Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1869-09-28

street. was in my Bar, and Mason Young
and Reilly were with me; Heck had not been
in the Bar, as far as 1 know, since o'clock
A little after IL o'clock, when Young & Reilly
were with me, Mr. Moore came down and said,
81 shot Bob Heck; give me some water to
wash the blood off my hands" 1 said, help
yourself. A dark woman came down right
after him; in minute or two minutes, Heck
came down and had pistol in his hand, and
said, "by God Burton, I'm shot dead ]" He
had the pistol in his hand at arms length,
elevated, his hand wavering; he himself was
swayiag about in his body. lie then fired
between me and Young; L suppose at Moore,
who was right behind me. l jumped sides
ways; Moore then fired at Heck, who fell
before Moore fired at him, think. Moore
suddenly stopped when Heck fired at him, and
then raised upright to fire at Heck. The
shots put the light out "a small hand lamp;
lit it again as soon as l could light match
to do SO. The lamp stood out of range, of
shot, about two feet. 1 picked the pistol
Heck had from his body, and laid it behind
thebar; don't know who got it since. Pistol
shown to witness. That is my pistol; it is
the one Heck had it is five barrelled Colts
revolver, the whole of the chambers were
loaded, and the pistol was laid by me some
days ago in my money drawer Heck fired
first shot heard two shots outside. Heck
took my pistol out of the money drawer some-
time during the day. had put it there when
Mr.. Milsead returned it to me, L having
loaned it to him when his horse was stolen
Moore was washing when Heck came in; did
not see Moore with pistol until Heck came
down. l was inside of the Bar and leaning
on it.
VIM. WILKINSON, sworn-On Saturday
night between the hours of III aud II o'clock,
l was in the Office of the Carter House,
heard Mr.. Albert Moore and a colored girl
named Mary Jones talking on the stoop, Heck
did not understand, Moore said go away from
here Heck or I'll shoot you, Cd - you
Heck stepped on the porch and said, shoot
me And Albert said yes, III kill you, c.
d-n you In second heard two reports
of pistol Heck fell and said, go for the
doctor to stop this blood. Albert said no, I'll
not go for no doctor, you meddled with me
when was asleep on the porch here. AL
bert then went off the porch. put on my
shoes and pants and in that time Heck jump
ed up aud ran off the porch. L then heard
two reports of pistol in the bar>room. l
was looking out of the Office window and saw
Moore come out of the bar he snapped his
pistol, and snapped his pistol, and it missed
fire. He was then standing about in front of
the bar>room window, this was as sooI as he
got out. The negro girl was outside on the
pavement in front of the Hotel Office, and she
said to Albert run, and he got on his horse
and rode off. / was standing at the window
in the office, the window was hoisted and the
blinds closed at the time. On several differ
ent occasions men and women had been using
the benches as bed chambers. came there
l5p't Of
at their work Glaughter1 l was looking ut the
parties throus h the blinds at the time. 1
heard Heck when he fell, aud afterwards
the body 1 saw nothing except the girls
dress. After Moore left opened the window
blinds and saw Heck lying on the porch, and
| dressed as quickly as could to 20 for the
doctor. just as opened the shutter Woore
was going down the street. The night was
pretty dark, have seen darker nights, if
could see any person | could have recognised
them that night at the distance of foot
When | opened the window did not see the
negro girl. Had one eye out of the window
peeping, the other was in my head where it
belonged. Laughter
JOHN REED, JR., sworn.-On Saturday
night, l was about half asleep and half awake.
1 heard some talking ON the street, and re-
cognized Mr.. Moore's voice [ got up and
started across the way, q was sleeping in the
room across from the hotel,) and before l
reached the window l heard two shots. l
heard Mr. Moore say, ''You have followed me
up and disturbed me again, when l was quiet
ly asleep; now you must take the conse-
quences l could see the form of man
lying across the pavement, and recognised his
voice as that Of Mr.. Heck. He used the ex-
preston, For Gods sake go for doctor,
TO stop this blood. Jesus Christ will no.
body 90 for doctor?" l cond sec the form
rise up and take seat on the floor of the
porch. He sat there very short time, and
called upon the name of Burton twice; after
calling for Burton, he jumped up and ran
rapidly down the bar-room steps. l heard
the report of pistol Immediately on his get
ting to the bottom of the steps, and another
one in quick succession. The light went out
Immediately after the first fire. After the
second fire, l saw Mr.. Moore run up the
steps, out on the pavement, and step or two
towards the hotel door; he came back to the
head of the bar-room steps, pointed his pistol
down there, and snapped it. He then got on
his horse, which was hitched at the sign post,
rode off easily for half square, then rapidly.
Shots iu Quick succession-both fred while
| was walking across the room.
j. r. A. REDMAN sworn.-I was in bed,
and heard two distinct shots in rapid succession.
l didn't get out of my bed until heard some
one cry for doctor. l then heard the wounded
man call out. "for Gods sake, go for doctor p
When | saw him he was sitting on the porch;
in the lapse of few moments saw some one
going down into the basement. In few mo-
ments the man got up and went rapidly into
the basement, and then heard two more shots
fired this time in the basement-the last shot
l thought was louder than the first. At the
last shot the lights were distinguished in the
bar. 1 then thought heard the snap of a
pistol, like the hammer striking on tube
there was no explosion of cap. Before the
lights were again lit, saw some ono in light
clothes come out Of the basement and 60 to.