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State your nameand oupation,

please.

I am aDeputy Marshal forthe U.S. District Court for thewestern district of Arkansas,having criminal jurisdiction

over theindian teitory.

we was headed backto Fort Smith from theCrk Nationand was

about four miles westof Weers Fas.

Mr Cogburn.

Reuben J.Cogburn.

Please describe inyourownwordswhat oued onthe second day of

November.

We, sir, notlong afterdier

on that day

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FourotherDeputyMarshals andme.

We had a wagon-load

ofprisonersand washeaded back for Fort

Smith.

About four miles west

of Weers Fas that

Crk boy caed Wicame riding up in a

lather.

Said that morning he was

taking someesoverto Tom Spoed-Gourd

and his wife at their place

on the Canadian river.

Who was

with you?

He hadnews.


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When he gottherehe found the womanout in the yard withthe back of herhead

shot o

Anobjection!

Yes, yourhonor.

We, Deputy MarshalPoerand me rode ondown to Spoed-Gourdsplace with the wagon to

come onbehindus.

Deputy MarshalSmithstayed with

the wagon.

and theoldmaninside ontheflrwithashotgunwound in hisbreast.

Confineyour testimonyto what you saw,

Mr Cogburn.


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When we gottothe place we foundeverything as the

boy, Wi, hadrepresented.

The woman was outin the yard. Dead.Withblowflieson

her head

and the old man wasinside, with his breast

blowed open by ascaer-gunand his

ftburned.

He was stialive,but he onlyjust

was.

Windwas whistlingin and out of the

bldyhole. Anobjection!

He said themtwo Whartonboyshad rode up there

drunk.


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This is adyingdeclaration, your

honor.

an objection!

Oveuled.

Procd,Mr Cogburn.


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He said themtwo WharTonboys,Odusand c.C. byname, had roDe up

therEdrunk

and throweddownon him andaskeD HiM whErehismoneywas.


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He wouldnotte them

and theylitsomepineknots

andheldthemto hisft

and he toldthem it was in

a fruit jar

under a grey rock

at one corner of the

smokehouse.


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Said he had overone-hundreddoarsin

bank-notes iN it.

Said his wifewascrying, and takingona this time,andbeing for

mercy.

Said, she tkoout the

dr

and Odusshother.


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Said, when he raised up

othe flr where hewaslayin, Odus turned

and shothim.

Then they

left.


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Whathaenednext?

Hediedonus. Paed awayin considerable

pain.

MrSpoed-Gourd

that is?

Yes, sir.

What

did you andMarshal Poer

do then?


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Anobjection!

The witne

wi kp hisspeculations

to himself.

if theprosecutoris

going to giveevidenceI suest that he

be sworn.

Mr Barlow,thatisnotproper

examination.

We wentouttothe smokehouse, andthat rock had bn

moved, and that jarwas gone.

You found a flat, greyrockat the cornerofthe smokehouse with a

hoowed-outspaceunder it--


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I am soy, your honor.Marshal Cogburn, whatdid youfind, ifanything,at the corner of the

smokehouse?

Whatwasinthe

hole?

Whatdid you donext?

We waited forthe wagonto come.

When it got there,we had a talk amongstourselvesas to whowould rideafterthe

Whartons.

Poer and me hadhaddealinswiththem boys before,

so wewent.

Wefound a grey

rock, with aholeright

by it.

Nothin.Nojaror

nothin.


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it was about atwo hourride up near where the

north forkstrikes theCaNAdian

We got there

not long before

sundown.

And what did

youfind?


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Aaron

Wharton.

Uhuh?

U.S.

Marshals.

Nd

to speakto yourboys,

Wharton.

Damn you

to he, Cogburn,its thedevilyou nd to

talkto!

Iknowwhatchaare,

Cogburn.

Whatcha

want?


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We gotthedropon you.

PotTeR!

Dontdoit,

Wharton.


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We, it wasa over.

Thenwhathaened?


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IdraedOdusWharton over to

a blackjack trand cuedhim.

I tended toPoers woundwithmy handkerchief as

bestI could.

I went up to the shackand Aaron Whartonssquawwas there butshe would nottalk.

I searchedthe premisesand found a quartjar, undersome stove wd, that hadbank-notes in it to the tuneofone hundredand twenty

doars.


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What

haened

to Marshal

Poer?

Leaves a

wife, and sixbaBies.

Strikethecoent.

What

becomeof OdusWharton?

Therehe sets.

Hediedinthis city six days

later of septicfever.

An

objection!


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Youmay ask,

Mr Goudy.

Thank you,Mr Barlow.

Goinon fouryears.

Howmany men haveyou shotin that

time?

I nevershotnobodyI didnthave

to.

Thatwasnotthe

question. Howmany?

Howlong did you

say youve bn aDeputy Marshal,

Mr Cogburn?


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Shot, orkied?

Howmanypeople

have youkied,since you becamea Marshal for

this court?

Aroundtwelveor

fiftn, stoinmen inflight,

anddefendinmyself.

I believethem two Whartons

made twenty-thr.

itsdangerous

work.

And yethow muchmore

dangerous for thoseluckleindividualswho find themselves

beingaestedbyyou.

Let us restrictit tokied, sowe may have amanageable

figure.

Around twelve orfiftn, somanythat you caotkp aprecise

count.

I have a moreauratefigurereadily available.Comenow, how

many?

I feltsureitwould come toyou with a lile

eort.

Now, let us sTwenty-thrdeadmeninfouryears.

That comes toaboutsixmen

a year.

So itwouldsm.


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I wi

nd moretime, yourhonor.

Mr Cogburn, youwireturnto thewitne stand at

that time.

The jury winottalktoothersor converseamongstthemselves

about this case.

The defendantis remanded to

custody.

Courtadjourned!

Mr Goudy,darkneis

upon us.

Doyou think you

canfinishwiththis witne inthe next fewminutes?

Verywe. You mayresumeat eight-thirty

oclock, tomoowmorning.


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Mr Rster

Cogburn?


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What

is it?

I would

like to talkwith you a

minute.

What do you want,girl? Speak up.

its suertime.

They te

me youare aman with true

grit.

To Be Continued--

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