Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-01-03

the size of mans fist. The Morrow's
never said anything about Dick to
me.
Cross Examination All the flesh
was gone from his face and neck.
Could not tell that the body was that
of a negro except from the hair that
was under the head and neck ON the
ground. Couldn't say that the hat
was Dicks. Twas like one had seen
Dick wear. That was all / found to
identity the body by. saw the knife;
had no shirt that / could see.
ROBERT CAUDLE, COL
knew Dick, saw the body in the
light and took it to be his. Saw part
of pants and part of shirt; saw the
mustache; squatted over the body
nearly one hour in the cave. !
brought the body out of the cave and
put it in coffin and opened the coffin
afterwards. The mustache did not
drop off, turned it back with stick.
Cross Examination: heard the
body was in the cave before I went
there. (The remainder was same as
direct examination.)
JAMES PACAUD. &
/ live in Henderson and Paris,
Tenn; lived in Dist, No. 8. up to
last Feb. + knew the Morrows and
Dick Overton; lived two and half
miles from Ransom Morrows'. / re-
member the time when Dick Overton
was missing; Bill Morrow told me
some time while the fall meeting was
going ON at Blooming Grove that he
killed Dick Overton. The talk took
place in my field ON the fence; he
spoke Of itseveral times; told me how
he did it. Told me how he got Dick
| to 20 stay with his children while he
and his wife went to preaching. He
got sick and stayed at home. After his
wife and others left, Dick came; he
went out OF doors. heard Dick walk
| ing; went back to the house and Dick
sayed "don't come in" He knocked
Dick down, took the gun and made
him turn over and tied his hands, load
ed his gun, drove Dick to the cave
and shot him. The cave is one half
mile from Bills home. He left the
corpse there until next evening when
he and Charley put it in the hole. /
went into the cave last June with Ed
wards, Shepherd, Howard and Ed
mondson and found the body in the
cave. Bill said if ] ever told this he
would kill me and if he didn't, some
of his folks would. Bill said he
thought Dick told him not to come in
because he was trying to commit a
rape on his little daughter, that was
the immediate cause for killing him,
but he had induced Dick to come to
his house for the purpose. He said
Dick knew heap and talked heap
about his family and they wanted him
out of the way. Dick had lived at
Rams. Morrows about 6 years, These
were the only reasons he gave me for
the killing; don't remember for GER
tain where he said his father was,
think he said he was over the river.
Said his father owed Dick some fifty
or sixty dollars and had gone over the
river to get it.
Cross Examinations: Invent to the
Attorney General and told him all
about this the day Morrow was arres-
ted. / swore out the warrant that
day. The first conversation / had
with Bill in regard to this was last
fall. was living in No 8 at that
time; went to Paris in February and
| from there to Nashville and from
| there TO Henderson,; live at all three
places, have business at all of them.
/ talked with Bill in my field on the
fence, two miles from Bills house. He
was riding and got down and came to
where | was. told the Attorney Gen.
eral about this last June; / had other
conversations with Bill, some before
and some after Christmas. had
nothing to do with the killing. He
We were good friends. He threaten
ed me every time he told me about it.
Bill said that he heard some noise in
the house the night he left Dick in
there before he killed him; said he
found Dick standing in the floor, did
not say that he was ON the bed. |
don't remember that | made such a
statement at the former trial; / don't
remember whether he said Dick
jumped from the bed or not. He
might have said it. I might have 80
stated ON former trial. Ibid not state
before that Bill said he heard his child
cry.
l did not tell Edwards that the body
was in the oave-l told several others
that it was. Bill Morrow's house had
two rooms-hed room and kitchen.
r. l.. VAUGHN.
live in District No. 9, and knew
Dick Overton. Bill Morrow told me
he killed Dick-told me SO over year
ago in Sam Jones lot. Said Dick
was trying to outrage his little girl.
He said there was nobody there at the
time but his children. Said Charley
helped to put Dicks body in the cave
next night. Didn't tell me how Dick
happeped to come to his house,
Gross Examination: did not testi
fy at the preliminary examination of
this case in June. heard of the case
summoned day before yesterday. |
don't know how the state found out
that Bill had made confessions to me
I had told people about it. | never
told any one that all I knew about it
was what my mother-in-law told me.
Bill made the confession to me in Sam
Jones horse lot. We went to Jones to
dinner. | live five miles from Bill
and near Jones. He said he came in
on Dick while he was standing by the
bed trying to outrage his little girl.
Said he knocked him down, tied him
drove him in the direction of the
cave and shot him.
Kid. A, j. HAMBRICK. ..#
Bill Morrow's wife is my daughter,
| knew Dick Overton-f rememher
when he was missing 1t was in Au=
gust OF last year.
Meeting was going ON at Wiley's
Chapel Bill told me the next night
after the deed was done that he killed
Dick. He told me in the presence of
his wife, and said he did it because
Dick was trying to outrage his little
daughter. She was three years old.
He said he killed him near the cave
and put his body in the cave next
evening. He never threatened me.
never told about this until / was fore
ed to. Bill and l went to Rams Nor
rows the evening after the killing; got
there about an hour by sun. Bill
went up TO where his brothers were.
did not 90 with him. He staid q
half hour, | waited tor him. / saw
Bans. Morrow at Bills after we got
back from church the morning after
the killing took place. Heasked If Dick
was over there last night. He asked
where Bill was. Bill had not told me of
the killing then. Bill said he came in