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X. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

came; saw the blaze come out of
the mow of the bern; looked in
thet place to see; could see
nothing; then the other shot
came; made a step down, aud
then saw his face betwean the
Joga, and ssid, “You d—d infer-
nal rascal, what are you doing
there?’ Saw him from his breast,
to the top of his head, as I
started to ran towards the barn;
eaw him run towards the mow
hole; stooped down; that was the
last that I saw of him; ran be-
hind the barn; could see nobody;
went on to the barn floor; the
firet thing 1 saw was the handle
of the door lying on the log of
the mow hole; found both of my
rifles there; ran to the back of
the barn, and hallowed twice,
“hallo” loud; got no answer;
ran on to the house, opened the
door; turned around, saw my
gon laying under the bed; my son
Jobn; I hallowed three or four
times, got no answer; put my
hand to him; he was all stiff; his
face black, and ‘water running
out of each side of his mouth;
his pantaloons down, and the
shirt drawn up; then ran to
Lewis Carother’s; aaw his sister-
in-law in the orchard; called to
her; asked her where Carothers
‘was; she said at Bare’s; she said
ahe would go down the road and
make alarm, and I should go
back; ran up the road; John
Rinker’s wife was setting before
the door; told her I was shot,
and that John was killed; she
told me to go on and she would
come down; Atherton and Tay-
lor were chopping over the or-
chard; ran across and came near
them, and called to them to come
down; told Atherton to come
down and to tell Taylor to come
along, too; sat down till Ather-

ton and Taylor both eame down;
Atherton said, “My God, what is
the matter with you, Brown?” I
said I was shot, and that my son
John was killed; told them both
to come along with me, and they
did; when we came to the eross-
roads that goes to my housa and
to Bare’s, I told one to go with
me and the other to go to Bare’s;
Taylor went with me, and Ather-
ton went up to Bare’s; Taylor
and I went up; I opened the
door; Taylor said he would like
to seo John; we went in and saw
him; Taylor said, “We will go
to the barn and take this gun
along;” told him he might as well
take a club, for there was no am-
munition; he said, “We will take
it, any how;” we went out into
the barn; saw nothing but a bed
where soma one had been rolling
in; there was straw on the mow;
some bundles came down; Tay-
lor eaid, “Let us go to the old
house, maybe there is something
there;” MeConaghy lived in it;
looked in the crack; told Mr.
Taylor there was nothing dis-
turbed; went on down to my
bonse again; and ‘waited for the
others; we kept about till they
came; towards sunset, I went ins
popped into my head abont my
money; opened the chest, and
found my money was gone; there
was thirty dollars; looked in the
drawer; twenty-eight cents that
was there was gone; 8 pound of
tobacco that was there was gone,
also; John Taylor came in; we
went into the room; Taylor said,
“1 think there is some one lay-
ing in bed yet;” stepped to the
bed and drew the quilt off, and
there lay my old woman; 1 put
my hand on her cheek; I told
him her check waa cold; wa
walked out; the rest of the men

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