The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-04-24
THE PEOPLE vs.. HOFFMAN.
TRIAL OF HOFFMAN FOR THE
MURDER OF HENRY TUBBS,
At IIAZLEWOOD.

In the circuit court, on Monday after
noon the case Of the people vs. Hoffman
for the murder Of Henry Tubbs was
called. Nearly half n day was spent in
getting a Jury, after which the counsel
stated their case, and the court adjourned
for Thursday.
Judge Allen and ). +. Wheeler appear
for the prisoner, and ID. 4. Lincgar and
County Attorney =. H. Pope for the peo-
| pie.
Yesterday morning tho case was ro-
sumed and the following testimony taken.
For the people,
DR.. j. =. Grier testified -Practicing
medicine; was acquainted with Henry
Iubbs he is dead; died since July; on the
26th of July was called to see Tubbs; wen,
Immediately TO see him; found him suffer-
ing from wound in the back, the ball
had passed through the stomach, went in
at the back; remained with him some time:
he wanted me to give him morphine; hs
vomitcd freely; discharging oysters; it was
about | o'clock when | saw him; ii took
inc 10 or 10 minutes 10 go where Tubbs
was; noSt morning | was summoned to
make post mortem examination of the
| body of Tubs; / did so and found hole
through the upper part OF the stomach;
! found tho BALL IL was rifle ball;
| Tubbs came to his death by the
effects Of q gun shot wound; met Tubbs
that morning; was going home and met
him few hundred yards: from whero he
was killed the shootsng was done in the
upper part Of this county, on the 2Gth day
of July. 1872; Tubbs was in the hUu4c
when saw him; did know the
size Of the ball, but don't rcmem-
Der now had the ball until
the case was tried before Judge Bross
Mr.. Wet b took the ball
Gross lcSamined by Judge Allen-Was
at the widow Goodman,s when
| was sent for; was close to the Cairo. and
St. Louis railroad; was summoned by
| Scott Hazlewood; saw him before he got
to tho house; was riding pretty fast;
started rs soon as / saw him; had started
from Mrs Goodman's before he got down
| the hill; he called me to come a fast Us |
| could; went pretty fast; went with him;
was between 10 and 10 minutes before
We got to Tubb.; had watch
and looked at it, don't remember whether
! it was IL minutes before or - minutes
after II o'clock; my watch was about cor
rect don't think ! met any one on the
way down; found Mrs. Tubs, Mr.. Halle
wood, Mr.. Thompson and others ut Tubbs
when go. there; don't remember seeing
any one on the road down; did hot halt
in crossing the railroads did not SEQ any
one coming up the railroad; Cooper creek
is south OF where we crossed the
railroad; don't know whether /
looked down the road; I cant tell if
Roach came after or before go. ,horoi
don't know if Roach's grocery was shut
up, but think it was closed; don't know
how long Roach stayed there, but he WAS
there quite while.
By Linegar-Thc grocery is about a
mile and quarter from where we found
Tubbs.
Mr. Gin Lakewood tustiied--Was ac-
! quaintcd with Tubbs; was with him on the
10th Of July, 1872; the first saw of him wa,
| with Jordcn, coming toward the grocery;
the grocery was kept by man named
Roach; Tubbs was drinking some that day;
| was sitting on the fence, and Hoffman
came and set by me; did not 20 into the
grocery; Hoffman said diets 90 in:r said
no. after a while | saw old man Price and
his SON 20 away, and then we went in:
Tubbs began to.quarrel with Huffman. and
said he was ga id traitors" pushed HotI-
man away, and told Tubbs Hoffman did not
want to fight; Tubbs did not like it: another
man said il they wanted To
fight let them do it; Tubbs slapped Hoffman
in the face; think he pushed or slapped
Hoffman; Iofman went out and went over
the dump towards home, Tubbs followed
him onto the dump; last | saw of Hoffman he
was or his way home, near the bridge over
Cooper creek; can't tell the exact time of
day II happened; IL must have been : or
O'Clock III the forenoon; suppose it /. halt
mile from the grocery to Huffman, house:
] was with Tubb. an the time; we staid al
the grocery; Roach took hi- gun and went
up the road and shot once or twice; Tubbs !
wanted some oysters, and sent for Roach: he |
came back aud we ate several boxes of |
oyters; Roach took his gun and went OF |
again; we left the grocery and went up to |
Jordcn's; Tubbs rode faster than the rest of /
Us, and was some distance ahead: when we |
got 10 Jorden'-, we found Tubbs
laying on the bed; one OF the
girls came in from Tubbs' house Tubbs got |
up and went out in Il little while we heard
shot, and Jordon wanted TO know what it
meant; we started over to Tubbs' house
and went around the road; when we got
near the house we heard Tubbs' wife
screaming; she said Tubs had shot himself;
we went up to him and found blood on his
back to the Lest OF my recollection | I'M.
derstoOd that he shot himself; he spoke of
the tcrrors of death, and wanted doctor;
sent my son TO Mrs Goodman's, where the
doctor was it is a short distance from J0r-
den's to Tubb's house: both houses set on
the same 40 acre lot; it is about 800 yards
around the road between the houses ! can't
tell exactly, but think it was about / O'Clock