The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-02-03

he staid there till Tuesday about MON
went to church the next day Al The Tedfore
meeting house, about three auarterr NJ !.
mile from my house I; he Wss aone shou,
three hours; think II was about An bo,,s
py sun when first raw BIN he Was afoot.
ia. . saw Jep In Csrbondslc going home. he
h.. u, rom The north where he had be n
.auesuay did not zee him get on the
me. y" ""' "o"e WIN
.a,huei Grain testified rs follows:
live i've near Granville, williamson county
=, A. .S 'he defendants Fwas not pre,ent
S,,ne preliminary examination before
oIulre Reynolds, and only A mart nj The
time before Judge Crawford: 1 EXPECT that
n. VS. present on the day you aIlude 10, but
Jep and Spence had fuss, but don't
remember the date; Thomas Duncan wa,
mere, but don't remember whether il was
IN the morning or afternoon; I WAS NJ The
store whenJep and Spence had some words:
~ Mrs. Waggoner's can't tell, for the fact
mat we were I'll joking and rigging Jep
iisSs h's and Spence's quarrel don't be-
were all laughing and joking
and ! could not have told in
an ilour after what was said: I don't re-.
member heating Jep ssy anything about
lnsssacfeing or killing spence; think II
anythlng OF that Kind Dad been said would
nave remembered II; did not hear II; we
were Joking Jep about having . quarrel
with spence ana abusing each other so and
nav hghtipg; IL was In the morning and In
the evening we were talking about Il again;
yep wasa little angry of course, for be had
!ust come out OF a quarrel, ana we were
leasing him about IL; Idon't rem embcr that
ne made any dangerous threats. and if he
a r her 4 a .r-sa 4
knowlc ige thatthere was going to be dill
Hculty between spence snd Jep; they got
10 talking about the affairs of Williamson
county. and Spence said the people were
not capable OF elccting their officers, they
ought to be appointed.
n. T.. Norris, Sheriff OF Williamson coun.
ty. testified as follows:
l know the defendants; 1 arrested Black
BIZ, and 1t was o part Of my posse that ar
rested Big Jep ut Granville; we made the
arrest at night; there was Mart Davis. Jim
Gridcr, Mr.. Calvert and myself in the party
that arrested Black Bill: some 80 or 20 yards
from the house We divided, Mr.. Order and
Davis going around on the west SIDE OF the
house, and Mr.. calvert and went in the
'front.' way; IL was further for Davis and
Order to 20 around: BIZ was In bed, and
Order and Davis came up In five or ten
minutes after; l did not right imne diately
make Known my business; before going in
hal osed at the gate and one Of the girls
came out snd caught one Of the dogs; Bill :
said II was me and told them 10 take of the
dogs: think had told Bill what my bust.
ness was, and named the parties we had
got and sent on; | remember mentioning
Jep's name before Davis came up: Bill
said "if me and Jep get in the same cell we
Will about hllstt ups" l was present at the
trials before squire Reynolds and Judge
Crawford, but don't think | was present
when Mrs. Waggoner gave her evidence; !
think the was nearly through when ! got
there; Judges Allen aud Dun and Mr. Hart
we'll were there; don't know that paid
much attention and could not be positive
what she said. Amer arrestins Hlack Bill We
went to Granville and then to Carterville.
where We s'aid all night; the next morning
Bill went to Dock McCarty's house. so or
% steps away, and presently came back by
himself; he was only gone . few minute;
don't know that l heard any Of Mrs.
Waggoner's testimony before Judge CrAw-
ford