The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1882-01-05

Town; when I stopped Jones. nearly
aail way 90 camp. ! asked him how /
much l vas going Co GET DE sail /
aIl give sou $500, I said LTD right I
Hc then cold expect SIC had better /
kiii them ! said SOS. J expect wei
bad, Dc viii h1 toe srr,st plan This /
Is ..c GrsJ llat was sa.l about ki.l /
iuE. money was tll object and this I
ras agreed upon as Che surgst way /
10 r0bhiuL them 10 never asked /
mc 90 90 tle killing We here ar
ranged about getting away De was
90 lakg horse and go out through /
Nsfi1a county. Ala hT Ssgbvilel
Wj Caledonia. ] vas ,o go home I
De said they would nlt suspect mg f.
We Chen went up Lo t8e Gre aud as
vea5ikcl up eoi jhc dogs gr7gl /
az, DE called tle dog Uy name and lt,
uush.i up Ne passed. .Nc wagon
J5ue, Touched lAe axe and looked
over his shoulder to mc, I under
stood then cine axe wa, The weapon
tu Doe used Zoo the murder ueI
chuukei up ,le fire Tor light aut
looked 90 them COB sccji the walker
were asleep. hsd NOT rg.cHeH .he
Gre until Doe no 3jcd Oh me to band.
him the axe, which / did, Tie TOOK
the axe and remained in tbe slmg
place which was at or near the corner
of The bed az the head, nearest Che
fire, and struck the man nearest the
I fire Urst I was standing hetwee
The bed and wagon, about five feet
from Jones The blood slckeued
M and / started away; when ! look
ga around a, them again, be was hlt
/ ting the man ON tbe outside. lngver
saw him biz the boy ] don't think
he was struck after the man on the
outside was killed I don't remem-
her whether their heads we're covered
OF not When The last man Tor man
on oulside) was struck bis head was
/ falling back TO bed from The force of
| The blow, he having raised TO about
/ six inches from The bed The man
/ struggled o good deal and came very
near getting Of the bed Alter the
three men were killed by Jones, De
/ searched th,m, searching tie man
mex the Gre first; threw the cover
back of the bodies; took watch
saw him get nothing else OH any OF
them. We then went to the wagon
and we together set the trunk out Of
the covered wagon on the ground.
He, Jones, unlocked the trunk, ! saw
him get a vest cut Oft, and saw lin
get nothing else out of the trunk, ]
examined the contents of the trunk I,
the clothing was too small fOr me
| and I took nothing out Of it. We
/ then set the trunk back in the wsgou,
/ Jones then set The saddle out On The
ground. We then placed the men
back on the bed the man next
to the fire had, In struggling, gotten
nearly OF Che bed, and the man on
the other side drew up some. at
Che head and shoulders and Mr.
/ Robert Jones at the feet, placed them
| on The bed and covered them up
Then 1 asked him for my money
He said he didn't get il. We then
got into o quarrel about the money
and ] finally struck him IN the breast
| He grabbed OF me aud caught in Q
! hole in my coat and torelt never
got one cent for this job. After our
little fight Jones brought the mule
up and saddlcd &c. asked him here
again for my money, Jones promised
| he would meet me in Aberdeen the
I next Monday and pay me The $500
I He got on the mule ,hen rode
! towards Aberdeen. went on home
aud awoke Mr. Morris and told him
! / had been 10 q fight with a white
man and if anything got up TO tell
them stayed 90 home aIl night, and
then went 90 The cotton srei pen
where / was ia the habit OF sleeping
and went TO sleep. 1 had goo
nights sleep: l stayed on Mr. Nor
ris' place all sunday. Monday wg
came TO town and was summOled be
fore the Coroncr's inquest as % wit
ness, Boy sheriff Sykes. When Jones
went alter the mule one of the dogs
attacked mcand tore the seat OF ms
pants little. We did strnighten
DE bodies of the dead Walker broth
RS out ON the bed Jones dia
promise % give me 5000 to help d.
| fhc killing. lie did promise NJ,
| 5000 on the next Monday in Abel-
deem I went home directly and
! did mo-, return TO the camp Mr.
Jones dil leave the camp 10 The dJ
recJion Of Aberdeen. / got q little
/ blood 1n my pants think when we
were placing hem back on the bed.
and some on tee Of my shoe l did
not touch the water bucket-neyer
-sw it. J. saw Jones open lhe trunk
with the key Iuevei saw him burs
open with anything Il was under
stood TO Aberdeen before we left tina
wo were &c Kill these Walker boys
and rob them / make this state
ment Of my own free voluntary act,