The western sentinel., 1894-03-08

he did not know it was NE; L asked
him again; ne gave same reply; | then
drew back my hand and slapped hlm:
when l did this they drove off; Lamar
hOliered back: Go to h you d
S b" went back to my wife and
we went TO our room: [ saw Lamar
again that night: about half hour or
three-quarters after the difficulty;
some one came to the door and knock
ed; L asked who it was: reply was 1T
is me, open the DOOR" again asked
him; he replied Jim Lamar" l got
up then and went to the door: Lamar,
could have heard what my wife said
to me; she said, don't go the door"
when l went to the COer she stepped
into the bedroom; when l opened the
door he reached out his hand and said,
heres ten cents, [ want you to go to
the drug store and get me Il syringe,
I've got a bad disease; [ went to the
store and got what he wanted; Lamar
said the Widow Carter wanted me to
come to see her: | had been attending
on her but had dismissed her two or
three days before; while talking with
ME Lamar kept his right hand in bis
pants picket; Lamar and l came out
of the drug store together; l kept my
eye on Lamar and did not light the
lamp in the store; | asked Lamar
when We went out why lie spoke TO my
wife as ne did that night; he said he
didn't do it; L told him perhaps then
| was mistaken in the man; as he
walked off he said: YES, by G. it
was me: | want To know why you hit
me-" | said: y i'm, you couldn't blame
mau for hitting Il man under tue
circumstances; Jim replied: IF |
said or done anything that was wrong
| beg your pard0n;' I told him that if
he begged Gly pardon | was sorry for
what | did; Jim said: ~ eS, but you
hit me-" we went over about the same
conversation; every time he would
say: you hit me-" it appeared to be
an ''eyo-s0re" to him; as he went off he
asked me to be certain TO go see the
Widow Carter; | went back to my
room and for fear something might be
wrong | did not go to see the Widow
Carter: the next morning, about .
O'Clock, [ started to see nay patient,
Mr.. billiard, who had pneunlonia: Dill
lard lives on public road which runs
almost parallel with the railroad, be-
low the depot; as | started out | saw
Mr.. Core crossing the street in front
of the drug store; / told him TO wait
and L would go up street with him; as
| started | saw Frank LiuViile on the
opposite side OF the street; he told me
to hold on; l walked down steps and
waited for him; he called me out to
one side and asked me if | had my
pistol: said the LamarS, who were out
at the stable, Intended to DO me up that
morning; l did not have any pistol;
| called Core to NE and told him all
about the Lamar difficulty and what
Linville told me; | tLen went back in
the store, got Linviile'S opium; l got
my pistol, went out doors, joined Core
aud went up toward sthe depot;
! saw Jim Lamar, Bob Jordan, Zack
Bridgers, B. 7. Clark and w. w.
Gardner standing cut ut the stables,
evidently looking for me; / remarked
road that morning and try to avoid a
fuss; Core stopped at lower end of
depot; I went on down the track; just
before L got TO the switch l saw Jim
Lamar turn and start toward the
track; l quickened my pace and he did
likewise; he-caught up with me and
faced me and made this remark:
''what did you hit me last night for:"
81 replied: Jim, l thought that
was settled last night" he settled last
night;" he said, yes, but you hit me
ana G. d you you will have TO fight
for it," | asked him to go on and not
have any fuss; he repeated his first
statement; he then grabbed me; his
left hand slipped down my head and
caught my vest: he struck at my head
with his right hand; dcdged my head
over and lie struck my hat, causing it
to fall off; he struck at me again; La
mar then threw his right hand in his
hip pocket; as he did that threw my
lett hand back to my hip pOcAet, got
my pistol and shot him: [ fired With
out taking sight: L am a left-handed
man; it was British bull dog, self
acting; [ knew the character of La
mar 10 be Il desperate man who was
not afraid Of any body, one who car
ried pistols, knuckS, etc: when l shot
him he turned me loose and grabbed
his stomach; | went off at once; bis
father, George Lamar, walked up and
asked Jim if he was shot; he replied lie
he was; the father picked up rock
and threw it at me, striking me near
my left shoulder blade; Bob Lamar
also threw rock but it did not hit
me: l saw Bob Jordan, who was near
George Lamar, run his right hand in
his inside oyercoat pocket; L hOilered
to him not TO do that;- L went home
and my father at once telegraphed fol
DR.. Bahnson, l never pointed my pis'
| tol at George Lamar, the father;
| shot the man because l had every
| reason to believe he was going II
| shoot me.
Cross-eXamined: Before some men
| l am coward; / was afraid OF Lamar
L was not afraid of him until warned
! | was afraid the night OF our fight wheI
/ saw him have his hands in his pock
| ct at my house; his words at my dool
| were about as Insulting as the words
| used to my wife the same night:
have no lighting weight; my rea
| weight this week was 2Ol pounds
| suppose Lamar weighed l60 OF Ii
pounds: ] think he was as good a maj
as [ am physically; a desperate char
acter in my opinion is one who habit
ually carries pistols, knucks, drinks
fees from justice. etc, etc; | carr.
my pistol sometimes when / go to
tough place; [ guess l have beef
drunk since / came back to Kerners
Vile the last time; | was not the faith
er of Miss Plunkett'S child; / left be
cause they accused me of it: poor we
| man has left Kernersville; am charg
ed with being the father of her child
l have not been charged with separat
ing man and his wife; l have beel
to the woman's house and carried he
things as other men have done; SUP
pose | was not older than Lamar,
he was not over 20 years of age, tn
last time / got drunk; did not see
single knife, pistol, knucks or gu
Except my OWN on the morning O
the difficulty.
Re-examined: Been living in Kel
nersville 3 or years since l cam
back from Pennsylvania; might hav
been connected with the Taylo
woman for two or three months afte
l came back; whipped the postmdste
at Kernersyille with whip about tie
years ago.
lat SIX o'clock court adjourned unit
ten O'Clock next morning.l
MRS. sAPP TESTIFIEs.