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for the defense in an adjoining room was
"private."
Re-examined: "No straight shots went"
X. r.. THOMAS

ior .ho ueieiise III All auloimng room was
"private."
Re-examined: "No straight shots went"
s. b. THOMAS
is sheriff OF Kinds county, and has been
since 1865. Met Col. Hamilton the second
year OF the war. Has known him in Jack
son since 1875. His reputation for peace
or violence is good.
Re-examined-The large pistols in evil
dence, or some like them, were in witness
possession for time during the habeas
corpus trial. Does not rccollect the small
pistol. Does not recollect when he last
saw Hamilton before the shooting.
JOHN HART
is merchant and farmer, and lives in
jackson, where he has lived for thirty
eight years. Has known defendant since
1865. His character and reputation for
peace or violence is good.
Crosse not recollect see
ing defendant the day OF the shooting.
W. L. HEMINGWAY
lives near Jackson. Has known de-
PENDANT since 1866. His reputation has
been that OF d peaceful man.
Cross never heard de-
PENDANT say anything about the article in
the Siuord and Shield. Saw him after sun
down the evening OF the killing little
over block from the penitcntiary. Wit
ness was driving and Hamilton standing
on the sidewalk talking to Mr.. Price Por-
ter. II defendant had stick in his hand
witness did not notice 1t.
W. l.. DIsKNs
is United States marshal. Was in his Of
fee In the government building in jackson
the night OF the shooting. The window OF
the front Office was down, and that OF tho
rear Office was up. Heard the shooting.
IL commenced at 10 o'clock. Knows the
witness Nellie Dinkins. She wasa servant
in witness family. Has known her fifteen
years. Knows the general reputation Of
Nellie Dinkins in the community in which
she lived before she moved 10 jackson for
truth or veracity. II is bad. Witness
would not believe her on oath. On the
morning after the killing Of Gam
brell he was in Mrs Campbel's
dining-room when Nellie Dinkins came in.
She was then asked what she had seen at
the bridge, and replied that she was going
down 10 West jackson, and Just us she got
on the foot walk she saw hack drive up
and two men get out OF IL on the bridge,
and Immediately after they got out three
men came up on the iootwalk from the
opposite end and commenced firidg on the
two men, and she got scared and ran off.
Cross-examined-W Witness was prcsentin
Jackson at times during the habcas corpus
trial and read the testimony Of Nellie
Dinkins, and was not examined. Talked
10 Judge Calhoun, OF counsel for the de-
Tense, about the character Of the witness
nj the time, and lac thinks told him
OF Nellie's statement about the shots. She
was cooking for Mrs Campbell at the time
and witness was a boardcr. No one ex-
cept witness and Nellie were present Mrs.
Campbell told witness that Nellie was a
valuable witness and ought 10 be sum
moned Witness did not tell this 10 any
Of the attorneys for the State or the de-
Tense. Witness thinks he told Mrs. Camp
bell that he did not believe Nellie saw
anything OF the shooting. Has heard Mrs.
Campbell talk Of Nellic's truth or veraciiy
since the shooting, and has also heard
Col. Helm. Cannot call the names
OF Others. Knows her general repu-
tation about jackson. The witness named
some eight or more persons whom he had
had heard discuss Nellie's reputation for
truth or veracity, one OF whom, brother
in-law, had said "ehe was nothing but a
common lying prostitute who had poisoned
her husband" The persons named by
witness are not the majority OF persons liy-
ing In the neighborhood where Nellie
formerly lived. Some Of the persons named
spoke 20 witness before the shooting and
some after. Has heard many more than
those named speak of her character and
reputation for truth, ~ we'll M Of her
character in other respects, but can.
not name them. Witness had told
Ms. Campbell before the shooting that he
was surprised to find Nellie there, that she
was violent, subject 10 mad fits, unreliable
and dishonest. Witness had had some
experience with her himself, rs she had
cooked for him In 1878. Saw Nellie IN q
| III at Mrs. Campbell's In November last,
produced by violent passion. Guesscs she
u twenty-eight or thirty years old, and
witness has known her about fifteen years.
/ Among the persons named NJ discussing
Nellie's reputation for truth and yenAcity
were Robert Powell, w. II. Powell, r. q,
Smith and DIR. James Galloway, well
known citizens Of Madison county,
o. l.. GARRETT, coI6RED,
lives In Canton, and has lived there
thirty two years. Il n lawyer by proies.
sion. Has known Nellie Dinkins eight OF
ten years. Knows her general reputation
for truth and vcracity. II Is very bad
Would not believe her on oath.
Cross-cxamined-" she come into
town aud lose her rep7" Eyes, she losi
her rep" Nellie Is one oi the most cele
bratcd liaB on earth. This witness
named some eight or ten persons whom
he had heard discuss Nollie's vcracity, and
related incidents In her life that he had
heard talked about, among them the sus
picion that sho had poisoned her hus
band
Al the conclusion Of bis examination
the court at O o'clock adjourned ill TO
morrow morning at O'Clock.