The sun., 1901-12-09

nv the fence he said something. and said
sfIe there and enjoy yourself
After recovering myself IN tho orchard
a little / started for the house Of Robert
Guthridee. Outhridge worked for David
III Grihiths and lived on Grihiths's plan
tation, but not In Gnffithss house. Guth.
ridee had no weapons at all anc only mad
one cartridge In my revolver DO not
Ave cartridges In the pistol all but one had
with Cuthridse I went to Mr.. Griffiths;
He had a Winchester rife. but only one shell
in the house, as all the others had been used
up In hunting. We got lanterns, and with
he Winchester and my revolver went back
to the house. A. we approached the Porch,
Mr.. Griffiths called out: Who's therer
We heard a murmur Of voices from inside
the house but could not determine what ,H
recognized Mr.. Grifflths and said. 'Oh,
Davei oh. Dave!' Then said to Stih
WAS this practical joker
Yes, IL was. he replied.
toward the door. BY his side was Hefiii1
lying on his face. Heffin had crawled
in from the porch where he fell when he
was shot and had been trying
e give stiti some wi, Thissey g,s and to help
.'Do YOU mean TO say that you intended
.'No. we didn't Stiff replied. I. don't
care to say what we intended II for
swe took Stiff ard laid him on my BED.
Then We put Hcffn on mattress IN my
room. We went out after that TO the
fence where we found Taylor stone dead
We carried tho body To IN outbuliolng
/ used as an Office and laid II out there.
'Thcn we sent Guthridgc for Dr. Stewara S
at Stratford. twelve miles away where
Gen Robert F. Lee was born. The nearest
doctor was DR. Washington. five miles
away, but DR.. Washington Is over W years
old and does not answer night calls. Bnt
] thought | could get him to come ana
went after him and did get him.
Meantime Mr.. Willard Rnitt, n young
man from Maine who owned place next
TO ours and who, like me. was living down
there for his health. had come to the house,
10 to Mr.. Grifth's TO stay all night
But he said No. Herbert, 90. and
stay right there in the house So
stayed In the house and Rnitt stay ed with
The next morning at o'clock J went 70
Mr.. Griffths. and he said 10 me; Herbert
there H. an awful feeling here against you
You stay right here until the constable comes
after you.' The constable with ten deputies
heavily armed came and took mo to the
house. The inquest was held in my room,
but before this Stif and HefI'in hnd been
sent by boat 10 the Emergency Hospital
In Washington.
'The inquest began at noon and ended
the jury and they were unanimous In eN-
onerating me, although one of them was
father Of ono OF tho men who attacked
nv house He was not hurt, however.
AS soon as the inquest was over l started
for Leedstown, on the Rappahannock,
by wagon seven miles Raitt and Guth.
ridge accompanied me and we were, all
heavily armed. The steamer Northumber-
land that ! was to take was three hours
late and I was very nervous, But got
aboard At Frederick my brother met me
and went on TO Washington"
1T was by mere chance that my brother
met me He and Mr.. Blackmar had started
as soon as they heard Of the trouble, When
they got 10 fredericksburg they heard that
the Mort cumberland was in and that
was on board. They found mo asleep In
my berth and we all went TO hotel where
we stayed all day talking the matter over
and / started at night for Washington.
"There were two reasons why | went
to Washington. One was because l wanted
10 rec Congressman W. A. Jones, who repre-
sents the Westmoreland district, and con-
suit with linn. and the other was that might
be within reach so that my brother ana
Mr.. Blackmar could communicate with
me, and that I could 60 10 Westmoreland
n needed there. The only way OF COM
munication, however, was by telephone,
and the telephone was In the store OF Mr.
Stiff, father Of one Of the men shot SO
they did not feel like talking with me very
much In that way.
u cannot doubt those men came either
TO kin me or do me great bodily harm.
Near where we found the body Of Taylor
were the two carriages in which they had
come out The horses were hitched and
blanketed In the buggies were found
pot Of tar. a gallon bottle full Of kerosene,
bag filed with rags saturated with kero-
sene, twenty-foot hemp rope and long
blacksnake whip
Il am sure that II one Of those men had
called out so that ] recognized them thai
I would have been a dead man. for never
would have fired shot. regarded them
a. ny friends They had been talking
with Taylor only a short time before and
there was not n word or n look 20 lead me
20 infer that thev had anything against me.
sOn Thank giving night ihare was
dance at Oak Hill and was there There
is q young lady lher' 10 whom have been
paying q good deal Of att Gntion and of
whom I think a great deal She was AZ the
party and asked her to take walk with
me down 10 the Post Ofic" 10 get the late
mail. She agreed, but -ho was good while
getting reaGy and partly - teas" her
j said 70 Roc" Taylor. You come; guess
] can get girl 10 take walk with I'M"
"IlOse is mer' child # about - whom
j have known sine" 20" va n baby W.
joked aud Ioi"I'o h'il" on IN" Nay n"
The Post ON, Gil I am utterly nt a lp-v-
20 know how fl' story that ! offended
her started uule,s 30 NAV have lseu Nv
the Negro pr lri"r. John Bird. who h.
fnlec'i'i -fnHk'f aiN ~ rflp ara general
lad ~ iu fhH r,IrLhprhu.d
sOn Murdly night teton" the Attaok
sornewla' urv-i"riuus thing hspIsHnd
which may Ur in8N not have hat something
90 d. ~!.l stat flllosod on thai night
after ! had gpur fu I'D snu urtsudS oaun"
o. the laH.,. ant Knocked and asked how
far u wa f. uu. HiI Z guf 49, and todd
him a. th. u.,r Y. bl's uuu ihr 'sudl"
] held AMI would l.. isf m' -.., hi- farr.
and 49, ~" du' 90 tiu and rha-,.d l..m uIl'
of tLs yara