The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-02-25


e How long have you held that 20
|. siton4 A. Not quite q year.
q. Do you know Miss Mamie Miller.
"A. Yes, sir
Q. You knew j. s Mod IN his life
time? A. Yes, sir,
@ State, Mr. Bew, Il yoa had any
j conversation with Miss Miller at hny
time prior to the death Of Med, II 90
state where, when and what was said
A. On the Friday before Med. was kill
ed, Just a week before that I was ~
here at the courthouse, and Med. sent
for me to come down to the bank al
noon and I went down there. and h
called me into the cotton room and told
. me the folks up stairs were trying t.
blackmail him; that be had been called
up stairs and the lady up there. the sis.
ter Of Miss NJ, shut the door and locked
it put her back against It, and said,
"You have Iuined my sister, and you
have got to marry her Med. told her
! that he had done nothing Of the kind,
and that he was not going to marry
her, aud pushed the lady out Of the
way and started down stairs He had
a button out Of his shirt bosom, and
said she had pulledit ont when he start.
ed,to leave the room, I said I hated for
anything like That to get ont on the
bank, and ] went mp to see the Young
lady. Miss NJ. was in the telephone ex
change there and the other young lady
was in DR.. Bnrkhalter's Office. She fol
bowed me into the exchange room, and
I told her / had been down in the bank
and Ned. had told me about the
trouble, and came up to talk the mat
ter over with them and see il It could
not be fixed up in some way. She said
that McD had ruined her sister, and
that be would have to marry her. /
told her her that Med. had told me that
he was not guilty aud that he was not
going to marry her and would not give
her anything either, I told her that
I had talked to Med, and he said lac was
not going to marry her but that / war
an official of the bank, and did not like
for anything of that kind to get out on
the bank, that bank had had some bad
times, but was now in good condition,
and / would like very much for the
matter to be hushed up and asked her
tNrs. Johnson if there was any way by
which it could be hushed up. She said,
yes, by marrying sister"
Was the young Indy prosenti Yes,
sir said if that is all l might as well
go down stairs. Miss Miller was then
working at the telephone board, and as
I started out she said, don't 20 yeti
and when she got through she said,
couldn't Mr.. Mcdonald marry me
privately r. 1 told her no, that wa did
not have any such thing as q private
marriage in Mississippi that license
would have to be obtained, and that
was public. She said she would be
perfectly satisfied il Mr.. Mcdonald
would marry her and give hor some
money and let her go away. / then
asked her if she had anything else to
submit. Mrs johnson asked If McDon
aid sent me m there I toid ha- no.
that ! came as an officer OF the bank,
and in the interest OF peace, and would
like very much for the matter to be
settled. I then asked Miss Miller toll
tell me about the occurance and how
it happened. 1 told her that II McDon-
all was guilty I did not undertake to
defend OF shield him. She then told
me about the circumstance. Said at
first that Mr. Mcdonald had come into
the telephone room and undertook to-
assault her, That she repulssd him and
told him she had never given him any
cause to think that she was that kind Of
a woman that he then apologized md
that the next evening when her brother
came to take charge, about SIX O'Clock
in the evening, she started to hottie, )
and Mr.. Mcdonald called her and 3ald
her to come into hi5 room that
ed TO show her something, and ont
in and sat down and talked to- az Nc.
Donald a few minubas anE then got up
and said she believed she wanted to go
home, and Mcdonald jumped mp in
front Of her. locked the door snl threw
her down and assaulted her, inst at
that time Young MI, Miller came mp tho
steps ard she said here comes my
brother; I don't want him to know any
thing about this When he came ID
| spoke to him and went on down stairs.
/ went into McDoaald's Office and told
him what had occurred He said ho
wouli swear that he had never touched
the woman in bis life. I then vent
into the bank to see Eow much cash and
sight exchange we had on hand, If
there should be any uneasiness and 8
run on The bank, and satisfied myself
about that, and then / told Mcdonald
chat / was going to see MI. Gardner
Che vice president Of the bank and
found III. Gardner and related to him
just what / have related here. and
walked back to the bank with Mri Gard
nor snd went back into MeDonaid's Of
icc, and we talked over the matter. and
Hr Gardner said u viii 90 up and 500
the Young lady.
Just before time tor mo 70 80 to
ourt Mcdonald told me that somebody