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tno,v Mool, NV hnsband. was Jealous of

know Mack. my husband, was jealous OF
his brother Johnnie, and OF my father, 100.
Didn't like for me TO be with either of them.
Ldon't know that Mack had any grounds 10
be jealous of Johnnie. have loaned Jonn-
S95 a few weeks ago. He asked me TO loan 1t
to him, and told him would give 1t to him:
Johnnie has fine cornet. l don't know
where he got it.. | suppose the money l IeI
him have paid for q part OF IT, / don't know
that my letting Johnnie have the 50 was the
cause of AIack's jealousy. Mack bas been
Jealous Of Johnnie ever since | married him.
Johnnie and played together on cornel ana
piano whenever we got ready.
heard only one shot in my house this
evcnining, (betore sun down, an hour or so)
Mack. my husband, and were in my room.
saw Mack looking AT the gun | took the
gun out into Johnnic::s room. and Mack told
me to bring the gun back, and took 1t back.
Mack opened the gun-a breech-l -loaGer-tO
see il II was loaded. and told me had taken
the load out. Johnnie had the load and
gave 1t to Mack. had asked Johnnie TO take
the load out and he had taken IL out. This
was about an hour or an hour andS;a half
before the shooting occurred. talked OF
breaking up house Keeping next year, but
never said was going to break up to get rid
of Johnnie Glymph. Johnnie eat dinner with
MS to-day. never said that loved Johnnie
that liked him and if ] would have had any
preference between two; liked Jhonie. ways
Johnnie at the time married Mack.
JENNIE p. GLYMPH.
THE SLAYER OF HIS BROTHER AND TIE
DESTROYER OF HIS HAPPINESS SUR
RENDERS HIMSELF TO THE LAW.
w. A. MOORE, sworn, says
I was at home all this evening-lying on
the bed. heard q loud voice in front OF my
gate, as If In distress. went to my front
door and opened it. Mack Glymph called Ito
me TO come out to him quick. ! wept out. l
saw MIR. Mack Glymph. and he said: "My
God! my God! Capt: Moore ! have ave kiIiea a0rl
Ing. and seemed to be in the agonies of dis
tress. HeSaid his troubles were SO great he
was going to kill himself. took him into
the house. He got drink of water, and he
asked me to go home with him quick. /
started with him and sent q boy to get horse
to send for doctor. Mack said he did not
think it worth while to send for adoctor. lie
was certain his brother was dead.
While we were at my gate my son VIM. }:
Moore, lhe trial justice, came up; He told
my SON what had happened, and we three
started down to, ,Macl1's house and Mack SAID
he came up to give himself up to the trial jus,
tice. He said he was not going to try to
avoid and trial ut all. He said he had shot
his brother John in self-defence-said he
never hated anything so much in his life ms
no one knew the troubles he had. l live
three :or four hundred yards from the
When my son William, Mack and got
walked up to the back steps between the
dining room and the cook room. I'saw the
legs and feet of Mr. Johnnie Glymph project
Ing out out of the kitchen door on the plat
We went in the big house, lit q lamp and
went back to see If Johnnie Glymph was
dead. We fonnd him dead. He was ~
ing on his back, on the kitchen floor, win
r. L., at @,1f
the platform. He had n pistol in his right
hand, with his finger on the trigger. saw
no chair about him, When we arrived at
the Glymph home, no one was at tn the l., house use
yard. ! know that Mack Glymph and his
wife didn't live pleasantly:together last year
am sure that Mack said he killed his broth'
er in self defense; He might have sald ioi
John to 60 away from This house, and John
said he had come to have that trouble settled
and now was a good time to settle 1t. Mack
Glymph was not drunk this evenidg., If he
w. a. MOORE.
TTR THE HOUSE.
JOHN ROBINSON. sworn says:
live about 300 yards from the Glympn
over towards Mr.. Glymph's some ono calling
me- Mr. Mack Glymph soon came with his
children in his arms, told me to take his tWc
children and take care of them. he had sho'
his brother John. He asked me to 60 back
with him and l went back with him. When
we got to the house, Mr.. Mack Glymph ran
up on the steps and shook his brother anu salo
his brother was dead He asked me to stay
at his house till he went up to Capt. Moore,S
staid till Capt. Moore, hls son William and
Mr.. Mack came. A lamp was lit, and we al.
saw that Mr. John Glymph was dead. heard
Mr.. Mack Glymph say. when ne dia tne
room, had told his brother not to come in the
door, and his brother came with pistol III
hand.
Before this, Mr.. Mack Glymph said he was
living on his bed in his wife'S room, and Mrs
Glymph and Johnnie were in the dining room
and he saw Mrs. Glymph go out OF the dining
into Johnies room (the room where Johnle
slept and he got up and went out to ms lou
house to lock 1t, and as he came DacK lnronGn
the ward, he saw Johnic in the yard, and he
asked Johnnie If lie was going to stay at his
house tonight and Johnnie said yes and drew
his pistol, and said now Is the time TO nave
this thing out. He, Mr.. Mack Glymph, ran
nto the house to get his gun, and got 1t, told
Johnie not TO come In and Johnnie came with
pistol in his hand and he had to shoot him to
protect himself
and Mrs. Jennie Glymph walking and riding
together. When the lamp was ut, we saw inc
dead body of Mr. Glymph. he had pistol In
in his hand.
A BIRD sIIos IN THE BRAIN.
DIR. s. T. LEA, sworn: says:
| am q physician. On the night OF the 18th
of October I made an examination OF the
dead body of Jno. B, Glymph, at the resi-,
dence of Mack Glymph. l found gun Shot
wound covering the upper portion of the face
and forehead. Found two wounds penetrat
ing to the brain, which proved sufficient To
produce instant death. The wounds were
made by No. or bird shot. Those wounds
produced death.
PISTOL IN THE DEAD MANS HAND.
was asked by the coroner's jury to night
to assist in moving the dead body Of John b
Glymph. saw pistol grasped In his right
hand, and found another pistol in his pock
ct. Ihave heard Mack Glymph say that his
brother Johnnie and his, Mack's wife were toe
intimate The report Is current over the
County that Mrs. Mack Glymph and Johnnie
B. Glymph are too intimate.
WI. MOOORE, Trial Justice, A. G., ;. c.
Acting Coroner.
Oct, 10Th, 1885.
The jury composed of the following citi
zenS, rendered a verdict in accordance VIII
the above testimony:
w Moore Acting Coroner.
Jurymcn-G. NJ. Hodges, foreman: Wyatt
Aiken, w. H. Emerson, J. &. Moore, E. 5
Tinsley, r. J. Herndon, j. +. Forney, j. W
Lawson, c. A. Moore, Wesley Adams, John
Norwood Dave McGrecr.