The Magnolia gazette., 1899-09-06
Mississippi. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1890.

and the witness saw no more o
him. The witness went to n, p,
Johnson's, near by and procured
a gun. He went back to the
house and met two young mer
from Amite county ana asked
them to so with him. When ht
got to the house he saw Mrs
Causey lying dead in the yard
and Mr.. Causey in the house
There was nothing to obstruct tht
witness view Of tho man who
fired the gun. He was only thir-
ty- five steps away. Witness said
the shots We're about one minute
apart, and 1t was about 1o.45
0 clock when the shooting took
place. Witness had known Gar.
ner seven or eight years. Mrs.
Causey said "Ohl Lordy!" three
times; the first as she came out
of the back door, second as she
turned the corner of the house,
and the third Immediately after
the shot that killed her.
Gross examined by Mr.. Lotter.
hos-Witness named several peo.
pie whom he saw at the funeral.
Did not know when he left the
cemetery. Guessed it was 1880.
His attention was first directed
to Causey's house by the report
of the gun. The distance from
where he left the public road to
Causey's house was ninety three
steps. There is no growth at all
between the road and Mr.. John
sons but the growth between the
road and Causey's house was too
thick to see anyone in Causey's
yard from the road. Witness
halted his horse before the Sec
ond shot was fired, but did not
say anything to him. He saw
Mrs. Causey before he saw Gar
ner. Seeing that Garner was
getting ready to shoot again, wit
ness said to his son: "Stopl He
is going to shoot again. but he
did not say anything to Garner
and did not try to prevent him
shooting the second time. He
was in full view Of Garner. Saw
his head as he stopped to look
under the house. He said at the
former trial that the man who did
the shooting was baIdheaded and
had a square, round head, and he
would stlll say so if the counsel
wanted him too. The way the
baldheaded question came up,
he said TO Mr.. Nixon on the day
Of the tragedy that "the bald
headed stink ought to be hung
before night. /" When witness
procured the gun he went to the
house. Saw Mrs. Causey in the
yard and said to John Andrews
that it looks like a dago woman,
but it was not a dago woman.
He was sure it was Mrs. Causey
When witness saw the body Of
Mr.. Causey in the house he said
he knew it was Causey or Frank
Boggs, brother of witness. Told
Mr.. johnson when he went after
the gun that Causey had killed
his wife. Said this because he
knew Garner had gone off, and
and he did not want it known
that Garner was the murderer
until he had heard he was under
arrest. He told Mr.. Lee that he
was sure he knew the man who
did the deed, and Lee told him to
keep it to himself. He did not
tell anyone who did the killing
till that night at McComb City,
when he told the coroner's Jury
that Tom Garner did the shoot
ing. Witness admitted that he
told Dan Farnham that Causey
had killed his wife, but had no
recollection Of having told East,
Smith, Andrews or anyone else
that Causey had killed his wife.
Redirect The coroner's in
quest was held at the residence,
on the table where Mrs. Causey
was cooking. Witness told Mr..
Johnson when he got the gun
that he would tell him the partic-
ulars later. He Unidentified the
prisoner at the bar as the man
who did the shooting.
John Boggs was the next wit
ness, and on being questioned by
District Attorney Ratcliff, testifi-
ed: Remembered when Mrs.
Causey was killed. It was on
Sunday. Had been to the funer-
al of Mrs. George Honea. 1t took |
place about 10 o'clock. Went
from the cemetery to Mr.. Will
lians' and from there started out
west to Pisgah church. Went by
Mr.. Scott Causey's house. When
Mr.. Causey's house he