The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-01

yelled. know it wal Emma Nor
ment because / know il. did not 20
far alter her. She went up fernando
street. We generally close the store
about 8 o'clock. | geuelally close up
the store. sometimes wait on Gus
toners, not often. i did not see but
one lady in the store whou the pickles
we're asked for. did not see the lady
who asked for the pickles when the
shooting took place. / hope Mr.. Ar
mold is in heaven, He was mighty
good man to me. / have a great deal
OF feeling over his death, but none
toward Miss Norment, and have no
desire to see her prosecuted. l was
never a witness in coult before. | un-
deIstand the nature OF an oath. 1t is
to call on God to witness the truth Of
what cay. / will be punished in
hell for swearing lie, because ! will
not be doing His will. l have not
talked TO anybody about this case ex.
cept Mr.. Arnold's brother. l. have
heard several talk about II. / went
to the country the night Of the shoot
ing TO tell Mr., Arnoldis brother he
was shot. | came back next day. /
have been nowhere else.
DR. TAYLOR CALLED
The next witness examined by the
State was DIR Taylor. He taid; lives
at my office about 8 o'clock at night.
A boy came for me / went down
on Beal street, opposite the market
house, and found man, whom !
learned to be Mr.. Arnold, lying on
the pavement, shot. He was dead when
saw him but not cold. The ball entered
his back under the shoulder, and |
took ii out In front. The wound was
necessarily mortal one. did not
know Mr.. Arnold. l can't say
whether the ball was pistol ball or
rife ball. | know IL was a 'esden ball,
and might have been from either one.
As he was dead / did not examine him
very closely. The ball went through
the body in horiz )ntal line. / think
it was about o'clock l got there, In
about iitts or twenty minutes after
| was notified.
Samuel SCHNEIDER, the next witness
for the State, said live in Memphis.
/ was near the corner OF Beale and
Hernsndo streets the night OF the
shooting. cav the affair In which
Henry Arnold lost his lie, was 60
ing across from the corner toward the
place where the shooting occurred. ]
saw gentleman standing in front OF
| MIR. ArDOld's store, and saw woman
come up 70 him and shoot him in the
hack. Ste then ran right toward me.
heard some one say "Stop her" and
| said to her TO stop. said to her,
Madam, you shot him." She fa'd,
Turn me loose" and just turned
her aloose then followed her, and
she said, Don't touch me-" and l
didn't. A man came along and pre-
vented me from arresting her. de
said she was his daughter. He
seemed to be ont about the
middle OF the street. turned her
over to the officers and | left. / saw
the officers take her, / don't remem.
Der what she eaid. She had pistol
in her hand. / did not see her face
she was yelled. / went back and cav
Mr.. Arnold; he was dead.
eCHNEIDRR CROsh'RXAMINRD.
Cross.examined.- never knew Mr..
Arnold; Just saw the man they said
was him. have bought goods in his
store, / was on my way home from
work. There were two ladies ran
after the shooting; one ran up toward
Main street and some Of the crowd ran
in that direction. The defendant
came right toward me. They said
this woman was the one She had a
pistol in her baud coming towards me
was across the street when the
shooting took place. She ran to me-
| saw several people, six or seven
maybe more. She had also ANAL
basket in her hand aud a shawl. !
think / would know the lady again,
| cav her at the station. house the
next day. / did not 20 with
the officers that night. / went
10 the station house because
they notified me 10 come as a witnets
/ went back and sAw Mr.. Arnold On
the sidewalk dead he was lying on
his back. | saw no weapon about
him. / saw his body searched. / saw
tokan rom him OF eourse l dom
Snou, how the jifFicnltv took place o,
n nJ !, wss anon, since then / have
heard people make remarks about Il
and say what II was for ! heard hei
statement at the Station House.
Judge Greer-What was III
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