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The [blankl] day of August 1829 was County Court
day in the town of Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn: On the morning of that day the
health of Mr. P. T. was not as good as usual
and as I afterwards learned, he had taken medicine,
and had not eaten anything during the day
We were boarding at the Tavern house of John
J. Hayter on the N.E. corner of the public square
My office was in was in a room of the Tavern.
At about the hour of 3 p.m. I heard the report of
a Gun or pistol, which alarmed me, tho' I don't
remember, & never been able, since to call up in
my mind, precisely where I was, when I heard
the report, the first I recalled of my position
I was in front of the tavern, from whence I
saw a large crowd of people, over the N.W. corner
of the square. I distinctly saw, my poor
murdered boy, apparently about half bent, with
his hands pressing on his abdomen, coming
out of the store door, and some person striking
him with a stick I ran as rapidly as I could
to the spot, and was met, by a stout, well
dressed, young looking man, whose face I had
never seen before, and who said to me, as he
approached (probably with an oath) "I'll kill
you too" Who are you Sir? said I His
answer was, "my name is Anderson" My friend
Majr William Matlocke, as the fellow approached
me with his stick raised, handed
me a large walking cane - I was not in the
habit of carrying weapons, & of course went
into the crowd without any. I was prevented
by some person from striking with the stick, perhaps
the crowd was too dense, & some person
caught hold of it. About this time John Handley,
a deputy sheriff took him, into custody to be