The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-06

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him that after the promises Mr.. Stock
ton had made me, aud he had gone
away from here, and so much time
had passed, that l did not know
whether l could convict him or not:
he said he didn't believe L COULD.
l also told Ebert that / believed the
Stocktons had put out this report so
that 1t would make it more favorable
to Paul if had him arrested when he
came back; Sam said: John. old
! man Joe Stockton has got too MANY
| friends and too much money for YOU
to do anything in the courthouse with
him; you'know man can prove almost
anything in the courthouse il he has
got money enough;" | think I told
MIN about having gone down in Salem
| looking for Paul, said "Sam. after
doing what he done and then put
| ting out these dirty reports, I ex
| pect that If l had found him / would
have killed him; but after had cooled
down and studied that matter over.
that on account CT my wife and Chill
| dren, could not afford to kill him;
That 1t would leave my wife and chill
| dren on Mr.. Burke, who was a moor
old one legged soldier and was not
| able TO take care of them, as he we'll
( knew; that l believed | would lust yet
Paul out and give him a genteel beat.
ing; that L did not want it to happen
up On the streets where somebody
| would jerk us apart, as soon as a lick
| or two was passed; Sam said he
| thought this would be the best wav
cut OF it; that he could get him out
side OF Incorporation, where you can
nght and no one to bother; said
sam II you will do that | will give
you SIS He said he would see Paul
that night and let me know at N. &
w. depot next day and name the hour;
| L went to depot; Sam told me be had
not seen Paul; told him that after |
| had studied the matter over, AID the
way they had treated me il would be
best for him not to get Paul OUT; that
L might kill him, and that would
leave him SAM in bad fix,
| after promising to go out and
fight fair; within day or two
Mr. Ebert came back to me aud sug-
| Vested there were always two sides TO
a case and suggested that / go to
StOcktOu's house, see Paul aud hear
his statement: [ went; Mr.. Eoert's
statement as to what took place in
Mr.. StOcktOn's house, [ think, Is
aoOut correct; as we came out on the
side walk Mr.. Ebert handed me my
pistols; said one Of them was a pref
ty good one, but the other one not
much; Paul said: I've got as good
or better than either one Of them:'
John, you and Paul shake hands,"
replied, Sam, | can't do that until l
see my wife and see what she asys
about IL" as Sam and l came away
said TO Sam: IF go home and dnd
what Paul has told is true / will be
compelled to leave my wife, but l will
not leave her at once; [ will wait
little while, get me job on the road
aud 60 away from here and nobody
will know why | left her, as [ don't
want my little children disgraced II |
can help it; then went home and
told my wife what Stockton had said:
got her statement and went TO see Sam
Ebert and told him that my wife bit
teriy denied what Paul said; | told
sam: You have heard Pdu.'s tale,
now come with me and hear what my
wife says, and then yol can make up
your mind" l told Sam that my wife
told me she would go to Sam Eoert'>
mouse or anywhere else Paul would
say and race him in this matter and
tell him he va, dirty liar; Mr.. Ebert
came to the store in d day or two and
told me Paul said he was going across
the mountains TO live; Sam asked M
II L would follow him if be goes
across the mfuntains; | said: No,
Sam; L won't follow him; man Can
get into trouble enough at home,
Without crossing the mountains to
dnd II; L never mace any threat
against him, but said [ was glad he
was going and hoped he would never
come back here again; told Mr.. Eoert
that me and my wife had talked the
matter over and had decided to drop
the matter and let it CO. and by right
living we could live all these reports
down; some time, l think, afterF0ue
conversation at the depot with Mr.
Ebert, the latter told me that if /
ever did make break at Paul / would
nave to be very quick. as he was pre-
pared for me; from the time | had che
last conversation with Ebert, uotil
last Wednesday, l don't think [ ever
spoke to anybody about the case;
sometime about last May 1 was stand
ing in the store when Mr.. Joe Stock
ton and his son Paul came driving by
The store in buggy over to Allep's
hardware store; Paul got out of the
buggy; his father remained 10 1t: JEFF
fries and Paul got on tandem wheel
and rode in front Of store around
square back to Aliens when Paul got
In buggy and came on back by store
on his way to Salem; | have been car
ryine pistol ever since l have been
living in West End; have to leave the
store sometimes as late as IL and II
O'Clock at night and I have to pass
through or nearby bad neighborhood
going home, and l always carried a
pistol.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
have told all the threats l made
to Sam Ebert that remember: in our
last conversation l never told Sam
Ebert that Paul could not live or stay
here;'1 may have told him some other
time; [ don't remember ever telling
him that; il did | suppose l meant
it: dismissed the trouble as much as
l could from my mind; shortly
after this [ had talk with Ebert
about Paul going to Virginia as before
related; told Sam Ebert that if Paul
went l would not follow him, because
he (Eoert) asked me the questiun;afte
our conversation at Stocktons house,
| don't think told Ebert that / could
not make up mind mind to let Paul
live In this country; [ did not get par
ticularly mad when Paul rode by the
store on the bicycle, but / thought
strange of his actions; | had my pistol
in pocket then; put 1t in nv pocket
that morning as l usually do; l drop
ped my fare in box as l went in car; |
did not get up nor put my hand on my
pistol when MI. Sheppard left the car;
my pistol was In my left hand hip
pocket; think / got up just as the
car passed r d. Johnstop's house;
did not open the door as soon as got
up; made step or two towards the
door, put my right hand up against
door casing about fare box; just as the
car was slowing up,I put my left hand
on the door and slid it back; can't
say positively whether the car had
stopped still when Stockton turned
around; can't say how much farther
car went after | caught Stockton's