Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1873-05-07

mg, and Mr.. fIrown sunrtisnc,f nIl that was
satti; they said We Killed your sonst his con.
ycrsgtipn took place In the parior OF tic city
boteli Il was last ISL, oDe or two nights aftef
the PARTIES had&iyen lheir bond. 44.t,s
4fs ;3s BY -DErENsE.it, ,,ast. faa
|. shannon was the mon who, said all this;
Mr.. Brown sanctioned oil he said; they
were sorry TINT they killed my son; Sir. Afri-
strong and Dayi ifss were present. 'oe
S 8. r. BAsCoM. q
Tlivn IN Aullyille, NO., hayo lived there
| about three and n hdir years; was there on
the 10th day of October 1872; dill not see the
killing Of David Douthitt; saw large party
af men about three hundred yards FROM
| there; could net tell how many men; ] was
selling goods there: they were about Inskip's
house; saw shooting; there were Two shots
| fired then lliird; good many rapidly; don't
know what way they Were shooting: there
were some men IN town; don't know whether
they belong to that party; saw you Mr.; iiaib.
saw Charlcy Graham, saw Charlie Wiley
aud Henry F!tZgerel armed; saw ThOmus
Young anu Tom Belt in town. The ineii
came Into town about O'Clock; firing tasted
/ about minutes, David D6uthitt was killed
| there that day; y. Wilson wounded: SAW the
dead body covered up: did not see an,
wound.
| Cross EXAMINED 1t was not an uns,Ial
Thing 10 sce men armed; Tom Young was
drinking some that day.
MRS. j. Il. ISsxIP swoEH.
| lam the wife of j. d. Inskip; live in Aull-
vile, Mo-; last saw David Douthitt alive la
! my house; lie was killed there on the 10th day
| OF October, 1877; was IN the house; Guy
| Renol,s, Ben. Wilson, David Douth lit. Ba-
| yid Foster and my husband all were IN ruuiu:
have children. aud step -oB. plI in Ia,
house: there arc two rooms in the hIi-r;
was in front room ironing when frat s.'Gi
| was fired; it came IRON, NORTH side of l,orsr;
n bo x,i n, Nr Ip u - tg,,N
Douthitt and Wilson also Mere sitting
| around Gre; Mr.. Foster had stepped out Ia get
his horse; he capic in when shuotiE.- r"iI-
meuccd: did not hear him say a,i ;iIihs
when he came in; there are two w winI"ws on
each side OF house; was ON rigt,t side Of
house. table between thetw0 winaows; the
iifst,slot came III through window: then
| aimed 10 get oltt,of northwest dOoi: there
was shooting there when came 10 the door
| and turned and went back; did not open the
| t!oor; the men all were then standing on the
| floor; think OF them had gun In hand, il
4 son and Douthit; then went 10 front room
door; stepped out OF! step. and was uShcred
away from there; saw men out nIere when
came out; saw sOli1c OF them with arms;
some of tlIem shot right into the door by
my side; WAS ordered ont of the yard aud 20
across in the other ho,l-e; stay there Till they
told US to come out; there Was no shooting
| ont of the house while was there; David
| Douihitt was killed there after left the room;
| did not see the body until after IL was laid
out; the first alarm was horses rtIinin" ANA
report Of guns; can not tell when heard the
ilust shooting; cannot tell how many men
there was; saw some OF the men after return
ing to my house: Ito not know how many shot
guns there were In the house nj that time
was in the house when Mr.. IDskip return q
from court that day; link he laid che pisto
ON the table; had dinner about l2i O'Clock
Ben. Wilson, David Doutiitt. Linscy and
Foster ate dinner. also Reynolds: DO moi
know who ordered NE out offhc yard; ht
belonged to the party Of men. Mr.. Jame'
Fitzgsrali-AIr. John Brown told me that
T was his name; h. said We should not be hur.:
VIM. Martin also told rne his name-.Jrsst
Osborn; recognized Mr.. Brown; had risto
on; Mr.. Martin, Fitzgerald and Osborn had
arms: they came 10 my house between and
o'clock. ..
CROSS EX XtMINATIoN.-David Douthi.;
had been boarding AT my house for or
months: he would 20 and come and pay for
iis board; several days litd elapsed from his
last visit TO my h6tl>c TO the present one; left
my house that morning; don't rccoi!eet har-
ing seen Douthitt aud Wilson that day until
| taey came TO dinner: don't recolicct having
seen but guns in the house that day: my
husband lett one pistol oil table when lie re-
| turned from r0urt: It was tile only pistol |
saw in the house thai day; bm positive that
the iirst shot that hi! the hoi,sr. came ihrsIah b
/ the window; my attention first WAS attract q
by horses, feet tramning: whrei the first
shs was heard, all mped up: Fost came
| into the back room after firing commenced:
lay husband was in the house nj the time;
| Wilson ran ont Of door and came back before
] lett the house; Foster did not come in 10
| the trout room; myself and husband and
chil fen all went to west door: my husband
opened and closed the d or; wh,n got back
Wilson came in through the window OH
south side of hO'sc: do not know what the
| men round fire place were talking about; did
| not pay any attention: the window was down:
| the cla>Ses were broken by the shots; there
are no shots on the south wal. of front room:
the shots struck the safe to the riEh. of fire
place. Wilson and DOuihitt frequently came
TO my house, sometimes together; when they
. came they wou leave their guns at ms
house; Foster had been working for my lus-
| band or 5 days bciurs The transaction; do
| not know anything about whether DouIhitt
| had Il room at his place or. not; Foster.
think ,staid at John Martins the night before
ti.e shooting; TIE p stol LEI. on the table by
Mr.. lnskip was his own pistol.