The Magnolia gazette., 1899-09-06

l1:30, After MIR. Boggs leftl
looked at the clock and it was
about ii:a0. No one was home
with me, except a little negro boy.
My family had gone to Pisgah
church, about three Or three and
q half miles. They left about 10
O'Clock. driving pretty good
horses.
John Brewer was the next wit.
ness. He said: II remember
the day Mrs. Causey was killed.
! was on my way TO Pisgah
church from four miles east Of
McComb, Everett East was with
me. Buck Boggs and his son
we're just ahead OF me. | heard
a gun fire, a woman scream and
saw Boggs and his son turn out
OF the road and go in the direc-
ton OF Causey's house. Heard
another gun fire. Mr.. Boggs'
son went back to McComb with
all his might. Went on and saw
MIR. Boggs coming from Mr..
johnson q. He called me to
come to him. He told me what
had happened and told me Mr.
Tom Garner had done the shoot-
ing. | went back to town after
going up with Mr.. Boggs and
telephoned out home. Also tel
ephoned to Mr.. Conerly's house.
Went back to the Causey home
and saw the tracks. They were
made by No. 8 or No. z shoe.
Knew Mr.. Causey and Mr.. Gar
ner were on bad terms. | was
summoned here by the Defense"
Cross examined--When walk
ed up to Mr.. Boggs he told me
that Tom Garner had done The
shooting. Everett East was With
me. Saw the tracks in the yard
near tho gallery, when ! first
went TO the house with Boggs and
East. went back TO town by
myself. When we fret went
there saw no one, but us three.
Two men from Amite county were
there, but did not see them when
we first got there. Testified q
little in this case on first trial.
Counsel here read from the
record the evidence given by the
witness, and asked him il he
swore that Boggs told him Causey
had killed his wife. Witness
could not remember whether he
did or not. Did not tell about the
tracks before. Didn't 90 that
far. '"The Judge, or somebody,
told me that would do. Was with
East in a buggy. East started to
hitch the horse and little darky
came up, and he gave him the
horse to hold. When went to
Causey's 8 / saw Mrs. Causey ly.
ing dead in the yard Also dis-
covered that Mr.. Causey was
dead. too. Stayed there about
fifteen minutes and then went
back to town" Witness was re-
lated to Mrs. Causey. She was
a sister to his mother.
Juror p. II. Enochs here asked
witness who went 70 town first,
he or John Boggs, and witness
said Boggs went first. Witness
said he was the man who tele-
phoned to Conerly between 10
and 1880 from the railroad office.
yonerly went with him to the
Causey home.
Mrs. Henry F'arnham, daughter
lflthe prisoner, was then put on
-he stand. She was asked If she
the day the Causey's
we're murdered, and said yes.
She was then asked il che was at
lome, and after much hesitancy
'eplied that she was. She was
hen asked IL her father, Mr..
Garner, left home that morning.
After the question was repeated
several times witness at repeated
requests from the court answered
yes. She was then asked what
ne ltsok with him, and replied
nothing. Asked if he went over
% his daughters meaning to the
home Of the one who married a
son OF Causey. she said yes.
"After he returned, did he
leave home again very mad?"
No answer, witness later say
ing: ~ know nothing aboutit. =
District Attorney Ratcliff then
said: 'tMrs. Farnham, you know
whether jyour father, after he
came back from his daughters
louse, left home very mad and