Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-09-01
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Sam. Davis; and then Mr.. Ayres
asked me who was there, and | told |
him ! heard that Richard Reynolds |
and some rebel soldiers were there. |
Says he : If he had hand in having |
my father killed, | will have him |
Killed. That was the same conversa- !
ton that spoke of at first. That was |
all he said then, but he spoke again |
afterwards. l was going to go to |
Knoxville. This was about the last Of
August or first of September, 1866. He |
told me to look and see If / could |
find where his father was
buried. l did look, and found the
grave, aud several of the bones stick |
them back in the pen, fastened and |
stopped the holes. When l got back |
Ayres asked me if found his fathers |
grave. l told him l did, and how it |
was, and says he, II will have Dick !
Reynolds killed, d-n him" Ayres
asked me how he would ever find his
fathers grave. / told him that | had
left the sign in the road that he had
requested for me to leave. ] had cut
a letter II on large tree. He never
offered to me to kill Reynolds, if he
mad / should certainly have remem-
Dered it. | have never heard Ayres
say any thing more about killing
Reynolds. The house in which Hall
lives is on the road leading from
Knoxville to Reynolds house. The
conversation took place in Knox
county, on the old Jesse Ayes place,
but L live in Anderson county.
INSTRUMENTATION BY COL. BAXTER.
The evidence was read to witness
aud stood correct. Witness says |
want to correct that the conversation
fork place in Knox county and not
in Anderson. | did not have con-
versation with d. A. Carpenter about
what / know in this case that | recOl-
lect. Mr.. Carpenter said something or
other about the case. He said some
thing if was going to the Attorney
General. l have had bat enc CONVEX
satien with Mr.. Carpenter on the sub
ject. 1 did not tell to Carpenter or any
other man living that | did not know
anything about the case.
SAMUEL D. LEINART
Said am so years old. | live in
Knox county. / have been for nuns
Der of years as surveyor. Have been
county surveyor for S years. | am ac-
quainted with Joseph Ayres. l was
acquainted with Richard f. Reynolds
during his life time. He lives one and
a half miles from me. Ayres came
from Missouri to this county in 1865 or
1866. That Is the first time | saw him.
l had frequent conversation with
Ayres in regard to Rey nolds | beard
MIN talk about Reynolds more OF less
ever since j knowed him. Ayres lived
close to Reynolds. between my house
and Reynolds. Lived there until he
moved to Robertsville, Anderson coUn-
~. l heard him say one day that he
didn't want to have anything ~ De-
with him. He said he believed 'hai
Reynolds had killed his father, at least
ne had good grounds to believe ii.
should have settled with him long ago.
He said that he didn't want to do that
that was MT his way of doing, every
thing would come right in seven years
itself. That was all he said at the time
Two or three years ago, may be little
more, had another conversation; that
was in Knox county. The next was,
we were coming TO town, riding TO-
gether. He said that he could prove
where the corner stood that he
claimed. 1 told him that Reynold,
said that he would SIS ear that it wa:
az another place. If he does, lei
MIN swear it; he will
near thunder before long
] think he said he would hear it thun
der at night. l am not positive. My
impression is that he said night.
am not positive whether it was | Ol
Reynolds that would hear it thunder
before many nights. | did not pay
much attention to what he said.
don't remember that he mentioned
any locality where it was to thunder
This was in the February before Rey
nolds was killed. Both claimed the,
would gain the case. thought III
matter settled once. l think it was a
the February term of court, and / wa
going home from court. Reynold
was killed in March, and that was tn,
term of the court before that. Dom
remember of any other conversation
or threats.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
The evidence was read to Capt
Leinart, who pronounced it correct.
CYRUS COX
said: reside in Knoxville. am 5
years old. | was acquainted with Mi
Reynolds about as we'll as 1 was wit
Ayres didn't know either intimately
1 can't tell just how long l hav
known Ayres, sometime since the wal
me and Mr.. Ayres Iwere passin
down the street at Knoxville on
day-this was some time before Rey
nolds was killed. / think Circui
Court was in session. Ayres had sui
pending. He got to talking about tn
suit Ayres said, him and Reynold
had some trouble about the suit, aboU
some land, / told him it was gres
pity that men couldn't get along will
out lawsuits. don't remember whs
he said back, and / told him he ha
better quit this having and live Xix
men ought to live. Ayres then sal
that he didn't think him and ReynolC
could ever get along friendly togethe
don't think he made any threa
about taking his life. l don't remen
Der whether he said that Keynote
should never come back to Court, {
whether he hoped they would new
have lawsuit again.
is my impression that he said the
would have no more law suits. i
said he was tired of living with Die
Reynolds.
The evidence was read over to I'll