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SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 29, J872.
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TIh* Armor Jluriler Cnsi—Trstl-
mmiv Ibr tlir lMl'iici*,
O. H. L. Aumou hworn fob tub
'Defence.—I reside in this county,
•about 8 or 9 miles from where Mr.
Reubon Armor was murdered, De-
Witt Armor lives about two miles
from the place. I was at DeWitt
Armor’s before the murder on Sat
urday evening at about seven o’clock.
Thera was Mr. Barfield and inv
brother both there at the time I
rode up. I staid there nearly one
hour. When I left there I want
home. My brother DeWitt Armor
and Mr. Barfield both accompanied
me to my home. I traveled on
horseback, as did those with me.
I wont directly homo, did not stop
on the way, except when the horses
stopped to drink. I got home at
about nine or ton o’clock, with my
brothor DeWitt Armor and Mr. Bar-
field. My brother remained at my
house all night, in the same vooni
with me and Mr. Barfield. I do
not remember Mr. Barfield's
vited him to my liouso. Ho is no i Did not see Smallwood that evening j sure I ever saw a pistol in Do. Ar- tired and were awake. Mv brothers |
relation, I have known him nearly 2 ! puss my brother’s. I wore no over- I mar’s poscssion. Have not seen u , and Mr.
I puss my
He has lived at May’s near-1 coat on that night.
poscssion.
My brother has 1 broken gun or pistolin t'.m poscssion night.
ly two years to my knowledge, he I no overcoat with a-capo. Ho had on I of any one since then. I am sure of
may have lived there longer. Bar-I an overcoat. I'wore a shawl that I it, seen no bloody clothes cither,
field has often been to my store, but | night. I staid at the grocery until ii ' On Sunday night I staid at homo,
don’t know if he was ever at mv house, or 4 o’clock on Sunday evening, uu- I remained at the grocery on Sun-
Brother was going to star all night! til brother Bonbon was removed, dav two hours or two hours and
with me and go to Catoe’s and take i Went from thereto brother Do's., half; can’t tell the miact time. Had
out the peace warrant on Sunday staid a short time and went home. 1
morning. He did not got the war-! went back afterwards. Mr. Barfield
runt; lie was stopped bv the negro was there and went hack with nv: b)
that Reuben May sent to tell us tlmt Do's. 1 don’t remember if I left him
Reuben was killed. This was by my there or not. The body was in a
house in the lane, at about 7, 8 or 9 j room, in the eotliu. Mr. Cmmning
o’clock. Thero are no other Justi- , and Mr.'Dudley made the cothu; it j day evening hefdro dirk, 1 saw him
c*s of the Peace in that noighhor- was made of plunk taken from the | returning from tin?^bridge, it was
lufod but Mr. Catoe. There is a No- i grocery. The body was buried the lute in the evening ' before night;
tary Public, however. I don’t know • next day at about 12 o’clock, I was ! don’t know exactly nltat lime it was.
where Mr. H. H. Hawkins lives. I present, so was my brother. T think ! His face seemed to be bruised a
Brother Reuben never offered any . Mr. Barfield was also there': think he I little. I saw Smallwood puss that
violence, that I know of, to any of the ; assisted with the coffin. I am not,
family. I thought Sunday morning i however, certain. I don’t know
good a timo to get a puaco war- when Barfield got to the grocery
Barfield remained there all
1 did not see mv brother
not seen Reuben Armor for two
weeks before his dhiitli. Mr. l.ee
Armor himself invited me to his
house.
C. H. KitchenA Ri'r.u.T.F.n nv
State.- I saw Reuben Armor Satur-
rant as any other time. He never
did any of th* family harm, but did
no violence. He would rear about,
make display and utter some outlies.
When sober he vorv kind to all. He
■v oiiing, after deceased returned that
'veiling to storo. Reuben Armor
appealed to be very much intoxiea-
De. hut recognised his voice. Heard
him talking, 'l'liev were sleeping in
the front room. Tlmfe was a parti
tion between their room and mine.
J recognised both mv brothers ; could
hear their voices and knew their
laugh. 1 was awake nearly all night,
suffering from uu attack of neural
gia. Nolle of them could have left
the room witiiout my knowing it.
They would have to pass through
one door only. 1 am satisfied it was
earlier than tell o’clock when they
came. They were all there at break
fast’; it was about an hour by situ
when we got breakfast. My brother
De. had just left when the messen
ger arrived, but had not got out of
sight; 1 saw him from the window
A .vloihei-In-haw's Past Hide.
