The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-18
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sons were talking about having hin put under a peace bond, or trying tC have him adjudged insane. They be lieved he was insane at times, ant they feared him.
 The story recited by the widow oi the dead man was brief She is bed ridden. None around her believe she will ever get up. She is probably Fl years of age, Her voice is weak and her form emaciated. Dr. Randolph did not have the jury come in, but swore her himself and took her evi dence. She told how vanderburg had called her names two or three times and got the gun down to kill her with. T begged and begged him not to do it. A night or two before ] came here he threatened to shoot me again. He had done a whole lot of | jawing at me, He said he would take nothing off me or any of us. ana would kill LIS all. 1t has been ter ribie. This morning he commenced 1 jawing me about the medicine and said if l had taken it I would be well, but I took it all. l an not going to tell no lie on him. He did not make any attempt to strike he or to hurt me today. But really believed he would kill me before | begged and pleaded with him 70 let us live good and for him to put down the gun and not shoot me wnen he tried to shoot me before"
 Then the aged woman had to have help Coroner Randolph said .hat was enough. Her condition was too critical to try to get further talk on the situation at that time.
 The story of the probable insan- ity of the father is given backing ill part of the evidence of Burr Van. derburg.
 He stated that shortly after the in cident in the city the father had ask ed him down by the mill one day if he had not seen a fine looking man drive a black horse up and down the road. The boy had not. The fathe said he had, and that the man behind the black horse was trying to break up his home and get the north for ty." which referred to a particularly good part of his acreage.
 The son scoffed at the story, but the father insisted, and later showed lette. which he said the man drop ped. and which said something about Mrs. Vanderburg coming to the city to meet him, and they would sec about the north forty acres
 The son did not pay particular at tention to this story until much more recently, when just after dusk one evening not long ago the father was out in the yard firing his gun fast. The mother ran to the porch, Lester, the son, was out in the yard. Burr ran down from his place to see what it was all about.
 The father showed them a hand. kerchief with some holes in it and blood spots on it. and said he had shot it out Of the pocket of that man who drove the black horse, and that probably he had killed him.
 They took light and hunted about for anything to substantiate the story Vanderburg had told. but could find nothing. The family regarded this as merely a mental delusion of the father
 There was a disposition on the part of Coroner Dr. Randolph to have the whole circumstance submitted to the grand jury without an inquest il there had been any indications tha' 1 justice would miscarry through loca influences, but that did not seem nee , essary, and when Burr requested that we settle the whole thing here," tho coroner proceeded with the inquest
 The jury was composed of 16 mem bers because Coroner Randolph an ticipated there might be a disagree ment, and it Is necessary that F sigr a verdict. But the jury fully agreed On secret ballot every man wrote his verdict, and they all correspond ed It was in their eyes a justifiaDi, homicide. But to their credit, it mus also be said that 1t was deplorablt to every one.
 The jury was composed of C. $ Shackelford, Ed A. Shackelford, J H Reynolds, D. J. Reynolds, J Ii. Hen son, w R. Henson, Milt Feel, H. L Shackelford, J P. Ketchum, w. H Blahut. D l.. Buck, John Pete, Jame. cass, Ralph Hager G. w. Spencer John Reynolds.