Edwin Redfern sworn & says . . . myself war in filling Station heard gun shot. I asked what was was it . . . about that time Adam William came up & said C. L. Newman had shot Claud Thompson. . .
G. W. Griffith Sworn & Says, When I got up to where negro was shot, I went on up to Newman house he was sitting on porch. I asked him where was gun he said it was in house. We went in house and got gun this is gun. He asked me if I had whiskey and pistol. . . He said he shot Claud Thompson I asked him if gun was loaded he said ne it was a 12 gauge shot gun single barrel gun. . .