Joe S. is the fortunate possessor of
a mother-ii.-’aw, and what he prob
ably thought move of among his
horses was one known as (Quaker.
Now (Junker was a good roadster,
and could and would jerk a wag
on with two 'n it in 2:51 on the road:
lie was pulled in, and
s yelled at 1 he faster
luf ,et, when a eoin-
d alongside
But
Many vnur,
beautiful littli
Alabama, a u
Gnibbin Hoc.
■; ago there lived in a
country town in North
enial warm-hearted old
d the Inn
e more lie
meant to
I ing horse
must! i
lid it. | f
aunty | |
1 then i ,
and a strong pull was taken, .
pauted by yells, ho thought >h
do his le\ el I jest and you lift in
Not many years ag i, when the
lair was held where Master .!<
lived, lie had his old (Quaker hitched j
up to' a 1 impound thrcc'iuancv sen! d j
wagon, and, ns lie was getting in, his !
inoiher-iii-l iw w isiiedjo go with him. I
He informed her that he was g >ing !
to the town clerk’s office, at the low- !
but saw him there several times dur-1 ted. He was riding and soeme I to
lie was going in the direction of (’a- j
toe's. I heard tlm messenger hallo. ‘ ( . n ,l „r the \ illagc, laboiil a mile,)
Cross. —T uuiii sister of Mrs. Rile v. | and if she w as in a hurry to return
ing tlieduv. I stopped at iny broth- 1 be paying very little attention to his 1 1 roomed alone on that night. My 1 home, sh
naina. Mr. DeWitt Armor did not ed lue in putting up the horses. Ho
loavo my house tlmt night. He loft j used to belong to my father. I have,
when I did in tha morning. My about four months ago, m en a pis-
or’s about an hour on mv wav hack j horse; his horse seemed to be going
and then wont home. It was about | where he pleased. His clothes weru
dark when I got home. From my ! vorv muddy, and ho looked as if lie
had no difficulty with Barfield on ! liouso toCatoe’s is about a mile and | hud fallen from his horse. I cannot
that or any other day, that I know | a half. I was told Judge Brantley tell from the nppearunco of the
of. I found Barfield there when 1 ■ was u Notary Public. At the time ' wounds on his faeo what produced
got there, and I wanted brother De- i I got the intelligence of the murder ; them ; there was a scratch on his
witt to go home with me, and so in- ! brother had started for Catoe’s but j faeo and it appeared bruised a little,
vitoil Burtield to accompany ns. Al- ; was called back bv the negro that
brought the intelligence. The negro
came through tho fields.
Stefiien Baiifiei.d, savot.n.- 1 re-
Mlld have to drive l>,
tlm
dearly
if ten as
jivau : frei l Armor was the negro who assist-
Ai.i'iieii Aumou, ; C<tlornlj swims.
—I live with Mr. Lee Armor. I
heal'd of the murder of Mr. Reuben
Armor on Sunday morning. Was
side at John May’s. It is half a mile 1 told of it bv the man who was
at
icr slept in
o did Mr.
ben. • Have not seen it since. Don't j from w here the murder was eommitt- | On Saturday night, the night of tho
know where it is. He lias a gun, a 1 ed. On the evening of Saturday 1 murder, J was at home at Mr. Leu
rille. 1 have u double barrelled gun, went to Dewitt Armor's on his invila- ! Armor’s. He was at home that night
it is at hnuio. Barfield 1ms a gun, | tiroi. Got there about dark. "Went I he came at about 9 or 111 o’clock;
it is a rifiu. Brother wears a shoo ! to stay all night. 1 saw Lee Armor Mr. Barfield and DeWitt Armor
from a 7 to a 9. I wear a <’>, 7 or 8. there that night; he eatne ltp about | conic wjtli him; they rode up. I
me, so (licl iur. Barfield, all three pi
one bed. No one could have left
the room without my knowing it.
