The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1873-05-31


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nr Having made Oh Of his on
apgomenIs for lgalng next morn
ng CO. daylight on the train, and
bayiug scuthis hired pan home on
Wednesday he Iell town about
! o'clock, Ftatiug limt Tie was going
ont to SEQ o certain party, by tho
hamo Of j. Wright, who lived about
fifteen miles northeast OF this place,
and Who owed lin three hundred
dollars. lie was gone until nine
O'Clock pm, when he returned aud
stated that he had been shot, aud
robbed Of twelve hundred dollars,
by two men, about six miles from
town that he had gone il four miles
of Wright's house, and had met
Wright, and had received the three
hundred dollars, and that he returned
to town, and when within six or
seven miles Of this place two men
sprang out from the roadside and
demanded his money. lie said he
had none, and they fired upon him,
and that he fell from the horse
wounded in the left arm, and that he
was robbed and made TO get on the
horse AMI start towards town, the
robbers Disappearing in the woods.
He was greatly excited and confused,
and could not tell where and how lie
was shot and robbed, other than the
above statement. A surgeon was
summoned, and it was found that he
was hot BY a pistol ball through
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the feshy part Of the left arm, ard
that n ball had been shot into the
left breast Of his coat, the ball s!rik-
ing a memorandum book and gIauc-
ing off. lie lett on the train next
morning, refusing TO stay here aud
take any steps towards arre5ting Or
giving any information of the Affair."
Sheriff Ozanne, with two deputies,
went at daylight next morning, and
traced the route that Barnett had
taken for ten miles, TO the llibler
farm. and his return, tracking tue
horse easily upon the entire routes
going aud returning, but could find
no place where any signs o any strug-
Gle had taken place, and could mud
no man by the name OF j. Wright,
who lived within twenty miles OF the
place where Barnett said he lived,
aud they could find no evidence OF
my such man ever having lived in
that country. They saw several
parties who saw Barnett rs he went
out and ae heroturned, up to within
FIVE miles Of this place, and no one
saw any signs OF any trouble having
taken place or heard anything about
Il. The officers, not having found
the mar Wright, and having seer
no signs of any affray as would have
Appeared in the recently rain COY
cred road, and from Barnett's man
ner and conduct, are inclined to be
: fieye that Mr.. Barnett shot Himself
and that no was never robbed ut all
This opinion win prevail, unles''om
new developments are made by th'
finding OF this man Wright, OF tn
7 confession or arrest Of parties which
, would eorroborate Barnett's state
; ment, or it Wright would say tina
/. he met Barnett that evening an.
; paid him the money. What obJe'
/. could have caused Barnett to hay
: shot himself aud create this impre'
? sion is unknown, but there may B
!. q reason for it which sill be eS
$ planned in the course Of huma
r events, # he did it. lie may hay
e been robbed as he stated, aud 1t s
: lit il to he hoped the truth will !
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