Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-07-01
rATsEY SCOTT (colored).


urday, June 2sth, to establish Yerger's
insanity:
rATsEY SCOTT (colored).
don't know my age exactly / came
fron Knoxville, Tennessee, with Judge
Scott; he married Miss Sallie Haynes;
Judge Scott had six children, four boys
and two girls; one of the daughters died,
and the other is Mrs. George Yerger, the
mother of E. NJ. Yerger; knew the
brothers and sisters of Mrs. Judge Scott;
she had sister and brother crazy, and
brother had two sons crazy; the
brothers who we're crazy were named
Richard and Stephen; their father
was named Dickey Haynes; two
sons of Dickey Haynes were crazy;
one got killed in crszy spell, on ac-
count of young lady; the other one
didn't do anything except go about the
street; they put him in tight jacket,
and he died in his tight jacket; that was
Stephen. | came to this country with
Mrs. Judge Scott; she lived with Mrs.
George Yerger, in Vicksburg, and died
there; she had two or three spells after
she came out here, and died iu one of
them; she used to get so she could not
move, and she was hallowing and scream
ing; aud she would never let any one
come round her but me; | was there
when she died.
DC. HERSDEY.
reside in jackson | have known the
prisoner about sixteen months; | be-
came acquainted with him in February
year ego; | met him at the Memphis
Commercial Convention; | met him the
first day of the Convention, on Monday;
he spoke of this immigration scheme in
very glowing terms; his language was,
that it was one of the grandest schemes
that was ever conceived by the mind of
man." and be asked me what / thought
of it; / said | thought great difficulty
in it was that it would require a great
deal of money TO put itin operation, and
| did not see where be could get It; he
said he could get as much money as he
wanted; that there was a Boston banker
that would let him have all the money he
wanted; he could get million of dollars
if necessary; he read to me letter said
it was from this Boston banker | did not
see any proposition in it about money /
left him there; | think / met him next
day in the Convention; he seemed very
anxious to offer resolutions, which the
minutes of the Convention will show; he
was up frequently; / met him on
Wednesday, | think in company with
Colonel Sale, his uncle, E. NJ Yerger, of
Memphis, and some other gentlemen, |
don't recollect who; / knew them all at
the time; spoke to them; Colonel Yer
ger was leaving them as walked up, and
he said he didn't wish me to leave till he
saw me; said be, II want to see you
particularly" be went into the cigar
store that we we're standingin front Of, and
Col. Sale remarked, THAT man is going
to challenge his uncle; | looked
around, but didn't see that any one
seemed TO be excited at all; Mr.. Yerger,
of Memphis, was standing there; Colonel
Yerger walked into the cigar store hur-
riedly, and WAS writing of the show case
for some time; / asked what was the
difficulty, and was told that they had
fallen out about pistol; Colonel Yerger
came out Of the cigar store, handed Col
onel Sale paper, and said, you will de-
| pNCF ludl W luat ulhu OOiOu6i OAlc lclb
me then, and Yerger took me back into
the cigar store; Colonel Sale and Mr..
Yerger Of Memphis came into the cigar
store, and Colonel Sale handed the paper
to Edward Yerger, Of Memphis; he read
it out, and put it in his vest pocket; /
remained with them some little time and
then left them; when | saw them again,
/ don't remember; / met him almost
every day, unless it was on Friday; the
last time | saw him was on Saturday
morning; met him 10 company with
Colonel Galloway and Colonel Sale, and
Edward Yerger, of Memphis, and two
other gentlemen / did not know; be
asked me then If had heard Of Gran
dslrs denouncing him on the street;
said / had; he asked me what he had
said; told him said he, met him at
the hotel, aud | insulted The dam'd
scoundrel, and be didn't resent il, and
now he has got on the train and is gone;
l remained with him some bali hour he
was talking in q very excited way, and
Galloway csming up, took me Of and
said, what are you qsurrelling about7
be then took me of and told me about
the difficulty.
He was very much excited every time
l saw him whilst | was there On the