Report of the Joint select committee appointed to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, so far as regards the execution of laws, and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States and Testimony taken.

1406 CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Answer. Yes, sir, at his house.
Question. Were you there?
Answer. Yes, sir, I was there.
Question. Were you there the very night this occurrence took place?
4nswer. Yes, sir.
question. Do you recollect of hearing of the occurrence the next day?
Answer. Yes, sir; I heard of it the next day.
Question. You staid at his house that night?
Answer. Yes, sir; he was sick. I was there with his two brothers; I was there to
wait on him.
Question. What was the matter with him?
Answer. I think it was either intermittent or remittent fever; I forget which.
Question. Sick in bed?
Answer. He was not in bed all the time, but up and down during the night.
Question. Did he leave the house that night?
Answer. No, sir.
Question. When did he leave the house, or get up?
Answer. He did not get up until next morning about breakfast-time.
Question. Do you know, or did you ever hear any one connect the name of Mr. Lipscomb with the murder of that negro man?
Answer. No, sir.
Question. You never heard any rumor in the county that attributed it to him, that
he was present and aided in the murder of that man?
Answer. No, sir.
Question. Did you ever hear that any one was implicated in that murder?
Answer. No, sir; I never have heard it.
Question. You never have heard any one's name connected with it?
Answer. No, sir.
By the CHAIRMAN:
Question. Were you working for Mr. Lipscomb at that time?
Answer. No, sir; I was not.
Question. What were you engaged in?
Answer. I was attending to business for Mr. Davis.
Question. How did you happen to be at Mr. Lipscomb's house
Answer. He sent for me the evening before that; I left in the morning, and he asked
me to come back that night and wait on him and his brothers.
Question. How far does Mr. Davis, by whom you were employed, live from Westjrook's place?
Answer. I think it is about forty miles; he lives over near Sumterville, in Sumter
County.
Question. Davis does not live near Lipscomb?
Answer. No, sir.
Question. You staid at Lipscomb's only a short time, and returned to Davis's?
Answer. I staid there all night.
Question. When did you return?
Answer. I returned next morning.
Question. How far is that from where Westbrook was killed from your house?
Answer. It is about four miles and a half.
Question. How far from Lipscomb's house?
Answer. I do not know-two or three miles-I do not know exactly; I just lived in
that part of the country this year; have been there several times in that neighborhood.
Question. What day of the week did you stay all night at Lipscomb's?
Answer. I am not sure, but I think it was about Wednesday night, to the best of my
recollection.
Question. What makes you think it was the middle of August?
Answer. Because I think it was about that time that I was there; it was in August,
I know, that he was sick, and I think it is about the middle, as near as I can recollect.
Question. You staid there but one night?
Answer. I staid two nights?
Question. Was this the first night?
Answer. No, sir.
Question. You had staid there the night before?
Answer. Yes, sir; and that night.
Question. Was there a moon the second night-the night Westbrook was said to have
been killed?
Answer. I did not notice; I do not remember.
Question. You heard of his murder the next day?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. Have you ever inquired into the matter much since?