It was two miles beyond DeWitt
Armor's house, where the murder
was committed. My brother’s ob
ject in coming down to my house ! I don’t know what Barfield weurs, i six o'clock, and remained there ft half j was up and took tho hoi '
was to get a peace warrant from but think about a (i or 7. When i
•lames Gatoo*for brother Reuben, tamo back 1 think Barfield went
It was about seven or eight o’clock , homo, 1 do not know. Brother De.
in the morning when I hoard of the and L run our horses to llio place,
occurrence. I proceeded to the 1 when we heard of tho affair. I ex-
plnco ns soon as I could have my I cased myself to Barfield, and brotli-
liorsu caught. My family, oxhept ' er ami 1 came uu together. Ido not
the negroes, had retired when 1 got . remember if we slopped at lie s,
homo that night. Alfred wan the , house or not. Wo did stop at l!eu- I
namo of tho negro boy, and Fanny bsn May’s. Don’t know what time
Thomas tho name of the negro wo- we got there; think it a as about ID
man who was up when l got homo. ! o’clock, it was late in tho day; we
The negro boy Alfred and mvself thought that Kitchen's and others
put tip tho liorsos when wo armed, should have lot us know it sooner.
I was informed that morning of llio We rode the same horses down we
murder by a negro living with broth- ro le up. 1 camo to Washington
or DeWitt, named Will Baynes, county over a year ago. DeWitt'
hour or hour; T am not positive how and Mr. Lee Armor pul them
long, Dewitt" Arjnor was lit home at ' they were put in the stable am
the time, f left there with Dewilt ! door locked by me; th. saddles
Armor and Lee Armor at about eight . put in the house, where tliev
o’clock. 1 left oil invitation of Lee ! saddles.
Armor to both of us to go to his house
and slay all night with him. Loo Ar-
objeet ill coining up there that
pill
T had the key of the sta
ble and kept it that night. When
1 went out the horses hid not been
niur
take)
they
Mil
This was the first intimation 1 iiud
of it. The lied Wo slept on was
against the mill, DeWitt slept on
the back side, Mr. Barfield in ti.e
middle and 1 on the front side. 1
went to DnWitl’s house that night
in cousoqiiouco of information that
brother Reuhffli was there tight, and
I went to try to get him to go home,
quit drink, keep quiet and attend
has lived hero 2 or II j cars. The pis-
tol brother had was a cartridge shoot- . to |
or. Don’t know lioiv many limes it there
shot. De. find no pistol with him
the night lie wci.it to my house. 1
asked hint, J. wanted to borrow it.
L was going to Savannah, if he had
hail one ho would have lot me have
it. De. and 1 talked together st the 1 loft the vooni Without in v knowing it.
d I do not know. 1 heard Dewilt
Armor say he thought it would be
best to takeouts peace warvnii: f n il’s
brother Reuben. Ho was in conver
sation with Lie Armor at that time.
We all got to Lee Armor’s at about
nine o’clock, the family had retired
before we got there. Thcmgrohoy
Alfred put up our horses. We all
rode there.on horseback. We went
In fifteen minutes after we got
We all slept iogether in one 1 about twelve
room in the same bed, (lie only one ' -deep,
ill the room. The bed stood uganst Cm>
the wall. Mr. D. Armor slept next Armor
the wall, l ill the middle and Lee ! sinei
out since I loeke I (hem up ;
mill not be got out w ilhoilt
ing the door; they had not
interfered with during the
they Were as L left them.
Tim saddles i also, flocked up and
kept the keys. I keep all the keys;
they are all on one string, I. keep
them all. 1 remained awake about
two hours after Vlr. Luc Armor come
home. It was my opinion. I set up
two hours after lie came. It was
clock when I wont to
two brothers occupied the. udjoning \ alone, and t urn cramped the w:
room, it was a shed coon ; it had one j ; ,,r her admittance ; and with w
door; it opened out on tile fr ml , drooping and slouching gait,
porch. The room was not ceiled or j Quale r v niked along i d.:
plastered. 1 heard them talking and I assorted pair o» the t,...
laughing for uu hour. They stopped I office. Now, be it known, .
and i. hoard them again. They up- j loves fun, and will have it ■
pealed to lie ill a very good humor; j possible, while mother-ir.-'iiw is a
could not tell w hat they were talking j rigid, old sky blue Baptist, undoubt-
about. .1 neve.i saw Mr. Barfield ,. ( ||y very good Imtiinforimintelv
there b.'f ire. I live iii (t,‘eeu comity. I possessed with the Idea that to lam Ii
Have only lived at brother Lee’s I 1S to sin. It so happened at that
about a mouth. Brother De. had [ time I lint every team was going to the
been frequently at Lee’s house. He fair ground < a* else was walking; so
was there about a week before. ] Quaker had no elmiuv to "score u:>.”
