The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-14
SHOT HIM FOR FEAR
He WOULD KILL HER
CONTINUED From First tage.)

clean cloth and wrapped around his
head. then got q wagon sheet and
put it over the body Ind weighed 1t
down with sticks and rocks to keep
II safe.
she kept the light burning and kept
watch all night. She had no friends in
the neighborhood, and did not care 20
disturb people, and so Dragged the
body to the house.
The prisoner was very dramatic in
her manner. Her story favored some
studied She wept at times. but did
not seem to be moved by the bloody
nature of the tragedy. She said when
she shot she feared she would be muir
dered, and in the struggle later that
she would die II he lived.
Feared He Would XIII Her.
After recess Mrs. PEBBLES resumed
her testimony. She said she had other
reasons than those given for fearing
her husband would Kill her. He used
to get drunk and come home. and frc-
quentiy beat her. He had beaten her
in Roanoke, and she lost her baby
born then. She used to hide every
trace of beating and told nobody. In
Florida he choked and kicked her and
pulled her hair. In Mississippi he
would get whiskey by the keg, and his
conduct was awful. One day he at
tackled her with Ratchet and cut
her arm. She showed the scar from
this wound to the jury. He also at
tackled her with a raozr when in
delicate condition. She was so badly
treated, kicked. ETC.. that she Went
to charity hospital in New Orleans,
where the child was born dead. In
Amherst tho attacked her with pistol.
and again held n shovel over her head
and said lie was goingtto murder her.
Size would go to the woods and hide.
One day he came after her with a
pistol when she got one also ana
cooked 1t, but he desisted anu so dld
she. On another occasion III BEDFORD
she took UP gun to defend herseif,
but she did not shoot. as herhad MOTH
ing In his hands.
Tells OF the Shooting.
After the first shot on the day OF
the killing she had pistol, but shs
denied that she snapped 1t at her NUS
band, but said she threw It away.
though she called for IT again IN the
struggle In the lane.
on cross-examination by Mr.. Hunlph-
reys Mrs. PEBBLES said she was season.
ablv clad at the time that her husband
heat her with the ax-handle. When
asked how she held the gun when
shs ahot her husband, Mr.. PEBBLES
shndSared. she showed the Com
nnnwealth how she shot, and said
her husband turned his face quickly
to one side. She denied that she cons
manded her daughter Sue not 60 SO
to the home of neighbors after. tte 9
shooting, She testified that she washed
b,ood Off the ax-handle and Off the
gun the day after the murder.
a. 5.5O the ross-examination was
concluded, Very little was drawn from
the defendant except repetitlon OF
her original statements
PEBBLES u Dangerous Man.
After supper Charles F. shaner, OF
Lynchburg, testified that ~. vi, r :. :
bies had the reputation OF pe ar1n i, 8
violent and dangerous, man Nmh wsn a STATED
t l1a neirhborhood. William stump. O.
amherst Am testified similarly, ttpies
Daniel. colored OF A .nrnMs in1 lial1or
Ed, Wooliork, a member o. the sa .,Sise
inrv was asked If Mary, Sue Pee .oi,'
had not testified before the grm .a,,,e Su ~
that when the he s ho9sn and did not
lit. He said that was ms .rseoil s. ~.
=. Beahm, another mempHfer. 81 t 81.
gsand 1ast afsya t she Mas hat the house
| the time Of the shooting.
nv consent. DR.. George T.. HsrrlS7, @
Madison, family nhysieian a 70 th Pee f1e
had had d good good reputation foN peace. :: g g
otey smbsr Of the grand t ]pfy ot spe
| i i,,rors n hout Mary Sue. CLIFTON Pee
bIes WAS recalled by the de tense art
his statement bsfore the Go .so, v 9
and road THIS n,, ~ y
and Was tproduced to impeach hi, tss tl
| III my S, II Fell4rs was calie U
prove Mary sms { eonla p nnt hs s.
~ nm rketI In haw diagram. but he wa
not very positive. At 9;Sb cour' az
I journed for the daN.