The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1874-12-05
An Intelligent Witness.

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Commonwealth VS.. Cassady, on
charge of malicious stahbing. The
venue being impaneled sud the
Jury solemnly charged, the Com
monwealth's. attorney called in
support of the indictment the wit
ness Buck Bryant, who being sol
EMMY sworn the truth to tell, tes-
titled as follows:
Question by the Commonwealth
attorney-Tell all you know about
the cutting of the prosecutor by
the prisoner at the bar.
Answer-Well, gentlemen, it
Yves election day; twas a cloudy.
dark, wet sort Of drizzly day,
and says to my old woman, l be-
lieve Twill go down to Ringgold
and 'posit my vote. And says my
old woman to me, well, Buck, as
as it is o sort of q dark, cloudy,
wet sort Of drizzly day, says she,
hadn't you better take the umhril !?
Says to the old woman, 'spect
| had better take the umbril. So
took the umbril and advanced on
down towards Ringgold; and
when l got down thar. Mr.. Cole
come and says he, uncle Buck,
have you seed anything of neigh
Dor Harris? Says | to Mr.. Cole,
for why? Says he, he's got my
umbril.
The witness was here interrupt
ted by the court and told to con-
fine himself to the actual fray be-
tween the prisoner and Cole, the
prosecutor.
In answer TO this the witness re-
marked in . tone Of indignant re-
monstrance
4" Well, now, Mr.. Judge, you
hold on, for / am sworn to tell the
truth, aud Pm gwine to tell it my
own way--so taint worth while
for you TO say nothin' about It,"
! Whereupon, the Commonwealth
attorney being anxious to get rid
of tile witness upon any terms
told him to 30 OH and tell his stor,
his own way.
Well, Twas goin' on to say, twas
on election day; Buck HANNAH
and Filmo was running for ths
Legislator, and says | to my ole
woman, believe III go down te
Ringgold and 'posit my vote
Says my old woman to me, sayl
she, Buck, as 1t is n sort Of dark
drizzly, rainy sort of a day, had'n
you better take your umbril I? say
she. Says TO my old woman,
'spect l had better take my um
bril- SO ttook the umbril and ad
vanced towards Ringgold until
arriv thar. Well, the first thing
did when | got thar was to tax,
a drink of Buck Hannah whisky
which was mighty good, and say
| to myself, says /, Old Hoss, yol
feel better now, don't you? Ant
while | was advancing around
} Mr.. Cole be came to inc, and say
he, Uncle Buck, have you sccl
anything Of old neighbor Harris
Says |, for why? Says he, the oil
man has got my umbril. Afte
! awhile | I'posited my vote, and MI
Cole and me advanced back Ia
ward home, and Mr.. Cole wa
tighter than lever seed him. An
: SO we advanced till we got villa
} the road and path forked, and W
TUX the path, as any other ger
: tleman would, and arter advancin
: awhile we arriv to old neighbo
! Harris, setting OH log with tn
umbril on his arm, and about tha
time Elijah Cassady (thc prisoner
} came up, and we advanced on ii
} we arriv at Elijah's house. Eliza
is my nephew and likewise IN
: son-in-law. He married my dal
ter Jane, which is next to Sally
: Artcr we had advanced to Elijah
) house, we stood in the yard awhil
ajawin' and presently two somt
body.s rid up on a horse, whic
was Johnson and Whitfield, Cai
sadly behind; Whitfield and Kia
Cassidy being the same. Kia
was drunk, and lie and Mr.. Col
} got to cnssin one another abou
. politix and I advanced into tn
house where was Elijah's wifi,
! which is my darter Jane. Wei
arter jawin awhile with 'em, IN
little neilew, says lie, Uncle Bucl
T let's go homo. Says |, good pol
SO we pegged out together. An
that's all l know about the stall
bing, for ! warn't thcrelo
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