Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-05-08
go, TOM! THEY ARE BOTH DEAD: THEY
BOTH BOUNCED on HIM"

go, TOM! THEY ARE BOTH DEAD: THEY
BOTH BOUNCED on HIM.
l Immediately went over to where the
bodies were living, and said:
''Heavens! can it be possible that they
are both dead?"
Sans shirt was afire, and rubbed it
out. l thought | rubbed it all out, but 1
didn't. came back to the house to get
my shoes; Mrs. Pavey was in the house;
she said:
ssOh, heavens! what am going to do?
or. "what is going to become of us?
/ replied: fsThey are gone, anyhow. -
slipped my shoes on, but did not wait
to tie them. | went to the barn to get
horse to go either up to Ike's or Addison's.
When came back to the house with the
mare, Dora said she would go; that they
were all gone, and she did not want to
stay alone. told her the mare was skit-
| tish, but she said that if would lead the
| mare past their bodies, that she would go !;
! she got on the mare; / led her past them :
/ [ then saw the shirt on Samuel was still
! afire; took and rubbed it ont; | came
back to the house; there was no one
around; the first person who came was
| Mr.. Bitter: he asked for horse to go for
| the Coroner to have the inquest held. i
told him that I would give him one, but
that he had been narrowing hard all day
He took his own and started off; walked
up end down the pike; heard the chill
dren coming across the woods; they weni
in the house, and Jud Patton came out
Patton and / walked up and down th'
pike talking; can't say how long, wheI
John Link came along; he (Iink} got OF
his horse and said:
HARE THEY DEAD -
said: eyes, John, yOu have mad
a clean sweep of them
He replied: 81 could not help it,
MATTHIAS. PAvEY,
: being duly sworn, testified that she KEEP
watching for her son John to come bac
: from town, the children having told he
that he had gone there; that she though
she would get Pavey to let John take he
: away; that Taylor had cursed her $
: | much that she could not remain; that sll
i thought she would get John to talk
: Pavey, as they had never been enemies
4 anC get him to let me go away. John g
q past the house before he heard me ca
!, him. He came back, and | says to him
Y John, Taylor has threatened to whip nj
: and cut gashes in my back as deep as
cows. John got off his horse, an
: then heard Taylor coming. He saiC
# t'I'l1 whip hell out of you, you son of
= i-s' john replied: Don't come hel
= to abuse mother" He came, and stOopC
down as he came, and think he pickC
n up rock. He caught hold of John, an
n showed him over. Taylor was hlttlI
e him, and showed him over toward Il
II fence. Then Pavey (Samuel) came u
/ aud took hold of him (John), and tht
f. all three fell together. As Pavey (Sam'
3 came mp running, he said: "Get avn
Ie from here, you --- son OF -
"a John raised with his arm around TaylO
nt and the pistol was fired. The shoOtil
IL was all done at one time, and while Z
: three of the parties were together. JOl
st stepped back when Taylor came up, al
is l led to keep between them, but could'I
n John never left the pike until they pus
ar ed him of. 1t seems to me that Tayl
N was raising back when John shot hi
is 1 think the shot went toward his brea
m l think it occurred about O'Clock.
s. knew that Taylor and Pavey had be
he gone to bed before called to John.