The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-11-07


Where the ambusca1iGtwa supposedoto
be the road runs east to west; the, fence
has growing around it small bushes
persons could be concealed behind them
If they stopped. II was on the train, on
Monday, the 18th, when Mr.. Adams
came aboard. f was at Monroe, and
came from Columbia Saturday night.
I asked several gentlemen to accompa-
nv me; I paid their expenses. Mr..
Adams came aboard the cars at Ray
Vile. The woman, Jane Woods, first
told me at Columbia, on Saturday, Of
her knowledge of the affair. was not
present at the first examination all the
time; some parties about this slime
came to me and said that Jane Woods
had said that it was Billy Adams and,
another man who did the killing, and
that she had seen them running away
Immediately after the shooting. One
of the deputy sheriffs and n posse of
men accom- panied me. A large meet
ing was held deprecating the murder,
but I did not take part. We arrived In
Monroe at 8 o'clock Sunday morning.
7 had my double-barreled shot gun and
pistols with me; don't recollect wheth-
err I had my pistols in or out .of my
saddle-bags. I anticipated trouble
When Adams first entered the car,
did not sec him /; but presently some
ono said, "Therc is Adams." i caught
my gun up, but set it back again at
once. / did not say anythingsto him
at ALL, He had with him some pipes,
evidently belonging to machinery. lie
appeared to be very much coninscd,
and said, after looking around while,
uIIerc is Sizemore." In attempting to
sit down, he came near missing his
scat. He was apparently very much
confused. Upon our arrival at our dcs-
tination, made affidavit charging him
with the murder. noticed the local.
ity round about where tho murder oc-
Cured, did not go into the cotton
field, The cotton seemed to have some
grass in it, not seemingly very high.
did not notice the particular. height of
the cotton; it may have been high
enough to have obscured a man. NY
recollection is that the land just about
there was little raiscd-a ridge,
should think, near where the bodies
were lying. A person might have
walked through the field without being
seen. 1 saw Adams the first time In
1868, with a crowd of armed men. This
was mt the time of the political election.
The counsel for the defence objected
to this statement, as being remote and
irrelevant to the question at ISSUE" The
Commissioner also thought 1t had no
bearing on the present case. sgssf 4y+st
Witness continued My brother, was
elected Judge. He was appointed first
| by Gov. Wells, soon after the surrender.
1 He.had been elected to the Office ever
since, up to the time of his death. My
brother adjourned his court on the Sat
1 urday to enable him to go home, until
Tuesday. Portions of the community
looked upon my brother as vindictiye
and malicious; others did not. The
lawless men are mostly the whites
there are some blacks among them. j.
| I have been afraid of Mr.. Adams eve
4 since 1868; SO had my brother. l hav
not been about Mr.. Adams at all. di'
|, not speak to him.
, Gen. Uays--Are you Il very timi
3 man? ..z.s s. ,Hy
Witness-I cannot exactly say that
am; but, at all events, was afraid {
Adams. He always went armed, wit
, mon equally well armed. He never h'