Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-05-02

when he next saw him. Never saw
Wilson or Emmett after the killing.
CROSS EXAMINED.
Amarine kept out of the way, was
afraid of the county officers; was at
Mr.. Webbs when the shooting COM
menced. It was in the direction of the
still. He stayed and waited upon John
Cooper. He thought there was five
shots fired, if there was more they
must have been so close he could not
distinguish between them. He did
not hear Cooper say that it might have
| been some of his own men who shot
him. Cooper said he thought it was
Amarine and his party, who did the
shooting.
A. NJ. RULE
! Was Deputy Sheriff of the county
| when Emmett was arrested. Freshour
was with him when he arrested EN-
NETT in Greene county. Found him
in cabin; was passing under the
| name of BrOyles.
TESTIMONY FOR DEFENDANT-ADAM
WARTERs' TESTIMONY.
Amarine is my son-in-law; was
standing in the porch door when
| Cooper was shot. Came to Amarlne's
house the evening before. One of the
boys was said to be sick, is the reason
/ was there. About sun up was stand
ing on the porch and heard some guns.
George Rasor and Fag were there.
RasOr came up from the creek about
the time the shooting took place. /
asked him where the boys were, and
he said, fright over there" Did not see
Amarine, Wilson and Emmett until
/ had been over to Webb's; went over
to see what the shooting was about.
Think Mrs. Amarine sent Rasor and
Fag both to see what the shooting
was about. He could not tell
just how many shots were
fired, but there were two volleys.
The firing was over when Rasor and
Fag went over the creek, and in about
one or two minutes they announced
that Amartne and his party were
there. Knows Wilson's gun, and pro-
duced ball he said he run in the rifle
mold. He was twice at the place where
Cooper was killed since the killing
took place. Saw bullet-holes in the
tree some Is or 20 feet up, and had the
balls cut out. He produced the balls.
Wilson's gun does not shoot any such
ball. They are ounce balls, and called
minnie balls. They were taken out
two or three weeks after the killing
was done.
CROSS EXAMINED.
Rasor had told him where Amarine,
Wilson and Emmett were. They were
hiding out from the revenue men.
Geo. Rasor and Fag started about the
same time, Rasor ahead. They made
quick time. / could see them both.
The tree where the bullets were found
was in the hollow. There is q hill on
both sides. The bullets ranged as
though they had been shot from the
eastern hill. The tree was about a
foot through. Cut the balls out with
an ak.
MRS. Temple WATERS TESTIMONY.
Remem bers the day when John |
Cooper was killed. Was in the porch |
with Mrs. Amarine when the shooting |
took place. George Rasor was there.
Had been to the creek and was COM |
ing back. John Henry Fag was in |
bed at the time, but got up at once.
Rasor and Fag went across to
Amarine, Wilson and Emmett
minute or so after the shooting, and
then she saw them as they came out
in full view of the house. She called
her husbands attention to them and |
said they might be shot. She thought
the sun was about one hour high when
she saw the boys over there. The
was not in the direction of
the boys. She was not alarmed about
the boys, but is always alarmed to hear
80 many guns. She heard nothing |
of the fight on the pre-
vious morning. She and her husband
left home in the afternoon. Heard OF
the first days shooting at meeting.
GEORGE RAsoR.
Renoenhers the morning that
Cooper was shot; was at Amarine,s all
night. Got up before sun up. Heard
,on1e shooting it was in the diree-
Jon of a little still that Amarine was
run ming; was out in the yard when
ne heard the shooting; Warters was
standing in the yard. When he heard
he shooting he went across the
sreek where Wilson and Amarine and