The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-25

tho keenest shot ever heard
and that I believed Tubbs had shot
bis wife; heard a woman screaming and
said "boys he has shot her, sure; we vent
TO tho house: saw CHI Hazlewood and
Jorden there; Tabs clothes were all off,
we turned him over and saw the wound
in his back; Tubbs said, "Mr. Heater, ]
| have n mortal wound and will have TO die"
! [ said hop not; on Sunday Mr..
! Thomas, Mr. Morris and myself made an
examination, and found where some one
had laid on tho ground; we saw the inn
preston of toes and knees behind tree;
the marks looked as il they might have
| bccn there some time; tho grass and
ponnyroyal was wiihcrcd; there was q
! fair view from tho trco TO the
house, thought the shot was fired
at tho house. could not tell how long be-
| fore tho shower tho person had been be-
| mind the troe Lakewood and Jorien were
at the house; Tubbs did not say how he
had been shot; could see the edge of the
door from the tree; could not see the full
door; the place where We were cutting hay
was in plain Wow of the white walnut
treo.
Cross.examincd by Judge Allen Was
In the field working hay; think il was be-
tween 10 and IL o'clock when the shot was
Cred, think il was nesrer IL o'clock the
| doctor had not come when got to Tubs
/ house; he came in about 20 minutes; IN the
/ morning went to Tubbs' house and got u
cup to got drink; Mrs. Tubbs was lying
ca the bed; said sEc had the headache
it raincd on Friday after the shooting; it
was fright smart shower; there was no
rain between that and Sunday.
Levi Jorden testiled--I know HUFF
man; was acquainted with Tubbs; saw
Tubbs the day he WINS shot, he came TO
my house and woke me up, and said he
wanted me to take my horses and go up
to Charlie DiIlo'sto get his buggy fixed;
we started before day; coming back we
stopped. at Rnsch's grocery CHA Halle
wood, his son and several others were at
the grocery; We all took n drink; Huffman
came in and Tubs began to abuse him;
Huffman sni! no lad nothing against
! Tubbs, and went out of the grocery, and
started toward home; Tubbs followed
huffman out Of the grocery; Rasoh took
his gun and went up tho road;
Tubbs waited some oysters, and
sent Scott Hazlewocd after Rascl; Rasch
would not come and Tubbs said lie would
90 after him he went and Rasch came
back with him. We each got a box Of oys.
tor; Tubbs got bottle of whiskey, and
We all went over to my house; Scott HN'
alewood and Tubs rode faster than ",
did, when We got there Tubbs was lying
on tho bed; my wife was getting dinner
Tubbs sent one of my little girls after BIZ
wife; his wife could not come; sba wa
sick, but said sho would come as soon q
her head got better; Tubbs then left an,
went over home; in q little while we hear,
the shot We then heard some one cominJ
crying; we went TO the door and Tubbs
wife came Up and Sal Tubs had sho
\ hiInsei.. wo eVar,ui over and ru
fnst when We got there We foun
rubbs setting on the ground, and sa'
A blood on his back and hole in his shirt
9 Le told Us that nc hsl sho; himself W
carried him home into the house
, seemed to be in his right mind when W
got to him; we sent for the doctor i. wa
about / / O'clock when shooting occurred
| wasn't there long before the docto
came; tue doctor was near at hand anC
"arna soon: Tubbs lived about six hour
after he was shot, Tubbs had a pis.oI il
his possession that day it was a comm oil
small Aye-barre!ed pistol; | did rot ex
anime to see how many shots had teer
shot out of IL; We compared the bal
tuken from Tubbs body and one of tn
pistol balls bali tal,oG from Tubbs' tod,
was largest; | saw place whore some
body had laid down by the side of u wal
nu, tree; wasn't with the party that ar
rested Huffman never heard uatlmai
make threats against Tubbs.
Cro.s-cIamined by Judge Allen. l
was about o'clock when we got to tn
grocery; Tubbs treated Hahmsn prelt,
rough; he ordered Huffman to leave th
grocery Huffman l9f! and Tubbs FOL
lowed him 10 tho dump it was about /
clock when We left the grocery; it
nearly a mile from Hutlmans house |,
my house,
james llightowcr tcstia.d--J heard o
the circumstances of Tubbs death | wa
not at the grocery; l heard Huffman sa,
tina. il ever Tlbbs treated him MS he hac
treated others, ho would kill him If b,
had to waylay him. Huffman said tina
Tu5bs would make Smithy spend hi
money for whisky when he needed it FL
his family.
Cross.cxsmincd by Judge Allen
Huffman said he would xii
any man who might treat him il
that way be spoke any one treating him il
that way,
, Alfred Cauble icstilod-knew but lit,
: about Iubbs; had gone TO dinner. and jus
/ a, we set down Jordens boy cana aud sal,
rubbs had shot imself; the next day wa
summoned to act as juryman at the inquest