Mrs. James Banfield -- Sworn. . . He said he was going to help John Teal with Lus barn. He wanted to feed up stock. He asked me to fix breakfast. . . He was sick in stomach & tried to vomit ate small Breakfast. . . Children were making a fuss he said that walk was cut [???} again I'm going to try to kill them. We washed dishes, Nearly 8 o'clock A. M. I started to feed chickens I found him side of hog pen in blood. I didn't see gun. He took gun to kill hawk. He had never threatened to kill himself. He was in good humor that A. M. he had been trying to kill halk a week or More.
J. F. Furman -- I was one of first ones to get to body I saw James Banfield laying on left side. Back toward hog pen. Gun standing in hog pen. Inside of hog pen about 1 middle of hog pen. I did not exam gun.