Brother Reuben was there about a
week before; he lived at brother I joc’m
before he located in Glascock. Nev
er saw brother De. in possession of a
pistol. I am staying at brother IV-
Witt; wont back there on Sunday
evening, lie was there when I got
there. I have seen a gun there, dont
know what kind it was
noticed if it was there now or not.
There were many gentlemen at lie’s,
on Sunday night. They were stran
gers to me. I and mv sister and
-lei-in-law went up to All
Mi
bid just u.s they urriv. d at tho oflico
of iljo town clerk, S. saw Jack
Barns coming on his way to the fair.
Now Jacks n.are lias the reputation
of being four or live seconds faster
than old Quaker. To turn Quaker
round, jump oul.juUi.t) mothur-iii-
Inw to in ive slow going home, was.
have not j but a minute's work ; and then hold- j
ing up Ids hand to attract Jack’s!
attention, he told him lie would pay |
chicken fixings et cover,as if he i
world range alongside of old Quaker]
■lib,m | at full speed, yell, and spirt the. old j
j horse to tho street to tlm fairground
ntranee. A nod, and Jake touches
.indy Coulter with his whip, sing.-
lit gil, and lavs for Qua!.
heard
at ids
of tin
the bi
the stepper comilt;,
it. M.iilier-in-l.iw tii
win:
g'.ub
lust
T used
have lived
IjITKV. -There is now residin'; in]
this citv a highly noeontplidied !
voting lady, whoso name is Miss
Clara Lent Remington, well known
amongst the best circles in the city.
For several years this lady was the
alliance,1 wife of Colonel Muncus,
of the Spanish army, in Cuba. Col
onel M uncos was possessed of in.- ( ^
Meuse fortune, and high rank i‘« | stop her. •‘angtilc, ’ But he didn't
Spanish society in Cuba. |l«cou- fst uot uuu .jj_l, 0 didn’t. The
to belong to Mr. teniplaleJ at ua early; day. niler be- , |iull uus (l> „ t „. l( i v
al ; Whoa, he evidently considered
nitons ; pul-
on iron hold
gqa alongsi.l
mother in
si puil, sure
r, “iinuiile,
her l’<
and
e, ,1a
lining vi
But hr
gnitlenmn,• ludge II , well-known
throughout the State, as well for his
distinguished ability as his marked
geiicro-'ily and congeniality. , Among
hi- eh,da 1 possessions for the time
we in . sp, akilig ot Was long before
Hie war was an old negro named
•hike, or as lie was more familiarly
'■idled, uncle Jake, and there lieve’r
lived a more provoking old darkey,
uncle Jake, although a favorite,
d many weaknesses, and amongst
levs lie was particularly regard- -
- ot the truth, to such an extent,
tact, that occasionally the good
, old judge found i! necessary to pun
ish him. It was tin; custom in those
days for the town-cop’stable to nd-
: minister i (logging for a eonsidera-
j tion w henever the master w as disin-
| clmcd to oJlieiate, and the constable
I if this particular town had a seven*
j n pnlatiiin for ]irofieiency amongst
i t'm darkies who had now and then
I m en so unlortiinato as to conic’ un
der iiis hands. Jake, although he
i had never been there, was well pv.st-
i ed and had u great repugnance to
Mass (I -, who was tin incumbent
at tl.at lime. < In one occasion din
ing 'Ilie Christmas holidays, while
the Old Judge was quite se’veicly in
disposed, uncle .Jake had been guil
ty of a misdemeanor, and punish
ment was deemed nucecssavy, so the
ludge wrote a note to the constable
ubmit.iis follows:
Mr. G Please give the bearer
vhii !v -nine lashes and charge to me.
Judge II.
(’idling up unde Jake the Judge
ordered him to carry the note to
(I who would give him a grub
bing hoe.
Jake started off’ up town, but his
suspicions w ere a routed. He could
not understand vlmt the'Judge
wauled with a grubbing boe at
Clirisiuas time, and as his conscious
w as not as clear as it should have
1" , n, tin 1 result of his suspicion was
that the truth suddenly flashed up
on him —he was to bo whipped.
Seeing a school boy approaching be
took out the note end said:
"Mrtssn Bob, w het in di.s note, got
so many dis mornin’ I got ’em mix-
tiling
with him ever coming engaged to Mins Remington, 1 ;
1 have been flee. Go to bed , to resign Ins commission, leave the | £ t
Armor outside. No one could have I Usually al nine or ten o'clock, some- army, and then lead Miss Ii. to the
We staid together all night. 1 left in
the mm ning at about an hour by sun.
