The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-04-13
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gun was fired, two pieces Of wad-
ding, scorched and powder marked,
were picked up. These fragments
were found to be parts of the
Weekly Nashville Banner of March
"a, 1881. The gun was found in
defendants house, up stairs, both
barrels loaded. Defendant said at
the time that he had loaded the
gun, that there were seven buck
shot in one barrel and six in the
other; that he had lost some meat
and, molasses and loaded the gun for
thieves. The gun was unbreached
and the loads taken out in the pres
ence of the defendant before the
committing court on Monday morn
ing. 1t was found that there were
seven buckshot in one barrel and
six in the other of the size of those
cut out of the body of the deceased
and of the one shot found near the
tree behind the barn. The wad-
ding taken from the right hand
barrel consisted of pieces of a news
paper called the Pulaski CITIZEN of
the date of June 5, 1879. The
wadding taken from the left hand
barrel consisted of fragments from
the Nashville Weekly Banner of
March "a, 1881. The shot-pouch
which defendant had borrowed with
the gun was obtained at defendants
house on Tuesday morning, and
was found to contain fragments of
the same numbers of the Pulaski
Citizen and of the Nashville Ban
ner.
1t will thus be seen that the
wder-burned wadding shot from
the gun near the tree back OF the
defendants house, and which was
put into the gun by the owner, the
fragments of papers found in the
right-hand barrel of the gun and
some of the fragments taken from
the pouch and picked up under the
window, consisted of parts of the
same number of the Pulaski Citi-
zen.
1t will also be seen that the
pieces of scorched wadding found
under the window through which
Goodrum was shot, the wadding of
the left hand gun barrel, some of
the fragments of the shot-pouch,
and the fragments of the shot
pouch, and the fragments found
where the defendants load when
shooting at the beech tree, all from
the same number Of the Weekly
Nashville Banner of the oath of
March, 1881.
The owner Of the gun did not
take the Banner, and is certain he
loaded the gun with wadding from
the Pulaski Citizen or the Pulaski
Herald, he thinks from the Citizen.
Dwyer, the school teacher, had re-
received twelve copies of the Week
ly Banner of the oath of Marc
1881, sent him as specimen copies
for distribution, and he had given
one of these copies to the defend
ant.
The only material evidence of
fered in defence consists of the tes-
timony Of the defendants brother,
and the mother of his wife. They
both testify that when the shot
pouch was sent for on Tuesday
the latter hunted it up, |
and handed it to the former, and he |
in the presence put his hands into |
the pouch turned it upside down |
and shook it, and there was moth
ing in it. A little boy, twelve years
Of age, who went after the pouch,
.ook it to the store, and it was ex-
ahmed by another witness in his
and they found in the
Dourch the fragments of the Week
y Banner and Citizen introduced
n evidence. In addition, a witness
IN the trial proved that fragment
If the Banner taken from the pouch
md another fragment taken from
he left hand gun barrel-and the
defendant admits he loaded both
tailed.
The edges Of the two," he says,
cad together, making connected
words COOPER