The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-09-02

found she was breathing; got water and
washed her face; found she had been shot;
took my probe and and examined; thought
could feel something hard like ball;
had depth of about an inch; she remain
ed until I had her put on bed; we tried to
make her comfortable as we could; she
lived about four hours after l got there;
made no further examination until the in
quest; made effort to extract the ball;
found l could not extract it; it entered
right lobe Of the brain, about an inch or
AL inch and half; some of the brain pass.
ed out through the opening; the wound
caused her death.
CROSS EXAMINED.
Caused in part by concussion Of the
brain; the effect of the wound on the
brain is 10 destroy sensbility; she was
entirely insensible; it would prevent the
power of speech and motion.
William Burdet, sworn-knows the
prisoner at the bar; remembers seoing
him after he shot Miss Tucker; he came
to my house on the 29th Of July-Wed.
nesday morning; don't know the distance
from MIR. fuckers to my house; he came
close to my house and hallooed; said he
wanted to cross the river; live close by
the Savannah river; went down to where
my brother-in-aw was; told the person |
would put him across as soon as lie came;
put him over the river in Georgia, the
next day after the killing; noticed his
clothing some; did not see anything
wrong; looked like he had been travelling
think l saw a speck of blood on his shirt
bosom; he asked me no questions but
how much charged him for crossing the
river; he gave me fifteen cents; told me
he was poor; my brother-in.law told me
should have given it back to linn, but
said thought he had been doing some
thing wrong; he appeared 10 be in a hur-
ry.
CROSS EXAMINED.
took him across he wanted to 60
across, Of having been travelling.
". W. King sworn, says.-knows the
prisoner at the bar; saw him the next
night after Miss Tucker was shot: saw
him in Georgia, on the banks of the Savan-
nah river; | was searching for him;
had nothing to do VIII arresting
him; knows that twelve men and
twelve horses went there and took
him; the cotton boat was on the Car
olina side; Mr. Craft asked me to take
charge of the prisoner until he took
batteau and brought the boat over; took
charge Of him; Mr.. Craft gave me his pis.
tol; 1 told him did not want IL; We
brought him over IN Carolina: brought
him to my house, and we brought him to
]. L. Bryan, trial justice No cross.
Peter Carroll sworn, says-Know the
prisoner at the bar when I see him; re-
members time Of killing Miss Tucker; he
was living with Capt. Tucker; witness
liyod there too he was hired by the month;
witness was hired by the year; heard the
prisoner say if be could not get her she
should not do anybody else any good;
heard this about two weeks before it hap.
pened; was not talking about anything in
particular; we were talking together; can
not say how he came 10 say what he did;
I heard him say that she was mad at him.
CROSS EXAMINED.
The prisoner said both things in same
conversation; iha! was his language; there
was nothing that know of inducing this
conversation; don't know what led TO it;
lie simply used the language that l
have reported; Bayard Taylor was
present some days hoeing in the
field, sometimes not; he was not present at
that time; no one present but me and See-
gers; was summoned before the coroner;
he made same statement there; remembers
that he said that some time before he said
that Catherine was mad at him; had talked
to him some little before about Miss Cath
crime; he said that on one occasion; was
not his confdant; of course, he told me
that; he told me nothing else; there was
no conversation leading to it; it was about
fortnight before; might have been more
or less; we all hoed cotton; have been in
South Carolina every since slavery went
up; about fifteen years since then; don't
recollect the year; before that time had
lived about in Belton and Anderson; Of
Course, lived in Georgia some; never was
in Milledgeville but once, then l went
through there; never did like Georgia;
there's so many rascals there. Stayed in
Georgia about six months. Can't say what
month or year 1 left there. / left there in
broad open day light, lived some or six miles
across the river that time. Will be ffty.seycn
| next christmas. Have wife and four children,
and crippled wife at that, am cripple my
self. Before the death of Catherine, don't re-
| member stating to any one about the conyersa-
| tion in the field. Was in service of Mr.. Tuck
| er from the Sd of March ono year, till the end
! of next wear.