Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-03-11

organizing. Organized at Dexter.
Thaxton, Kirksey and helped at
Gracey. Joe Bell was helping. He
was with me part Of the time. i
knew the secrets, was in the conf
dence Of these leaders. ! met Amoss
and Dunning at Paducah about two /
months before Hopkinsville raid. /
was notified by Guy Dunning by
letter, tore up the letter, / was at
Jones farming when got the letter,
they sent for me to go to Paducah, |
Bob Shoemaker went with me. got !
another letter just four days before
raid, still at Jones. | told them
/ wanted to come over into
Trigg and see about making raid
on Murray. ! administered the
oath to others but / never took it.
Guy Dunning wrote the oath, / took
up the work. i saw John Kelly and
John King on the way up here and
saw them after they got here, saw
Ernest Freeman, Blair Alexander
and others, Freeman was a night
rider. l went from Trigg Furnace to
Cadiz, left there about shutdown, with
me was Mathews, Crickmore, Clip
Cunningham and two other Cunning
hams and others. We began to
meet on other side of Gracey. Large
crowd came in from Wallonia, Kelly
led the men from Cadiz to Gracey.
King was to help. My part was to
get here and see how it was done.
After raid went back to Galloway,
Staid there until September. | said
after Gray got killed was done with
it. My pay lasted up to Hopkins
, vile raid. First told about this
business after my brother Axiom, got
killed. Kelly was on defense of par
ties who killed my brother. First
told Mr.. w. T. Cooper of Hopkins
vile. came for the purpose of tell
ing it to some one. | never talked
, to Judge Wells. never was instruct.
ed and never was sworn in regard ia
these matters. | was not at John A.
Washers house Two weeks ago.
First letter | received from
Dunning was about two weeks after
l went to work, second letter in
about a week, third in about a week.
Letters let me know where he was
and what | should do in regard to
raid. ! burned them as soon as
read. | know Bob Shoemaker, he
lives in Galloway. Did not talk to
him two weeks ago at Dexter. Did
not tell him | had letters from Guy
Dunning at Jones' andI wanted him
to get those letters even il he had to
break into my trunk at Jones'. This
positively has not been concocted
since the raid. have not been paid
or promised anything TO tell these
things. Never organized any lodge
at Gracey. Dunning was inspector
for Protective Association when he
wrote these letters. He and Amos
were to pay me. Did nothing but
work on farm, staid at Jack Cooper's
and fathers. Got here a little after
IL o'clock, don't know exactly the
time. | watched to see how things
were done, | went with Amoss and
Dunning to police station, just ere
to take items so | would know what
to do at Murray. Guy Dunning was
captain. | was born club-footed.
Went firstito police quarters. then to
telephone Office, then to L. & N. de-
pot where the Latham house was
burning. | was at depot 10 or Is
minutes. was with Amoss and
Dunning at depot, was in 10 feet of
Amoss when he was shot. When
shot he said. IL am shot. but not
bad" He said go ahead and do
good work." After shot he was
put in a buggy. DR.. Hayden got in
with him. ! saw him next at /. c.
depot. He left L. 4 N. in buggy
and / saw him in buggy at the |. c.
depot. He didn't leave until the
crowd left. | was in 5 or 6 feet Of
him. didn't talk to him. don't know
whether he was suffering or not.
We left about 2:3O or 3. l saw him
next at the crossing where the Cadiz
road crosses the rail road. He was
still in the buggy with DR.. Hayden.
| was In 10 feet of him out there.
Don't know whose buggy 1t was.