The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-11-23
CRIMINAL COURT.
TRIAL OF FORE CONTINUED
AND EVIDENCE CLOSED.

S>ie Evidence CIOSed-FOre Tes
tiiies in His Own BeIIaiE-h'h,
Speeches viii be Made TO-Da,
and Probably verdict.
The examination of the evidence for tn
! State vas continued by the testimony q
} Mr.. - Butler, who saw number O
; persons assembled and heard loud talk
ing, aud heard Fore say to some person
who had taken hold of his arm and askc,
! him to go away, mo, if it comes III Gu
some d--d man. That is what cam,
here for"
Fore then went to wagon and took ;
seat thereon. Lunstord approached anc
demanded retraction of epithct which
Fore had applied to him. Fore reluscc
t" rctract and again called him 4 ID
liar. l.unstord then struck Fore, and AT
same instant Fore made al 0Jcrhanded
blow with an open knife in his hand. Til,
fight then moved some eight icct from
wagon, LunsIord backing and both par.
ties striking furiously, Then Lunslord
struck Fore a blow which caused him to
turn his back to deceased, aud in this DO
Siriou witness saw kniic strike LunSford
III abdomen. Lunslord then knocked and
kicked Fore off of the bank Of the road,
and Fore partly turned and seemed
about to come back at Luns!n1d, when
latter struck and kicked him again and
they both fell int" the spring Fore did
not get into water Lunsturd did do So,
ard there kicked Fore again. Then they
were separated.
| On cvoSS-cXamnatiunw witness ackuowI-
edged that ON last evening, when beng
examined by counsel for defence, he made
n" such statement rs he now does in re-
gard To threat made by Fore prior to the
light. Also that witness lived on land
OF Il hrothcrn-Iaw OF Lunsford.
On direct examination. witness
stated that he had made same statement
Of Forc's words to another person.
whom he named.
Mr. Weaver repeated vile cpithcts
which he heard Fore apply more than
once to LunStord. He did not see begin
ming of fight at wagon, but saw that at
the spring, and gave an account very
similar to that of the first States wit
ncsSes. He was not cross-cxamined.
Mr.. Rogers heard sounds indicating
that fight was imminent, and took
hold of Lunsiord, whcn Fore, who was
on wagon, said, Let him loose; amnot
afraid of him" Lunsford replied "Idon't
want YOU to be afraid of me. Will YOU
repeat what you said ?" Theu Fore again
called Lunstord id liar, and fisht
ensucd, of which this witness testified as
the Others had done
II. B. Ray gave description Of the
iight i'll a concise manner, his testimony
being very similar to that of Mr.. West
and Mr., Lee. This witness was not
Mr.. Webb had conversation with
Butler the witness first examined, and
repeated what Butler SAID. very much the !
same as the testimony given by Butler.
Witness also heard Sumner say to Thad. |
Sans, who was holding Lunsford, "Lct
him go; lie has taken too much off OF this |
man already" The statement of this |
witness was not materially different from
that Of ihy others.
Mr., Dockcfy heard same words as
,talcd by last witness, used by Summer |.
TO Ihad. Sans, and saw fight, without
any material poiut of difference, except ,
that he thought Fore had hold OF I.uns- |
tord just before the parties fell into the
spring,
Here the State rested, and the defence
asked a recess OF half hour, which was
granted.
On rcaSsembIiug, the prisoner was
sworn, aud took the witness stand. He I,
said:
con Sunday evening | was walking
towards spring. y horse ran against
me, and caught it and asked boy to be !
more careful. At this moment man
came up and said, Talk to a man, not to
a boy said, 4 have no talk for either.
but do not want a horse to run over
me- Then he said, You are too big a
coward. said, 1 am no nocoward. Then
he SAID, Won are a coward and a -
. - NV recollection is that | re-
piled You are liar. He walked up the
road, saying Come up here; | will do
YOU up said, 1 will not go, and start
ed down road. He overlook, me and said
Go down the road aud | will do youup.
said, 1 will not 90 anywhere to take
About this time | saw Mr..
Ham. Luther sitting on the wagon, and
thought would 90 there to avoid diff
fculty. went and got on the wagon.
At this time saw Mr., Lunstord stand
ing off talking with others, one of whom
learn to bc Mr.. Sumner. Lunstord and
others came to me. He had hand down
by his side; thought he had a rock in
his hand. Then Mr.. Sumner spoke to
Mr.. Sans, saying, Let him alone; he has
already taken more than would have
taken Then LuuSlord asked me to
repeat what said. replied that wish
I'd to have no more to say about it. He
said was too much OF a coward, and
said, You are coward and a - -
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