck at George :
with knife; George then struck at 2
him with the side of the chair, and cut
MS head; he fell, and we thought he ,
was dead for a moment; then he got
up, got his pistol and knife, and then
We all, everybody, had to run, his
wife and all had to get out of the way.
was not with Mrs. Hicks; the
line she left his house, / was sitting
up with his mother, and Mrs. Hicks
'sBfe over to Mr.. Stewards house and
,ent me back for her hahyI the snow
was quite deepI ii was the last sIr,.cc,,W ! !
we had here.