The Cairo bulletin., 1875-10-12
John BurtiNER.


Am twenty-five years old live about
tline miles lro,n CIalnvlilC---livc witt, NV
mot ier ann sibgl ;iatn,r Is dead heard
TIE testimony Ol JIu-ick and Craln have
Oneshot-yuh aild one revolver; Keep the
xun up STAIRS u. lie mead oi MY bed
Marsh. Grain never Xpl gan from me,
neither did Allen bJo,r; U ,kpr never vol
u Horse irOnb me: Baker uc!cr XOt Il pistol
from. me; Mafshiii trut Was AT our
house uuriug uir tii.c,.ing. Ten or twelve
days before S,alry 'a- a,a IT,; he and
Mu lex were nt our .,-sCc Iva. f,npr; never
had ANY sucli ct..ts.asi a. Grain
swurc To; Oh thU rri a., d..er Si,uey
was Killed. started bCa,Ju at ,,r To sell
>o1,e wheat; n, tn,nyi,., ! c ,lciu,ird
10 rtay and sec III, Si-lcy id,mrai. as
there was tV De q Ji.sUiIic display. amt
l lit,i never seen one l changed my
MAD aiIi stared Tor Ia boa tale. uui met
-v,iic men wlO hal nsli,r " heat tIiuu [
lGlu. aud. as they only got iuirty criits
Tor II, l turned Utck. a,Iu as ei.,l Ipick
| saw M.r-naii Cram, and d.k-,l han 10
show me where lil, hou.c was shot mo
W. went into II aud looked there was Ia,
cOnyersatiun Ncupt as to HE ljusc IL ing
shu into. After we lett tli re-. IL We were
going by Mu,iCk', gate he called ne IN to
get di!ncr. bul dldn 60 in. never
anything; there Is no truth Ia the state
mcnt thIt offered $40 or any o,hr
| sum to have any one kuled | Offered
| $1,000 t,r the apprehension AMI conyic-
| tluu ui run Russell and Dave Pir4ts,uts,
| who. | believed. killrd my father and
brother; also offered 500 for ln,ir al-
| prrliii.iun alpM. Marsh Grain never
| Iuld me that Allen Baker SAID that he
| could .rt S3uO Tor killing me.
| The whole story. It's sworn TO by
Marsh Grain, was all den cd
in detail aud pronounced Ial,r.
| made no Resistance WHEN arrested. |
never ran away and hid. am aIways at
| htn". VII re anybody can come amt iiId
me When he wants to. | meyer advised
or suggested the killing ut Captain Sl.-
ury, nor iniiinatcd that ! wished him
k,il,l. don't think | bad any reason
Tor desiring Captain Slsncy's death. My
self and Captain Sisury never had amy
dilllCuity in our lives. My brother Dave
and Captain Sisncy had aditllrulty, some
! year, ago. ut a mill. about some oats
they had done Il good deal Of bu .inc-s to-
gether, aud Dave went TO Si-ncy's black
smith shop. taking his books aluug, TO
have q settlrmcnt /: they hal some words,
and >iSney hit Dave with Il spade. Dise
came running home, got shotgun and
II revolver, AMI Went back. Ne saw
Dave when he was running home, aud
heard Mira. Sisnry screaming. When We
got Ia Sisney'S he had Il revolver and II
-iatecn-shooting ride; when We got near
hc drcw up his gun aud tuld H. 10 halt
or hc would blow our heats oil. pulled
out Il revolver and t"ld him ~ shoot the
0ld msn (tlthcr) >aid
''Go FOR nm, BOYS
SiFncy then turned and ran. turning
around every few steps AMI pulling his
qua Up 20 his face: shot at SIsiIcy uhc,'.
but d!dn' INT him. ',unIr time alter ih s
thp matter was compromised, aud III.
ended the difficulty. but We nrycr spoke
TO each other: some ui Si>nry's boys
ours used - speak 10 each other All, I
that
Haven't seen Baker at Granville or Car.
teivlllr since Sisnty was killed, exec,
when We passed through together. ham
cuiied. aitrr We wcrc arrested; Mu,,ck
cauie into our h"u,,; early the nrxi III ,in-
ing after Sisiiey Was killed reckon 1t
Wa, IL o'clock or ailerWard when | lett
Granville 10 30 home. Uil The day Oi iiit
| funeral | was In Granville TWO ar tire,
hours That day ; have known Alien isa-
ktr a lilllt over u year: batr known VI .
shall Grain nearly ever silice We cam" 10
'his c,Ii.ry, la JinuiTf. 1871 !;
he was only at our house
once during the tlIreshing--On
Monday. think | wanted to hire him
aud Mu-ich To help thrcsh; thi- Monday
| was the one II week before the Wcluc>-
day thai S,snvy was killed; don't rccol-
| lrct of Baker ever being III our house but
once iic never got Il horse Of me /: | have
never been away noln home more Than
Oll,, or two nights ~ A time lave had no