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hi* THE BREW HUNT OABEOft,The main fact* In the case of th State v§. Anlt;Ireit Hunt for murthirled at the taut term lt;f rite Diet tie 1 *»u it are about a# follow*:itiiSoasHunt anlt;] Carter made a trap flt;lt; geiher, and on their way to Housei aSMTu i 11tin*Kim k to at* 11 aotne of the cotton, camptd at the Puckett spring sofne Hire mile* wilt of Hound Rock. The1camped io the hot tom tome hundteiyards from the main rood, about onhoar before aim set, They bad a pin• tol along and Hunt in Ida doelaratioi *‘M nay a that *oni# time during the evenitig Cart 11 had been shooting crow?fv ui squirrel# with th# pistol.* q * fMessrs James and Ben Ferry wHl ; their brother-in law It. M. Cop# ,,e land returning from Hound Roc! (f'* where they had been to sell their cotwmlton, camped at the same spring at* neat the mam road about atmdownhe J la lr CAiiip wm distant some bundle* and twenty five ya da from the eam§Ml of Hunt and Carter Hunta and Carter visited the camp cf tin iU Fc*rj* twice dtiling the evening, tin last time they were there, three you tt{ men Goats, Jennings and Collins werita]j. at Perry’s camp. I he thiee young Hj men had some alcohol along and gethe I tUiS w*H*r from the Perrys they mixed the alcohol Mild all hands took a drink except the deceased Carter Hunt and Carter h ft the camp of theIVTSjBC;i tPei ry *# going in the direction of theiiItr.camp (8 \V.) Soon afterwards the three young men left also, going hi the direction of Liberty Hill (VV ) About, or just after the t hue the three young men were getting nut of bear* mg, tlie Pei iys heard three pistol shotsh1 *v e !of'I** doei ',lt;»)• .iimI about flu pi m *■ 4the lt;amp of Hunt and Carter, amiminediafely aftet heard the wnnb01* I» ew oh Drew! Oh Drew! (On witness heui lt;i the words Ob Drew am the word shoot but did not hear anasr-1Intel veiling words ) Immediate!; afterward they hea’d a strarmel1 lw WffEB 11®'’ m *S£ *?, y.wittagurgling noise, and then all was sti. fora minute or two when Hunt up peared in Perry’s camp exclaiming **Mji («ik!! My tiih] 1 tin robbers am minder* r* have nui in on m and killed Carter and cut me all t«i piecesw|mt shall J d'.f^ He \\ anted tiegfperrye logo with him back to Paiter Hoy refused. He then wanted then to go with him t« the spring for water they told him rheie was water in th* keg but he was cot seen P? drink.1KdIfdISHunt also stated that two men harun in on them, that on# had a piste and the othet a gnu, that Carter ha gone t»* bed and that he had just la: down win- n la hea-d u stick crack an raiser! up to look when the two me who were five steps off, commence firing, that he j 111 uudt r the i*ag«» anil hearing (/.liter who was comm around fhe wagon call to him not t leave him, ho went back and to* hold of Carter urn! assi-u*d him oil l\ 1 ten steps or in ore, that the two ru#i we-** shooting and cutting at them a the time and pressed tmui so close! th if he had to let Carter go and leav hi ui; said he could not recog nine th men; said i: was duk; said that h had no arms but that Cat ter had pistol a fid had been c-hootiug Mjuir 1 «■«*■» ana teat theie wero three loadad11 -n11 sithitin it. S 81 ■ li fell/ ■. I SI 3 it Sit I Silti? II IISriw ik 1 \s advised him to gotHound U«u k after an officer, he an Ben Pei ry went. At Bru*h he nui he wanted water and got dow n, pertdid not see him drink but saw hit* wash his fae# aud hands At the boas; of Deputy Sheriff Hall, Hunt tta* called in to the light and found to b* very bloody, there was a good deal ** blood on bis sleeves, breast and hand*. no wound on him except «•* aligb sci,itch on one awn and scratch* s o . Ins face. Hunt was iu Ins shir ' sleeves had on Ins pants but t*lt; . shoes.Th# Deputy Sheriff summoned posse and the whole party returned t the spring. Carters body was foum * on a direct line from Perry’s camp tlt; ! the camp of Hunt and Carter— som eighty yards from Perry’s camp am 1 forty yards from Hunt and Carters—1 her*- were three gun shot wounds : one in the stomach, one in the lef ' shoulder and one through the leg, am his throat was cut, the windpipe am both jugulars cut nearly or quit* through. He had on no clothes ex cept his shirt, drawers and socks,The pistol which they (Hunt am ..j Carter) had brought from homo with them was found the next mornim about so veil or eight feet from th* body, it was uot loaded. No knift i was found.Oue witness testified that Hunt som two months previously had said tha lie would kill Carter, even if he halt; to die and go to hell for it, before h 1 (Carter) should marry hi# (Hunt's sister in-law. It was also in evident*, tha Carter expected to get Ins Wed ding clothed on this trip.The uOovo were tlie prominent fact■ of the case * well as we could gat hethem. The case was one of circum stantial evidence and there •veto ruau; other facts and circumstances proven some going to show the innocence tMr. Hunt, others tending to prov ; him guilty.I Several witnesses were introduce!•| by the defendant to show that non but the most friendly feelings existec between himself and tlie deceasnCarter.The killing took place about th last of September 1^77.
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The Williamson County Sun
Georgetown, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 17, 1878
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