The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-03-15
AICorns Chicken Cholera Cure
and healthier. Price,


record was called TO the stand.
Mr.. Wood testified that be was the
County Surveyor, and that on the day
of the killing had gone to the Fly farm,
working under decree of the Chancery
Court, to divide the land according to
the terms OF the will. lie got there
about 8 a. m. Was overtaken by Mr..
Gee. W. Howell and Mr.. Godfrey.
| Question: Had Mr.. Godfrey employed
you to do the work, or had any CONVEX
satioD with you on tbs subject
Answer: He had not. | telephoned
lin the night before to know if he
tould meet me there, and he said he
would.
Question: Who was with you when
/ you started your work that morning?
Answer; Mr.. Howell, Mr.. God Trey,
Gus Moore, Lee and Sam Harlan.
Question: How long had you been
I there, or how much work bad you done,
when Thomas came.
Answer: We had measured 29T yards.
Question: What were you doing, and
what the relative position of all present,
when Thomas came up.
! Answer: We were standing still at
! the time, waiting for a count of the pins.
Moore was in front with the flag; Lee
Harlan next with the chain | was
next to him, Sam Harlan next to me,
and Mr.. Howell following. Mr.. Godfrey
was not doing any of the work, and was
standing 10 or 20 feet to one side, just
looking on.
Que stion: When did you first see the
defendant, Thomas?
Answer: Not until he was right at
me, or passing me, his right side to me;
he had passed Mr.. Howell and Sam
Harlan before reaching me.
Question: What did you say to him,
if anything, and what reply did he
make, if any, and what took place?
Answer: | saw something in his
hand, which | took to be knife. From
that circumstance, and the expression
on his face, feared some trouble. So
| said to him, as he passed, "hold up.
John, don't do anything like that" and
reached out and tried to stop him; but
lie passed quickly by and made no
answer to me, but said to Godfrey, Il
told you to stay off of this place .
Question:. What did Godfrey say?
Answer: | did not hear his reply if
he made one, but saw him start to re-
treat, to move backward.
Question: Then what took place?
Answer: Thomas paused just mo-
ment. then fired At the first shot God
frey turned and started to run, looking
back as he retreated. He went circling
like, not straight, and Thomas followed
him, firing three times in quick success
sion. By that time Godfrey had Travelled
nearly to the fence, and stopped, with
his hands clasped across his stomach
and bending over as In pain, and look
ing like he would fall He was looking
back over his shoulder at Thomas
Thomas approached within six or eight
feet of Godfrey and fired the fourth
shot, and Godfrey staggered a step OF
two and fell, saying as he fell, "l'D
) killed"
Question: Did Godfrey draw any
weapon or make any demonstration tc
= defend himself?
Answer: He had a small walking
cane in his hand, but made no effort tt
! use 1T. Dropped it, [ think, when the
first shot was fired. / was watching
, him most of the time after the shooting
began: he drew no weapon nor made any
demonstration whatever that | saw. I'll,
was retreating all the time, looking bacl
over his shoulder at Thomas, with his
hands clasped across his stomach.
Question: Did you see pistol pickeC
; up there?
Answer: Yes, | saw Lee Harlan picl
up pistol. He picked 1T up seven o
r eight feet from where Godfrey wa
standing at the last shot. and some fou
or five feet from where he had passed
! Question: How far from wher
:. Thomas was?
> Answer: Perhaps ten or twelve feet
/ Cross-Examined by Mr.. Figuers:
Who employed you to do this sur
! veying?
: Answer: One of the attorneys.
Question: Had you not been told
and did you not tell Mr.. Godfrey, tina
there would likely be trouble if he wen
Oh that farm?
Answer: No; did not know of an
serious trouble between them. | hal
heard that they were not on the best o
, terms, but did not know of anything
. serious.
! Question: Didn't you warn Godfrey
Answer: did not.
Question: Didn't you tell hin
Thomas would get him?
Answer: | did not.
p Question: Didn't tell him anything
) of the kind?
o Answer: | did not. Because | wa
not txpscting anything of the kind
, When we reached the potato pate
, Godfrey said, ''maybe we had better g
round that" and | said, maybe yo
. had; Thomas might object to you beini
! in his potato patch" | suppose that i
what you are trying to get at.
= Question: You say Thomas had
knife in his hand?
q Answer: said | thought it was
! knife.
: Question: Didn't you say at tn
= time that it was a splinter, and b
! threw it away?
Answer: | did not.
Question: What did he have in hi
a left hand?
; Answer: His right side was toward
= me, did not see his left hand.
Question: You say you we're lookin
! at Godfrey when Thomas approache
him, and that he was facing 1hmas
!, Answer: Yes.
Question: How far apart we're they
4 and what was Godfrey doing as Thoma
! approached