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

IaIlen from HIN Ill Tie SCulltt. anu lSktu
him if he had brought IT, at for me; do not
recollect what his response was; that ended
the difficulty.
TESTIMONY OF JNo. W. ROBINSON.
BY the Judge Advocate:
have been resident of Jackson about
20 years; | have known the accused u or
10 years; / do not think | ever heard insan-
ity attributed to him till this trial com
menced,
By Counsel for accused:
/ have known great deal of Mr.. 1erger's
eccentricity, from report more particularly,
but not from my own knowledge; he is one
of the few gentlemen with whom ] have
not been intimate; we have always been
friendly; | must say | always avoided any
thing like an approach to familiarity with
him from the fact of his pecuharities and
his disposition to quarrel with his friends,
and perhaps having difficulties.
BY the Judge Advocate:
| NAV perhaps have attributed his &C.
centricities to the free use of liquor; it was
the common report that he was free liver;
l know nothing of it myself.
TESTIMONY OF GEO. c. CRANBERRY.
[ reside in Jackson l think l have known
the prisoner or 3 years; had some bust
ness transactions with him some or years
ago; it was in regard to an advertisement
when he published a newspaper; so far as |
know he conducted his business in the COM
munty as other men did | never heard in
sanity imputed to him until this trial COM
menced; | saw him on the day of the homo
eide, | think about Is or 20 minutes before
it occurred | met HIM on the street and
spoke to him; his manner was somewhat
excited thought; / heard him make a re-
mark, not addressed TO me personally, about
the expressions we were Submitting 10 here,
if people would stand up to him, he would
see them righted, or something like that; |
DO not know what caused the remark; 1t
didn't strike me that he was laboring under
delirium of any kind; | attributed his ex-
citement to two causes, one was, the IikeH-
hood of a difficulty, the other was, thought
him partially inebriated; | am not intimate
enough with Mr.. Yerger to say whether he
was under the influence of liquor or not; he
certainly was not drunk.
BY Counsel for accused:
have had no intimate acquaintance with
the accused, and only one or two business
transactions with him; for two or three
wears he has borne a general character for
eXaggeration, and his department. has been
the subject of frequent and general CONVEX
sation in the community, as strange and
singular; / think it has been different from
that of any other gentleman in the commu-.
nifty.
By the Judge Advocate:
His peculiar conduct was attributed by
some to one thing, and by others TO another.
by me to his excessive vanity and oyerbear-
ing disposition; he could not bear opposi-
ton.
TESTIMONY OF JNo. H. ECHoLs.
BY the Judge Advocate.
have resided in jackson since 1854; l
knew the prisoner first IN 1856; have been
clerk in the office of Secretary of State, since
February ID, 1864. up to the time of the sur
render; was elected State Treasurer at the
- IL enr aud
ed until could not qualify under the iron
clad oath; was at the house OF the prisoner
on the night referred to by Jno. h. Yerger,
w. b. Taylor and DR.. Craft.
was going home about half-past o'clock
on horseback and when / was opposite Mr..
Nerger's house Mr.. John X. Yerger hailed
me and asked me TO loan him my horse, that
he wanted to go for doctor, and Mr.. George
Dobson, and some other parties. that they
wanted to tie Mr.. Edward Yerger. He ask
ed me to remain until he came back he said
he was crazy, and they could do nothing
with him; | asked him what was The matter
with Mr.. 4erger, and he said he had been
drinking, that is the sum and substance OF
the question End answer as given. loaned
him my horse to go to the parties mention
ed, and at the gate l met Mr.. w. B. Taylor
and r. v. Seutter; just as met them Mrs.
lerger came out on the balcony st the south
east corner of the house and hailed to know
who was at the gate; one of the parties an
requested US to please come into the house,
that Mr.. Yerger was acting strangely and
she could do nothing with him, we were
standing about three and not more than five
steps from the gate, and when we reached
the gate to open it, Mr.. Yerger appeared at
the door of his library. at the northeast
corner of the house, and as he appeared on
the gallery or portico, he exclaimed, Gen.
tleman, said he, come in, some damned
scoundrel has attempted to assassinate me in
my own house, or words to that effect; we
went to the front of the house and were in
vited in by him. He showed US place on
his head, cut, / suppose from recollection,
about one and a half inches in length while
we were in his library Mrs. Yerger and
woman took to be a servant of the house
came into the room and remarked that he
had fallen and hurt himself; he told his wife
that she knew nothing about it. to attend to
her own business; the servant woman then
made a repetition of the same remark, that
he had fallen and hurt himself; he ordered
her to leave the room, or he threatened eth
er to blow her brains out, or knock her
head oil, or some remark 70 that effect; ]