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

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burg. I will go to Dr. Walker and return
this evening.
Witness returned to DR.. Walker straigh
and delivered to him MI. MileI's message
Looked for Dr. w. (by Walkers appoint
ment) on the road as arranged at their in
terview by Dr.. W. the night before. I wal
to meet him there, he said, and ''take hin
off of pickett Walker was not there
found him at his house in Brownsburg.
told him Of the conference and what Milel
lad said-everything. Walker said to Gle
~Colonel, by God, I can t receive an apology
from man who has - walker here
used a very vulgar remark) towards my
wife" That afternoon Sunday afternoon,
Dr.. Walker prepared the letter carried td
Mr.. Miller. That Sunday evening Dr.
Walker told his wife. ''Bettie you can t
and 1T, afford to accept all apology. !
feel myself disgraced. If you do 1.-THE
Doctor was here flourishing around bowie
knife he held in his handy I will commit
suicide" 1t was an hour OF two after
that scene that he gave me the letter | took
to Miller. He wrote the original and the
letter was copied by Mrs. Walker, OIL Miss
Hope Ervine. l took the copy (now in
COURT and delivered it to Mr.. Miller after
night on Sunday, about O'Clock. When [
handed the letter to him, he asked me to
read it to him. He loaned me his glasses
and frightened up the light and [ read it
to him. When / finished. he said, my
daughter does most of my writing and
can't comply with that letter tonight" I
staid there till II O'Clock, Mr.. Miller all
the time repeating that he had never given
Mrs. Walker any offense Intentionally. l
agreed with Miller then. l agree with him
now.
Q.-What was the matter with DR.. Wal
ker, do you think?
Witness.-I think DR.. Walker was as
crazy as a loon! had seen symptoms of
it before that at my own house-about
twenty days before that. He said at my
house, in the presence Of my wife, This sis
teri and myself: "Jennie, our mother was
the meanest woman that ever drew the
breath of life. [ could see her hanging,
dangling, and would not turn my finger
to relieve her. 1 have had the greatest
thirst for blood for quite while, and
can't be satisfied till kill somebody He
had his 5-shooter with him then.
After [ delivered the letter to MI. Mil
Ter, Sunday night, first saw Dr. Walker
to talk to him on Monday morning, on the
road. He had been down in sight Of Mil
ler's. Twas on my way to Millers to get
an answer to the letter I had carried him.
Walker was armed and said: ''Colonel,
want you to go and tell Henry Miller l
will give him just three hours. | will get
breakfast, feed my horses, and if he don't
report to me in three hours, [ shall leave
with my arms and Miller will have to hunt
me-" AS we were talking, Dave Miller
passed up the road and then came back
passing us again. l found afterwards that
Dave was looking for Inc. AS Dave Miller
passed he spoke pleasantly to Walker and
Walker remarked after he got by: ''There's
gentleman intend to bring to his knees
at the point of a pistol some OF these days. y
I rode on to Miller's then, and told Mr..
Miller, Walker S three-hours message. Da-
vid Miller said 81 can't permit my faith
er to see Dr. Walker in his present condi-
ton. Dr.. Walker is not responsible"
Henry Miller repeated then, over again,
that he had done nothing against DR.. Wal
Or. He objected to meeting DR.. Walker
on account of his condition. DR.. Walker,
when [ found him in the cedars, was in his
buggy with pistol and gun. The cedars
are right on the road from NIiller's to
Brownsburg, and man on the road can be
killed from the cedars.
When [ returned to Brownsburg from
this last interview with Mr.. Miller, Dave
Miller rode up the road with me. Dave
said he was an officer in the church and
very much opposed to any difficulty, and
hoped he and 1 could arrange it. When we
parted we hoped that when we met again
in the evening some terms could be arrang-
ed. When l got to Walkers after that, I
didn't see the Doctor till about O clock in
the evening. Walker had been in an excited
condition all that afternoon (Monday). I
delivered to him, when [ met him, the re-
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not be settled with pistols and advised him
to drop it. He seemed to be satisfied, and
I thought it was all over. 1 went off to
my home that night after o'clock
Cross ETGnined. always been
friendly with DR.. Walker. Thirty years
ago he took umbrage at me, but 1 never
had a cross word with him. I had not been
at Dr.. Walker house for year previous
to that visit, last November.
Asked if he did not think when DR.. Wal
ker gave him such peculiar instructions for
his watch in front of Miller s, that Walker
was insane. Witness replied that with the
instructions coming through so intelligent
lady as Mrs. Walker, he hardly knew
what he thought-and withal he was walked
up at night suddenly, which added to his
failure to take all the circumstances into
consideration.
RUFUS PATTERSON,
resident of BroWnsburg, was sworn. He
was at the Academy and saw the trial and
tragedy. His statement was similar to
those OF other witnesses. Witness was at
DR.. Walkers home on the Friday night
before the fight. Dr.. W. had sent word for
him to come there. DR.. w. asked if he
could get him a shot gun. Witness told
him he knew of none. Walker said Tom
Wilbourn had one, go for it. Witness went
out, staid while, and came back and told
W. that Wilbourn had none Walker
wanted him to go to other places for one.
and witness then told him he would not
get him gun to shoot Mr.. Miller with.