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to drink, she said yes. I said let's have some, she gave me a glass of whiskey, I drank that up, and asked for some more cabbage, she said she had plenty of cabbage, and plenty to eat, the State of Virginia is large enough to give you all you want to eat, after that her daughter came in, and asked me if my name was Parker, I said go away don't trouble me about Parker, I have not had any thing to eat for two or three days, and this cabbage is so good, I must get my fill of it while I am at it. Suzzie Ridgely said well I want to talk to you. how many did you pay for, I said three women and myself, one dollar- Geo Mahoney says here is the money for his supper, in reaching over the table, Geo knocked over a bottle of pepper and broke it, she said here is my pepper bottle broke who will pay for it- Geo said will fifteen cents pay for it, she said I won't pay for the three women, I said you had better go away from me you son of a bitch, and don't bother me, here's George is paying for my supper, wait till I get through my supper and I'll talk to you - when I called her a son of a bitch, she grabbed up a tumbler to strike me. Geo grasped her by the arms to keep her off, she commenced hollowing, you could have heard her a quarter of a mile easily - just then I heard a shot, did not know anybody was hurt until I went in the next room a few minutes afterwards I went in and seen him, and she said my God it is