Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-12-15

on the night of the 9th ult., she
says she heard him say that Bill
Taylor and Ed Short were not a
hundred miles away. That he was
then breaking on a freight train,
that he would return in two weeks
and bring his wife $40 or $50, and
that she must not go to her brother
until he had returned.
MIR. w. G. SMITH,
Mr.. J. p. Smith and Mr.. Barry
each testified that seven men sud-
denly, and rather rudely, appeared
at their tent in the railroad camp
on Major Henry's place, Friday
night before the burglary. The
two former were certain that the
man killed at Mr.. CARROTS was one
of those men. They recognized
him from the picture published in
the CHRONICLE. They also thought
that Thaxton was one of the seven.
The last mentioned witness said
that the picture in the CHRONICLE
looked like one of the men who
came to the camp but ne couldn't
say that he ever saw Thaxton be-
fore.
MRS. AKERMAN
was the first witness introduced for
the defense. She had known
Thaxton since last spring, when he
moved to her house to make crop
on the shares with her husband. He
moved his family away in August
because he and his wife couldn't
get along together well. He sold
his interest in the crop to her hus-
band when he moved away but had
come back himself in a few days
and worked for wages by the week.
He was at her house on the night
Of the 10Th ult. She remembered
the date because she had written a
letter that night for Miss Mason
which was dated the 10Th. She
had looked in the Almanac to ascer-
tain the date. Thaxton and her
husband had dug potatoes during
The day and at night burnt the po-
:ato vines. 1t was not raining that |
night. 1t was starlight night. AT
eleven o'clock Thaxton went out to |
get some wood and came back and
aid he saw a man between the we'll
md the barn. He then went out
lgain. Her husband didn't go with
him bebause he had pulled off his
hoes. After Thaxton was out
while she heard four shots. He
anne back to the house and said a
nan had shot at him and he had
hot at the man three times. Thax-
on said he believed he was shot.
The smelt something like burnt
'owder when he came in. Her
husband examined him and found
hat hole had been shot through
he left breast of his coat and that
lis vest was singed by bullet pass
ng across it. The company that
vas at her house in the first part of
he night had gone away at 10
'clock. The shooting occurred at
l O'Clock. She never asked Thax-
on any questions about the shoot
lg when he came in, nor her hus-
and didn't ask any. Thaxton
1ade no explanation as to who he
bought it was or anything about it.
hey sat up till o'clock because
hey were excited about the shoot
lg. The stock in the stable belong
d 20 her husband. Thaxton had
o interest in them. She had never
'ritten letter to Thaxton while he ,
as away from her house. She +.
nee wrote few lines on the back
letter her husband wrote him.
WILL AKERMAN
I'D substantially the same story {
lat his wife did, contradicting her ,
My in the statement that Thaxton
adj said nothing on returning to
he house after the shooting about :
Ow it occurred. Thaxton had ;
liked very freely about the shoot
lg and he had asked him a number
questions. His wife was present
nd heard it all. {
MRS. MASON, /
nd her daughter, who are close {
eighbors of the Akermans, testified
lat they were at Akerman's house /
L the night of the 18th from seven /
ntil 10 o'clock and ThaxtOn was 4
lere during that time. They went l
} Akermau'S to have Mrs. Aker- s
IAN write a love letter for the I
Dung lady. The letter was pro- t
Iced in court. The Masons were !
Ot related to either Thaxton or G
1ill Akerman, but were some way
to Mr.. julius Alderman, a T
,usin of Will Akerman's. They I
9TH said the moon rose at 8 o'clock.
MISS LYONS, {
sister of Mrs. Akerman's, lived
it'll the Akermans and substan- G
ally cOrrOborated their testimony.
Mr.. SANDERS,
haXton's brother-in-law, testified {
seeing Thaxton pass and re-pass ]
is house going to and from Rus s
llYille on Tuesday morning. the Y