Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-07-13
Cousin Sally billiard OutdOne.
Greensboro IN. ca Patriot.

The venirc being impaneled, and the
jury solemnly charged by the Clerk, the
Commonwealth attorney called in sup
port of the indictment the witness Buck
Bryant, who, being solemnly sworn the
truth to tell, testified as follows:
Questioned by the Commonwealth
cutting Of the prosecutor bS Cassidy,
the prisoner at the bar. Answer:
We'll, gentlemen it was election day
twas dark, cloudy, wet sort of driz-
zly day, and says | to my old woman, I
believe I'll go down to Ringgold and
post my vote; and says my old woman
to me, well, Buck, as it is dark wet
cloudy sort of a drizzly day, says she,
hadn't you better take your umbril?
Says [ to the old women, | spect | had
better take the umbril SO [ took the
umbril, and when | got down thar, Mr..
Cole coined up and says he, Uncle Buck,
have you seed anything of old neighbor
Harris? Says to Mr. Cole, for why?
Says he, he's got my umbril. (The wit
ness was here interrupted by the Court,
and told to confine himself to the actu-
al fray between the prisoner and Cole,
the prosecutor), in answer to which the
witness remarked in tone of indignant
remonstrance: "Well, now, Mr.. Judge,
you hold on, for I'm sworn to tell the
truth, and I'm agwine to tell it my own
way, so 'taint worth while for you to
say nothing more about it." Whereup-
on the Court and Commonwealth At
tOrney, being anxious to get rid Of the
witness on any terms, told him to 60 on
and tell the tale in his own way.
We'll, as | was going on to say, twas
on lection day, Buchanan and Fillmo
was runnin for the Legislator, and says
my old woman to me, says she, Buck,
as it's a sort of a dark cloudy, rainy,
damp, drizzly sort of day, hadn't you
better take your umbril? says she;
says | to my old woman, says |, l
'spect had better take my umbril; so |
tuck my umbril and advanced on to-
ward Ringgold, till | rived thar Well.
the first thing did when [ got thar was
to take drink of Buchanan whisky,
which was monstrous good, and says |
to myself, says l, old hoss, you feel bet
ter, now, don't you? And while | was
advancing around, Mr.. Cole, he come to
me, and says he, Uncle Buck, have
you seed anything of our neighbor Har-
ris? Says |, for why? Says he, the old
cocks got my umbril. Arter awhile l
posted my vote, and then Mr.. Cole and
me advanced on towards home, and Mr.
Cole was tighter than | ever seed him
afore.
And so we advanced along till we got
to whar the road and path forked, and
Mr.. Cole and me tuck the path, as any
other gentlemen would, and after advan-
cling little while we arrived to our
neighbor Harris, settin on log with
the umbril, and bout that time Elijah
Cassidy (the prisOner) coined up, and
we advanced till we rived to Elijah's
house. Elijah is my neffew and like
wise my son-in-law; he married my dar-
ter Jane, which is next to my darter
Sally Arter we had advanced to Eli
jah's house, we stood in the yard awhile
a jawin', and presently two somebody's
rid up on a hOss. which was Johnston
before and Whitfield Cassidy behind.
Whitfield and Kiah Cassidy being the
same. Elijah and Kiah is brothers, both
born in the nat raj way, like anybody
elses brothers; no gals between EN- and
both of 'em is about the same age, es-
pecially Kiah, which are the youngest
Kiah was drunk, and he and Mr.. Cole
got to cussin one another about politix,
and advanced in the house where was
Elijahs wife, which is my darter Jane,
which is next to my darter Sally Well,
after jawin awhile with EN-, my little
netfew, he says to me, Uncle Buck, says
he, let's go home; says, good pop, says
|, so we pegged on together, and Iheard
somebody callin' me, but never ten
toned EN-, nor advanced back; well, [
got home and was eaten my supper, and
Elijah, which is my son-in-law, and mar
ried my darter Jane, which is next to
my darter Sally, arrived; and says he to
me, Uncle Buck, says he, I've killed
man. Says |, the hell you have; and
that's all | know about the stabbing be-
cause | want thar"