Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-01-01

Louisville; have heard Emmett threaten
life OF Charles Griffith; IL WAS IN fall of
1882, three town boys went coon hunt
ing, Mitchell joined us; We treed coon;
Emmet and | nad been at outs, and NJ.
said il was because he mad suspiclOned
Inc of writing Tor BarnesvIlle papers !;
ne sald be would have shut me, d me,
II it had been me. and | SAID Ii was like
ais shooting G; ne SAID, Il will kill him
Set, d min; a. another time ne said OF
IL, Il VIII SuuOL iut 5 # a u Yet; this
"oS about October, 1882, aud | heard
y, her HI eats after tHat, up To October,
1885; Vi. hsG quiJ Speaking To Ue Ior
some item | had written Tor Chronicle,
htd E"trIpIIse.
LTlsS eAdminrd-i i'd, reard threats
prior tu The cuoI Luniing; mat ~dS ihr
irSt time remember the dates; nave
heard him make threats at several times
l always thought it Was bragadOcia
Way, up to the tlme | have mentioned.
Redirect: At the tree, I would say
that N. was sober.
James Parkinson: Live y mile east
OF south OF GrIttith'S; knew NJ, went To
en- the life of Chas Griffith; that is, with
out he attempted his life; he was plow-
ing. as it commenced to rain, and he
came to our house and we talked under
the wagon shed; plagued him about
being i'll Jail, and he said G. was the
cause of it; told him that G. had said
he would bail him out, if he would be-
have himself; Emmett said like hell he
would Emmett said it was almost i'm
possible for him to pass the d-s of b..
Cross examined: 1t was last June a
year, think, Emmet wound up by say
ing, IF G. will let me alone, l will let
him alone"
Isaac Hamilton: Know Mitchell; have
heard him threaten Chas Griffith; it was
on Saturday, July 26, at the pole raising
at Louisville; Emnet, ny brother and l
were standing together; he says to my
brother, If You'll kill Charley Griffith,
I'll give you $50" G.. was sitting on d
pole, and Emmet said, Il wish to God
that pole would fall and kill him, and it
would save me tue trouble of doing it."
Cross examined: My brothers are all
in the court house; was not full that
night; none of US were; we had been
drinking little beer; no one there but
Emmet and my two brothers; Emmett
had been drinking little, but was not
out OF the way.
Dorsey Hamilton-Testihed in effect
the same as the preceding witness, his
brother. In cross examination, witness
said he met David Mitchell, father OF
accused, last night, and may have told
him l was not going to swear as l had
before the grand jury.
William Webber-l.ive at st. Glars
vile; carpenter; heard NJ. threaten G. Oh
18th of August last. sunday; in con
versaten Emmett said, "I'll shoot G. the
rirst chance l get; he further said, "Ii
e. moves away Eli not bother him.
Cross examined-This talk was at the
Burr's Mills camp meeting; Emmet was
under the Influence of liquor.
Watt Griffith-Am no relation to de-
ceased; know NJ. when see him; heard
him say at camp meeting he was going
to shoot Charley Griffith, if he ever cross
ed his path.
Cross eXamined-He had been drink
ing, as he staggered.
Harrison EStep-I never heard NJ
threaten the life of g.; have heard him
cuss him.
Addison Bewley-Hear NJ. threaten
the life of Charley q. IN front of Gid
McFarland's store in LOydSVille; it was
in oats harvest OF this year; NJ. WAS read
Ing paper, and q. rode past; he asked
who il was. and l said e.; Emmett threw
down the paper and said, iii shOoi him
Eli xiii him; he was sober at the time
don't think he had been drinking.
Henry Clrter-LiVe in Guernsey Co.
farmer; know NJ. nave heard him threat.
en- to kill g.; ii was about two miles
west of Fairyiew, on August %, 1882, at
the Pennyroyal reunion; we were talk
ing about the neighbors; used to live
in that neighbOrh0Od, and he told me he
had trouble with G. about line fence
he said that he intended TO kill g.; that
is about all that was said of G.; | made
light of him and said, "Emmet, you don't
mean what you say" and he said, "Y es
Hen. do;' he pulled a revolver from
bis pocket as he said it.
Cross examined He only told me of
tie treub!e about tbs line fence; ne was
under the influence of liquor.
Pennington LewiS-Live one mile
north of Lewis Mills; have known NJ
the last twelve years, and knew Charles
G.; about two years ago last June, NJ
came to my place, and in conversation
about G., he made some threats, aud also
said he Was going to sue e. for SANDER
during the talk, he made the assertion
two or three times that he would shoot
him, if he ever had an opportunity; he
said his heart leaped for G.'s blood, and
he was going to have it; Emmet WAS
sober so far as L Can judge.
Cross examined-M. talked to nae in
regard to some tale that had been told
about him; he said Griffith had told il
about Loydsvile; (The story was told,
but is unit for publication9 1t was in
connection with this story that Emmet
made the threats.
l. T. ShalcrOss Know NJ. and knew g.;
"a year ago last fall, NJ. came to the en-
CINE house, and commenced telling me of
some trouble between he and G.. he said
that G. had accused him of this bad ac-
tion, and that he was going to kill him
he was under the influence of liquor at
the time; at another time, in KennOn s
Office, he was talking in relation to this
line fence. and threatened to kill g.; he
had been drinking at this time.
Cross examined-He spoke both of
the line fence and old mare trouble at
both times.
Re-direct-He said G. .hsd accuse him
of the old mare trouble, and it wasn't so,
and he was going to kill him.
Anger Bllliter Heard M. on Feb. 10,
two wears coming Feb, at Welty's sale,
say as he was coming to the Western he
met G., and that q. had pulled revolver
on him; said if he ever done it again he
would shoot him. and he would have
done it that time, but had no weapon.
Cross examined-He said Griffith had
drawn revolver on him near Loper's
gate.
George Griffith-(rercalled)-I would
recognize fathers cane; (cane shown
Witness; yes, sir, that is fathers cane; L