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the side door. At the time of the shooting Dr.. Mcintosh was standing about twenty feet from the side door with his back to Jenkins. When the defendant fired the second shot he was within ten feet of the deceased. the shooting occurred, and testified as to Dr. MeIntosh's $ retreat and Jenkins following the deef ased and striking him with the gun. He also testified as to Jenkins shootidg twice at the deceased with a pistol after the latter got on the outside of the store. In the main his testimony in regard to the shooting corroborated the evidence of Mr. Bumgardner. After Lee Jenkins had fired the sec ond shot from his pistol, the witness further deposed, the defendant's brother, Mr Phip Jenkins, ran to the defendant and told him to quit and go home. Dr. Mcintosh walked on down to his residence and entered the gate and Jenkins went to Vau- gine's store. Upon cross examina- tion the witness said he did not see the deceased have any weapon what ever.
 Mr. c. H. Lephiew, a citizen of Sherrill, was next called. He testi fled as to the location of F. N Fau- gine's store, also the location of Mr. J. F. Quattlebaum' store, Dr. Me- Intosh's residence, and the location of the town in general. He only saw that part of the shooting which occurred outside of the store, and in his statements only corroborated the testimony of other witnesses.
 Squire Bumgardner was then re- called and corroborated several of the statements of Clayton Dean, the negro lawyer"
 At this juncture the State an- nounced that it rested it's case.
 WITNESSES FOR THE DEPENDANT.
 Attorney John NJ. Taylor, of the legal firm of J, NJ. & !. G. Taylor, who brought the damage suit of Mrs. Flora Jenkins, wife of Lee Jenkins, against P. N. Vaugine for $50. .000 for defamation of character, was the first witness to be examined for the defense. He was asked to. produce a letter given to him i'll the course of filing the suit, purporting to be a let ter from Lee Jenkins to a mulatto named Mamie Murray, The letter was produced and read to the jury. 1t is of such a salacious character that we must forbid it our columns. 1t purports to have been written from Armstrong Springs, where Jen- kins spent part of the summer, and invites her to elope with him to the Indian Territory and become his mistress. Mir. Taylor stated that the letter had been sent to him by Dr. Mcintosh when he filed the dam- age snit against Vaugine. The wit ness was then asked if Dr. Mcintosh had not agreed to pay the attorneys | fees in that suit, to which he respond ed that Mir. Joe Blackwell, the father of Mrs. Jenkins, had appeared to represent her in the suit and that the arrangements were made with him, but that Dr. Mcintosh was present and stood responsible for the fee. Witness was next asked if he did not believe that Dr. Mcintosh was the author of the letter to Mamie Mur- ray, and if it was not in his hand writing, to which he replied that he believed not. He had received letters from the deceased for ten years, and the letter in question did not resem- bic his handwriting. The defendant's s attorney then asked, You have stated that you did not believe that the deceased wrote that letter; will you swear that it is not his hand