Year: 1866

Fourth Day, June so, Continued.


But said he must not come .fooling around


me again if he did was going to have lit


tie fuss with him. That was Just little while


before talking to Writ. I think it was Wont


be certain if it was a little before or al-


ter goingpn road to supper. Don't thinE


either of us had any conversation with s. Il.
Pearce and say we were going to take a


pistol from Conner and whip him. Don't


think either of US had any conversation with


Pearce. Next morning after the fuss was


at Burkheimer's where A. was. Did not say
| in the presence of Ambrose and Pearce that


our intention had been to seize Conner; grab


him and take his pistol from him, and whip


him. In the morning when in town was in


Lefel's grocery.


QueStion-Did you make the threat what


you would do with Conner, to his child: That


you was going to shoot her damned Daddy.
! AnsUer-No. I didn't say it right plainly


that way. I said, says 1: Anna, your daddy


has been talking scandalously about me, and
says I, "If that damned Daddy Of yours don't


quit talking to me that way am going to
whip him or he'll have to whip me-" He
said had been keeping a whorehouse.


Recalled 6y the Stdte.-That l was keeping


Tip Ambrose to whore with his wife, who is


a sister Of mine Last winter l had been try
ing to get Cartridges to use on the place, for
the man there--Abe. Alexander. A


ralding party had been there and raised quite


a row about his money short time before and


I wanted to get some cartridges for didn't


know but they wpuld soon raid on me. 1
expected to come to Urbana on Saturday !;
one week before Saturday before the fight


where had before got some Cartridges and
get some more. On the day of the difficulty


tried to get Cartridges. I didn't know the
number Of the cartridges for my pistol. The
clerk at the store told me TO bring my


pistol in and be would give me the size


wanted On the day Of the trial got the ear


tridges at Capt. BaIrds Didn't find them the
day Of the trouble. The clerk told me.


went there IN the morning Of the trial, that


they hadn't got any there but they expected
some on in the afternoon In the afternoon
went there and got them. / told him the
No, tho't, in size was 80. Ever since
known the deceased he went by the name
of Tip Ambrose I've known him ever
since lean reeolect- him. i am p years old
and past On the day Of shooting, don't
know that Ambrose had even pocket knife.
He had had a short little pocket knife and be-
tore that affair he lost it in my clearing. Amt
certain whether or not if the door was thrown
wide open it would touch the west side of
wall Conner was pretty close TO corner OF
Bowersocl's Store on South side but not ex-
actly, when l saw him. Did not see either
of the parties trying to break loose, but just
irving to get the best hold they best could.
While they had hold parties came up to part
them.


r. E-Comer didn't say to me that I was
keeping &c. - for he knew that wouldn't
do but he told it around, Don't know wheth-
er he complained CT Tips writing bad let
ter to his wife or not Didn't see the letter,
only heard that it was around. learned
that Joe had written the letter himself Heard
it from the same ones, that heard had said
that Tip wrote it. was tapping sugar trees
in the woods and Corners daughter Salllie
came up there, and said she intended stealing
letter from her father Corners wife called
over there where her daughter Sallie was to
get the letter. Ambrose was there when
Corners vile came over. Suppose A. knew
C's wife came over for letter and Ambrose
didn't say that that letter must be got hold
of Heard all the conversation. They was
right there with me. Ambrose had hold Of
the auger boring the tree. l had the spile
driving into the hole he had bored.


O. E-Stood at the corner Of the Iron
Store. saw Mr.. Conner about Mr.. Baird's cro'
over the Bridge by the Livery Stable about
when I started across the street
to the Grocery went in and sat down at the
north side of window on the bench. Am |
brose sat at south side Conner came up, the |
door was partly open. Seen him with his
left hand push it back in that shape. l had |
hardly sot down before he got the door open. |
Before this went in with BurkheImeT, Rob- |
berts and Ambrose into the back room took |
drink Of beer and went out, after that and /
talked with Mr.. Jenkins. The door starts
opened west but wide open nearly north. I
was not behind the door when it opened 1
was kind of across this way to the door. The
door I said didn't swing clear back don't
recollect what was behind it.


JOHN ROBERTS, Reside about ] mile OF st.
Paris. Formerly lived on farm. Last Fall
went into the grocery of Leffels, St Paris,
was present in the grocery at the time OF the
difficulty Of Ambrose and Conner. Could not
state the date, think it was last OF May, on
Monday night l was standing at the entry
where the opening is in the counter, was
standing on inside OF counter, Mr.. Bk'r by
ne on outside. Mr.. Ambrose and Harmon
were setting back on bench. My brother
and me and Ambrose, Harmon, Bk'r and Mr..
Leffel were all I think of in the grocery at
.he time OF the difficulty. Mr.. A and H had
come IN there a spell before night. I think
Mr.. H. had been out after he came in, but
wouldn't be certain. Didn't see them come
n At the time G. came in they were set
ting on the bench. Mr.. G. came to the door
and opened it and looked in as tho he was
hunting some person and I suppose didn't see
he person he was looking for, and started to
pull the door shut and as be started to pull
Mr.. Bk'r looked around towards the door.
Then c. shove4the door open and slept in
side. He held the door open little, with
light hand and with his left hand motioned TO
and said "West would ike to
zee you," or speak with you," or the ike.
8k'r, l suppose. didn't make any move to
come towards him and he either shut the door
1r he let go Of the handle and it shut itself,
le made q step towards Bk'r and all at once
,topt and tnrned thus, and all at once A grab I
bed him. I didn't see him get of his seat:
lie grabbed him some how this way one hand
a the face the other in the back ot bair l
supposed. and showed him against the wall,
md struck over him towards the wall. Gould
not say whether he struck him. They start {