Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-28

passed through his hands. Col. Baxter
then asked the witness if he was present
when Boyd was killed and started on his
flight. Reagan replied that he was. He
was then told to tell all about it.
Counsel for defense then admitted the
flight but asked that the minute be
omitted Then ensued some spar
ring between the counsel, when Judge
| Nelson urged his Questions to the details
| of the fight by a reference to usage Oh such
points, as in order to refute it the whole
ground would have to be gone over, and as
a wide latitude had now been attained he
thought it unadvisable to extend it fur
Their.
Col. Baxter then said he wished to i'm
peached the credibility of the witness and
quoted "Ram on Facts" TO sustain his pro-
position.
Col. Nelson remarked that he was
RdnamiIay on facts strong enough already
and read authority rebutting that advanc-
ed by Col. Baxter.
THE ASSASSINATION"
Reagan resumed his testimony He
started out just previous to the last term
of the Federal Court for the purpose of
summOning Witnesses. He left Sweetwater
on Wednesday and was accompanied by
young Hensley On Friday left Mrs.
Boyd's with Thomas G. Boyd, bound for
Coco Creek and North Carolina. Took
dinner at Coppenger's, II or Is miles from
Mrs. Boyds and after going three miles on
Laurel Branch were "set on" by five dis
was riding in front of witness and Hens
ley. He was afraid, being outnumbered
and unarmed. Boyd and Hensley had
pistols. The kukluX then tied them and
made them mount and ride away from the
scene of capture. Hensley was blindfold-
ed but he was not. Boyd was also tied.
Saw the fellow shoot at Boyd and saw him
fall, and supposed he was dead. Never
saw Boyd after that time until the other
day in court. He believed then that Boyd
was dead and for some time afterwards.
The capture took place at 2 or 8 o'clock
and he and Hensley were released, the
party who released them saying he had
nothing against them.
Reagan then went on and told substan-
TALLY the same tale that he did in his eX-
animation before Colonel Whitney, which
was published in full in the CHRONICLE
last September
AN ACTIVE JURY.
The witness stated that the jury he had
empanneled on the Sth of September last,
when the remains Of the negro were dis
covered had met two or three times since.
They had meeting the Saturday before
TIE pTeSeut IcTlll VI tIc COuIb, iiHtl were
still investigating the matter. Witness
was then asked to give specimens of his
penmanship, and did so. Admitted that
he had qualified several persons recently
at Sweetwater in regard to the death of
Thos. G. Boyd. Does not know Sarah j.
Upton.
Cross-eXamined by defense. Reagan had
never had any arrangement with Boyd in
regard to the fictitious death, and was
I 4 NzsA L
securities had induced his Jury to assem-
ble' of late, but they were actuated by
desire to sift the matter thoroughly.
Benjamin Brannon was called to prove
his connection with Bryson's company
and that Mr.. Falls was not, in order to
impeach the latter's credibility. Witness
testified that he was member of BrysOn's
command while it was in service and that
he now knew Gilbert h. n. Falls.
Cross-examined. When was the compa-
ny first organized, and where? Answered
just across the river, in September or Oc-
tOber 1868. They made q raid into North
Carolina, and returned and went again,
when Bryson was killed. This was per-
haps two months after the command was
organized. The company then disbanded.
WELL PAID VETERANS"
1t will be borne in mind that this COM
pany was the one for which special act
of Congress was passed in order to give
them the same pay and bounty of other
troops and was claimed by its self-consti-
tuted officers to consist of SO men, but the
roll was afterward largely increased.
a. T. w. Payne was recalled and exam
ined by the defense. He was asked if he
knew his own signature in No. 6, III the
Elliott case? Said he did not know it, as
there were many able to forge it, but the
n9nHr n1QstiOn hp had Sinnn1
The witness was then shown No. 8, in the
Elliott case and said that he did not sign
it either: Denied appearing before A. T.
Hicks with G. II. Bean, and swearing to
the paper last shown him.
Considerable discussion ensued, when at
nine o'clock the jury were excused and a
law point in certain papers argued. Court
adjourned until nine o'clock this morning.