Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-08-26

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CIV because he had q chance to take
iii, and no one else did; that nc al
ways carried his money in his LETT
pants pocket, and his tobacco and
knife in his right.
DR.. N. T. BgIDGEs testifcs: lisa
practicing physician. Attended ON
Shipley 10 his death. He said he
would die all the time. He often
said during his sickness that WIss,
Ter robbed him of his money and
then burnt him up to conceal his
guilt.-About 10 or 20 minutes be
fore he died, no told his wife that
Wissler had burned him up, but
added, ''l'hc Lord has forgiven
me my sins, and ! will forgive him"
lie said at another time that Wiss-
Ter was close by Inn at the table
and had his hands about him and
all over him, on different parts OF
him, on his lap and about his peck
cts. He said Wisslsr told him at
the table, when he came back from
the dining-room door, that he had
lost his pistol, and that he (Shipley)
then told him to take the lamp and
look for it; that Wissler took up
the lamp and sat it on the floor,
and then took itup again and waved
it over him for several times, whom
all at once the lamp fell down be-
tween his legs as he sat at the table,
and that he believed he did it in
tentionallv. Witness also stated
that Wisslcr never called or sent to
make any inquiries after Shiplcy's
condition, after the burning, so far
as he knew or heard.
JoHN HENCTAMrs, Saloon keeper,
testifics On the evening of July 7,
after s o'clock, Wlssler and Shipley
we're in my saloon Shiplcy was in
,oxicated had been in the drinking
saloon several limos that day; thoy
drank together; Shipley paid for
the drinks; Wissler bought cigars;
Wissler invited Shiplcy to goto the
Scruggs House and take supper
with him; Shiplcy declined they
went out and | saw no moro OF
them.
w. T. SoARD, testjies; Was pres,
ent when Shiploy was in the water
rough, after the burning his pants
we're found in the trough, under
him; ! took them up and handed
them to James 0. ~Sawyors, Just as !
took thcm up; they were all in a
wad, rolled up; am the officer in
charge of defendant; a few days
ago | heard n Of his friends ask
him what he had done with his pis-
tol. lie replied that he had sent it
home by one of his friends who wa
with him when he was arrested,
that he knew if he kept it they
would take it away from him, so he
sent it to his home in Macon, Miss.
II. f. HILL tcStifes: Owns the
saloon kept by John Henckamp,
was present and testifios to the same
facts.
OSCAR T. JONES tcstifies Was City
Marshal of Corinth defendant sur.
rendered to him about s A. NJ, July
!.
II. Mask, Mayor of Corinth De.
PENDANT and Oscar +. Jones came to
me about s A. NJ, July 8; defendant
said he came to surrender to me.
The State here closed and the dc
Tense offered the following:
W. II. DoDsoN, for defense: Ev
amined ShipIoy the day after til,
burning, when WissIer was n tria
for robbery; he gave it as his belle
that Wisslor robbed, and thcr
burned him on purpose said finally
nc was not certain whether Wissle'
or two mon who assisted lin frou
the trough to his room got his mon
CIV said he had four or five hundreC
dollars in his left hand pants pocket
that he had always carried it there
that he had examined his pc Ike
lust before he went into the hote
for supper, and that his money wa
all right then; that at the suppe
table Wisslcr got up and left, thel
/, returned and said he had lost some
thing, it may have been his pistol
t witness has forgotten; that WHSLE
, was feeling around that he (ShiT
lcy) told him to take the lamp an.
look for it; hat he did so, place,
the lamp on the floor; that he the
took it up and seemed to be mOvin.
; it around rather over him (Shiplev
as he sat at the table, and that tn
! first thing he knew the lamp fcl
down between his legs and broke
t and set him (Shipley) on fire; h
said Wisslor pretended to be drunk
I but he vas not drunk that whe
t Wisslor returned into the dining
+ room just before tho burning, h
/ put his hands on his (Shiploy's
= shoulders, and seemed to he pullin
t about his person for something. l
5 Shipley's testimony he was not pos
(; tive that WiSSlcr got his money, bu
n he was more of the opinion that h
t got it than any one else. He sal
! he never saw anything moro {
Wissler after the burning.
!. +. Il. WHITFIELD, for dcfcnsc: RI
c members being at James Olft's ba,
t bcr shop the morning after tn
burning; does not remember sccin
S Wisslcr there; did not hen kno,
q Wisslcr; saw several strangers thor,
does not remember seeing any on
counting money is not in the hab
n of paying attention to the affairs {
. strangers. The day after TIL BARI
k ing, Wisslcr came to my Office
;. employ me to defend him on til
II charge of robbery paid me $40 i
Q money and pawned his watch too
d the money from a roll not large
than one-fourth the size of a man
u,.,et about ~ IL