Just as I was going to leave 1 heard
of the murder. I). Armor was on his
horse when lie heard of it. Ho w
place so soon as wo got there. II
to his husinoss; and I Wanted to said wo ougut to solid for Barge and
quiet any difficulty that there might have the manor invcsiig itod. I was
be, should one exist. I suspected at the inquest, t do not remember
that there was a difficulty, in cotute-j all Mr. Kitchen's saiil. He showed
finance of a note wrote by brother ; us tho negroes that were there and I ' going in tho direction of Catoe’s to
live Witt lo Mr. Cutoe about a peace j.took thorn off'and questioned t hem,
warrant. Da Witt camo with me at ' After that Do. and J together ques-
my solicitation. DeWitt Armor’s turned them. They wore not sworn
xvnfo was not at home when I got j at tho inquest, i told Ilium they
tthere. There was no one there but could not hold an inquest until Barge
brothor DeWitt and Mr. Barfield. , and tho negroes wore all there; Barge.
DcWitt’s wife was ovir at Reuben L was told, had gone to Warrenton.
Mays. She had gone thero to spend I tried to got Burge. 1 once started
.the night. I wont, up to Do Witt's j myself but was ad vised to stop. Af-
becauso when Reuben was intoxiea- ter tho burial, 1 wouttu Atlanta after
tod I could do more with him than Barge. 1 thought the negroes had
-any ono else. My brother Reuben , not told tho truth. I took out a _
Armor when- drinking is troublesome, ! warrant against Burge. I heard all , when I got there, and his family. His
but lie never did us any harm or in- Kitchens said uud all tho negroes mvife was there a short time idler 1
juredus; wo wore not afraid of him. 1 said, ami then took out the warrant. ' got there. Did not see her when I
My sisters wore afraid of him, so I told De, to lnvvo the negroes ar- 'first arrived. I supposed she was
was brothor Do Witt's wife. Brother ' rested on Wednesday evening, but
Reuben was troublesome but not j before lie done itho was arrostod.
times latiT. I pick cbtton and di
other things. Don't go to sleep
right after supper. I sleep in the j
kitchen. Tho lock on the stable
lmiienenl altar,
nple fortune, he ei
If in ease and luxtii", tlm reninm
his life. Ifis fondest hopes w
take out a peace warrant when the , .
negro‘ Will’’ hollered to him and by myself without an,»• white person
told of tlm occurrence. D. Armor 1 being with me. I was at lionm when
was ginning and packing cotton on Air. Do. Armor was arrested. \\ ant
Sutiird tv at John May’s and invited to Warrenton to him the day alter
me to Ills house. Have been there ho was arrested. No one has talked
often; went on his invitation. I have I t<) me of the ease or asked me what
lived at John Mav's for two years. I 1 would swear, neither Lee Armor,
Cross,— It was about 2 (/clock in Air. Rilev, or any on- rise. The
the day when he invited me to his | lawyers neither. 1 have been lien
every day this week, blit no one lias
was a single lock, a padlock, about not realized, however,
the size ot my fist. I keep the crib ( told.
keys ; have kept them all tho year. He k' pt delaying tlm e mention < f
Keep them at night; feed the horses his purpose to leave the army, and
leathlias interprtsed, and he is now
lm .ml for a m li to the other i
, . „ , and squatted to go ids level j
V-, l T ,n '. 1,,s best and lm did it. Now von bet!!
i ". 1 e "J"- v j Barnes was act..ally gett.in
! behind, and warming up to his
1 he eoinnie;) '1 in right good earnest
will
The boy read tho note and ox-
i plaiued its contents to Jake, who
whistled and laughed to himself as a
, ! l ight idea st i nek him.
I Calling u negro boy who was near,
j uni I.' Jake said:
j “Bov, does you want to make a
quarter?”
"I )f course I does.”
“AVell, take dis note down dav to
ir j j., | Mnssa G — , an’ git a grubbin boe,
"work' ! ^ wait hero ’till you comes
n i ] ^; V( , yo U a quarter,”
In sin;
! What
; And tin
out
are vou
‘Hi Yar! Go er long: I,.* {
i /•:. „..?■• Li s ermiid, and in due course dclivcr-
.mi'in . u.i, mjji, .ii. ... i ii ,.. ... i ' ...i. i i. l..
