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aL.il-seat-QO—- inuL'u—was mere oua short time before he offered me repeated and un provoked insults, both by words and acts—callings'-'* * J 1 cum cl Lai* CLiiilllx;aid “c * n««ro, a n-d negro, c., sinking lire hout5 T I was leaning' for support, beino** weaknp;ir mir Ka.w1 urith .....:*? ' __ i • t .wIjallIo 11 i x c 1 oilI. IJCJ11 tr’ ] weak,) near my head with a frow with which, to-, a Sgner- with a pistol, he was armed—pushed the pis-not I tol against mv onr_ Innk mv cn»*o ^lt;al agrainst my ear, took my sore .arm, which was insimg, whiie 1 was leaning against the house, andichnd it 1__ i vi * * . 7ulu...... . , gMijai mu iiuusv, anupushed it violently and repeatedly against the house.I uring all this time, which lasted periiaps an hour,I am not Mns;t'innlt; nt' c:i Vlll C* An /I Ait\ rp ri ft. « • 4 li I 4 'i - iacMm pcxiutjis an nour.Ex- am not ronscions of saying or doing any thing to rail Provoke Ili.s insults. On the contrary, I did hone To* I 1, »»v* /■ .a 1 I •* * .* ..itlll | . . . w,lv,w,;j A ijuuc iu, appease htm by silence and submission—and this- | n y disposition was induced by the fact that I wasvD- Kick. WAnk hnd n CATO nnn in m ,1 ...I.__1 i1— iuuuv^u uj me iucl mail wasKick, weak had a sore arm in a sling, drunk and felt?uc- therefore perfectly indisposed to fight. The onlvt is words I uttered or the most offensive i used on thel r\ / r» r*».-i *-* tl rr-1____ _ . .orhile. oummt ^ JL Ucu UI1 IJoccasion, were, « Tom, put up your pistol—thereno use for it among your friends.” These wordsv - M 1 1 1 1 I • ■ IS 1I j i . o' . - 1 »ncini5. i, nose \\orus l irne l, wliea lie pushed his pistol, cocked it and let it far r11 rePentcdh) in my face. After this, he repeal-far I ji r TV: v iui», uc repeal-i in / Fresented bis pistol in my face, levelled it with I my ears, and shoved me in my breast with its muz-mf1 2ie. his thumb at the same time on the cock.IIFi| 1 j ry, | U*A m r* tUvh*oia 1 his continued until about, or a little after sunset,the when James Moore took me out and confidentiallyII* *« it auu LuuuueuuaiiyI'A-, fold me that he heard Picket say he would shoot mea5. be loti I left the place: 1 replied, “ if he intends do-OT lt;:a HA mn^f »^n !f/i ~ I--x i . ..CJicy l ofnk.ne i u no 1UICIIU uu-? so, lie must make a sure shot or then he willver make another/5 We then went into the house.1 A I). - 1 a. _ 1 . • . 1 • i'OC-thehetoder,ladled» » 1 ' Viivu M V ill/ 111 iu Uiv ilUll ^where Picket was, but without noticing him. f wen Tto the board and took a dink. Picket immediately '11 a ilHISirUlilTfUVstepped up, took the tumbler, and washed it. took his *pistol and laid it from behind me, over mv shoulder. I on a level with, nnd vorv m.nv r____i .t .*021 a level witn, and very near mv ear, and at the same time observed in an overheaTimr and insultingTl,rl fK A ♦ r. vs 1 . J ^ 1_ 1 _ 1 ' 1 - . . . . ^, :---, * O.XIU IlloUlIinrway, that when he drank he did so with white folks1 rushed him trmn mAr pushed him from me, observing, J'; let me alonePom—go aiid sit down,” he replied, “you are notarSimi- . . ,f . . 7 ^ * P“VUJ T mo HU Ifit to tak with me, G-d D-n you, shut up your jay. He then turned round, and walked oil but1 I 1 V T ¥ T X* / 1 1 » ■ V A 1 W 4a « _ . . _ 1 - 1 ^ I f. a _inebybypie• 1.1 ; mm \.lt;i.inuu un, ourimmediately returned with tlie frow in his ri‘-'ht hand m a threatening manner. I told him to let me .ale ne, after which I left the house. This was about i* . .. || ..... ----——. m. uw uo auuuinignt tall. VV lien out, I threw up, being sick with -t ie hquor on an empty stomach; us I returned into htilC IlOUSG 1 DiV.L’pH nn fi cfnno •»** iKa with the ' iforj | * T 1 J v/,*4lvvli 3 UO i 1 ellthe house I picked up a stone in the yard sole view ot repelling any more insults.heincr in flip f/l *1 . . . . ^......o iiif'uiia. J, Mooreill,! *.n lhc ;d anlt;1 swing me pick up the Mono,ho li.mng a light, requested me never to mind him.I ass wo i Pn»l.