The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-05-26

snort Instance Dehihu the buggy OF my father, got to
the Cobb place. Jennie Carney turned from the main
road towards her home, and Caldwell got out of the
wagon.
He had formed the idea of killing my father while
sitting on the curb in front of Mr. Winthrops house.
and followed along the road To carry out his pur.
pose He knew that Nelson Larkns who had store
on that road some distance from town, had u gun
which he had borrowed several occasions To shoot
bats. 1t was his intention to borrow Iarkns gun
with which to do the killing. Walking along the
road for short distance after he got out of Jennie
Carneys wagon, he met lsham Edwards standing in
the road with Larkins' gun He knew that he would
have to get the gun away from Edwards or get Ed.
wards To 90 with him, 40 he proposed to Edwards to
accompany him on his murder0uS mission, and gave
him dollar to do so, and ne and Edwards followed
along the road.
Edwards had no shells for the gun, 80 the two hur.
ricd along to larkns store to get shells They
made short cut through the woods along foot.
path and Dan Robinson, old negro says that while
going from his store, which was between I.arkns
store and town, to his home he saw lslam Edwards
and another negro running along the ootpath in the
direction of Larkins store. When the two reached
lnrkns store they got some shells and induced Lar.
kns to go with them. The three then ran along by.
paths through the woods until they overlook my
father in the main road
They followed behind his buggy until shady
portion of the road was reached and dusk was inst
closing in when Edwards stopped and Caldwell and
larkins advanced close up behind my father and
Caldwell discharged the load from the gun into the
back of his head
My father had habit of leaning over in his
buggy while driving. lie old man, and the
drive tired him. and he rested his back by leaning
with his elbows on his knees and the lines in
his hands close up to the dashboard. He must have
been in this position when shot, because the pool of
blood in the road showed that when the horse
stopped his wound must have been beyond the edge
of the dashboard The tracks made by of the
negroes show that after the shooting he walked to
the head of the horse, and the tracks of the other
negro show that he got in between the wheels of
the buggy and the indentation made by his heels in
the road indicate that he attempted to lift my
fathers body back the seat. he evidently was
unable to do this without assistance, he called his
confederate This mans tracks show that he left the
horses head and walked back to the buggy. The
horse, released took few steps ahead and to the
right OF the road and stopped again, which Is indi
Gated by the second pool Of blood The second tracks
show that a man was standing on each side Of the
buggy between the wheels. There they lifted my
father back the seat and rested his head against
the bows of the buggy top
The horse my father drove a gentle animal,
and the men, desiring to delay the discovery OF their
deed as long rs possible started the horse along the
road and the three followed the buggy until il
reached the foot of the HILL They made no tracks
along the road after leaving the of the murder,
but the grass aonside the road showed the passage
of some the road until the foot of the hill
reached. Seeing that the body was still up.
right in the buggy, and the rest OF the journey home
being the level, slight rise the murdcrers
were satisfied that the body would reach nome safely.
Their tracks traced across the country back,
and were lost some distance from the road.
When first arrested Caldwell declared that he
could not have had any hand in the shooting, because
he did not get out Of Jennie Carney's wagon until
after dark Jennie Carney testified that IL was good
daylight when she reached the Cob place and Cald.
well got out. Caldwell afterwards confessed that his
first statement was a lie.
His next attempt at abi was his statement
that he spent part Of the night at the house of Caro-
line Martin negro woman who lived short dis
lance from the road near Larkins' store, and that
while there Isham Edwards came to the house and
the two stayed there until long after the hour at
which the shooting must have taken place. Caroline
Martin told me, when / visited her house, that
neither Caldwell nor Edwards came to her house at
all on the night of the muder.
Dan Robinson, who had said that he saw Isham
Edwards and another negro running along foot
path, when he confronted with George Caldwell,