he would go there for he was born there. Well did he get the money? I dont know you will have to ask himself I am not ajent [agent] to him. Did you speak to him <​any​> one about it? No. Did you ever tell it to any body? I may have talked about it. How came you to be hear as A witteness if you never talked about it to any body? I wrote to in . Did give you 500 dollars for coming here? No Sir. When did you write to about it? About one mounth ago. had you not been consulted about it before you wrote to ? No. What did you write to ? I could not recollect. I suppose you wrote you would come up and swear for him? I did not say I would come up and swear I said I would come and testify. Did no body say talk to you about what you would swear for here? No. You thought it was your duty to write to ? Yes: How did you come to know that Daniels was to be A witteness at all? I knew he was . And you get nothing for coming here? Not A cent Sir. Who pays your expenses? No one but myself. I suppose you thought it is right to kill Jo Smith? I dont think it right to kill any man. What mad[e] you so peculiar ancious [anxious] in volenteering your servises? I thought I was in duty bound to do so. Daniels said he was not here <​in ​> at. at all? Yes Sir he told me he <​had​> come from Agusta. Did he say he was not at at the time the Smiths was killed? No. Did he tell you he had been at ? Yes. Did he tell you he was there <​on​> the morning of the day the Smiths was killed? No. You say he did not say he was not at ? Yes. How long have you been in ? Better than two years. Where did you live before you went to ? In . What part of ? I lived in the upper town. Retired.