The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-03-10
THE FAMOUS IRVINE TRIAL
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husband frequently visited us after
she was married. She said some
thing in the fall about moving to
her farm; | said | thought they
could do better there than where
they were; that was all that was
ever said about 1t. Inever said any
thing TO John Wisener about want
ing to see Willie. At the table John
said he thought his sister had treat
ed him very badly in selling the
land that she had injured his half
by it. | told him To tell Willie
wanted to talk to her once more
about the land, and would never
bother her any more. That was
what l said and all said. l wanted
to advise her to reinvest the money
in home. The Saturday evening
previous to the difficulty / went to
Simmons house; Docia (Warren's
wife, suggested to me that | should
go and see Willie, that she was sick.
and that is the reason | went. was
going down the railroad track and
met Cam Simmons; we both spoke ;
| asked him if Willie was living or
dead | was just joking, because l
knew she was not dead; he said
"why do you ask that?n | said, "be-
cause ] have not seen her lately"
went on and he started on towards
the store; but directly he turned and
overlook me and said "if you are
going to my house to raise disturb
ance with Willie, you can't 60" He
surprised me, completely; and | was
so unnerved that | didn't know
what to do. But told him that |
was not going to his house to raise a
disturbance, but that If anybody
had right to go to his home [
thought | had. / went on down the
road. Directly | heard someone COM
ing up rapidly behind me, and turn
ing my head to look, saw it was Cam
Simmons. He stuck his fist in my face
and said "God d-n you, you d-n old
black bitch, I've got good notion
I to mash your id old head on the
railroad he said, what did Mr.. r.
vine call you and what did he say
of Willie?" He said, "Mr. Irvine
called you a whOreish bitch and
died praising Willie" Yes, Mr.. r.
vine did say that, but, as everybody
knows, Mr.. Irvine for days before
his death was raving maniac. He
(Simmons) said my heart was as
black as hell, and when / died l
would go 20 hell. [ told him he
could talk that way to an old woman,
but he wouldn't talk that way to
Drew; that | had two sons who
would protect me against such in
suits. He said that if my sons came
fooling around him they would never
fool around anybody else. My hus-
band and myself lived as happily
together as anybody until he went
insane; that language referred to
was made by my husband after he
became insane; he died in the asy-
! lum. Cam threw up to me- what |
said about the Methodist preacher
told him that was Campbellite
lie.
@: What conversation took plac e
between you and Sam Nichols?
A: At first [ was so outraged in
my feelings that said I would not
make it up; that Simmons had
| cursed and abused me so that [ never
wanted to speak to him again. But
afterwards [ agreed to make it up,
but not so long as Cam continued to
call me liar; that he (Simmons)
knew that he had cursed and abused
me and called me all manner of vile
names, and that so long as he denied
that and continued to call me liar
for saying that he did, 1 could not
make up with him. Mr.. Nichols
said that he would see Cam and
come over to our house early the
next morning.
@: Who told Warren of the
trouble?
A: 1 did. AS soon as I got home
| went into the house. l was very
nervous and excited and mad, and
my feelings were worse hurt than
ever before in my life, and | told
Warren all about it.
@: When did you tell Warren?
A: Soon after got home.
@: What did you state to him?
A: I told him as near as [ could
the abuse | had received at Cams
hands; just as have told it to the
jury here.