The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-07-22

then requested Mr.. Taylor, or Mr.. Seutfer
| TO ask Mrs. Yerger not TO contradict him,
! that il seemed 20 make him worse, and Mrs.
] Yerger aud the servant, both left the room ;
| | then went to Mr.. Yerger and encouraged
! him in the belief that some person had tried
| TO assassinate him, and told him that it was
| dark. and useless TO try TO catch him that
night either Mr.. Taylor or Mr.. Seutter went
| for basin of water, and commenced wash
/ ing the wound and bathing his head. Mr..
! Anderson came in with his lady about that
time. There was A pistol either on his table
/ or on the side t his book case, cannot pos
itively state which Mr.. Anderson took up; L
| think there was also a knife in the room ;
| Mr.. 1erger had a pocket knife in his hand,
when he invited US into the library. with
one tlade broken off by a lick, or by being
struck against something. Mr.. John h. i er-
/ ger returned about that time, L started up
and met him in front of the house, and a SIX
ed him how MIR. \ erger had got the blow on
his head. he told me that he attempted 70
cut his brother George, and his brother
George had knocked him down. / then left
and went home. Mr.Jno. h. 1erger having
told me that he had been drinking, L attrib-
uted it TO the effect of drink. The accused
made remark in his room that man Dy
the name of Davis had threatened his life
and he thought Davis was the man who had
struck him, and asked me if knew Davis,
and he learned that Davis was the son, or a
step-Son. or Son-in-Iaw of the old shoe
maker: have had some business transac-
W
he conducted his business as well as other
men, and was as keen on a trade as anybody
| never heard insanity imputed to hun till
this trial.
BY Counsel for accused:
| have never been intimate with the ac-
cused, have been in his house but two or
three times. In reference to his eccentrici-
ties of character, / know that the accused
was regarded by business men especially, as
a man who made assertions aud did not
comply with them, and that parties rather
disliked to do business with him. | knew
further, that in business calculations that he
would have very extravagant notions about
business.
BY Judge Advocate:
Inever heard any cause assigned for his
peculiarities and department. except his be-
ing a disagreeable man to do business with,
and prone to difficulties and misunddrstand-
ings. 1t might be more definite to state as
far as | was capable of judging from what
| could hear from parties. who had business
with him, he seemed to construe things diff
ferently from ordinary men III their business
transactions, and IN his own favor: ii you
made contract with him. he would have a
construction of it to suit himself. and that
construction only would satisfy him in the
settlement; | have heard him spoken of as
dictatorial and overbearing in his manner;
| have seen but few persons under the in
fiuence of liquor, and have but little ex-
perience in that line.
TESTIMONY OF E. V. sEUTTER.
BY the Judge Advocate:
| have resided in Jackson since 1863 with
an intermission of perhaps Is months; /
was at the house of the accused some
months ago, the time spoken of by Mr..
Taylor Echols and others. 1t was late in
the evening. probably O'Clock. Mr.. John
X. Yerger came up to me, near MIR. Taylor's
gate; Mr.. Taylor was inside the gate, and
asked me how my arm was. 1t was in ref.
erence to an infamed arm ] had. | asked
him why he asked, he said we want to tie
Ed. Yerger, he has been kicking up, and is
wild there was some conversation, but it
was more addressed to Mr.. Taylor than to
myself being the older man. did not min
gle much in the conversation. we were walk
ing on towards the gate, in front of the
house and we hesitated to go in, and du-
ring that time heard, at | thought it was,
Mr.. Yergcrs voice, in the shrubbery, he
seemed to be excited and halloeiDg rather
loud, cursing. / think; there was an inter-
mission either by Mr.. Echols coming by, at
any rate | heard a crash soon afterwards in
the house, some kind of noise; short time
afterwards Mr.. Yerger came on TO the front
of the gallery, and called to us, ''come in
gentlemen. 1t is the most outrageous
thing ever saw or experienced, to be
Knocked down and attacked in my own
house; he seemed to be excited; walked
in with the other gentlemen. Mr.. Echols
was there at the time, he had gotten off his
horse, and we walked in. Mr.. Yerger in
vited us into the library, narrating the cir
cumstances; | think some of his family
were there at the time trying to pacify himi
telling him that he was mistaken, that he
probably had fallen, or knocked his head
against something in the dark. He didn't
seem to agree with them at all he told them
they didn't know anything about 1t, and to
get out, they did not know what they were
talking about; that somebody had Knocked
him on the head. | asked for water, and
think some arrived; and we applied cold
water freely to the severe cash on his head,
and to cool his wound. He seemed to be
somewhat more quiet afterwards, but he re-
CURED 10 the same subject all the time, of
being attacked in his own house; though
we tried to quiet his conversation. Mr..
Taylor and Mr.. Echols probably had more
to do with the conversation than l had, to
try to turn his mind from the impression,
that he had been knocked down, and almost
everything in careless why, was remarked
to induce him to quiet himself, and not to
excite himself; l think he invited us again
to drink, which was declined; he complain
ed of being sore and chilly, or something
of that kind; that he didn't feel well, and
be went to the sideboard, under the book
shelf, and remarked that he wanted to take
a drink. remarking, that there was some
thing he didn't like, and he went into the
hall and called some of his servants, to
get him something to drink. which they
said they would and went away; he re-
some gin, and he wanted something of the
same kind; he made it as a general remark
as much as to say he didn't like it, that the
liquor was not good; thought at the time
that he had been drinking, that his condi-
ton was caused from drink; | do not re-
member any member of the family saying
he had been drinking.
BY Counsel for the accused.
He did not drink while l was there /
could not possibly assign any other cause
than drink for his extraordinary conduct;
| have seen a man who acted similar under
the influence of liquor; my impression at
the time was, that it was from drink, but /
could not define it. We receive impressions
that one adheres to without really rejecting
on all the circumstances about it; | thought
his flushed face was an indication that he
had been drinkingi may nave been i'm
pressed by some remark, but / could not
swear to the words that L heard. / have
never had any intimacy with Mr.. Yerger's
family.
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