Cherokee scout. [volume] (Murphy, N.C.) 188?-1961, 1890-10-21

would not permit father and myself
Ito probe the wound, which was pro
] duced by knife, al.d we only made
an xternal eSainiir'rs IN: i'fae1
to learn the nature the wound, ]
asked to see the ilstrument that it
/ was done with. Mrs. Gould was
present when / made the inquiry,
and said she would show me the
knife. / told her she need not trou-
BILE herself. She stopped. Shortly
afterwards I asked Bob Ramsey to
show me the knife, which he did"
''Is this the knife ?" and the attor-
ney for the State handed the witness
a wicked and dangerous. looking dag
ger, about a foot long, the blade of
which was an inch wide and fully
six inches long.
alt Isl" responded the witness.
This produced great sensation in
court.
Continuing the witness said 'sthat
Mrs. Gould told him during the day
that she thought it would be SO ro-
mantle to prick him with the knife,
as it was present from his brother,
who was the English consul to Sian.
Mrs. Gould told me that she was
driven to desperation and stabbed
Gould in self-defense."
The cross examination brought out
nothing new, and DIR. Patton vacated
the witness box.
Here the State rested its case, and
the defendants introduced the fol-
lowing witnesses:
Robert Ramsey was the next wit
ness called, and testified as follows:
81 was employed by Gould TO do
some ch ,res around the house, and
while helping Bill q npen Snla2d.
sonic woost my attentiSh WAS di-
rected towards the house by Cannon
exclaiming, t'Look therep l turned
my head and saw Gould coming
down stairs, stick in hand, alter iIrs.
Gould, who was before him. She
ran behind me, aid then | told Gould
if l was him / would not strike her.
He then turned around and went
back to the house, going up stairs.
Mrs. Could then went into the
Kitchen, OH the first floor, and lay
down on a lounge. She was crying
J. NJ. Barnett came up on the hill
and asked me what was the matter.
Gould was then up stairs, and told
me tell anybody that nothing was
the matter, should they ask. told
Barnett, in lieu of anything better.
that she had the collc. In short
while Gould came down stairs into
the Kitchen, where Mrs. Gould was
laying on the lounge, caught her by
the arm and jerked her off of the
lounge to the floor; then taking up a
bucket of water from the table, he
dashed its contents over her, and
raised his foot as if to stamp her in
the face. Mrs. Gould was crying
all the time he was abusing her. I
caught his foot and he desisted.
What took place after that? Gould
went back up stairs. Mrs. Gould was
in the middle of the room, trying to
adjust her clothes, which had been
partially torn off of her when Gould
jerked her from the lounge. Gould
had been gone some 20 or 80 min
ntes when Mrs. Gould, haGing rear
ranged her dress, also went up stairs. |
In short while | heard loud talk
ing up stairs, and thinking they were
about to have another fracas, went
up to see about it. Gould had a |
walking stick in his hand, with which |
he hit her, knocking her against the
wall, which saved her from falling.
When she had partially recovered
from the blow, he then took both
hands, drawing the stick back as if
TO strike her again. Mrs. Gould then
sprang at him and plunged the dag
ger in his side. / never saw any
weapon until at that moment. Gould
was abusing her al! the time, using
language that was profane and dirty"
as this the stick with which he
struck her? 2" sald the attorney, pre-
senting the witness with an English
walkingcane. The witness acknowl-
edged that it was, and said he was
with Gould until he died.
On being cross examined the wit
ness said athe blow given Mrs. could
with the stick was on the right side
of her face and shoulder glance
lick
Bill Cannon was next called ,iand