American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-07-03
The Terber Trial.

Of witnesses in his behalf on the 21st
at. The plea is insanity. They have
proven, beyond ques ion. that insan-
ity has been hereditary in Col. Yer
gers family, on the maternal side.
rs to his own insanity, the testimony
of several witnesses goes to show
that his conduct, ut various times,
has been such as to create the i'm
preston that he WAS not entirely
sane. We give the following, as
about an average specimen OF the
testimony on this point:
TESTIMONY OF Y. c. UERNEoN,
| reside in Jackson.
| have known prisoner about six
teen months. ! became acquainted
with Inn in February a year ago |
met him at the Memphis Commercial
Convention | met him the.hrst Jay
of the Convention on Monday ; l met
him on the street; he came up to me
and said. he wanted to see me par
ticularly; be took me one side; he
was with several gentlemen; he
asked me If | knew Major SeverS0n ;
I he said that he wanted to see him ;
|he seemed 10 be good deal agitatetl
or excited. [ asked hin if he and
Severson had had any difficulty ;
he said no He did not know Sever
L., L., ,,,,,i.y-t t,t.l that tl,nt Al
low Crandall had teitgraphed to Sev
4 ersOn to have him appointed Il dele
gate from Alabama ; he also said
that Crandali was not an Alahamiar
that he belonged TO New Orleans
that he WAS satisfied Crandaii was
coming there to break down his i'm
migration scheme, and Interfere Wit
his business, and that he didn't in
tend to let him do it, lie wanted t.
see Seyerson to fad ont he truth o
the dispatch. | went with him tC
the Peabody Hotel, but found Sew
erson had not been there; we Wen
to where he usually stopped whel
he came to Memphis, but we did no
see him. Col. Ierger asked NE t.
90 to the OyeIton Hotel at 4 O'Clock
/ | went but he was not there.
-. started down the street with Il gen
tleman in ii buggy. and saw hin
coming up the street. | got out ant
went up the street with him; he tolt
me he had not been to dinner, h
wanted TO see me. told him
,,,n.,I, i .s-.it IN, Al, ffi.,a an Ia.
his dinner he said no, | must g
with him. He said he wanted to Sc
me particularly. and hr was atrai,
we would not meet any more. and
went to- the dining-room with him
. Whilst there Il gentleman came t
the same table. | noticed Col. Yer
ger looking at him very straight, an,
; III very peculiar way as soon a
he got mp from dinner, he said b
believed it was that man CraEdall
now he is here, said he, | will .knoy
what he is going to do; he shall no
interfere with my affairs l went t
II his room with him, and suppose
! spent an hour there he read TO III
thcIe the headings of his immjkr;
/ ton scheme, rs he called it, W.,
, asked me what I ii.pligit Of i. u
had some cauycl safian aiuut it:
, told him tiiat Thought lAat to pre-
: sent it property to The ConFenlio'
he woui,I have tp oct over his pyrit,
mpnt. my remar, WAS to Quit drink
lug..... We .IaLl.. !ae. tlu!.t La, WI. no
; him almost every day during til
week Of the Convention afre, tha..
f He smoke Of this immioratio
. scheme in very glowing terms: hi
: lanonanop was. mat II WAS one c
the grandest schemes ;llat WA, eve
c.nr'.iycd by tie nind cf man. an,
he asked me Wl,as [ thought of il
Sui. I iliou hi n Great difficulty i
il WAS that i wup!t rccr;re 4 nrca
deal of money to pnt il IN operation
and | did MOI see here he could ge
It. He said he cuuId get us niuc
money as he w,ate,l Chat there wa
.it Boston banker that %onld let III,
have all the money he wanted il
could get "A miiIi,H Of dollars
necessary he read IA lAe a letter
said it was from this Boston balih er
: | did not see amy proposition il
, about money; | left him there:
think | met aim next day in the con
vcntion he seemed very anxious t
). offer resolutions which the mihute
of the convention will show; he wa
up frequently: met him on Wedne!
day, | think. in company with Co
!, Sale, his uncle, 4. N. Yerger, {
, Memphis, and some other gentlemen
l don't lecollect who, | knew thei
, all at the time; l spoke to them
Col. Yerger was leaving them as
i, walked up, and he said he didn
wish me to leave till he saw me sal
!, he, / want to see you particularly
he went into the cigar store that W
> were standing in front of. and Go
Sale remarked, THAT man is g0iu
to chaIlenge bis uncle = | .ooke
around, but didn't see That any on
seemed to be excited as all; NJ
Yerger, Of Memphis, was standiD
p there; Col Yerger walked into tn
! cigar store hurriedIy, and was VIII
/. ing Oh the showcase for some time
, . asked what WAS the difficulty. an