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Before me personally appeared this day George Bunton, and have been duly sworn deposes and says:

My name is George Bunton  I live on Mr Herman Wright's farm on the Springfield and Franklin road, about 7 miles from Franklin.

I saw three men Bob Hester, George Martin, and Price on the road near Tom Groves, beside the Still house.

They had Irvin Powell with them, they had him tied, and had holes in his head that they made with their pistols, beating him, they brought him along the road, this side of Finks store, and then shot him. they shot him four times, and left him lying on the road. I was just beside them in the road and saw them.

They then went back again to town

They held me for some time before they shot Powell. George Martin told me to leave, or if not Price and Hester would shoot me when they came back from Mr. Murray's when they had gone after a back man named John Beasley, he was not at home so they did not get him. They said they had been after him a couple of times