*Af or»,i _______ 1 « v 'ysorill^ 0--0 •''q—vv.u urn noci IU iliixiu 111111.rhn/a' p10/!. and ,my«IO 'v-erc drunk. I replied]I leket instil ted me any more that nmhc IiTftnul lion if r,**,.’Lrt u:__ *.i i 0 *OJ* * aw f ai* vl u LilfXL 111 'rIlL Xvvou d use it or strike him with it. As I went into the house, 1 met, Picket with the Frow and Pistol;hftvinrp inn. l ..... 1 , r _ /. , ------urn 1 vJ VV tlliU I 1S101 :knmg heard my remarks to Moore as I suppose,for he advanced on me with the Frow raised in thetiaClof*' • T 1---- *v»* M. L KJ VV laiSUU 111 meact of strncmg I then struck him, or intended to strike him with the stone, he almost simultaneouslyvi - . '-'i *^ ^miuiuineuusiv(y knocked me down with the Frow, jumped on me,er ' ^ an.d g°hie, 1 put my hindIId 11“ !Ly P01et l00k out »y aid ‘alterd in !he ?*» of !»*««inUand while yet on thegroum’l. under the S3 felhS? ^2?“*’i“Mtnd «1“» deprived a Ifellow creature oflife against whom, I most solemn-itr ♦ r i . wwl must soiemn-W *5 protest, 1 have not nor ever had the least malice •ig I ^one art which under any other circumstan-1° I ces. I would nnf hnrn PAmm.’Ha I 4' - x .il ceM wnuld not havh committei tTJSd»• i Sou‘SVdh^,‘ hiIt“ j uii lUul illlirr Xilo SlUlll*tiou most deeply deplored, and for which 1 now. andever have most sincerely nrieved ■if „ i .» y, ^ . ’ jIt v, as stated on the trial by one of the witnesses. !1 expressed threats, that I stated that I hadcrimp rhom tr% k;m i ▼ ... i — j a »o L LL U 11 Cl L I I I I I 1,e come there to kill Picket, and that I would do so be-wdbVeU «ro?nJ-t To.say H* lea»h 1 must sav,I \\ i r ri rlii p a a o n f 4/-W9 a «««. 4^. i * . •nA ^ J H-U.OI.J X IliUol hi cl ,with due respect tor the witness, he was mistaken.« , v*‘/S^S}”!t ’ 0S 1 lluvc 1)el’ore stated, wew:w1-idihof if /[)' 1 i.\ j 1 ^ ^luU. 11. \\ bn. 4( 1 ket) intended to shoot me, he must mak?a sun s.io or then he would never make another.J , Ul.t, I iuuiu; illiuiuer.It was als( stated by another witness that th^:ext morning when I was tied and in custodv.l con esset to him 1 intended to kill the deceased. Thist 1 . — v_v* ivm uiU UirtCtlblU. 1 JllStetl ^;-Asl^soh: * to tlus, cannot1 t | ^ - r - vvk. . lj4 tillOA X I CUlIlOImistaKen, and am only astonished how he could( i:^rL' u th^se witnesses made wilful nsisren-r^Sftntntmns n : i* 4. WLr11011rr3• , ' ^ iiiavAi; WiiiLii III* ?m ations 111 order to prejudice my cause. 1 prayGod to grant them repentance. It will he recollected too. that according m the testimony before Tie !deceased some !!* a ■ -»-w-yu^u lUL ubbLuficd soincmalitrn 1 tlthO T”* !,a! tud- ^ko'ving cold, deliberate jmfoo tlU ‘ m r. “ns .t!!e ras,‘. «*» given13 __vv • 1 *• - -- Jb ‘.J v/vuoviGiiLc: Ui LHC £TUiit f most justly and righteously incurred-—that5 guilt can never be erased, but by a Saviour’s blood I confess I am rru.n-t-nt'ti.*. iXmi ^ .. %.....per. the whole, S ,«'Wtem^ ’ofTho T ri,S Wot' to® *MP itccording uV bcM. Iof my recollection.The foregoing statement, as I promised, is not for~ a * *------,3 is iiol lorhie purpose ot exciting tne conimisserution of my .edow-citizens or easing m\ conscience ofTse-guiltt r T uui- u a Ociviours uloodontas, I am m, dty of the blood of my brotlie.-. midhUidfc* l, m.:vhosc m««t hlotte, atiI«1rI 1 7 Z k luu^uicni aione, nfoh.mvr^.!Ttt?iLBhonto al0?e fie concerned. And jrxh mtr ' • • » *VUIU UL l/UIlUt rilcll • iiUdwould I ne??S~antl 10 t,)C particularly,1°^]LL11™ address myslt;?lf-y0u sec the causethat -ivc Id d .r8* sec the cau^sin /).W d!i*° cV1!5 aw.f‘i tragedy! By indulffinatentier and affectioiiate wife T'd riiiM f,°“ “more then f ar ™lM. who nowtnore than ever, need my cari and support, I am'‘idown by a shameful and isnommious death! w|nothing to entai them , ;ancutnothing to entail them but mT An -md / ? »S thanks be to God, throuj* our Lord Jesus Cl,riMTVhft hf]R hporn+f011 • .who has hegetH'i mc a^n
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Jeffersonian
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Tue, Jul 27, 1841
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