Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1873-05-07

that party; ihs Gs:. r!ac. ~; shanaen e.lri
wire inicohrrrssiivn shout thIs dinienisy shsr-
non told Col. Depihl,t that brown was thrre;
w.at t ii,, parl.,r; shsnnom a,,ybssl nssth,is ~
would no: wiisiriw dstii i. !afSiii, ssw s his +
atforueys ItJenrrtoa se vettd th,f, write 30
and nrvseIf were at the next intersirw,
this Gl mel asket " his; mote WAS ese.
positinn Il, mike; frown said no III 4 IL r,iis,
e,f'ne frra h;ra; pputh'it sa,d .h'al airsssiiy
s. 70 =. ,s set wot,a tass s. 50 mgeh AM anl
this, they poke of iensinx Il ,o . gfsosi msa In
rsgprt u this prvr0siiiUu; he eaid thst u he
world agrer aiioit the oihe7 sIi;s, he wonid no,
ptIysyc iaist the aniauHf was u, gsD, ntia he
would Iisp1iss tbc civil sniis. and baye noiling
to do with this prosecution; tod thtmf would
not ifi,c nnyilnng 10 do WITH IT IL wouH be
brought Into cSirt; they said ilify wou,d moi hi Se
me In cbnft; I was summoned by tire STATE, sDd
asked Col. Douibiit why he had me summoned.
he SAID to lr.ti;y Al hetwo iorin:r meetings; Mr;
rud nothing until we were about TO asij jYufn when
DouibIit said tn Grown H.. would wyite to him
whrti he heard FROM his attorney; Mr.. shannon
seemed 10 be drinking Al little; he said drop The
suits 10 bouhitI. FOR lcrc are i01 in the or
g;iuiza;ioU. and gac.i os them hIye frirnds;
tlffy are .GS men, yon can do nothing with fit n
.CRoss EKAH:sEI.--'f Grst conysfsaijOB WAS
In the billiard room; the second in my parlor.
do not RENE mhrr having heard said that we
killed Your son 10 not rcf.ieui'r 5hinuoi saving
il,it we did not menn 10 Kill your soi,, We wanted
the other man; nr. shanoon said your is
Killed and this prosecution VIII nEt bring him
back ;;,oi DDutlitt sn. li- colit do nothing With
out consulting his lawyers; he h.id paid svnie
considerable amount of money; 500 cIcck he
spoke Of; he NDont.iitD remarked lie would not
have anything TO do with this cast; would not
prosecute il; he had no control OF 1t, US he did
MOI bring y; think there WAS sonlihlu. said
- nl en-
was the SUN. u -..-.. ..- .-s s... ID. ,ss
WI. G. ASsoY. a a.. -.
! reside in AullvlIle, No; have lived; there
sinrr Oct; Isl: ! was acquainted with David
not good; hisciEtracter " rs bad, HiiEgEfh
,.-sf.f. ,sqyIHE HECTOR ciiIsS. -..fs..s,,,.
reside about q. milrs north Of, !,Gliyiile.
Was acquainted with David Dn,.t.lii'; bnow thr
character of David Boutiiitt; IL wins not good ai
acrcr was not good was on account OF his trad
ing; lie was not regarded Us praccatir, tRooL
citizen. Was in Auiivile on 10Th ,..iy of Oct. :;
was nciing Justice ut rc,iurtii af ksti ttig.way;
SAW David bnutnIit and Wilson t;iat hay; they
were armed when they cane ia,o court; .tcfrn-
then they tpok se.fan,e OF venue. Heard the
shooting; was Holding cvurt in house, having
held court there; We were y back r!rt oil hsns-; !;
heard one si'o. afterwards; h-i,I,l . voli.y;
asked what Il was; Liigewry si,d !jl.ar sasst
lug of their EGn; look,,tcut of wiu'iuw; saw
crowd OF rnsn surroun,iing Sir. Ihskip's house; /;
a yolicy.
Cnoss ExAMrSAfIoS The change or venue
was taken on grounds of not getting Justice.
