CROSS-EXAMINATION by Mr. Bratton:

Q. Were you over at the school house when the report came they were having some difficulty with Cornett?

A. I was.

Q. Was Mr Joines there?

A. He was.

Q. Was John Freeman there?

A. He was.

Q. At the time, was Freeman policeman of the Town of Madisonville?

A. Yes sir.

Q. Ddi he have a uniform on?

A. Yes sir.

Q. Was anything said about who would go up and see about the difficulty?

A. We had started counting votes. Mr Joines was helping with the election. I saw John inside the door. It had been

closed up. He was hunkered down beside the wall. Somebody told me there was about to be trouble, that Rucker had

his pistol on Garrett a while ago. I went to Mr Joines. I came on up there and it was, I guess, thirty minutes before I

heard about the shooting. I came on up here to see about the counting.

Q. You met Mr Freeman in the hall of the courthouse, and he told you he had killed Rucker and you told him to go to

the jail and he stayed there several days?

A. Yes that is right.

Q. Had you seen Rucker?

A. I saw him after dinner that day. He came to vote.

Q. Was he drinking?

A. If he was drinking I could not tell it. I spoke to him.

Q. That was sometime after dinner. His folks were with him. They came in to vote together.

A. When this report came it was five o'clock or after?