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coRoNER's INQUEST,
Held OH the Body of Joe Cunning.
ham. ColOred.-Verlict Of the Jury.

BRICE BURT, sworn, says:
That morning. 18th April, Joe said to Cesar,
what lie was that you told on me lust night?
Joe said now am going to stop you from tell
what have I done TO you? Joe said never
mind yon will find out. Joe says hush mp, if
you fool with me ! will cut you with my
knife. l was In my house: when we all come
to dinner Joe come in to light his pipe and
said to Cesar, there has got to he some divide.
ment; Toe went out; Caesar went to the door
and asked Joe what he was mad about; Joe
said you will find out soon enough Joe told
him to hush up; Caesar got the poker, but ]
did not see him strike Joe; was Il few feet off
in the same house; I saw Joe's knife and pipe;
l SHow it was Joe's knife; heard the lick !;
Joe was down when saw him, and thought
he was dend; Joe was smoking at the time !;
Joc's knife was right by him.
WM. JACKSON, sworn, says:
Joe come In the house and lit his pipe and
said to Cesar, we will have to make u divide.
Joe went out; Cesar went to the door and
asked Joe, what have done? Joe says you
will know soon enough: Cesar went to the
fire place and got Of the poker and went to the
went out or not. but Joe was lying by the
steps; don't think Caesar went out OF the
door; Joe was lying on his face when saw
him; his knife was right by him, also his
pipe; do not live on the same place; Joes
knife was common pocket knife about eight
inches long; never had heard of the difficulty
before; did not know they were going TO
fight; Joe was not dead when I picked him
up; his knife was open by him.
ANDY BURT, sworn, says:
| We were at the Fitzpatrick bottoms; NIL
were not there; lay down on the ground til
the others come; l had gone to sleep; Cesar
woke me up and asked him where the other
boys were; he said they had not come yet;
Cesar said he saw Two women coming; Cesar
told me when these men, Joe and Humphrey
Jackson. saw the women coming they walked
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nothing that day; work on a Saturday; Joe
and / were hauling manure and Joe COM
lnenced laughing; / asked what about and he
seid about something that Humphrey and
did last Saturday; he would not tell me what
it was; he found out from our conversation
we had that knew something about 1t and
wanted to know what had heard aboutit;
gave him no satisfaction; on Monday next
me, Brfce, Humphrey Jackson and his broth
er Lewis TO scatter manure; Lewis stayed In
the wagon Joe said know who told that lie
but wonl1 not tell him any thing; Joe said
C;esnr told the lie and Joe Said there was 90
ing to be some killing done abont it: Joe was
not speaking to Cesar; at that time friendly
that day that Joe was hit he, tried to run q
horse over Cesar. and 1t seem ed as II Joe want
ed to pick row with Cesar.
HUMPHREY JACKSON, sworn, says:
| We were plowing In the bottoms, planting
corn Caesar said, what have done to you
Joe? Zoe said never mind you know YOU
the house; did not hear any more of the
quarrel; was about hundred yards when
Caesar struck Joe; ice fell when he was
struck Cesar hit Joe with piece of buggy
tire two and half feet long; after Joe wns hit
his knife was found by him open; [ know II
WAS Joe's knife; Caesar begged Joe to tell hin
what was the matter or why he wanted tc
quarrel
! DOCTORS CERTIFICATE.
| This is to certify that have this day exam
ined the dead body OF Joe Cunningham, anC
brain as result of fracture of frontal bone re
j. w. WIDEMAN, NJ. D.
VERDICT OF JURY.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE.
An inquisitinn indented taken at Il. l.. Had
May A. D. 1885, before J. A. Shillito. Coroner
for said county, upon the view OF the body o
Joe Cunningham, then and there being dead
by the oaths of D. Crawford. H. r. Wilson, T.
&. Ellis. NJ. G. Donald, NJ. 3. Baker, w. Filz
4 gerald, r: w: Crawford, ]: 7. Miller, j. f. VI
lingsworth, being a lawful jury Of inquest
who being charged and sworn to inquire tol
the State OF South Carolina, where and by
what means the said Joe Cunningham came
to his death, upon their oaths do say: and SC
the jurors aforesaid, upon their oaths afore
death from the effects OF blow with piece
of wagon tire in the hands of one C@sal
Thomas.
In witness whereof, I, !. A. Shillito, Coroner
aforesaid. and the jurors aforesaid to this In
QUESTION have interchangeably put our hand!
and seals the day and year above mentioned
J. 4. SHILLITO, [L.S.l
| Coroner a. C..