The Sentinel=record., 1911-07-22
SMITH AND
 ELLIS HELD
(cont,nued froil Pare one]

ing Was up high and got good view of the situation. Saw man com ing on horse in dead run. At alley he made short turn at right angie from main road. Just after he made turn saw shot fired from the buggy Buggy was standing south of alley 'on the main road. Saw the man who fired but don't know him. The men ln buggy We're south of him, and men were behind him and he was in between. The man acted to wit ness like he was urging. hls horse. The woods are open there. parties lin buggy could have seen the |Alley was closed. Men in buggy were about 75 or so feet from the running man wien shot was fired Did not see but one man in buggy shoot. One man in huggy did not seem to shoot. Heard no one yell 10 halt. Did not see anybody in the buggy wave at man. Believe from ls1tuation the man could have been captured. Man was so paralyzed ne could not walk.
 George Clement, lives near White Oak school house Was on his wag. on south of the shooting. going south.
 Heard shooting behind and stopped and turned. Was 100 yards from all
 ey. Looked and saw man on calico pony coming over hill and others be- hind. The man on horse saw the men ln buggy ahead of him and turn ed quick into alley. Saw shots fired from a rifle at the man. Did not
 see men in buggy make motion to hess was at the John Smith place and lneard first shooting back about the
 widow f,aliard's place. Did not see
 man make an effort to draw gun fl he had been wounded before stopping Ishort to turn in alley he would have
 iailen off. Saw Fonsy Ballard help llift him in the buggy Was about lsix shots fired before the parties
 came into sisht.
 4 WI. l.. Wright, was out on tine road lwhen SliookIey was shot. Was abon
 200 yards from where he fell off.
 Was coming in from Point Cedar with
 a Tedo fer. Met Ellis and he asked
 fir we saw men on spotted horse. W.
 had not, but saw him later, and ne
 had Winchester on saddle. Was
 south of me and saw him running
 land officers after him. They all pass
 led the witness. When man On calico
 pony got up where buggy was the lpony halted and wheeled into lane land man in buggy began shooting
 with a rifle. The fourth shot with lthe Winchester was seemingly with lout effect and the fifth hit the man Never heard anybody holler to him
 so stop. The man made no effort
 to pull Ihs Winchester He was holding the reins with one hand and
 whipping up with the other. Only
 the man in the lead of the chase
 shot. of the two behind the man, the other being behind and did not shoot |l Hervey Smith, recalled, stated he |1 had heard since testifying before,
 he had been shooting hard nosed bull |iiets. but thought at the time they I!were ordinary lead bullets.
 N Bob Ellis, recalled, stated he shot Hin front of man when he first turn He'd, but shot in the mans general di- lrection the second shot. Had ann fple opportunity to kill the man if IiI had wanted to. The man was get
 ting off his horse when witness shot the second time. Did not believe It
 was his bullet that struck the man.
 Would not say the man was really trying to get his gun. though heard \ the man was not going to be taken. { o3 vkemoyelI fn andthende