The Pensacola journal., 1920-01-21

the building and took a drink, he came
out, left me drinking. he walks over
by the telegraph post, / turns around
and starts out as Mr.. Cooley passes
me, and George says something to him
and 1t seems that Mr.. Cooley started
with his hand out of his pocket, I
caught a hold of Mr.. Cooley, and as
caught hold of him, Dago George
shot him.
@. Do you know Happy Shuttle
worth" a fellow they call Happy
Shuttleworth?" Did you a number of
times try to sell him different gun
A. The one that I did sell Dago
George.
@. How old are you?
A. Thirty mine years old.
@. Are you married or single?
A. 1 am single, Judge.
Q. How long have you lived in
Pensacola?
A. I have been in the city five
years.
@. What kind of work did you do
in Pensacola?
a. Practically-sawmill work
@. What other kind of work?
A. Shipyard work.
@. What other kind of work, state
all the kind of work you did in Pen
sacola?
A. Then I worked for Mr.. Morgan,
in the transfer business, 1 worked for
the Bruce Dry Dock Company; also
for the Texas Oil Company; I worked
for the government on the u. S. dredge
Blackwater. That's all until I worked
for the city.
Q. AS policeman?
A. Yes sir, as policeman until few
days ago when 1 was discharged by
Mr.. Ellis.
Q. Did Dago George work with you
at the shipyard.
A. Yes sir.
@. Where did you come from when
you came to Pensacola?
A. Out here at Walnut Hill.
Worked for Southern States Lumber
company ten years.
Q. Did you or Dago George get any
money off Of Cooley?
| A. I didn't Dago George, 1 don't
think, had his hands on him.
Q. Did you go into any houses here
and commit any burglaries?
| A. No sir, 1 did not.
! @. 1t is not a fact then, that you
went into the Hargis House and stole
jewelry and then put it back.
/ "A. No sir, it amt, 1 didn't know
anything about it until it was all over
with; the night it was done / was on
Tarragonna street, it was a bad night,
Policeman Tharpe came up in an au-
tomobile and reported to Chief Ellis,
and Chief Ellis and Officer Tharpe
went to these places, left 1 and Off
Ger williams there. and officer Will
liams was not on duty at the time.
Officer Williams caught car and came
to station. l got my horse and came
/ to the station
@. Do you know who did go in the
Hargis house?
A. I do not.
@. Do you know who has been hold
ing up any of these people?
a. 1 do not.
Q. Have you ever held up anyone
before?
A. 1 never have.
@. Have you ever killed anyone?
A. No sir, this was the first time
l ever was arrested in my life.
@. Have you ever burglarized a
house?
Q. What did you expect to get by
killing Cooley? And why did you
want to kill Cooley?
A 1 didn't want to kill him, the
other man wanted to kill him and
wanted me to smother it, keep it
quiet?
Q. Why did you go with him?
A. Well, he wanted me. offered to
pay me, kept talking to me different
ways.
Q. Did he ever give you any
money?
A No, sir, he never did give me
any money.
Q. Did he promise to give you any?
A. Yes sir.
@. How much?
A. He told me he would give me
big sum, ne never did say how much,
he said me got plenty money, me
give you any amount you want
the time that you held Cooley for
Dago George TO kill him what yeu were
going to get?
A No sir.
Q. Did you all ever discuss about
how much money Cooley had?
A. George said he had about six or
seven hundred dollars.
Q. Dago George?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Have you some money buried?
a. No sir, l have not.
Q. You haven't got any money at
all?
A. No sir, only that little bit COM
ing to me from the Bruce dry docks.
Q. Then, what you did was purely
to accommodate Dago George and not
for any compensation received only
for what Dago George had promised
you?
A. Yes sir, and / was afraid of him,
thought he would kill me any way,
was afraid of him. That's the rea-
son why I went with him.
Q. Then. it was your intention to
kill Cooley, and not rob him?
A. That was his intention, Dago
George, / didn't want to hurt the man