Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-02
THE CRANE HOMICIDE.
Examination of Witnesses on the
Fifteenth Day.

rom the Jackson S1aElon.4
Pltsey Scott (colored) said: don't
know my age exactly; 1 came from
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 Nerger, the mother Of Z, N.
Nerger: ] knew the brothers and sis
tiers of Mrs. Judge Scott; she had a
sister and brother crazy; and brother
had two sons crazy; the brothers who
were crazy were named Richard and
stephen: their father was named
Dickey Haynes; two sons of Dickey
Haynes We're crazy; one got killed in
a crazy spell, on account of young
lady; the other one didn't do any
thiRg except go-al4sut the street; they
put him in a tight Jacket; that was
stephen. | came to this country with
Mrs. Judge Scott; she lived with Mrs.
George NergeT, in Nicksburg, and
died there; She had two or three spells
after she came cut here, and died in
one Of them; she used to get so she
could not move, and she was hallOw-
ing and screaming; and she would
never let any one come round her
but me: I was there when she died.
d. c. Henden said: / reside in
Jackson; | have known the prisoner
about sixteen months; / became ac-
quainted with him in February year
ago; l met him at the Memphis Com
mercial Convention; | met him the
first day of the Convention, on Mon
day; he spoke of his immigration
scheme in very glowing terms; his
language was, Hthat it was one Of the
grandest schemes that was ever con-
ceived by the mind Of man, and he
asked me what | thought of 1t; | said
thought a great difficulty in il was
that It would require a great deal of
money to put it in operation, and / did
not see where he 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 gets
million of dollars If necessary; he read
TO me a letter; said il was from this
Boston banker; / did not see any pro-
position in II about money; i left him
there; / think met him next day in
the Convention; he seemed very anX-
ious TO offer resolutions, which the
minutes of the Convention will show;
he was up frequently; I met him on
Wednesday, / think, in company with
Col. Sale, his uncle, +. NJ. Yerger, of
Memphis, and some other gentlemen,
don't recollect who; knew them
allat the time; / spoke TO them; Col.
YeTgeF was leaving them as / walked
up, and he said he didn't wish me to
leave till he saw me; said he, 81
want to see you paEtieularly;" he
went into the cigar store that we
were standing in front of, and
Col. Sale remarked: That man is
going to challenge his unele;"
looked around, but didn't see that
any one seemed to be excited at all
Mr.. Yerger, of Memphis, was stand
ing there; Col Yerger walked into
the cigar store hurriedly, and was
writing off the show case for some
time; asked what was the difficulty
and was told that they had fallen out
about pistol; Col. Yerger came out
of the cigar store, handed Col. Sale a
paper, and said, you will deliver that
to that man; Col. Sale left me then,
and Yerger took me back into the
cigar store; Col. Sale and Mr.. Yerger
of Memphis came into the cigar store,
and Col. Sale handed the paper TO Ed
ward Yerger Of Memphis; he read it
out and put II 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 1t was on
Friday; the last time | saw him was
on Saturday morning; ! met him in
company with Col. Galloway and Col.
Sale, and Edward Yerger of Memphis,
and two other gentlemen / did not
know; he asked me then il /
had heard of Crandall's denOunc-
ing him on the - street; /
said 1 had; he asked me what he had
said; l told him said he, met him
at the hotel, and insuited the dam'd
scoundrel, and he didn't resent it, and
now be has got on the train and Is
gone; remained with him some half
hour; he was talking in very excl
ted way, and Galloway coming up,
took me off and said, what are YOU
quaIrelling about? he then took me
off and told me about the difficulty.
He was very much excited every
time / saw him whilst l was there. 1
On the last morning heappeared much
more so than during the week; /
thought his mind was very unsettled;
he was very III excited and his
talk was very extravagant on every
thing; while at Memphis / saw him
take three drinks, think, and that
wine; / mentioned there, and after.I
came home, that would not be sur.