The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-02
and I threw the rife down and made for

and l threw the rlne uo>Fu anu ihdoe lor
the road.
n And after YOU shot him you went
hack and got the rife? Ayes. sir; put
| didn't run: and there was no such thing
as those folks setting the woods afire.
O.-Djdn,t the dogs run you? A.-That's $
what they said they did.
O.-Wbv didn't they. keep on trailing
YOU? A.-That's what ! don't know, be-
cause If the dogs had done come on after
me they would have caught me. Them
section people will tell you just what ]
am telling you, because every one of them
looked back at me; ] seen I was going
to meet them and I cut off from the rail-
road and got behind a big tree, and l
heard one of the niggers say, damned if
he amt behind that tree, and there is
no road IN that direction.
O-When was that? A.-The evening
he was shot.
O How long after? A-Not over 80
minutes.
Got Behind Tree
O-How come them to say anything
about YOU being behind that tree? Al
seen | was going to meet them, and /
looked down the railroad and | knew the
section foreman was one of them Mead
ows boys, and | knew he would know
me. and so | went and got behind the
tree and those section hands were telling
the truth.
o-Did you see Meadows? A.-Yes, sir;
| seen him on the car.
Odd he see you? Ale saw me
when | run down there.
O.-What is his first name2 A.-Cleve
Meadows.
O-Who were the others that saw yo,l?
Al don't know
Q.-Were they white men or negroes?
A-They were niggers.
Q.-How far was that from the place
where Ellard was shot? A.-Not over a
mile.
ON what direction? A-North from
there.
Q.-You say it was about o'clock when
you shot him; you went then, you say, to
Dee Mines? A.-Yes, sir, and got the
balance of this whisky I had left there
on Saturday night before, and then went
to Farley's.
Odd you stop at any other place
A.-No, sir; 1 never stopped anywhere
until | got down to Farley's.
Q.-How were you dressed that day?
Al had on black suit of clothes and
white hat.
Q.--That white hat is what got you into
trouble isn't it, Teck? Ayes, sir; this
same old white hat have got on now.
Q.-What time was it when you got to
Farley's? A.-The sun was up.
Q.-How far was it to Farley =.
A-Three miles would have put me to
Farley's, because l cut off and went the
near way; I wasn't long about getting
there.
Q.-was it later than o'clock when
you got to Farley's? A.-No, sir: I wasn't
over 40 minutes from the time shot him
until was at Farley's; l STEPPED. up pret-
ty peart.
Q.-Who did you find there at Farley's {?
A.-The Farley family.
Q-Who else was there? A young
woman and old Mrs. Bill Farley and some
of the boys come in there afterwards;
those Lynch boys come there in short
bit afterwards.
Odd you tell them about you killing
Ellard? A.-No, sir; they didn't know a
bit more about it than you did. The next
morning their little boy went up to the
mines and found it out.
Q.-What did you do when you got to
Farley's? A.-Laid down on the bed.
Odd you go to sleep? Al don't
know.
Q.--Were you sick? Ayes, sir.
Odd that whisky make you throw
up? Ayes, sir; | throwed up on the
floor there.
Q.-How long did you stay there? Att
was pretty near dark when l got up.
Q.-Where did you go then? Al went
to Gurley Burgin's and got me some more
whisky and got that other pistol, and
then | went back to Farleys and stayed
there all night.
Odd you go to the postoffice? A.
Yes, sir.
o.--You went there before you went to
Coles? A.--Yes, sir .
Q.-And stopped and asked for the
a
Q.-About what time was that? All.
was good lamp light.
Got the Pistol
Q.-You got on up to Coles. and then
you went back? Al went in his room
and got that pistol and took a drink of
whisky and came out, and Gurley Bur-
gin told me that Cole had gone to town.
Odd you ask where Cole was? A.
Yes, sir.
Q.-And then you went on back to Far
ley's? A. Yes, sir, and stayed there until
the next morning.
night? Ain the house in the bed.
Q.-Did any of the boys sleep with you !?
A.-No, sir
Q.--Did you sleep in n room by your
self? A.-No. sir; the boys slept in there.
Q.-What did you do the next morning?
Al found out-I didn't know whether
he was dead or not. because | hadn't
heard anything: / kinder watched for
them that night, and / didn't watch
much either, because / couldn't see how
I could have missed him, and the next
morning the little Farley boy come-fn and
said somebody killed Mr.. Ellard yestes-
day, and says to myself. / will make 1t
to Birmingham quick as | can, and
went by DIR. Blair's and he told me sone-
body had killed old man Ellard, and
asked him If it was fact that lie was
dead. and he says yes and then 1 came
on to Birmingham.
The Broken Pine Tops
Q.--Who broke down those pine tops
up there Teck? Al don't know
Q.--Dd Cole do that? Al don't know
/ don't know anything about that
Q.-Then il he was there near you when
you killed old man E,llard, YOU don't
know it? Al don't know; he may have
been laying down below there waiting
for him and his nerve failed him.
Q.-About how far was it from old man