Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-02-14

go to BrOWnSburg unless he WAS sent for.
Father asked Mr.. Bosworth if he thought
it would be safe for him to come to Browns
burg. MI. Bosworth said he thought so,
but ii there was any danger, the boys had
better arm themselves and come along with
| father-as Dr.. Walker might do as he had
done before, meet them on the road-but
the boys must not bring their arms into
the Academy. He said we could put them
in a store, OF put them under the steps of
| the Academy.
| We all started for Brownsburg little
after clock. Constable Agnor rode with
father. Reese had gone on ahead. Jim and
l rode together, and George and Dave rode
together. We all armed ourselves with
shot guns and rifle. We went straight
to the Academy and hitched our horses and
set the guns under the steps. Reese came
up. We SAW about forty OF fifty people
coming from the direction of DR.. Walkers
house, all walking except the Doctor and
his wife who were in a buggy, and then we
went into the Academy. l took a back
seat Father sat in the east corner Of the
room, my other brothers sat around in the
room. Dr.. and Mrs. Walker came in, and
also the crowd. Here witness repeated the
opening trial as other witnesses had.
Sam Houser called me out and | got up to
go out. Just then I heard Walker say
something about slapping some one, and
sat down again. Then everybody in the
house jumped up. AS l got up John Spit
lei showed ME out of the seat. Two Oh
three caught me and showed me out of the
door. [ couldn't see when l got up what
was going on in front-only heard an awful
noise. AS l got to the door, I heard a pis-
tol fire, and then more. [ saw nobody
shoot and saw no pistol. The people
who had rushed to the front, turned
and rushed back for the door, and
showed me along out with them.
| went to the bottom of the steps where
John Reese was holding the shot guns. He
handed me a gun and Ham Wade came
down the steps and jerked it out my hands.
1 went back up the steps and wrapped
riding whip around my hand. L had no
arms. Went in the door. Henry Ierrill
at the door said: ''Don't you come in
here.' I said II an coming in there"
He stepped back and tried to pull up stand
to strike me with, struck at him with my
whip. He let the stand go and hit at me
with his fist. Shooting was still going on.
Somebody shot two OF three times just
then. l went up then to where my father
was lying with blood all On each side of
L. IL, Il
There was no shooting after [ went up to
my fathers body. Here the tears were
running down the cheeks Of the witness
as he spoke.] I never fired a shot that
day.
Cross Erdm5ndtaon.-When we went up
to BroWnsburg to vote, father had shot
gun in the wagon. He did not get out OF
the wagon. l have not carried (haD apis
tol for four years. George had pistol on
election day. 1 got some caps from Mr..
Clemmer Wednesday night; had no pistol
with me. Never said at Mr.. Clemmer's
house ''Damn Walker, I'll get him now."
Wednesday.
CRoss-EXAMINATION OF WILLIAM
MILLER, RESUMED.
The witness being further cross-eXamined
by the prosecution, the prosecution were
unable to move him from his original state
ments He said that on election day, when
they went to Brownsburg his father voted,
and then returned home. Mr.. Alfred Gold,
who was the postmaster, as often took me
for George as he did for myself.
HAM WADE,
a witness who had been sworn for the pros
cution, but had not testified, was put on the
stand by the defense. He testified that he
saw George OF William Miller, (he couldn't
tell which, they are so alike), have a gun.
He said to him, s'Give me that gum" The
man refused, and witness took it from him.
The man he took the gun from also had a
pistol in his hand.
COL. VIM. SITLINGTON,
brother-in-law of DR.. Walker, having
married DR.. Walker s sister, sworn. Lives
six miles from Goshen. Was at Browns
burg on the Saturday before the Academy
| tragedy, on business. Got to Walker S res
idence about II A. M. Saturday. Asked
where the Doctor was; he was absent. Went
Walker, between and 2 clock. who told me
to come down stairs. l went down and
found the Doctor in bed. The Doctor told
me he wanted me to go down to Bellevue"
Henry Miller's place. that there was q
mob there and they were going to execute
Miller: that he had changed his mind about
executing him, and wanted me to go down
|
tie will give you the pass word, &C., and
tell you what to do, he said. l was to get
my instructions from Mrs. Walker and
they were so complicated [ had to get Mrs.
Walker to write them out for me. That
writing was burned at my house, later. L
showed it tony wife and she read it and
threw it into the fire. The instructions
were that was to go to Millers. When I
was challenged [ was to give three pass
words ''Billy Walker, BILLY Patterson"
and ''Jim Brown Those were the pass
words Then was to give my own name
and then deliver my message-to counter
mand the orders that Dr.. Walker had is
sued, and Henry Miller was not to be exc
cuted. My instructions were that Miller
was to be brought to Brownsburg. but the
arms of the boys were to be broken up and
they confined by the way-side and left there
till somebody else released them. In the
event that this party was not thele l was
to 'sspot" the house all night. After day
light I was to leave Miller and go to Billy
Buchanan S, eat my breakfast, and then re-
turn to NIiller's.
| INitnnss said he STAYED in the rold in front