The boy hurried off' to accomplish
.1 i
in his grave. This nielnneholv news
was received by n telegraphic dis
patched to the young lady, which
slated that the Colonel ha l willed
to lmr Hits entire fortune in Cuba,
which was worth over $500,1)110.
While
tin* note to (
j into the yard, loci
proceeded, despit
Bilious of innoce
who took him
ked the gate, and
e the boy's protes-
uee, to administer
house. I eat supper at home before
1 left thero. Mr. Armor was then
mien was won,, own ,.>u.. uuu. }ay lll( , p^.ji m ; g) '
Miilc.llmro are some sail mclanclioly i <) j■,L<-r\nd is t
mi turns in this history yet there is , b ;,' vs
oincllnng romantie mbout it. , e , jv(l tlu . m
f.
week, but no one has sotni
sj^jlien to mo of the case or asked ‘ are informed that Miss Remington
: mo where I kept the key s. No one Will leave this eitv in a very few
talked to me about this ease, iii front days for Cuba, were she will take
' of the Court-House this morning, the necessary steps to be put in
The man who brought the news was possession of this magnificent tesli-
th„rc* when I left there, I suppose 1 named AVill Blaine. He lived at 1 monial of the. Colonel’s love and
Mrs. Armor w as in tlm house, f do ! Mr. De. Armor’s. Ho said Mr. 1 regard for her. Tlm congratulation-
(it
cm.” The people they passi d
fclirir spiH tl and the old 1 uly’a Imt
oil llie hue]; Jj<7* Jiuck, her ,shawl
stroaiiim'; out behind, and the courage I • i ' \ ,
• i .-I i i M , t ,• • riedollIioimMdtueklin^overtJieiiaii-
\\\th wind i she li old on to tli«’* Julies, i. f , . •°i i i i 1
. i i i i nv result ol wiiat iuiirlit liuve been
rianiKul theu* Juiiuls and eueuiiraii:- . 1 • , ,n
: . . i i » • i < siTiuus business lor Inin,
liitrlv HMiiii out tiooa old ‘»irl —i , , n ii •
' >U1 bird! “2: ID ’! ‘iJuilv for old ! Unit evening the Judge called lnm
they parsed , the u l'* »Hl u, ^U
the piazza j
the desired Hogging, while Jake luir-
did you gut that grubbing
not j before lie duno it ho was arrested. I
violent. The peace warrant was was after Barge. When I came j not know anything of beriming at! Kitchens had sent word that Mr. of hundreds of hienos ,mo showe;
not to be pushed against him, but i back from Atlanta, De. Was arrested, j Airs. May's. Mr. D. Armor married Reuben Armor whs dead. On Sat- upon .Miss Remington, and site w ill
got merely for tho purpose of quiet- I did not hear him say that he had I a Miss May. I rodo Mr. D. Armor’s urday l was nt home all day. There bear with her the sympathy ot all
ing him. Mrs. DeWitt, Armor is
sister of Air. Reuben May.
Cross.—De. lives about 75 or 100
yards from Mr. May-’s. I got to Dc-
iwjR’tj at, about 7 o'clock. I did not
sec bnytheg Reuben that evening. I
have no family, njy Uyothflr and sis- advising him of the facts, and
O'
we had oat when the messenger had
come or not. Dewitt had eaten lio-
foro he started off towards Catrie’s.
conversation together, I and my j I was at the house whffn the niessen- , „ ,
brother, wo concluded that it was I ger come. Dont know if D.' Annor j H 10 dead man \vas. 1 hiyd not been i it,”—“J
Barge, IVe told brother Roubon he i was or not. I was not at Armor’s on ] “J Air. DeAYitt Armor s in a long net.” t
been ad vised Jo offer a reward Imt J mule to Lae Armor’s; llio family had
declined to do it. Did not hear him j retired but a short time before we
say that brother was a bad man. I j got there. I judge so because the
did not hear him say that we must 1 fire in.tho house had not burned out.
offer a reward, and do it at once. A j Saw no member of the family that
letter was to be written to Gov. Smith, ! night. We all got up at about good ,
advising him of the facts, and ask- ■ light in tho morning. All of us eat!
