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

bis testimony was abo1 : 2
Bob Ramsey's, only eIor' Tor
the stabbing took plac,
I Mary Woods testifl ows
81 live on Valley rv la'
of the stabbing / wa
ernettsssa lsllasts =
GSuld's house. j. y
hear anything of what OF
at Gould's? 1 saw 9 yiayg;
a load of wood, with ting
on top Gould car erd
and, drawing his. t hrs
Gould with it. He%ei IN the
house, followed by ano
Mrs. Gould in the rear. 3 hel
crying"
DR.. J. F. Abernathy as
follows: 'Did you kn and
Mrs. Gould? Yes, sir; live
about 800 yards from tn ector
state the time and Ances
when you were at tlle IL
was the night before pong
took place, about 8 o. lat l
was at their house. slleral
character of Gould for Z Mhile
m our midst was hada .ound
town said he was a ter sshter.
He was about As wears 6ghed
about 200 pounds. slcal
health was good. Doc you'
previous to this difficult 1ould
make any threats agains ele9a- ID
ant? Yes, sir; but dom mat I
can remember the exa suage.
know what he did. eaIen-
ell and cursed her the Sefore
the difficulty
! Defendants counsel thc
case at this point.
The State recalled Dr. Fat
ton: 'sNThat time in NSS9n
! did yon hays tl,is.e,Sla1
L l,esa..lil ,iR k<s.l;e.
with daggers Witness ot
collect. Il was some hours Before
he died when father and my ef dis
eussed his case in the room II erc lie
was laying. We spoke of ID icing a
serious wound. Did Gould ssk YOU
about the wound2 About 1 m. he
asked ne what thought of his case.
[ told him it was grave. lie said,
What do you suppose theytwi do
with the woman? Lock her Up i'll a
mad house, suppose Was Gould
under the apprehension of append
ing dissolution? think he was, but
he didn': say he was going to die"
A w. Axley was next put upon
the stand, testifying as follows:
Estate to his honor and jury # you
knew Gould. l did, sir. Hok long
did you know him? Since lakt June
was year ago. Did you Wit him
at his home at Tellico, and vi BIT were
your observations of the relab MS cx-
listing between Gould and lie de-
fendant? l did, and saw thatIhe was
kind and affectionate. His demean-
or and general character wasfthat of
a gentleman. State whether YOU
were al Gould's home after he was
wounded? Yes, sir. Who dld you
meet there? / met DIR. J. VI Pat
ton, and / think Bob RamsJy was
there waiting on Gould. Did you
have any conversation with Robert
Ramsey about the case? Idh not,
SIR
A. w. Axley rex -
you il, there wasn't bfnise olg buId's
head? Yes, sir; on the right ide of
his brow, about the size of mS thnmb.
Did you see any bruises %. Mrs.
Gould! No, sir.
J. S. Meroney, Sr., stated that he
was town marshal, and hearing of
the death of Gould, l arrested the
defendant. She had no bruises on
her person, so far as / could see"
Witnesses were introduced to i'm
peach Ramsey,s evidence. aud t was
shown that this witness bore bad
At the conclusion of tie above
testimony, both sides rested the case
and then prepratloas we're made
for the arguments
SYNOPSIS OF sPEEonEs.
G. S. + 'rguson opened for the
State in tlss following language: 'sHe
quoted the criminal law on this case.
The main facts in this case Is that
the State says Charles N. Gould is
dead, and that he was killed With a
deadly weapon. The next qdSstionII
question is, who did it9 Liz NJ.
Gould. Why did she do it'll It is
proved to you that she did do It, and
with that deadly dagger The ques-