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Reed. Ffe came back about dark and
| said be wished he had not gone. He
said Reed said he and Hodges had got
ten into a quarrel, and that Reed had
| knocked Hodges down. Cato changed
shoes then, putting on his Sunday
| shoes. which she Identified and which
| fit some of the tracks found. He went
| away and vas gone about two hours
| or longer. Reed came in few min
utes and asked for Cato and she told
| him he had gone to his CReed's) house.
Reed left saying he would see him, but
| if he did not TO tell Cato to remain I'M
| til he come back.
Cato came home after awhile wet,
| pulled off his coat and pants. ard then
| his underclOthes, throwing the latter
| down on the floor. She was in bed ana
| did not get up. Cato lay down with
| htr awhile. but soon got up. and lay
| on another bed with the children, with
| his head to a window, so that he could
| see outward.
After awhile Cato said Reed must
have done what he said he was going
to do. That he knocked Hodges down
| and cut his throat, and now he could
| see the light of the burning house, as
Reed said he had killed the family,
| and was going to burn the house down.
| She must not tell it. She asked if he
| could see the light and he said yes.
| Friday she told Cato that the searchers
| had examined the house. She had put
| the underclothes in a wash tub, but
| did not see any blood and that the
| folks had gotten the dogs to trail the
| murderers and Cato said he was glad
| of it, so that they could find the guilty
| parties He did not eat at home, but
! carried his breakfast into the woods
| that morning.
Blood Hounds Were Feared.
Reeds wife came Friday with a mes
sage from Reed for her to go over to
| his home, because the dogs would eat
| her up and for Cato to go over there,
as he wanted to see him. Reeds wife
had testified that she had gone over
there. Cato did not tell her that any,
| one else had anything to do with the
| crime. Cato had only cents in money.
| Cato and Reed did not know each
| other before coming to Georgia from
Carolina. She first said Cato brought
| some turpentine home on Saturday, but
| got il from the still. Reed came for
! cato Saturday night to go with him to
| Mr.. Mills Waters, TO get some whisky
| and they were gone until 10 o'clock
| and said they went to Hodges house
to get some turpentine, and did get
it, and Cato said he had been snake
| bitten. But being interrogated she
| said she had not seen any sign of
1t.
Hands Stained by Blood.
Mr.. j. c. Deal testified to the finding
| of the mismatched shoes and said those
! produced in court were the ones found
| in the woods. and their mates in the
house of Paul Reed. He also said he
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! hind the chicken house, and there had
! been digging there as if by ones
| hands There were blood stains on the
| shoes and on Reeds trousers
Mr.. Deal said he rubbed the splotch
on Cato's underclothes while they
| were in tub Of water and bloody wa
ter stained his hands. The testimony of
| the two women was entirely substan-
| tiated by the physical signs and condi-
tions of the Hodges place. He could
| find no evidence that would implcate
! any one other than Reed and Cato.
George Campbell colored, said Cato
went to his house about s o'clock
| Thursday night and asked about the
school closing at Fish Trap bridge
and acted so queerly that his little
| children noticed il. Cato remained
| only a few minutes.
BeII Tells Straight story.
Handy Bell. one of the suspects. the
man who had Hodges gun, was put
on the stand. He made such a
| straightforward statement that few
persons now think he had anything to
| do with the crime. though he may
know more about it than he will tell.
Hodges gun was muzzle loader
and 1t was borrowed at Hodges sug-
gestion on the Thursday before the
| killing He and Hodges were looking
/ he oil
about the birds eating his corn. The
gun had not been used because he
could not buy any ammunition. Bell
! later borrowed a breech loader and
had bought some shells. He explain
| ed the contract found in his possession
satisfactorily
Preachers Poor witnesses.
Dove Lovett, colored. and another
| preacher, made poor witnesses. as it
! was thought they knew something
| about the killing. They would not tell
II they did. The evidence was con-
Guided at 4 o'clock.
The crowd all waited in the Court
! House for the return of the verdict
and appeared perfectly satisfied with
1t.
A telegram was read from Judge
Daley stating that he would can the
! special term Of court at once. but So
licitor General Rawlings and Ste
nogra pher Woods had gone North Mr.
Woods was heard from on his way to
| Savannah and will be on hand.
Judge Daley was wired to appoint
a solicitor and the trial will come of
] next Monday
Sherin Did His Duty.
The people are coming to realize now
that Sheriff Kendrick did HE duty and
the right thing by carrying Reed and
/ Cato TO Savannah on Sunday
While they are determined 10 have
4 the men punished. they are happy over
the prospects az an immediate trial
and there will he no lynching.
The law viii take tts course and the
people Of Bulloch county will show 90