Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-03-14

didn't have any disguise; never saw him
in Disguise.
M. Byers was the next witness for
the defense. He testified that he lived
with Mr.. Berong: was at his house Satur-
day night. Some men came there about
10 or II o'clock; didn't have the time, and
can't say exactly. They went to shooting
down there. had gone 60 bed, and it
somewhat frightened me. 7 got I'D out of
bed and ent to the door. Mr. Berong
was ia the house at the time. heard Mr..
Berong IN his room; he went out through
the hall door and as he got out to the porch
| came to the door. He walked sboat
sixty yards from the house and spoke TO the
men that we're there and told them for Gods
sake to quit shooting into that house.
They cursed Mr.. Berobg and told him to
go back to the house or they would give
him some. He returned then to the house.
We had gone to bed about or 8 o'clock.
l was not in the room with Mr.. Berong.
There is a hall between our rooms I
heard BeroDg open the door and walk to
the porch.
Esquire J. II Clark testified that he re-
sided in Murfreesboro; was present at the
inquest held over Inman's body; was the
Coroner; heard Wiley Kimbro examined.
Wiley said Mr.. Berong had started down
to where the shooting was going on, and
that they told him to go back, NOS to come
there. Mr.. Berong has been in the neigh
borhood some four or I've years. His
reputation is that Of quiet and peseeable
citizen, as far as know; was not init
mately acquainted with him
j. E. Dromgoole was next called He
had been acquainted with Mr.. Berong
some four or five years; he was good cit
izen. ..-...
D. Fl. @. Spence testified: That he had
known Mr.. Berong about two years; his
reputation for quietness and peace was as
good as that of any body in the world
The case was then argued at some length
by counsel on both sides.
We should have stated, in giving old
man Wiley Kimbro's testimony, that
Wiley testified that BeroRg said ''Wiley
come out, they are not going to hurt you
He was asked on Gross examination,
whether Berorg said this, or the six men,
acd he then replied, ''Ihey said, Wiley
come out Ia answer to the sans
question by the Commissioner, Wiley
also said, 'They said, Wiley come out, "
though on his direct examination he had
said, 'tBsr0ng said, Wiley come out, etc.
Commissioner Goodwin reviewed the
testimony at length and then said, my
impression is that there must have been
en- understanding between this pIrty
TBerongl and those men that night; I can
not but believe that this defendant was
conspiring with those parties and that he
knew who those parties were, and VIVA.
their purpose vas and that he did have
something to do with these men coming
there that night. don't know that the
defendant viii suffer particularly by being
bound over to the United States Court
He vii! have the opportunity Of being
heard by a jury who viii weigh the testi-
mony."
The Commissioners then said that he
would reduce the bail from s., 900 10 81
600. Mr. B-ien intimaied that this would
be rather excessive, as Berong wss poor
man, but the bail was not reduced.
The defendant gave $4,000 bail for his
appearance at the April term of the Federal
Court