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against the door and it went off. John
Boulder came in after the shooting and told
him he had shot man. Montgomery did
not know there was load in the gun. Had
never seen Mollie Anderson nor had he said
anything to her about warning the men
against snowballing around his house. Had
never asked Lucy Wilson to marry him or tc
live with him. Willie Fisher had kept hel
company. Had sometimes asked men to &c
away from around his house when they were
playing crap on Sunday, but had never had
any trouble with any of them. In referring
to his condition after arrest he said that DR.
lamar had lanced his tonsils while he was in
jail. 1t relieved him and he recovered. The
men had been snowballing before he got up.
Upon cross examination Montgomery said he
had the gun in his hand only once that
morning, and that when it went off he did
not look out any door at the crowd as wit
nesses had testified.
John Boulder, colored. Knew Montgomery
as peaceable man, and when he came hel e
on the boat, Boulder was instrumental in
getting him to remain in Elkton as the cap
tain was going to put his boat in readiness
for dredging. Montgomery remained with
Boulder until he went to live at the home of
John Thomas. Montgomery was known, he
testified, among the colored people as an in
dustrious and peace loving man. Boulder
testified as to Montgomerys sickness and his
having gone there the night before and of
having gotten the medicine for him from DR..
Clemson. He saw him early the morning of
the shooting and asked him how he was.
His house was near Montgomery's, and hear
ing the shooting went over. Montgomery
was standing in his door.
Rachel Boulder, wife of John Boulder.
said she had always known Montgomery as
industrious and quiet man with good rcpu.
tation. Went to Montgomery's hous, after
the shooting.
Joseph Shippers, colored, knew Montgom-
cry as a peaccabe and quiet man. The
morning of the shooting he was at John
Bpulden's house. Heard the heavy report.
Saw Montgomery standing in his door half
bent and trembling. Heard him say to
Boulder that his gun went OFF That he
uilH lohu tue gun ana ulln Know 1t was
loaded.
George White, colored. had been to his
house the night before after some wood, but
Montgomery being sick. had none to sell.
Annie johnson. colored. saw Montgomery
at his house after the shooting He was sit
ting down with his head in his hands. He
said Lord have mercy ON me: what will |
do? l didn't intend to kill the boy and did
not know the gun was loaded" She knew
Montgomery as II peaccable neighbor
j. p. Alexander and A. 2. Shockley. white:
John Jackson. Richard Bayard, Thomas
Davis. George Milburn. Abraham Wilson,
John Miller. John Thomas, all colored. testi-
fled as TO Montgomery's being an industrious
and law abiding man an! as to his good repu-
tation among the colored people.
At 3o'cIock Court took a recess until ~. m.
THE JURY.
The members of the jury We're: Thomas II.
Smith, foreman: William II. Carson. Reuben
j. England, George NJ. Bennett Henry Wat
son, Israel r. Dean. John h. Davidson. Saml.
I. Shippers, John Dunlap, Edward T. b. Day.
Richard L. Howard, William W. Holden.