The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-05-07
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40. SMITH MAKES A STATE.
:, uENT 1sEGARDING THE
INV AT THEBES.

Yesterdays issue Of tbs BULLETIN
contained report of difficulty that oc-
Cured at Thebea on last Saturday even
ing during the trial of a. 4. Smith,
charged with horse stealing. Yesterday
wo mot Mr.. Smith and no niade tho fol-
lowing statement Of tho slair
wont 10 Mr.. William Po,tits near
Thebee, on tho first of May. They in
sisted on my eating supper, Mrs. Smith
being there before | went. After supper
l went home; found the house fastened
up; D. q. Ford, son.in-law OF my vito,
ordered Pettits oldest boy to open tho
door; and Mira Smith went in and won't
to bed without any words passing between
US and Ford, who occupied room in the
came house; Ford got up almost immedi-
atoly, took his gun and went out return
ing in about fifteen minutes
he ordered tho same boy
to opon tho door botweon Ford's room and
mine; ~ soon rs the door was opened no
pointed the gun at mo through the door
and ordered mo TO get up and leave, call
| ing mo as-n of b--h and liar, and as
| serted that one roof should not cover both
| of us; | gave him no satisfaction and
didn't get up. The next morning 1 got
Up, aud put up q stove TO get breakfast on,
and harnesscd the horses that bought OF
my wife on the 10th day of January last
while shc WAS divorced from
mo. At once went TO
Jacob Christians and demanded a
wagon that belonged TO me. Then l re-
turned homo, the wagon having been re-
fused, Embarrassed the horses and tool
| dinner; went to Ransom Thompson's to
SEQ lawyer Gibbs. returned home, ant
was going to town from there, whom wa
arrested by Constable Waterman OF
tho charge of horse stealing
This charge ia based upon these facts
Thos. Petit bought q marc and promise,
John, his oldest boy, the fret colt out o
her. lie died over year before the mar
| w,s put to a horse. This marc becam
tue pi operty of Pettits widow by order Q
court. l married tho widow, and TO
months after our marriage tho mar
foaled, and the colt ia noS three year
old. My wife was divorced from me, an
In the settlement sold to me this colt
We we're reconciled sometime ago ant
were again married. This reconcilmcn
: angered my step son, who set up a clai,
to tho colt under the promise of his fl
Their which / have mentioned, and 1t
o for stealing this colt that l was arrested
q colt that was got at my expense after
had married the owner OF tho mare an
tina. WAS not foaled until ten months aftt
o our marriage, and which l brought up ,
D. my own trouble and expense. If this
,. not persecution of the plainest kind
don't know what persecution is.
i / was taken by the constable to 'Squil
a. Dorton for examination. While tho wi
70 neascs were being obtained man by Il
). name of Breeze assaulted me with fou
20 pound weight and was prevented from il
Turing mo by the constable. L change
v the venue to Squire Samons,a nd there Y
n. had a trial. ] was held TO bond in Il
sum Of $500. The trial was at night al
10 before got out of the room
h, was struck by Dclmsn and For
to About the same time Breeze leveled !
bo revolver, the lights were pat out and
~ shot was fired. luckily got out witho
re being much injured, and left tie town.
To- Am in Cairo TO answer any charge Il
no may be made against mo, and to reply
ed tho misrepresentation Of my enemies