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q. Where do you liver A. In Anderson.
Q. BID you or did You not receive a mes;
sage from Captain McClung to cone out at
that station 2 A. No, sir; received note
from Mr: aamblin about IN TINS t,;1aa MULE which
@. Do you remember the words OF that
note? You soy. now, Mr.. Fowler received
the note9 A.. The notc was addressed to me.
wei as s'i C ean rs az remember mem be- Dear Brother
Captain McClung rode up here and spent the
night with me. Any way, he says: Captain
McClung is here with sorrel horse mule,
says he would like to trade him; and says he
Is good one. Any how, Mr.. Harnblin wrote
the note to me, and traded horse for the
mule.
@. Did you see Captain McClung, ten miles
this side Of Anderson, or was IT In Anderson
that you traded with him? A. He was IN
Anderson, and come down and traded with
me In the stable for It.
@. Was it the same mule that belongs TO
T. 8. Anderson? A. Who Is he7
Court, pointing to mir. Anderson, That gen.
tleman.
q. The same mule9 A. Yes, sir; the
same mule traded for;
@. Did Captain McClung say anything TO
you about that mule? A. AS we'll as could
romcmbcr, he came into the stable. and right
below the stable Is o back shed; he called me
round there and says: l want 10 tell you
something; Took me round there, nnd M hand- hand
bin. Mr.. Fowler was standing there.
says to Mr.. Fowler, come here. Ho came in
there and showed him the. note. He Just
nut the noto In his pocket, and asked Captain
McClung, what about this muller tCourt-
You can't tell that] heard the conversa-
''e..' Q. Was Captain McClung there9 A. Yes,
q. Well, go on. then. a. He says, the
@. Who said that Fowler or McClung' A.
@. Did you, or not, run the mule from An
derson county? A. ! carried the mule over
10 Jim Wofford's.
" @. Where does be liver A. In Hart coun-
" Q. Wien did You carry him to Hart coun-
ty9 A. That afternoon.
@. Why did you do that? A. Well, he
said he had traded for the mule from negro,
Q. Whp sad that2 a; MoCiungi ,Sdrn ;ion tbo,o
@. Captain McClung told you that the mule
was under mortgage? a: Well, now !
he did; that there was a mortgage on the
O. And that is why you run itofr3 A. Yes.
sir; think he said that In the presence of
Fowler and myself, that he had traded
for 1t from negro
@. What time in the day was that Mr..
Farr? A. Four o'clock IN the day:
O.. Were you out at Mr.. Hamhlins? A.
Four o'clock in the afternoon the trado was
made left Anderson about two O'Clock IN
the afternoon, and came down there. about
Q. What time did you. SEQ Captain Nc, Nc
train was due there at ten O'Clock, A. b..
depot dep in hack or wagon, and then at four
Soies or II the en- mule and give him SO on his
note TO MIR. Fowler. didn't receipt on any
mortgage. want TO clear my skirts as we
60 along. "A.
WeiI then. I left Mr.. McClung ut Mr.. Ham.
bins Mr. Hamblin was not at home.
O.. what day did you see Mr.; Anderson at
Anderson Court House! A. Well. really,
couldn't say sir: had just come back from
o. Did you 60 after the mule in Georgia? :?
No, sir: 1 came down from tho house
where had been sick a few days-had some
'nsns On What WIZ time do you think it was that
r,st NJ anderson? A. On Tuesday, think
It was: conldn't swear positively; !;ro,o, ,,o
Thst was A. tho on a?E Tuesday, yGGa 'fsfsa
rnSie that I carried over to Jim Wofford's.
O.. Same mule that you got from McClung7
A: Yes, sir the same m, mule. lIH1eedant @. Why
do Ton remember 80 distinctly that traded
SW Sor ybe tSe mile or bought IT. A. You told mo
YOU that got the mule from negro. A..
Defendant. That Is Wnede @ You tina nau ruIs I,sc
didn't have anything to trade for IL: ,.
Witness. THAT is the same thing. ident-
icalcally. ,,o, ,oft mo a.
caihnnn ihi HamblIns, was drunk or sober? /?
A. Well you were drinking when left you
at Hamblin's. .,,d,,, ,o,.
slider him drunk. He was drinking.
Wccimne to witness. am not trying to
snsp ppeston yaH al bS Court, Was he sober when he
brought that mule? A. Yes, al' az, az nrst: i he he
asked Mr.. Fowler for fifty cents; In a few
minutes he wanted dollar, and he gave that
to him.
O. Did you arrest the defendant IN this ao-
ticnF lon Wbere7 81 9'a a. At Mrs. Mnncr,s, about a
mile and three quarters from this place,
g whnt Sim da ne Knocked kny at the door and
Cant. Mct'lung come 10 the door, and says
como in, Scrap. I want 10 sec you. VIII,
this thing stopped; looked BACK ana ciiieo
Tom Anderson to come In. -,,
D.. There were no witnesses fieeeh'' 90
Well. we went In the parlor co.,,,,
O. VINO went into the parlor? \. captain
Mc(,mnc Anderson and mysoii; ana ne sahu ~ u
|
"Snin worth? When he asked me that nues-
lion told him the mule WHS VaeW Mas worth or
,nnch money. He then said, Will xl2o anu
settle the case tns sn,a eas to h W. SaSge r"
tho rorIe He said to me then, 1t was your
mule told him II was nis not Ha my yashed %atf Dns
ihnn t w,nre w. p. Anderson was. told him
C'a O' Was Mr. Anderson present during oil
this conversation? A. Yes: Sir. a.,
O. At the time We were locked UP IN ,ts tne
parior. locked the door myself: assan lie anheq
me then how he could SEQ Mr.. Anderson.
told him wo would go to the Squires, ana
Mr Anderso , Topld so Ss you 'aHs' ars ready
o. Did Captain McClung make any eXpla-
nation 10 yoM that the %Se Ss ae1 yea mule
atSr that ao So Lost hid he say anything about the
eoor eoas or descrlpon Of tho mule that he had
in hie possession A. He saa ne 2vaS ~
mule / rode tho morning went fox hunt'ng
with him. - NJ .,dareon bos
NJ T..