The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-21

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get. / think the little room is about
@ feet wide and about 10 or IL fee,
long. In 1t was a writing desk, and
on the floor was comfort. | saw
nothing else in there. There ia q win.
dow facing on the street, and DOM
reeollect any other window.
Cross Examined. Movers family
were said to live in these rooms
When he came to the Station House
he was verv much excited and what
he said ct first l did not understand
and had to ask him the second time
for what he killed the man, and be
said, in substance, for seducing his
wife. (Witness YVES instructed to bring
the papers found in the little room Ia
the hall into conrt this morninR.)
The third witness introduced by the
State was Mr. j.. j. Dunnavant, brother
OF the deceased, who testih ID that he
and his brother, w. b. Dunnavant,
lived on Fifth street in Chelsea, occu-
plying double tenement house. II
am builder and contractor. | am
slightly acqna ntsd with Meyer; think
l met him first in October, 1885. Have
known him only in business tranac
lions. Saw him once at my brothers
house with some musicians. NY
brother played on the guitar. In
October, 1885, Meyer was frescoing ST.
Peters Church, and we built some
scaffolding for him. We also put up
some scatiolding for him when he
frescoed st, Patrick's Church. Our
bill was thirty o ID dollarp. We repea'
edly dunned him for it. He final
ly paid $40 on il. He
promited frequently to psy balance,
but it never came. l met him in front
of Leuhrman's saloon and told him
he must pay the remainder. He eaid
he WAS going away to get work in
some other city ana would make the
money and send it back to his wife
and che would Pay it to US. l think
this was about June or the latter part
of May. ! don't remember that he
said whsie he was going. l know l
sent my book.keeper several times.
My brother took the account up there
once and was gone five or ten minutes
On Monday evening precedihg the
X ling, at 4 p. M, went with my
brother down 10 the Kate
Adams where he carried some
lumber and hands down
the river to do a job Of work. He
came back Thursday morning. l left
him at the shop between l and 2
O'Clock pm. / know Meyers family
only by sight. l saw his wife and
children at my bro'her's once.
know where Meyer lives. l saw my
brother about two hours after he was
killed. He was in his coffin at home.
He had on light alpaca coat and
vest when saw him in the morning
l never taw Meyers little girl about
our shop in my life that know Of.
Cross Examined Il hardly know
Mrs Meyer, but / think / would
recognize her on the street, though /
might not. l don't know that my
brother and Meyer ever were intimate
or ever went serenading together. l
lnow OF no relations existing between
my brother and Meyer except those
of q friendly character. / remember
of no conversation in which my
brother told Meyer to leave, go of and
make the money and that no would
assist him. never saw them together
having a conversation.
ReCrOa Examined. - My brother
merely went to Meyer with some mu-
sicians TO play music. This is all the
visiting / know Of between them.
The State then called Mr.. J. r. Algee,
city editor OF the Avaldnche, who teati-
fed: / know the prisoner by sight. l
saw him on the 9th day OF September
at the Station case, In cell. l think
the killing occurred at 2 O'clock pm,
on that day; saw Meyer about a half
hour after. He made statements to
me concerning the killing. 1 think
he said he had come from Jackson,
Tenn, to Memphis the day beio the
killing and stayed all night in his
house, conCealinR himself in the
little closet or hall room, in
which position he eaid he
remained until the killing. He said
Mr.. Dunnavant about noon came up
stairs and entered into a conversation
with his wife. That when he could
stand what he saw no longer he
stepped in and said to DunDavant,
"Hold up, there" or "Hold up your
hands," he Meyer having pistol in
his hand. That DunnaVant rushed
toward him, when the pistol some-
how or other exploded and killed him.
He said that while away from there
he received anonymous letters stating
to him that bis wife was untrue to
him, and he believed it and intended
to catch her in the act. That~he did
not intend to kill Dunnavant, but in
tended TO force him to give him
Meyer money enough to carry
his children off, and then tell him
that he could take the woman and
keep her, or II he would give him
money enough he would take her eff
also. He said he went into the closet
the night before. He did not tell me
how he got admission into his house.
He said that he told Duunavant to
Hold up, there" or "Hold up your
hanC g." lie stated that he was near
the folding doors when he sad this.
He never said anything TO me about
wardrobe near the folding doors. He
said to me they were on the foot OF
the bed, and he bad watched them
and could stand it no longer. When
| got there Bruder and Pride were in
the room. The dead mans head
wss toward the door in the
front room. Mrs. Meyer WIS in the
back room, Ibid not examine Dan.
navant. He was not dead when l
fret saw him. l remember he wai in
his shirt sleeves and had on his vest.
There was bed, stove and some
cooking utensils in the front room In
the ba room there was a folding bed
and ordiuary articles of iurnilue. |
remember the folding bed was toward
the northwest corner Of ths room.
Cros Examined Meyer said to me
that Durnavsnt put his baud on his
wife wbils they we're sitting on the
bed. That he could stand this NO
longer, and that, thinking only of lis
children, he said to Dunn 4
want: "Hold up, there" He
told me he wanted to take
his children away from here. He ga 4
he had y hoTar Of murder, AID die
not want TO kill Dunnavaut; but h,
rush. d UPON hin, when h. retr' o.
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