The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-07-27

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said nothing about her correspondence 4; |
hap not posted any letters for my sister;
my sister had been at home about three
months after returning from the west she
had gone west with my sister, Mrs. Gee
she had remained from the holidays until
the latter part of April 1 recollect having
an interview with Mr.. Everett. of the
City Times, the day after the shooting,
Sunday; remember talkinh with q reporter
of the Beacon did not say to Mr.. Ever
EFT that Hunter had tired to induce me to
obtain an interview between him and
Chloe l talked with several reporters,
byt do not reeollect Mr.. Lake, of the
Beacon l never had heard of any diff
Guilty between Hunter and my sister my
father did not stop at the gate before he
passed in l said nothing to father before
stopping the team Hunter did not ex-
tend his hand to father; / was hitchiHg
the horses at the time; father had not
passed through the gate before Hunter
spoke; Mr.. Waldo spoke to me as I drove
in; l was just untying the hitching strap,
when father replied to Hunter about see
ing Chloe; think Hunter said he would
see her. I was not paying strict atten-
ton think mother saw father whom she
stood IN the kitchen door; mother ran in
to the sitting room and called Chloe don't
know whether the stair door was open at
the time think my sister opened the stair
door while l had my scuffie In the hall
with Hunter think it was not more than
half q minute before the first and second
report am not certain about my sisters
opening the door; mother may have done
it; l was standing in the edge of the door;
the ball struck me in the back of the ear;
there were three shots fired in the house,
one of them at me; the shots were fired
in rapid succession the shot that struck
me passed into the decreasing; after 1 re-
covered from the shot that struck me, 1
went out and got a horse; Richard Abrams
had unhitched it from the wagon; went
to Richfeld and got help; two loads of
persons came over; they came back ahead
of me; my head was dressed after 1 got
home; didn't see Chloe during the trans-
action.
Mrs. Caroline Poole sworn.-I live in
West Richfeld; was acquainted with Mr..
and Mrs. Gargett; lived across the road
from their house; have known them nearly
FIVE years; was at home on Saturday,
May 9th; at that time the inmates of the
| Gargett house were Robert anu Elizabeth
Gargett, Rodney and Chloe; have seen
the defendant; first saw him last fall in
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May 81; / then saw him at half past six
1 was i n my yard saw him pass our
house once on a load oflumber with Rod
ney in about five or six minutes 1 heard
the report Of a pistol; / also heard a
scream from some woman; supposed it to
be Mrs. Gargett my husband was not at
home 1 ran night across TO Gargett's
first l saw Chloe running from her gate
and heard her say "Oh don't tell him
where l am /" she was holding up her
hands running she was about opposite
the large gate in the road when I saw her
first that was ali she said she ran on to
my house and l did not speak to her; went
on down to the house and saw Mr.. Gar
| gett lying on the ground as 1 supposed
dead; l Just glanced at him Hunter was
| standing between the street and the kit
chen door, Tightnea the house loading up
his pistol; l did not notice Mr.. Gargett
particularly knew he was shot, for I saw
blood or brains; Ispeke to Hunter, I said
"Ohl dear sir, what have you been doing ?
What have you been doing? Hand me
that pistol" After 1 left my house l
heard three distinct reports of a pistol,
presumed they were near the house; Hun
ter said, Don't come neal me !" l said,
"Where is Mrs. Gargett ?' he replied, ~
want the girl 1 want Chloe, and the girl
I'll have. l won't hurt her; but I will
have her" Then 1 went into the house
and-saw Mrs. Gargett lying between the
hall and the stair door that goes to the
chamber; she vas lying on her left side
perfectly quiet, when l knelt down and
felt her pulse / felt some slight pulse; l
called to her; saw q wound on her temple,
think she was quite dead; l then raised
her bead on my arm and tried to rub her;
Hunter then came in and was storming /;
he came in in a hurry and said, 81 will
have the girl; she is in the house and l
will have her" he opened the stair door
and went up stairs very fast 1 immedi-
ately got up and ran to my house
and told Chloe to get right down in the
cellar; for Hunter vas after her; my
children were down there ; / started to go
back to Gargett's; met Hunter in my
yard; he was inside the gate no one else
was present; he said he wanted Chloe 4;
he must kiss her before he died l went
clese up to him and laid my hand on his
arm and said, "My dear sir, consider what
you are doing" he said, Don't touch me,
keep from me, don't touch me" and point
ed his pistol at me; l said, "No, l wont
touch you, but Just consider, dear sir,
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considered I am rational and conscious
of all / am doing" he handed me some
letters and said, Read those letters; I
was cruelty deceived, and Judge for your
self whether l am not justified in what I
have done" before I left him he said q
great many times that he would shoot
himself; told me to read those letters and
to read them in court, and said he meant
to die and die by his own hands; 1 said,
yves !" my little ones called out "Mother,
Mother, he viii shoot you, come in" 1
turn9d round and said, emo he wont shoot
me-" I then looked him right in the eye
and said, you won't shoot me, will you"
He said, mo madam, you are innocent, I
won't shoot you" and held u his hand
and said, shake hands my friend" Then
he told me about his engagement with
Chloe, saying he had been engaged to
Chloe twice, once before he had seen her,
and once since, but this is what she had
done for him.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Pools examination was continued.
Hunter said, "He-hAs ordered me off the
place and struck me with q rail, andI've
shot him, and I'm glad oft. Iknew that
l must die for it and 1 mean to shoot my
self" said, don't shoot while / am here /;
don't shoot yourself; while I was talking
to him1he hadsthe pistol in his right hand;
he pushed his cap up with his left. hand,
off his head; I turned my face and told
him if he did shoot, not to shoot while !
was there. I had my face averted but a
moment when he said, no, NJ, l can't shoot
myself; Unjust have one kiss. He then
asked me for the -satehel with the letters
in and the key I gave them to him; he
said Imusk Imust,I Willsee her Lthen
pointed nv hand in the direction of the