ter live with me. Mr. Bai'fhffff jjyos jug him to offer a reward, the letter j breakfast there. Ale took off our |
.with John May, about a mile from i Jto be written by Riley as he was ac- clothes when we went to bed. The
Dewitt’s. He was at brother Dewittls quain ted. with Gov. Smith. I knew j messenger with the news of the kill-
and was going to stay all night, hois ] that Hawkins was a Justice of tho ing of Mr. Reuben Armor, got there
not a may of family; he is a young Peace, bijt not being certain of who 1 at about, sun up. We eat break-
man. single, JJo rode one of broth- j did the deed, I did not take out a fast at about sun up. Dont know if
or De’s horses. I rode my own ; warrant at that time. 1 had a talk
horse. Brother De. rode one of his j with the negroes on Sunday, oate-
jown. I did not eat supper at broth-] ohising them very full}', and in a
er’s, I eat at home. I wont the usu
al road, by John May’s ho.uso, stop
ping no where on tho route. My
brother, before this evening, did not
speak of taking out a peace warrant,
complaints that the family were afraid
of lnm were made about a week be
fore. Brother Reuben lived with mo
and then at brother De’s. about a
week before be commenced merchan
dising. Brother Reuben, I never saw
under the influence of liquor until
February last, when he came to live
with me. He came from Tennossoe;
had no family, is 28 years of age; I
live at Mr. Riley’s house. There are
five rooms to the house. The bed
: rooms were all occupied that night,
all that had' beds in them. I am
speaking of Saturday night, the 9th
of November, the night that the kill
ing took place. Barfield went to
brother’s on his invitation, find I iu-
were no men come thero that day
or the or night, before. Mr. Lee
Armor and Air. RiLy-rive there, no
other men stay there. Air. Armor
and Alt'. Barfield left there on Sun
day morning, right after breakfast,
at about eight o’clock. None of
lovers walked beneath the moon. The
night was fair, so was the maid ; they
, walked and talked beneath .the
them left until they all left together. 1 sh.-ulva, with lump to harm or make
Air. De. Armor diu not ride off be- afraid.
fore tlio others. I caught all the > Her name was Sal and his was Jim,
horses at the same time together, ! alK ] was fat and ho was slim ; he
and Mr. De. Armor did Jiot start off ] took to her and she to him. Bays
before the others did; if he had I j; m to Sal: “By all Lite shakes- that
should have seen him. I am as cor- sptiirm among the brush and brakes,
tain of this as I am of anything else Hoveyou better’ll buckwheat cakes.’
I have sworn to- 1 am not a mar-! Said she to Jim, since you’ve tie*
ried man. I did not gO to where g Un it, and been and gone and done
I love yon next to a now bon-
Bavs .Tim to Hal, “Aly heart
with a vim
fn fact with several extra vims.
Joe’s mother-in-law took the first
evenings train for her Green Alomi-
lni:i b. me. llis parting words were
“lie should not dare to allow lmr to
drive Qtiukar again, as he cautioned i
her to drive slow, and she had gone
and beaten one of the fastest horses
in town.
Joe said next day, with a twinkle in
liis eve, that his wife did not give
"y *.-*-»•»-«- | him a” curtain lecture” that' niglit
One quiet day in leafy June; when j ftl „| when parties put lip their little
bets on it, lie proved by Jack Barnes
that they went out to Pittsburg for
tlieiV chicken fiixiugs and et'cetera::,
and didn’t get back until (i o'clock
next morning.- -Var/’, Firh! anil
Fan,,.
Tale
hoc ?’
"No, massa, I give a bora quarter
to fotelidat note to Mass G ,au’I
spec he got dat hoe,”
who know her.—iSLouis Dismidt.
would not do as a clerk. DeAVitt | Friday night. I did not soo Small- i ^me ; never seen Do. Armor or Lee | you’ve busted, but I have always gals
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lives by himself with his family. I i wood that evening. Had not seen
was there on Saturday evening at 7 j him in twe months. On Saturday af-
o’clock, staid an hour and rode home i ternoon I was doing nothing from
with brother DeAVitt and Barfield, two o’clock until I went to D. Armor’s.
Got there at about 9 or 10 o’clock. 11 was about homo. 1 did not help
AVe rodo most of tho way three them pack cotton. I was in the ein-
abreast. This was 'em the flight of
the murder. I know the time; after
I got there, at Do Witt’s; I looked at
my watch; it was about past seven
when I looked, Staid a half hour
longer before we started for my house.
