The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-07-21
LARD BROTHERS HAVE A PRELIMINARY
TRIAL AND ARE RELEASED on
BOND.
Vic Lard Held in 5000, and Ebert
Lard in $500.
WHISKY AND NHlTEcAPIsM At BOT,
TOM OF TROUBLE HARDY LOF.
TONS DYING DECLARATION.


Lincoln county, had q prelimina
ry trial before Justice f. H. Hoff
man at the Court House in Brook
], haven Wednesday. The Lard ano
i Lotion families have very exten.
siye family connection in this
county and Franklin, and the
court room was as densely packed
during the trial as if it had been
the opening day of Circuit Court.
The representation from beat 4,
where the killing occurred, was
Especially large.
The State was represented By
i Mr.. James Cassedy, of Summit,
land the defendants by Messrs. A.
IC. McNair and Thomas Brady, OF
Brookhaven.
Ellzey Smith, Peter Lotion.
Justice Sam Pepper, DR.. Ira l..
Parsons, Allen Smith, James Cot
lten, George and Tom Franklin,
were examined as witnesses for
Ithe State.
| Without quoting each witness
separately, The Leader will en-
deayor to give the substance of
their testimony as a whole on the
various points of the case.
Testimony for the State.
The testimony for the State
Showed that on the day Of the
shooting Ellzey Smith and Peter
Lotion, a brother of the man who
was killed, had come to Brookha-
ven on business in q tw1rhorse
wagon. The Lard brothers and
Ben and George Griffin, also
brothers, had come together in
another wagon drawn BY three
horses. Ellzey Smith and Peter
Lotion left town for home about 3
O'Clock. About two and half
miles out in the bottom of West
Bogue Chitto on the lower Mead
lville read they caught up with
1.-THE Grifins and Lards. The
Lards had some whisky and the
party proceeded along 10 q social
and friendly way until they reach
ed the Albert Evans place be.
tween the 5 and 6 mile posts.
where they found Hardy Lotion.
plowlng in the field by the side OF
the road. 1t was then about 4
lo'clock. Vic Lard gave Hardy
one or two drinks while they
stopped by the road side and in
vited him to 60 with them. The
wagons then moved on, leaving
Hardy at home. Before they
passed the Alderman place at the
8 mile post, Hardy overlook the
wagons on horse back, In his shirt
sleeves and carrying a pistol at
his side, and when the Alderman
place was reached, Vic Lard and
Hardy Lotion left the wagons to-
lgether and went to the Alderman
house to see Mrs. Alderman, who
was said to be a relative and very
lsiek. Elbert Lard had left the
wagons near the 7-mile post, say
ling he was going home. The rest
lof the party then drove on past
1.-THE Alderman gate . short dis.
lance and awaited the return OF
Vic Lard and Hardy Lotion.
During the absence Of Vic Lard
and Hardy, while the wagons
were standing near together, Pete
lLofton said he wanted q chew Of
tobacco, and George Griffin, who
was sitting in his wagon alone al
the time told him be had some
that was good and would give him
la chew. He went up to the
! Griffin wagon and got the tobacco
and pretty soon a fuss commenced
between the men. EIIzey Smith
| testified that at first he thought
they were joking, and chat some
thing was said about turning
lsomebody out of Ramah church.
4 Pretty soon be saw Lotion ap.
lproach very close to Geo. GriAir
land then Griffin knocked hin
ldown. Heland Ben Griffin ther
ran up to stop the fight and be
took hold of George Griffin anc
Ben Griffin took hold of Pete
Lotion, who bad gotten up anc
Twas bleeding freely. When he
'lgot hold of George Griffin
George had q hammer Ia one hant
land knife in the other, and b,
Thought he had hit Lotion will
the hammer. He wrenched th,
j: hammer out of Grifin's hand anc
told him il he cut Lotion b,
would hurt him. He afterwart
put the hammer in bis own Wagon
! and carried it home with where i
still was. Dldn't think Pete Lof
lton put his hand in Grifin's col
lar and cursed him before Grifiil
!. Istruck him. Pete had his poke
knife in bis hand when be cot up
Pete Lotion couldn't swear 20
certain whether Griffin hit bin
with bis list or the hammer, bu
! said bis nose was very badly bur
/ and still sore on the inside, thougI
it showed no outward mark fron
the blow.
After ElIzey Smith and Bel
Griffin had caused hostilities i
e lcease and peac6 seemed restored
{ tIYic Lard and Hardy I4oft0n Re
] turned from the Alderman yisi
eontanued "a fourth Rsxe.