Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-10-08

gum and vent -. witness sllsved him.
prisoner pcses vent u ~ rso3. aeee16ea
uss opening lhe eats sad holding 4 II
| his hands uhss be - skoe. he nooa
uas shining vhes hs vsas 10 Psrseo's
aiter the shoaiiag. the gass = hung a
The outside Of the post fe1ards the chossk.
witness dida't ssc tbs vcands On prisoeer
hands when be 6rst esas 10 The kouas.
prisoner vss Only bloody % bin shirt,
deceased vas strong able nan about IS
or 26 years Of age. "a vhip-ssaG wsa
here produced By defence which vitsess
testified to BE- the same which ms II
Longs hands during the difkculsyl il i
about 100 yards from prisoners house 70
the road. no blows passed between the
parties in witness presence. the whip-staG
was not up:ifted when deceased vas hold
ing the gate. the vhip-stad belonged 60
deceased and he had L that day for the
purpose Of making . trade. prisoner and
deceased both lived on Parsons land.
Zaecheus Tippett. sworn. visited de-
ceased on the evening Of Ssptember 25th.
took his dying deposition. deceased vas
perfectly conscious, he acquainted deceased
with bis purpose. deceased thought he
vas going TO die from the wound and did
die that night. witness 10 Justice of the
Peace. lThe States Attorney here pro-
dueed the dying declarations Of deceased
which were read to Abe Jury.l
Thcse are a. follows -
State Of Maryland, s.. lNary's co /, to git:
This 25,h day Of Sept. 1874. before the
subscriber. Justice Of the Peace in and
for the county and State aforesaid. per-
sonally appeared Morris Long and made
oath in due :orm Of Law, that the difficult
~ that occurred between himself and
Washington Bowles commenced ut Mr.
Parsons courthouse. by my asking eaid
BoWles for q chow of tobacco. Bowles
seemed to be offended and bot words pas
sed between MS; finally We made friends
and drank cider together; then Bowles
invited ne home with him to take supper.
and We started and got as far as the gate
at tho road when difficulty commenced
between rs again. and struck him two
ticks with . whip-staff. The fence was
between us. and after some time We made
friends and vent back to the barn and
drank cider agsin. We then went out to
tho road again. and Bowles seemed to be
angry with me and would not 90 to his
house. Bowles then went to his house
and brought out his gun. l took the gun
from him and broke it across the fence
Bowles then swore that If one gun
would not do the work he would go back
and get another one. He did 60 and get
another gun and brought it down to the
road where was standing. and told me
I must not como on his premises. told
him that that eide Of the road was as much
Mr.. Parsons a. the other side. lstaried
to 60 through the gate and Bowles shot
me- have made this my dying declara-
ton believing that fatal shot will be the
cause Of my death.
Sworn TO before
ZAccnEus TIppErr. ]. p.
Testimony for the defence Miss Kate
Bowies. sworn. is q daughte Of prisoner.
was at home on the evening Of the 18th
Of Septenib Der. heard deceased call . Tack
Harris for gun. heard him say he would
kill prisoner If j, took him year, that he
had it in his mind. the difficulty occurred
about night. witness was standing in the
door when tho gun went off but couldn't
see either prisoner or deceased. deceased
broke the irst gun up when they made
friends. when prisoner came after the Sc
conl gun he was bloody. in the beginning
Of the difficulty prisoner and deceased
went to the courthouse and drank cider.
witness heard prisoner cay several times
to deceased .'stand back" Immediately be-
fore the shooting occurred. couldn't hear
what they were talking about but could
hear them cursing each other. it was
about three hours before the shooting that
deceased called to Jack Harris to bring
him bis gun. prisoner told deceased to
Ego ont" several times and deceased said
be couldn't make him. witness mother
had hidden one gun and one was hanging
over tho door. the FIRST gun carried out
by prisoner was his muskct from which
the witness had previously taken of the
cap and into which prisoners vito had
poured water. prisoner did not know Of
this, prisoner said when he came for tho
gun that he vas going to shoot deceased,
witness distinctly heard prisoner warn de-
ceased not come through the gate.
p. II. J. Redmond sworn. passed
along The road about 8 o'clock on the
evening of Sept. 18th. heard parties
cursing. recognised the voices Of prisoner
and deceased. heard deceased call to Jack
Harris to bring him his gun. heard de-
ceased say to prisoner if he would lay his
gun down he would make friends with
him, heard prisoner reply that ho. had
done so. the moon was shining.
DR.. John T. Spalding recalled. knew
deceased very we'll. he was Of a powerful
physical organization.
John Butler, colorcd. sworn. was at
the corn house on Mr.. Parsons farm on
the evening Of Sept. 18th. the counsel
for Defence here attempted to offer evil
dcnce to prove certain threats and decla-
ra.ions on the part Of deceased towards
prisoner, which was objected to BY the
State on the ground that any threats or
declarations ON the part of deceased to-
wards prisoner. If not known to prisoner.
is not admissible in evidence. The Court
ruled that any declarations or threats
made by deceased, if the knowledge Of
same did not come home to the mind Of
the prisoner. was not admissible in evil