The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-07-08
So 90 PER YEAR

hOuse-there he goes with a red ribbon ON
his hat" We supposed IL was the devil he
had seen; when he got upon the gallery his
brother George and Mr.. John Il. Aergcr
got hold OF him: he jerked away from Mr..
John lergeT. and he commenced % cut at
his brother George and George struck him
with the cushioned part a chair; that en-
ragged him. and he struck az George with a
knife; George then struck az him with the
side OF a chair, aud cut his head, he fell. and
We thought he was dead for a moment then
he got up, got his pistol aud knife. and then
we all, rybody had TO run. his wife and
all had to get out OF the way.
was not with Mrs. Hicks; the time she
LEFT his house. l was sitting up with his
mother, and Mrs. Hicks came over q Mr..
stewards house and sent me back fO~ her
oabys the snow was quite deep; il was the
last snow we had here.
BY Judge Advocate;
went back a second time for the satchel
and basket, and he asked me why / had
taken the child he was la rage. aud said
he wanted IL understood by all parties that
what he did he did knowingly, aud be wanted
II understood that lac was not drunk: he
said they had a fashion OF saying he was
drunk; 1 had seen him drunk at times but
| knew he was not drunk that night. because
l had been there the greater part OF the day.
BY the Defense:
lie was not drunk the time lac shot the
boy, neither was he drunk when he sent for
me 70 90 To 1azoo, nor on the boat with his
Orothers remains, nor on the night 20 which
have referred lac was very bitter towards
MS brothers aud sisters; he would often say
that they didn't care anything about him.
that they hated him, that they didn't value
MS intellect or his greatness; have heard
him quote perhaps hundred times, THAT a
prophet was not without honor. save In his
own family" that his family did not value
hims did not esteem him at all, and that was
the reason that they thought he was
crazy that he hated everybody that he
should have loved; his brothers and sisters
always gave up 10 him on every point, be-
cause they thought at first that it was a
domineering disposition that he had. but ~
last they were satisfiedthat there was some
thing wrong in his mind his brothers and
sisters were always kind and afiectionate
he selected.
BY Judge Advocate:
do not know the habits of the prisoner
with reference TO drinking for several years
past; have known him 10 drink his habits
were very good when young man, except
that he was very eccentric about his family I;
he thought IL was the best In the world lac
didn't want them to look upon plain people /;
were not fit associates for them; never saw
him drink I'm all my life till he went farming
In AGO, and when lac would come down
saw that he was affected with liquor; some
times i could see that he had taken too
much; when | saw prisoner and lie had
been drinking he would not be wild or act
outrageously; l don't know that / ever saw
man with mania a pOtud; before he took
that trip TO see his brother, he was getting
along very quietly; l didn't see anything
amiss with him; L know he hadn't been
drinking the day that he sent his family 10
see Mrs. Shall Yerger; had been la the
house the whole week prior To that, aud 1
remarked how quietly aud well he had got
along; he would as soon drink in my pres
ence as anybody's else; when the prisoner
was drunk or had taken "A little too much,
he always seemed in "A good humor, but
when he was worried about money or dis
tressed. he always acted as ifhe didn't know
what lac was doing drinking always seemed
To soothe his mind and feelings; | never
knew liquor To make him quarrclsome
mentioned his strange conduct 10 his mother
and his sister, Mrs. Hicks; at the time he
shot that boy, he was 10 or 20 years old, and
he had not been drinking for we lived i'm the
country and he couldn't get anything TO
drink; at that time / had never heard Of his
drinking; the time he sent he his family on
to see his aunt, / don't think lac had been
drinking; when we came down the river
with his brothers remains, he staid in the
ladies cabin all the time; his mother par
ticularly requested me not TO let him 90 TO
the bar, and If he wanted ice-water, could
get IL for him; when we went 20 Nazoo City
in the stage, he didn't appear to me TO have
been drinking.