The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-09-19
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HESSLET'S STkTEAENr.
Ism % years I'D | live at Ball Plar
No roe C. unity, TennssSee. On n" End
day of September, Mr. Reagan aud my
self vent to Syeetwater. Reagan said
that Thus. G.. B,yd had agreed to give
him 81 per day To 90 with him to Mm-
mon witnesses. r, said that he would
give NJ 81 per day il I would go wirh
him He said B,yd would pay all ex.
renseS.
On Wednesday We loft Swoetv.'rr
To gn tn the old mnm RnVd's. We went
II a buggy, w" STAYED at I'D man Bnvd's
si miglt On Thursday night We stayed
a Sheriff u vkinS'. nhnnt a mile fmm
rol. Boyd's On Frid~y morning We
went tn tie oil man Bn,d's. We t.Prs
met Thos G. Royd. We all started
from there 10 90 : o,hr Cardrn settlement.
When WI got 10 III" hig road Bryd gave
NE . subj ern fnr J II. KelSo and asked
me 10 60 tn his house and sunm"n him,
Reagan ind Boyd took nnothrr way and
we're 10 meet q Gorm'ey's. We met A.
Gumle,'s, them went t" C~opp"ngrr's and
took dinner. Sc err dinner 70 started to
90 mp the mountain.
Ahout onr-half mr. th~rrr-qunrterI If a
mile f. m CorrrnQOr's five men came "uf
Of the wnods-tw" had their fares III Cked
two with c"rked pistols in hnr d, '!jnh
he'd" rham against ma. They tnnS IA
from our horses, I ed our hands AM ha 'e
~ ct IN nnr horses nHarn. ~ eY ( K
us h. the ton # he mountain and into rho
woods nhnut a mills. They III n took ~
OH mr. h"rsps and ii Z our foe: lied n
hi dkcrchisf over nv eya' and laid rs
down on the ground. They thps took
our nurses ont Of sight. They her said
to Boyd. Som. On. q ID d-m ynu; yon
prr ~ old fnx-wP' Q got you nnW.-'unr
timr h "a come" When thsy ware "
ing me they said: "Those are Id nc.
hcn's 10 de in"
They then tux BO,d Of IL or 100
wards down n hollow md over II bro \.
could not see him all the time. hut JUS
A. they raised m u snail rise ~ ground
| saw one man poi"t y pistol At Il vi and
fire After the ah / BOYD fell and rnl'
ell nut Of sight. Ahont an hOur and a
half a'ter two men came hack mn the I'LL
to ms. We were cnp'nrrd and tied ahOu'
2 o'clock p m. on Friday. They nn'isa
our legs nj told ia I" GET up They
Walk ua IN the branch al tout thirty
yards and Ia d uS on the ground. They
left Va and were gone about Ono hour.
They went hack to where Boyd Vas shot;
in about me hour one man came back tn
us. he snid to Reagan: 81 know yon;
I've nothing again t Won; you saved NV
life nnce. Rragal asked him when lie
said ask me m f. vnrs aud I'll grant none
lie then nm led Reagan aud ted him to
unite me. lie hade M good bye, saying
perhaps we shall never ma"t again. We
then struck out for the road. Nc hns.
led until it Was quite late, mud then laid
down in the woods till the sun was up.
In tho morning vi came into the 'iG
road ahout four miles { mn where We
were captured. We first went 10 JAIN.
sons, there We ct 'Ome water. We then
w"nt TO King and vo' dinner, from there
t. COppenger~; 'nara met r ,her' Nah.n
and Graves. We ware on our way I
Cd mau Boyd's to inf I'm him; lid Cap
penge" Of; +'nysi all n'!h It Woe
ilumplr r>'; di 'n't 90 t." cd mn h Wis;
hnt on Sunday morn ny went IL my h IN,
on Bali Pay. Som time during the
d,y they can" for IL tn 90 to hunt fr
Boyd. Mahnn wer' to old nav Boyd
and mfnrm'd HIM ~Corperger, whe'
VIC first got there Saturday morning.
wanted % Jet up a crowd at once n
HINT tor Boyd's h dy, Int | told him |
was going up tn Cd man B"yd's. mn
miles # 10 have hem g4t mp the crowd
to hunt for Tho. & B"yH.
Boyd "a Il. whn c%ar'nrpd, 81 have
done nothing to be- mnrd red for, if | IN
to he murdered, II AN TO die LIT III"
die like a man. | want my body taken
10 Sweetwater a d buried.
Reagan was not blindfhllsl and Rnv6
was not blindfolied. We we're iirl with
ropes. After t''cy tied n han lk"rchia'
over my eyes and lad me ON tie ground
I rubbed my head again t a bush til ]
4, the blind d ,wn 80 I caul see with
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