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op.tbe afternoon of the lynchlus of O. r. Culbreath
That drponent lett the village late in the aft rnoon
and on his way home he met party of men, (in tn
Judgment of deponent about 20 or 80 In hnnhef.
These men had masks over their faces. That Wh'l
the party saw dcpOncnt approaching or meeting then
they Immediately turned the heads OF their horses u
the side of the road and stopped. That drponen
was necessarily compelled t. pasn very near the par
tr That few of the party in font did not turn a
the Others did. Among the foremost of those wh'
did not turn recogn zed Wyatt l!"lmes anu IN
Parkmnn, and about the middle of The column rec
ogniKed Mr.. Ned Busscy. That about the time tht
ajurity of the column halted several others cangh
up with the party and Immediately dressed in line
with the others Among this number ! recogn'zet
the horse of Mr. Steve Hammond. That on IN.
morning after the lynching of Mr. o. L. Cnloreatl
dePonent returned to the village, and when dep"nen
reached Antioch Church he noticed large number o
horse tracks particularly along the road to hhgehelC
village and they did not turn out of the road until they
arrived ut D. O. Barr's pasture, and drponcnt coul,
plainly see where they turned out of the public road
beponcnt could plainly see where the tracks of the
horses returned to the public road leading to Ege
field village, and when they turned 10 the direction
the village and continued in the road towards the VII
lage until they reached the slope about 100 yards De-
low the ol!re Of Gary Il Evans. That deponeh'
could also see where the tracks entered the road a
the slope and continued beyond the residence OF Mr.
O. O. Barr. Beyond this point they began to tnrn on
of the road and the tracks of the horses to gro" less
| There had been recent rain and the tracks of tho
horses were verv easily seen The point where depo
ncnt met the party of men was at least half mile
towards the village from the point where the scnI:
Ferry road enters into the road that leads to Edgcelt
village. That deponent Is satisfied that the body O
men returning from the village came to the slope JUS
below Gary & Evans's office. j. A. WHITE.
NJ. J..Hook's Affidavit.
MI. Hook, sworn. says: That on the evening o
the 2lst September 1885 ( went with Mr.. Barr doWr
to his pasture to drive up his cattle the negroes
were afraid to do they were frightened about th'
mum er of men they had seen In the pasture. Wher
We came upon three men drinking water from thei
hats. Mr.. o. O. Barr spike to them. did not know
them. Mr.. Barr had the following conversation will
/ the three men, The conversation was had in tht
hearing of the three men, but the talking was done by
M Barr and man Mr.. Barr called Holmes. They
asked Mr. Harr if he didn't have any better water thar
that. Mr.. Barr remarked, Yes, up to the house.
Mr. Holmes stated to Mr.. Barr that this dcmonstra
Barr that D. r.. Culbrealh had been arrested, Mr.
Barr asked II there was anv new evidence and Mr.
Homes sasd no, only suspicious that Tow'es Cul
breath did it. We had started upin the woods ant
Mr. Holmes advised us nut to go up there, and Mr.
Barr said that If there YVES any danger he would mo-
CO. We then went back to the house. The man Mr.
Barr called Holmes WIS short. stout man. with ref
face and grey hair, round shoulders and st"npcd some
with black overcoat and hat on. lie was about 90 o.
60 years of age The other two were rather tall ant
one had red mustachc and small goaee. Mr.. Bar
called him George Vance. NJ. j. Hook.
Henry I7ardy's Affidavit.
nenry Hardy, sworn, says: That h" lives on BENZ
Betiss (lcceaScD lantatinn about halfway betweel
Antioch Church and Edgrfird. That he had been liv
ng in this section about four yens That on the eve
niay of the 21st September last he was going To Mr.
Jvhnstuns store, about mile above Antioch Chnrch
and when about n quarter of mile from the church
between Mr.. Barl's ard said church, he met In TIL
road about thirty forty men on horseback going II
full speed, or rather in gaop. S"n,e were masket
with hankerchicfs and rags over their faces and sou"
few had no masks at ull. That he recognized an'
identified among the number of men one Mr. William
! Elam and one Mr.. DeInls Busscy. That he ha
known said Elam for several years, which knowlcdg
enabled him tn thoroughly identify him. That ne ha
! knswn sai,l Bussay for some time by reason of hi
running pnh!ic gin mud thrasIins machine. That ~
sp"ke said Busscy but he, Bussey, took no motto
OF lin, but rode hastily OH. That be could have rec
o.nized more of the men, rs most "t their h:n'e
seemed familiar, but for the g.it ut which they wer
! travelling. EE:EY HARDY.
| When the reading Of the aflidavits had beel
concluded Major ". 4. Gary said that his sid
| was SO anxious to get through that the.
would not delay the Court by stopping to pro
ever, that the affidavits Just produced by th
State had been answered in advance Ivy thos
submitted for his clients
Senator Butter said that OF his own knowl
edge ccl tain statements made in the State
;afIidavits were untrue and could certainly ~
cOntrovertcd. 1t was " hardship that whil
the other side had had fodr days notice o
the contents Of the affidavitS presented b.
his SIDE, these afii.lavits for the State wel'
submitted almost without notice. He dit
not think his side had been allowed tim
enough.
The Encouragement and solicitor spoke NJ
promptly that Senator Buffers side coult
have u week, if necessary, to submit answers
The Senator said that one would have to tTaV
el sixty miles to get them, and that Was i'm
practicable at present.
Solicitor Bonham resented the intimatlol
that the State had received more grace thar
it had given.
! Mettor Ernest Gary said that if counsc
wanted time 1T would lie readily given Il
them, but ii they did not want 1t they ough
not 10 grnmble about hardshils.
Senator Butler explained that he did not In
tend to cast any reflection upon the other side
Judge Hudson directed that argument b
begun.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ShepDarss's Ar
Gumcnt.
Lieutcnant-Governor Sheppard opened fl
support Of the application for bail. He mad
Il spirited speech of thirty mintcs. which wa
chiefly devoted TO an analysis of the test
mony.
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