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


aisle. Both had pistols In their iiaiids
Jim said to me II an going to shoot you. ,"
I had pistol i'll my coat pocket and pulled
it out. He knocked it out of my hand
and then I caught him around his arms.
William Miller was right behind him and
he tried to shoot me around Jim's body.
Mr.. Henry Mccormick came in and said
to them: Don't kill him he has no arms, y
and showed Jim Miller back. I went to
the door then and Mr.. Potter told me to get
away from there, I'd get hurt. My pistol
was brought to me afterwards by Mr.. Henry
Terril and I returned it to Mr.. Moore
from whom | had borrowed it. The bar
rels were all loaded; none had been fired.
Cross Observation-Disclosures Terrill told
me on that day when he came to my house
that DR.. Walker wanted to see me, and
gave me q note from DR.. w. In the note
DR.. Walker said 1 must come up to his
house, that he wanted to see me. Henry
Terrill had told me Of the trial. / went to
DR.. Walkers house. When l went in, DR..
W. said, II am going to Jail. Miller has
gotten warrant for me-" / said. "Y on
will do no such thing, I reckon you can
give security" He said, II am going to
slap Miller in the mouth before I go.o l
said, ''You Won't do anything Of the
kind" He told me to shut up and did.
That was two hours before went to the
Academy. / was not at Dr.. WIS house
when they all started for the Academy from
there. / borrowed the pistol 1 had from
MI. S. R. Moore, County Treasurer.) I
had seen all the Miller crowd come in armed
and knew they didn't like me and didn It
like them, so 1 just said to Mr.. Moore,
LEND me q pistol and if anything happens
[ can take care Of MYSELF / knew the
Millers came armed, but / did not know
DIR. Walker was armed. did not go there
to take part in a fight and I did not fire
my pistol. There were ten in the Miller
party when they rode in-the five Millers.
Patterson, Splitter and Reese, and two
darkies-George White and Jim Anderson.
They had guns.
Monday.
LEWIS O. TERRILL.
a resident of Brownsburg, was next sworn
and gave the details of the fight. His tes-
timony was mainly that given by the other
witnesses. His statement that directly
Dave Miller started for DR.. Walker, his,
witness father started for Dave Miller,
showed that all hands were ready for the
fray. This witness is the man who took
the pistol from VIM. Miller after he had
shot Dr.. Walker while lying on the floor.
This is the witness who gave the note writ
ten by DR.. Walker to the former witness,
Buchanan, mentioned above. The wit
ness said he did not know what was in the
note, nor had DR.. Walker told him any
thing. The note was handed to HIM by his
father, Henry Terribly. Nothing looking
to any preconcerted plan was gotten out of
this witness.
HENRY L. TERRILL.
the father of the foregoing witness, was
sworn. He testified to the facts stated by
the others. He added that before the fight,
all the time Dir. Walker was addressing the
Magistrate, he was fumbling under the
coat for the pistol he afterwards drew and
which was taken from him by David M iller.
Directly Walker drew his pistol old Henry
Miller got up and started for the aisle 60
ing towards the door, Dr.. Walker turned
on him and as he turned David Miller shot
three times into his back. Then the firing
became general, and there was great con-
fusion. Walker was at Henry Miller S
back and appeared to be cutting him. Wit
ness heard some cry ''There, they
are going to shoot Mrs. Walker" Looked
towards Mrs. Walker and saw pistol in
about foot of her head and it was fired,
and she fell over against the bench on which
Dr.. Walker was. Could not say who fired
that shot. Mrs. Walkers face was turned
towards the door when the shot was fired
She never moved after the shot, but just
sank against the bench. She was shot back
of the left ear. Things subsidized for about
a minute after she was shot. The three
Miller boys--Dave, William and George,
were then standing near the door when
Dave came forward and called for a pistol
and looked at Walkers face. Afterwards
heard three shots fired, (these were the
shots William fired into Walker) After
these last three shots were fired all the Mil
lers left the house. Witness then went up
to Dr.. Walker who said he was dying and
asked him to get him down home where he
could get something to ease him. He had
the broken knife still in his hand while he
was saying this. He asked witness if Hen
~ Miller was dead? Witness told him he
was. "Then, said Walker, Il have done
my duty and am willing to die. They
have killed Bette
Cross-E Examined. Had heard DR.. Wal
ker for week before the trial making
threats against Henry Miller. Witness
had gone to see Henry Miller for Mrs.
Walker OH the Wednesday before the Acad-
envy trial. He told Henry Miller that
Walker had threatened to kill him and he
better keep out of his way. All the Miller
boys were present when he told him. I
told Miller that Walker would kill him if
the thing wasn't fixed up, and he must
try and get 1t fixed on the best terms he
could. l told Miller that Walker had said
he had invaded his house and insulted his
wife. Miller asked me it Mrs. Walker said
SO. Witness told him yes; that Mrs. w.
did say So Miller denied it and said if he
ever took any privilege with Mrs. w. it
was not his intention to do so. He said he
might have put his hand on her leg in order
to help himself up, as he often did with
persons. Before that time witness had call