The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-01

.hing about the lights h,
had in the store; was the third OF
fourth one to get there we just went t
the door and looked In aud could see hi
feet, and by putting our heads In cotilc
ace the body: there was u light on the
left OF the door. broken out ii pot m,
gun back on Saturday morning, eight
days after the murder found it in Jer
Grains old grocery house; nobody told
me ii was there. first stumbled on IL
Jep ownes. or did own, the property:
didnt 90 inside then, but could sec
through the windows don't know how
the gun came there both barrels were
loaded and capped; | drawcd the loads :
II was loaded with shot larger than bird
shot, ] call them rabbit shot: the shot
were all the same size.
Thos. Duncan testified as follows:
have lived in Williamson county oil
my liic; live tour miles from Claim
vile. ! have known the defendants as
long as ! have known anybody; I was
acquainted with Mr.. Spence, and heard
Of his death. | heard Jep Grain say in
February last that he and Spence had
bad q quarrel. and some one asked why
he did not hit him. Jep said that he did
not want to hit him that ii ever he did
hurt him he would Kill him. This con-
vcrsati0n was on n Sunday in February
last, at Call Wagoner's house. | never
heard him say anything else. lie said
Spence had ordered him out of his store.
Mrs. Call. Waggoner testified as fol-
lows:
l live in Grain City, Williamson
county. Illinois,; | was born and raised
| in that county. am the wife OF Call
/ kE.un,n.e. 4 utIi .,.. Had a., 4
three years in March next we went there
to keep bording house. and are still In
| that business. ! was acquainted with
| william spence he boarded with us tor
about two years. lie was boarding with
me at the time of his death. Mr.. Spences
store was about 80 yards from the house.
MIR. Spence never slep at the store until
| about two weeks before he was killed he
| said what was TO be would be, and went
there to slrep;1 know the defendants
| went TO school with Black Bill. George
Duncan is my father. Big Jep Cram
boarded with us about two years. 1
know the day Jep aud Spence had Diff
ticulty at the table in my house, il was on
the 4th Sunday in February last. They
| were quarrcling good many tunes from
October TO February. / was not present
at the difficulty in the store, but heard
Jep say at the breakfast table that he in
tended to go into the store and NATURALLY
massacre" spence. IL he did not take
back what he had said. don't
know what the trouble was. Sam,
ie.low Bill and Jep Grain came
10 The house, and sam and Yellow Bill
| were o.viling Jep about Spence, and Jep
said they might laugh about it now, but
he intended to Kill Spence when
he c(ull get little dark be.
tween him aud Spence, and that he
would Kill him for five dollars. Jep said
| won; take his slurs any longer. Thi.
conversation was on the fourth Sunday
in February last. Jep left my house on
the 23d of April last. Af.er that Jep
made some remarks at my table and
wanted me TO turn Spence away. and
told him could not do it. lie then
wanted me to put OF supper late 80 that
he could catch Spence between the house
aud the store, he said he would shoot
| him and
LAUGH TO SEE HIN KICK.
| | told him could not put OIL supper,
and he then said he would not come in
until 10 o'clock; told him to let Spence
alone. that he was not troubling any one.
| Jep said Spence iclt himself better than
he was. ! told Jep ] was going
to tell my husband what he had said, and
he replied there was no use in il, he
| didn't mean any harm, and there was no
use 10 tell about il. After leaving my
| house Jcp never came about IL again, and
| | have never had any conversation with
| him since. Mr. Spence went 10 his store
to sleep only the Thursday night before
| the Saturday night on which he WAS
killed. saw Big Jep on Tuesday morn
| ing OF that week. Spence told me on
Wednesday morning that he was going
back 10 the store to lodge.
Worth Tippy testified:
[ was born and raised In williamson
county. knew VIM. Spence knew
the defendant since | have known any
body. In February or March. me and
Wash Sisney and Black Bill were coming
from Marion, and some one said lets go
by Granville ana get some whisky, when
Black Bill said lets 20 by, IL want to
whip Spence - think he was owing
Spence some aud he was cutting up about
il. Bill said he would knock his Id old
scotch head of his shoulders. l was
witness before the coroner's inquest and
sad had never heard any threats. These
are the only threats ! ever heard. !
never heard Jep say any thing.
Washington Si,ney testified:
| am son of Capt Sisncy, who was
killed At Carbondaie ! know W. j.
Grain, "Black Bill :" knew Mr.. Spence;
heard Black Bill say, as We were COM
ing from Marion, that he owed Spence
some and he was making fuss about il,
aud il he made much more fuss about 1t he
would knock his head of his shoulders
this was in February. near cambridge,
on the way from Marion, and was con-
siderably out of my way 10 go TO Grain
Vile from where was then living.
never heard any other threats.
Martin Davis testified:
have lived in Williamson county, In
this State, for twenty years, and was
there last August; ! was not personally
acquainted with MIR. spence heard OF
his death about . o'clock the next morn
ing after the killing: ! know the defend |
anIs--have been acquainted with Jep |
good many years, aud have seen Black |
Bill but am not well acquainted with |
him. was in Marion the morning Mu-
sick was put in Jail there. but can't tell |
the exact date. think IL was sometime |
about the first Of September. Shortly |
after, probable the 18Th, Mr. llartwell. |
Mr. Fuller, aud Mr.. Nickerson aud |
went out come ten miles west OF town to \
the widow ilamptons' farm. To the
west of the farm we found lane. but 1t
was so small we did not drive the team
through il. Mr.. Hartwell, llendrickson
aud Mr., Fuller went down the lane.
and shortly Mr.. Hartwell called
and went down. We found q
lot of weeds broken of, and Others bent
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