The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-10-03
ANDY HIXON, AGED MURDERER
OF JESSE B. HUFF TO HANG


husband, and that Allen replied that
he would and pointed. up, making
Ellison think that Hixon would be
kept in the loft that night.
1t was the theory of the prosecution
that the killing had been melted by
Mr.. Allen who, too, had much diff
Guilty with Mr.. Huff in the courts.
In support of this theory the state
introduced Mrs. Joe Ellison who stat
Ell that she approached Mr.. Aliens
office one day through the school
room which adjoins and that she
heard voices in Mr.. Aliens office and
thinking it was revenue men, she hesi-
tated about going in the room, and
that she remained by the crack in the
door and she heard Mr.. Allen say that
he would give $400 to get rid Of old
"Skufi" and it was explained TO the
court that by "Old Skufi". Huff was
meant.
Mrs. Ellison says that the other
man replied: That's not enough and
that Allen followed by saying that if
$500 was not enough that he would
give all that he had.
Alfred Price stated that he was pass
ing the Allen home on the evening of
the killing and that he saw HiXon and
Allen together.
This completed the case, direct for
the state.
The defense put the prisoner, whose
hair is snow white and after six
months imprisonment his skin, too,
has turned white. He told very
fiimsy story of the cause of the crime.
Stated that he had heard Of threats
which had been made against his life
and that when he killed Huff that he
fired because Huff had advanced one
or two steps and bringing his hands
out of his pockets with what looked
like a revolver TO him. He said that
immediatly after the shooting he
kicked Norton and told Norton that
he was the cause of the affair, and
then he described in detail his move
ments in the mountains during the
week he managed to selude capture.
He spent the part OF the first night, he
said, at the home of David Allen and
near daylight he dug out for the
mountains, but The second night prov
ed too cold for him and he walked
down the railroad distance of four or
five miles 10 his home, where he got
some blankets and then he went into
the mountains again, finally coming
to the home Of Tom Garrett, near Hot
Springs, in the rear of which place he
was captured by Detective Ben
Barnes.
He denied that the pistol belonged
to Dave Alien saying that it belonged
originally to man named Morgan
who had died and left it To him. lie
denied that he received the gun from
his wife, and stated that he was wear
ing il when he went to cut wood on
that day.
-Hixon admitted on cross eXamina-
tion ihat he had known HUFF for two
years, that he had passed him frequent
ly, and that he had never had any
words Of any kind with him and that
Huff had never offered him any insult
until the insult claimed by Hixon just
prior To the shooting.
Detective Barnes was introduced
| anu stated that Hixon had told him
| that the gun was brought to him by
his wife and that it belonged to Dave
Allen and that he had taken it back
there after the shooting.
Other witnesses were introduced to
substaniiate the main Witnesses iesti-
mony and character witnesses were
heard, after which the case was given
to the jury by Judge Carlock in de-
tailed charge. The jury was out but
a few minutes when il agreed upon ii s
verdict, and AT The opening Of court
brought in IT. verdict.
The prisoner looked trItie more
white but he was unshaken by the
verdict aud his wife who had been
by his side throughout the trial was
also unmoved.
The counsel for the desenc, made a
motion for ney trial and set out
reasons for same, bui this motion was
over ruled by the. judge and Hixon
brought before him for sentence, The
court asked him If he had anything 10
say and he replied, .Nothing further
than hat my attorney has stated, y
and then the sentence of death was
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