The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-10-27
testimony was the same as on the for

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Of John G. Ferguson's wife. She was
not examined on the former trial. She
noticed he was drinking for six months
before the shooting. She never saw
him put the bottle to his mouth. but
she knew he was drinking. On Wed
ncsday before the homicide he was
drinking bad. Was at his house often,
from the empty bottles and jugs and
drinking. Her daughter and the baby
mex morning he brought them back to
her house.
John Firth Lived with Ferguson
about a month before the killing took
place. On Wednesday morning Fer
guson looked like he was affected.
John had been drinking heavy. He
sometimes bought whiskey for John.
DIR. r. r. GARY
Heard the examination Of DR.. Waddell.
The doctrine laid down by DR.. Wad-
dell agreed with his experience and
knowledge Of such matters.
Marion Fair. colored Saw Fer.
guSon very drunk on one occasion.
Mrs. Carrie Richcv testified rs to the
. VI ~ SICIlttlICI, W III
was al uncle Of Ferguson. This tcSti-
m0ny was the same as Oh the former
trial.
Burt Ellis, colorcd Worked with
Ferguson last year, and the reason he
left him four months before Christmas
was because Ferguson was drinking so
bad and besides he had tried to shoot
him. Every time he canc to town he
would drink.
Richard jackson. colored /: Saw Fer
guson the day before he killed Bcnc-
dict. Knew he had been drinking then,
because he smelt it on him.
John Cheatham Had seer Fergus
on take drinks, and several times he
sent to town for whiskcy by him.
Thinks he drank II good deal last wear.
james Smith : Met Ferguson in the
road in 1881. He went to put his baud
OH his horses neck, but missed and fell.
He Was on horseback and so was Fer
snson. Ferguson was not drunk. Saw
no reason for his falling off. Denies
that he told j. +. Livingston that moth
ing was the matter with Ferguson, but
that he was drunk.
DAVID L. ADDON
Clerk in n harroom here last year.
Ferguson drank there frequently. and he
took big drinks IL a good many OF
them. When he would come in from
home in the morning he would take two
barroOm glasses ut n time. This was in
November and December, 1884. and
January and February. 1885. Saw him
on he morning Of the homicide. He
did not attract my attention. Looked
like he had been drinking before he
calnc there.
Il. Q. HADDoN:
Last year before Christmas Ferguson
would come to the bar two or three
times II week and buy from a pint to
q half gallon. Drank more in the fall
than during the rest Of the year.
Press Cheatham Knows that Fer
guson drank a good deal last year.
Sometimes looked like he would drink
nearly half IL pint at n drink. He is my
brother-in-law.
Thomas G. Christian Helps his fa-
ther in the barroom. Sfw Ferguson in
the barroom in the fall once OF twice q
week.
II. l.. Williams Saw Ferguson on
day "f killing. Witness called him a
drunk man on that He hail seen
him when he did no think ne had quite
as much whiskcy in him as ut other
times.
The defence closed here and the
State put up in reply
The State In Reply.
DIR. T. T. MARRY
who testified that he had practiccd
forty or forty-five years. Practiced in
the family Of A. j. Ferguson for fifteen
years, and has known John G.. Ferguson
all this time and longer. Has never
treated Ferguson for epilepsy. or any
disease Of that kind. The symptoms of
epilepsy are falling down. spasms, con
WILSON'S, which last from a few min
utes to an hour. In petit NAL the limbs
are not still. There arc general con-
WILSON'S, Of the whole body. 1t is said
that persons have ~premonitory symp-
toms. Sometimes there are pains in the
head. Can't say that the patient would
be aware of it. The effect Of epilepsy
is to destroy the mind. 1t tends to
lunacy. The books say it tends to vic.
lence. but lie has never seen it. He
recognizes no form Of epilepsy without
Inconsistencies. A person suffering
from petit NAL is unconscious. Contin-
ued epilepsy would create an id:otic
expression; but he has seen cases whore
there was no pcrceptible difference.
When n person has had petit NAL from
the age Of n year old up to manhood
it would make l difference. Petit NAL
causes a cessation OF occupation for n
little while. Has seen Ferguson in an