Heard Tie first 81 ot; secnc'l to .l,r.c
tion OF the house; 1t sotn'led tn from thai
direction; ca,..', nlc to look mp that way from
the window; the yo!ley was ilred al.Oat tlu,
time; Invent to the window Some of the men
| around the lassip house we're ninuatci; stw
some "t The men on west siti., some On north
side: when saw them III " seemed to bc coming
around the hnIlsc; their shots scrfnr,i TO be d-
| rectc'i towards that hot.sc. ] dit not ser tie
door open; went ont Of rear door; window also
OH Far; cannot say whether, door in the Iaskip
house was open or not, my attention was di-
rertcd towards the men; was walking some Il
i"ct towards the men, when sforprd; don Z
rrco'iect whether fr,ns then had stopped or not
then went back To Office, get my botAs and
started hora.; don't. kaow whether firing had
stnppsd. Mr.; Fisher, RLsewsy, sitlinstoh and
! nyseif. and Price went to the men: saw Two
! men coming ont OF front door OF lnskip's house; /;
no shooting At that time; the men that c:,:ue
| ot door were VIM. Cams aud VIM. IatlIejohu !;
did not recognize raLny of the men on account
Of Mr.. Hurl saying to Ins that mad better 90
Of; saw Ell. i.rr! son guing from hotisc; Isaw
1 then wen: To Col H6u.hiit on road: some men
We're there; saw Mr.: Downing there: don't
snoT ms s ,ss hsr I Mi bnn.s sf wrs ,s .,a
FORKS below that point; the one gou,g by conrt
room is the most direc: road Saw john Mar
heard the men say, bring Martin upherr: they
dill So; dow reco,lect III it MAS that toak hin,
oG. heard yon tMr HaD saying that he (Mar-
rec!;an of Iuskip's VIXEN L list looked cut OF
winduw; lun't rrcuilect seeing ary smoke out Of
house. 1 did not Mr.. Inskip aud family
somin2 sut ot h,use; saw him going into \
house.
JAMES HoRD SWORN
Hive or mites sou;h of Auiivi!!c; know
the character of D.v!i Duuthitt: don't think he
WAS reg urtied Is good Ia " abdIn. citizen; such
was common Tunipr among the citizens.
SOLOMON ROBINSON SWORN. b r-
live in Freedom township near Aullville; q
Farmer aud buicncr; was living in Aullville in
OCT. lss.; knew the character vi 4. = Id Dou'htt
he WAS cons !,er'sl an outlaw tktiik So; aud u
heap vf my nciSlii,ors also think 50. ,.,,.-
II. j. ARMSTRONG, sTArE WITNESS.
I am acquainted with John Brown. know
q. l.. Dou.hitt, Tom Bayliss, q. 5. shannon;
was present at an interview between these gem
tlenaen ut the City lo.cl; came 10 hotel by acci-
dent; Mr.. Hayiiss said he wished the inatter.rxs
settled; he nieart the present case; when turl-
ell to 20 out WAS called to; did not know what
for; Mr.. shannon was talking, doing IL all; said
There were about 100 men; Mr.. Shannon ws,ti,cd
MIR. Dn,ithtt 10 say what would satisfy him;
he had hone - Ir,ske, the bloodpf his sun could
not he piid fnr by inpGcy; he sa'd be- would cun-
siilt his attorneys; Mr. Snannon did the taking;
Mr. Brown s;i,ivtry little; sionaity feI, rr.
10; SHANNON said thtrr were lUJ men swoIH to
each bther, and would stand by each ofher
DouthItt said in regard tu this.c:s, that he couIt
do nothing, the biood Of his son cUti!ti Il he
paid for by money. batin regard To the civ
he would consult his attorneys, and if these g.G-
Then Wanted TO see him they could to SO. Mr..
shannon said he WAS sorry ihut D0uthitt, was
Killed, and they were sorry; tliey did not want
him but wanted the other ininr. Nr, Dsuthti
then asked why Wilson wac not Killed; Le
t>hannon) said that he tWilson) was norla.iy
wounded, anil they did not think he wautcd
more killing. Mr.. shannon expressed Mia s. M
t.hieS for Mr.. Douthitt ami his feelings. q Mr. |
Brown did not have yi;'ins 10 say ut that time.
Gross ENA,uSEDi-ri7 WAS invited 10 20 10 the \
room; was stopped and asked not to 90 home
yet; Nr. Douthitt said as we were w .fs iny up
Eta led nj n hf.tr Nk .s,I y,.s..
said; this was before the Interview SSm-
nenccd; Mr.. shannon was drinking, Ltliou,ft;
Mr.. Eiyllss did some of the taIhinG; Mr.. S,iaa-
non said am sorry that your son was killed hntl
This sai will not bring liin 10 Lille ag,in: can
not swear ihat MIR. Brown said anything H tlrit
kind; ;ile rlit al the vcrsatisu WAS To elect
settlement in the matter: wcnt TO the hotel
after supper; MIR. layiiss hsst rpoke 10 me aud
SOt to the ehotel; was only ut this one inttryie
REsTNTLNENr.-i stated this mornlpg ON I ~ |
stand, that one had spoken tn me before the
interview; On rclecfisn ire,nemb.r having bad
several conversations with Mr.. Thomas Hayiiss; |
u L.. DouthNt came to my house and usst4l me |
to be down that evening at the hotel. This Is
the statcH,st wisht make. tAlf. Armstrong |
was permitted TO make the latter statement alter
lhc case hau been submittcd.)
The testimony wes concluded at
noon OIL "Wednesday aud the case
given to the jury after IL o'clock tho |
same evening. After a few minutes
absence hejury returned with q ver-
iictof "not guilty" 49,. a.N -.f4' |
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