The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-03-10

as fully as you have stated them to
the jury.
A: | think | did.
@: Did you write any note to
Drew, or see any note written, or
do you know the contents OF the note
that was written?
A: No, sir; | did not write 1t, nor
see it after 1t was written, and do not
know what IL said.
@: After your talk with Warren,
what did you do?
A: | went up stairs to my room.
Heard nothing that was said be-
tween Warren and the messenger
who was sent for Drew.
@: Did you say to Warren any
thing about going over there to
avenge the insult, or did you counsel
him to go?
A: l did not.
@: Where were you when Drew
came home?
A: | don't remember where, but
| saw him soon after he came, and
told him OF what had occurred, as
near as / could; making the same
statement to him L did to Warren |
what he should do; did not counsel
or encourage him to avenge the in
suit; on the contrary told him not
to go to the station; that l could
stand 1t, and [ didn't want anybody
hurt. | then went tn my room; [
was very nervous; had not slept any
the night before. l saw the boys az
they were leaving; / went out and
called them and asked them not to
go; told them that / was afraid thew
would get into trouble and that [
didn't want anybody to get hurt on
my account.
@: What did Drew say in re-.
spouse to that?
A: He said, II am not going over
there to hurt anybody, or to be hurt !;
| think he has given you great in
suit and feel like | would like to
give him some of the knocks that
he threatened to give you" 1 told
HIM not to go there and get to shoot
ing, and be said he would not shoot
unless he had to in self defense. |
begged them to come back in the
house and not go. When they left,
I Immediately ordered the buck
board hitched; put two men to do it.,
and with Geo. Irvine drove as rapid
ly as / could to Mr.. Bob Lochridge's /;
| took the whip and whipped the
horse and went as fast as we could.
Mr.. Lochridge is justice of the
peace. / called Mr.. Lochridge to
the front gate. My purpose in going
to Mr.. Lochridge was to get him to
go down to the station and prevent
trouble; told him I didn't want
anybody to get into trouble. I re-
manned at Lochridge's until after
the shooting; l then went to Sam
Nichols"
Cross-eXamined by Attorney Gen
eral Boyd: In reply to a running
fire of questions, Mrs. Irvine said in
substance, willie never did get en-
tirely out of debt to Mr.. Irvine.
| When she was married | told her of
the debt, and we spoke of making
her present of it. She was treated
just as one of our family; there
was no difference made between her
and the others. If she MIXED,
cooked, washed the dishes and did
house work, 1 did not know it; she
occasionally assisted. 1 made her
clothes. If 1 maltreated or abused
her, don't know it. I got mad
with her at the Centennial, and
when we returned / threw a few of
her things out of the window;
never called her yellow bitch" in
my life; L did not call her a "little
/ yellow devil" I did not say any
thing to Cam Simmons about what
1 put in the house. I did not insist
on their going to the farm; L simply
advised her that l thought that
would be best. | did not send her
word by John Wisener that I would
give her "lecture" before I died !;
nothing of the sort. AT Sam Nichols,
the day before the killing something
was said about Mrs. Simmons being
sick. Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons and
myself were on perfectly pleasant
and agreeable terms up to that time.
Never had an angry word with Sim
mons up to that time in my life
didn't know that anything was
wrong between US. The first time |
knew of any feeling was when he
overlook me aud rubbed his fist in
my face and called me IA God d---u
old black bitch and said he would