The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-03-08

A. es. sir.
Q. During all the year:
A. Yes, sir.
@. Were you in Columbus in May of las
year?
A. Yes, sir.
| Q. DO you know Alex h. Davis?
! \. Yes, sir. When see him.
! .. Do you recOllect when Col. Gibbs lefl
| Columbus t. go 70 Texas last year,
A. don't recollect the day. recollect
| the circumstances.
.. Did you see the Lieutenant Governor
there the day before, or day or two before
that?
A. Yes, sir; he was with me on the sun
Cav.
O. When did he leave for Texas?
A. The next day.
Q. Did you see him in Columbus before
Sunday?
a. les, sir.
q Can you fix the date?
a. l do not recollect ii il was Thurday,
Wednesday or Friday. | have a little tailor
shop, and he goes there every day.
q Was it in your shop when you saw
him ?
A. Yes, sir.
.. Tell the Court what occurred.
y. Nothing; he only came in there to
have button sewed on
q. Well. that was few days before
Gibbs went to Texas
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Now, tell what occurred.
Il
large piece of paper fell out of his pocket
with piece of blue ribbon on IL. | asked
him what it was but he did not tell me.
q. What did he say in connection with the
paper?
A. He said the gentleman that it was for
would be very glad to get it.
=. Do you know what the paper was?
\. No. sir.
Q. What time of day was it?
A. Before dinner.
q. Are you certain that it was not Satur-
day.
A. don't think it was. l do not recol-
lect the day.
@. Did you see the Lieutenant-G Governor
on that Saturday about the Office OF Col.
Matthews?
A. No, sir, did not. Saturday is my
busy day have no time tC leave my shop.
q. on saw him again on Sunday?
A. We were together all day Sunday, pref
ty much, sir
q. Where were you with him Sundays
A. We were mp town together l went to
his house.
Q. Did you take a buggy drive in the
evening?
a. Yes, sir.
q. Well, now, tell the Court VIII at occurred
IN the evening when you and him were
driving the buggy, in conn ection with GO
ing 10 Col. Matthews office?
y. Me and himwas riding out IN buggy.
the horse and buggy and went into Mat
thews' office and came right out, said he was
not i'm there.
Q. Did Mr.. Davis say anything about an
engagement with Matthews and Gibbs.
A. No, sir; don't think lie did.
q. How came ne to drive there?
\. We were driving around town,
q. Who was driving?
a. He was.
Q, What did he say when he drove up to |
fhas nfiia an md err
He said he wanted to see Col. Matthews |
and Gibbs.
q. Is that exactly what he said .
A. He said he was doing busine.s for /
some other man, and did not want them to ,
betray him, and said damned If Gibbs Q.dait (
have to settle it before he left a, he would /
have fuss,
%. y, lao was he going to see?
A. Col. Matthews aud Gibbs.
q. Did You see him any more on Monday /
morning?
A. Yes. saw him on Monday morn
ing.
@. Atwhat time?
A. Ten or eleven o'clock.
q. Was he in your shop?
A. Yes.
Q. Was that after the train had returned
from Artesia or before?
A. Alter the train had cone in,
Q. What did he say
A. ! asked him If he had his business
HXeu up, ana he SAID yes.
q. Did he say where he had been!
a. He did not say anything connected |
with that he said he had his business fixed .
up.
Q. What business d. 20" refer to?
a. / suppose the business of Matthews |
and Gibbs. do not know what kind OF |
business he had.
Q. He said he had got it fixed?
a. Yes, sir.
Q. DO you know where he had b8en that
morning?
A. No, sir.
o, 80 you know whether he said where |
he had been2
A. do not know whether he told me if |
he had been on the train or not.
=. Who begun the subject ofcOnverSatiOn 1
about his business on Monday when he |
came back into your shop?
A. | asked him myself.
Q. What did you ask him
A. | asked him, did yOa seG that bust /
mes fixed up ana he said yes.
=. you never inquired iurtherE
A. &o, sir.
Q. What time did you start for buggy
ride that evening, ard at what time did !
you drive up to Col Matthew's Office?
A. About sundown.
Q. Did you make any reply when he |
Curseu and said he was going to have that |
thing settled up before Gibbs went away?
A. | told him not 10 have any fuss.
O. You say that the paper which fell out
of his pocket attracted your notice by hav-
ing piece of blue ribbon attached to itY
A. Yes, sir
4. A.ou saw 1t folded small, like letter,
or was it folded large?
A. 1t looked like a large envelope to me.
q. 1t was not an envelope?
n. No, sir.
Q. DO you know the Great Seal or State
aeal
A. Yes, sir; I know them when | ace
them.
Q. Did it have seal on it?
A: am not certain whether 1t had a red
or blue seal.
Q. Nothing was said at the time about
the paper2
A. No, sir, he never told me what it was.
heard it rumored afterwards on the
street
Counsel Morris: You need not tell that.
q. Did you ever see or hear afterwards
that Barrentine was pardoned
Counsel Morris | object 10 that well,
never mind, 20 ahead.
.. Did you ever hear afterwards that
Thomas II. Barrentne was pardoned?
A. l heard it afterwards.
q. How soon after did yOu hear it?
a. It was next day, about Saturday.
q. Well you never had heard it before:
a. No, sir.
BY Mr.. Morris Was Davis drunk, or So
ber at the time he took this drive
4. Well he was not very sober, because
we had Leen drinking all the morning to-
gether.
Q. Rather lively, eh
y Yes, sir.
q. So were you?
A. es, sir.
Witness then retired, and Mr.. II, 7, VII
liams,
mo BE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK
L A w -
OF THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.