St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17
TRIAL OF HOBaOO>
FOR THE MURDERI
OF EUG, BUNCH.
Hobgood Remanded
Without Bail.

Il
Col. HobgoOd having entered !;
FLEA or NOT GUILTY.
the witnesses for the State y -e
called.
Charles Elliott, . l5-ycar-Old oy
was the first witness. His testimO y,
sifted down. gives the follow ns
facts:
He did not know Hobgood, s't
did know Eugene Bunch. On
Aug. II he was visiting at i'm
Hunts; his mother and Gedfge
Sheridan were at supper. He "a
in and out of the house three ii pes
during the day. lie passed thro gu
the yard gate. The first time nc
saw nothing unusual.
Passing through the second ii 'c,
about . O'Clock, lie saw . man IS
ing on his side in the erase. le
didn't know whether he was as pep
or awake. but his right eye was all
open. He walked past will Pat
speaking and then l.
NOTICED a BULLET HOLE
over his left eye. There was no
blood on his face. Entering he
house he told his mother, ~ Dry
Elliott, but she did not go out.
CrOss-examined-He said that he
was positive that the man who 'as
lying on the grass was Bunch. lie
heard no guns, however, until he
detectives began firing. No me
was in the vicinity Of the dead ban
when he saw him.
Mrs. Mary Elliott was next pill
ed to the stand. The pith Of her
testimony was as follows:
She had known both Bunch nd
Hobgoe6. Charles Elliott's t1Sti-
mOny as to Ms having infOribed
her about the man lying in the
gra-s was confirmed. At IL O'cqptk
she heard shot and then Other
shots in such rapid succession he
could not count them. After the
the shooting was over she wentlO alt
and saw the dead body Of Buiccll
lying in the grass. This was !th1
first time she had seen Bunch Irat
day.
George Sheridan's evidence vas
to the effect that he knew 9th
Bunch and Hobgood, but that he
had not seen Bunch for some Fine
before his death. After the SD bot
ing Bob Hobgood came tohim. :y.
ing the detectives had capt4 red
Bunch and wanted him conveyed J "a
Franklint0n. Sheridan then agtced
TO take the body to the town.
Now comes the damaging par,
of his evidence.
He declares that I.
Just BEFORE DAYBREAK
he heard a gun fired in the dl fec.
ton in which the firing at IL al m.
was heard. This statement he Der
sisted in. although he would tive
no opinion as to whether it was
from q shotgun or rifle. He cQtlht.
ed at least eighteen shots when the
firing began at IL .. IN. HI die
not see Bunch's face as it was rov.
cred with . kind Of Oilcl0th, hut
there were blood stains in the Tag
on from the body. The detect ives
placed the body in the wagon, III
was unable 10 tell whether or mo-
the body was still warm. As the
body was placed on the wtgOu
Charles Elliott said: ''That' the
same man / saw before"
Henderson Dillon. cOlOredSma
who appeared to be badly scored
was the next witness. I.
He believed that he had seer
Hobgood at an early hour and! thai
he had tried to borrow a pony from
him. He afterwards saw the lam,
man on . dark horse and rjdins
with the posse Of detectives.
Charles Sheridan, a brOthd O
George, followed Dillon. /;
He was at the scene Of the shoot
ing at II, noon, having met lob
good on the way. He saw II inc!
lying on the ground. and 9 h* I
bullet wound in his forehead. bit III
could not see whether it was . fesl
or an old wound.
bill Hunt. who was with Ilm
said the wound in the fOrehea$ VA
fresh. He also said that hes saw
Hobgood, who was sitting dO]n o.
the ground handcuffed. |:
Charles Crane,
HonOOD's BROrHERsIN-LAV.
followed. He admitted thai OF
Sunday, Bob HObgood had visited
his house. and had seen hind and
his wife. and had borrowed . Iacl
horse. When asked by the dif tricl
sttorney il it was not true TIL i b,
had q visit from Colonel H0tk good
and that Hobgood had sked
him to see Bob aud have hin set
Jackson and tell him ''Bunfa il
dead and Hobgood is willing sur
render" he answered that hi had
never received such . message@ HI
was informed that it would be ipf0v
en- that this was true but he persist
ed In his statement. 4.
by q comparison OF CPae's
testimony with that Of his *ifs
it will he seen that there is lOMe
thing tishy in their stories. I'm
fortunately for them they wete mot