The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-08-11

knife, and johnson walked back with
the other and laid it in the trunk he
then took the skin and folded il down
again and laid il in the south end of the
trunk the pistols laid in the north end :;
when he did that. my wife asked him
what he did that for; don't recoilect
whether he spoke or not; as we'll as /
recolleet he closed up the trunk again !;
/ helped him into the north room with
it; then he came out first and followed !;
Spillman, l think, was still sitting al
the table; after being there short time
Mr.. SpiIlman said, Lets go out doors
and get some air;'' johnson took
a seat about seven OF eight feet
man one between him and the door !;
that was after we went out out of doors
Sam Love sat in the door and / sat on
the sill; johnson said he had for
gotten some needles; got up on his feet
as though he was going to get them;
Spillman said. @You need not mind
about the needles; Mrs. Noon will fur
nish you all the needles and thread you
want" He went right on into the house,
as he went in my wife said, 81 wouldn't
let him go in; he wants that liquor"
MIR. Spil1man rose to follow him, and did
follow him; as quick as man could
uldhc Two Steps uedIu MIN IRE, L was
sitting in the door at the time; my wife
spoke and said, This man is shoti' and
/ sprung up; rushed to the room
where johnson and Spillman were scuf-
fling; moved to the east in the room to
give myself light to see what was going
on; | took johnson by the left wrist;
raised his hand and saw the knife in it /;
/ pushed it back over his neck; / then
reached around his shoulder and took
his right wrist, and stiffened his arm
with mine; Mr.. Spillman took the pistol
out of his hand; the pistol was in his
right hand, and the knife was in his left !;
johnson said, damn you, let me go!p ]
said, ST won't" / then took my left
hand and took the knife out of his left
hand; l said, johnson, what do you
meanYo He said, You know you fel-
lows have been trying to kill me for
some time''; says /, @You have killed
that man." Spillman had tainted by that
time; he said, They'll hang me now"
My brother came in few minutes at.
ter and we tied him; have related all
the conversation had with johnson at
the time Of the occurrence; johnson was
sitting on the bed and Spillman had
hold of the pistol; there was not much
light in the room; i did not see him do
the cutting; there were present Samuel
Love, Jinsey Love and myself; was in
the room as quick as the shot was fired; ;
my wife was IN the front room; the
scutfie took place in the north room; /
heard nothing they said after they went
into the house the last time; l assisted
johnson TO put the trunk back into the
room; after we took the trunk back
johnson did not open the trunk while we
were in there; didn't think Johnson
had time to unlock the trunk before l
heard the shot; am positive that / put
the pistol in the trunk; am not posi-
tive whether johnson put the knife in
the trunk, but think he did; / did not
notice the trunk after heard the shot /;
have not noticed the trunk since; j
laid the pistol myself about the middle
of the trunk: when we first put in that
skin we covered all the articles with it /;
johnson folded it again and exposed
them; think he put his hand on this
one and moved it down among the rest;
did not see him put the bed clothes in
the trunk; the trunk was closed and, as
I supposed, locked; he said he kept the
pistols and knives there to keep the
has always said so. T. E. LOVE.
Jinsey Love, being sworn, testified:
My name is Jinsey Love; am the wife
of Ebert Love, the witness who has just
left the stand; saw johnson and Spill
man at my house this evening; it was
getting thick dusk; was present when
SpIllman met his death; they came into
the house as / was putting away the
milk; Spillman said that johnson had
been to him to bring him down; that he
thought we were going TO meeting so
much some person would steal his
things, so he wanted to take them out,
and MIR. Spillman could take memo
randum of them. My husband and John
son brought the trunk out into the room.
johnson took all his clothes out of his
trunk and reached and got his bottle and
took drink out of that and then CON-
menced taking out the pistols, and the
sheriff told my husband to examine
them and see if they were loaded; there
were two loaded, lacking one ball; he
laid the first pistol down and Mr.. Spill
man put his hand on it; l said, "You
had better shoot off these pistols" Spill
man said there was no harm in him-he
was good old fellow. Then he got out
his knives and took both of them in his
hands and looked at them and laid them
down; johnson said he would like to
sell one; the sheriff talked like he would
buy one from him; he asked him seven
ty-five cents for it; the sheriff said that
was pretty high; johnson said that he
would not get it for anything less
if he had not wanted tobacco; he had
} johnson then fixed all the things back
in the trunk, and after he laid the things
back into the trunk the Sheriff said,
"There is your skin left out" and he
put the skin in and fixed it the long
way of the trunk, and while he was fix
ing this he laid something back under
the edge of the lounge; he said, ''This
is my thread and buttons :" then he took
the skin and turned it back; said 1,
"What did you do that for ?" he COM
meneed fixing them and shuff1ing them
about, and the Sheriff said, 'Shut them
up" and he commenced looking about
and said he had lost the key; the
Sheriff said, Here it is in the trunk -
he pretended he was locking his trunk
told him to set his trunk back in the
came out; says !, "Mr. johnson, sit
down there on the lounge" the Sheriff
said, johnson, let's go out and get some
air, and where we can watch the horses %
so all five of US went out of the house,
and stepped out and went to put up
some milk just as 1 got to the door /
saw Johnson go back into the house,
and just as I got to the steps 1 stepped
back very quick, and the Sheriff said,
"Mrs. Moon will give you plenty of
needles and thread" says 1, Don't let
him have any more liquor" and just as
reached the door 1 heard the
pistol shot; says 1, "You are
shot," Spillman said, mo, 1 aint;"
says /, "Boys, run here;" and they ran
in; don't know, but 1 think he shot
first; heard something that sounded