1:08:03
You had spent a great part of that day
with him, hadn't you?
1:08:07
I was with him all day, near abouts.
1:08:09
Tell me, Mr. Cass -Just what did you
and Mr. White do that day?
1:08:14
Well, we went to the parade first
and then to the fairgrounds.
1:08:17
Had supper down at the People's House
and went back to the fairgrounds that night.
1:08:21
I see. Yes. And do you recall...
1:08:24
where, and under what circumstances,
you first saw the defendants?
1:08:29
We went on down to the tug-o'-war,
and there they were.
1:08:32
First thing I knew, they was both cussin'
Scrub out and wantin' to fight him.
1:08:36
- Why, 'tain't so.
- It's a lie, sure enough.
1:08:38
What did Mr. White do then?
1:08:41
Well, he just laughed some more...
1:08:43
asked them what they wanted to
fight him with - knives, pistols or fists.
1:08:47
And how did he ask that -jokingly?
1:08:50
Oh, sure.
He was laughin' all the time.
1:08:53
And that night, Mr. Cass...
1:08:55
just before the killing -
1:08:57
Tell the jury what happened then.
1:09:00
Well, Scrub and me
had a little argument...
1:09:03
and he went off by hisself.
1:09:05
- The next thing I knew, I heard a shot.
- You heard a shot?
1:09:11
Yeah.
1:09:13
I run down there as fast as I could,
but time I got there...
1:09:17
Scrub was layin' on the ground,
and them two fellas was standin' over him.
1:09:21
And the knife was on the ground
between the defendants?
1:09:25
- Yeah.
- And where was Mr. White's pistol?
1:09:27
Well, it was in his holster.
1:09:29
It went off then...
1:09:31
while he was trying to
get it out of his holster.
1:09:35
- Yeah. I guess it did, yeah.
- Thank you.
1:09:38
Your witness.
1:09:54
- You say your name's J. Palmer Cass?
- Yeah.
1:09:58
- What's the "J" stand for?
- John.