There was at my house when I got
homo the family; but they had re
tired; saw no white person that we
communicated with that night.—
Hoard talking in the adjoining room;
it was occupied by Air. Riley and his
wife. Aly sister was in her room.
ploy of John Alay on tho place. I
did not help to pack cotton. John
Alay was not packing cotton. AYc
all left Lee Armor’s at about the same
time. AVe all rode off'. I went home.
I got to where the dead man was at
about eleven o’clock in the day. John
May went part of the-way. Tom May
went with me, Had been to Mr. Lee
Armor's before that night. Can’t tell
how often. I $o not remember ever
seeing but one gun there at amors; it
was a rifle. I carried it there; not
Armor with a pistol. The road goes , 'mistrusted.” Says Sal to Jim, '“1 will
rightby the house; never heard uuy,| bo true," if you love me as I
one ride by during the night, Got , } OV e you, no knife can cut mu-
up about sun rise that morning. Mr, . l C)V0 m two.” Says Jim te Sal:
DeAYitt had on no overcoat or shawl . “Through thick and thin, {or your
that night When he come there ; he j trup foyor count mo in, I’ll court no
had on a black coat and black pants
and a white hat.
Alias Saelie Armor, sworn.—I am
spending the fall with my brothers.
I have been the last month with my
brother, Mr. Leo Armor, and my sis
ter Mrs. Riley. I spent Saturday
night at Lee Armor’s house. I was
at home at the time my brother got
home that night; it was between
nine and ten o’clock ; brother, De
AVitt Armor and Air. Barfield were
with him. The family had just re-
other gal agin.”
Jim leaned to Sal; Sal leaned to
Jim, his nose just touched aboyo her
chin; four ltps met—went—ahem—
almm ! And then—and theu—and
then. Oh, gals ! beware of man and
June, and underneath the silvery
moon, when frogs and June bugs are
in tune, lost you get your names in
the paper soon.
Dnmkeness is an egg from which
all other vices are hatched.
Sant Wellerisins.
You don’t,mean nothin’ friendly,
you don’t, as tho rat said b* the cat
vim she bit him in the back.
I’m risin’ in the world, as the bal
loon said to bag of sand; and 1 must
take care I’m not burst in the pro
cess, ilk the bag of sand said to the
balloon.
I’ll penctrato his hoifi't if ho has one,
as the mouse said von lie nibbled his
way through the cheese.
It’s pretty, hut not pleasant, as the
•monkey said ven they painted his
tail sky-bluo.
Ye don’t often sen the likes o’ you
in onr part of -tho vorld, as the devil
said ven'one of his hups handed hiin
an ice-cream.
Yon I wants you I knows vliorc to
find you, as the spider said to the fly
ven no vove veil all around him to
porwent his catch ing .cold.
I’ve seen you vonco, and I don’t
vant to see you again, as tho sick
gentleman said to tho devil ven lie
ailed on him one vet arteinOoB.
Coffee. An Arab 'legend gives
I tlm following account of the discov
ery of coffee: Toward the middle of
the fifteen century a poor Aral) was
traveling in Abyssinia, and being
Weak and weary from fatigue, he stop
ped..near a grove. Then, being in
want of fuel to cook his lice, he cut
down a, tree which happened to bo
covered witii dead berries. His meal
being cooked and eaten, the traveler
discovered that the half burned ber
ries wore very fragrant. He collect
ed a number of these, and, on crush
ing iTiem with a stone, he found that
their aroma increased to a great ex
tent. AYliile wondering at this ho
accidentally let fall the substance in
a can wlu.Ti contained his scanty
supply of iy,.lqf s Lo, what a mira
cle ! Tiie almost putrid liquid was
instantly purified. He brought it to
his lips; it was fresh, and in a mo
ment after the traveler had so far
recovered his strength and energy
its to ho able to resume bis journey.
XheTuckv Arab gathered us many'
berries as he could, and, having ar
rived at AdeiL, in Arabia,- he in
formed the mufti of •■'his discovery.
That worthy divine was an inveterate
opium-smoker,’ who had been suf-
feiiiig for years from the influence of
that poisonous drug. He tried an
infusion of the roasted berries, and
was So delighted at the recovery of
his own vigor that in gratitude to
the tree he called it cahuah; which iu
Arabic signifies, force.
A r e don’t want too many in this
concert atvonce, as the boys said x en-
tliey got into the empty sugar,tuffs.
That’s enough to give one a ] iiin
in his back, as tho cockroach said
ven the niggsr put his foot on him.