“He said that he was very much embarrassed that certain drafts drawn by him on Willis D. Chishold had become due nd he could that pay them…. We sat together the a great part of the day although he seemed much worried he was sober and did not manifest any noticeable excitement during the day he told me that he had a been drinking a great deal of the day before that his nerves were completely shattered that such a thing had never happened before and that he was very much mortified at it. I left the car in which he was sitting after we passed Abbeville Branch after passing Honey Path Mr. Isaacs the conductor came in and asked me to go with him I went to the conductor's room and saw Mr. McConnell lying on the floor with a great deal of blood on the floor."