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Eliza Shanks sworn

I live at Capt Simeon R. Lewis's Jane Twyman came after Christmas and told me that Mrs Dr Perry was hard to please and that I had not better go there to live she said that a Mr Royston and Ella Perry and Mrs Dr Perry slept togather she did say any more about it then or I did not ask her her any more about it. I went up to Dr Perrys Saturday the 27 January 1866 I went and told Mrs Perry what she (Jane) said

Jane heard the Dr move in the house and got up and run out of the kitchen

The Dr came out and told me to stop and I went back to him. He told me to stand there until he called Jane. I saw he had a pistol in his hand. He called her to stop several times, but she did not stop I saw him shoot at her twice just below the house I saw Lucy M Carter help her up then I went home

Sworn before me this the 2d day of February 1866
W. S. Chase
Lt and Asst Supt R.F.&A.L.
Culpeper County Va

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