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that he shot down an unarmed man, but claimed that he thought Potter had a gun be- hind a tree. The evidence showed that Potter was peeling poles, with his coat off, and was unarmed. The bullet struck his left chest and came out near his right hip, which would indi- ( 8 ) cate that he was bending over his work when the shot was fired. He fell over his work, where he was found, with his ax near by, which would certainly show that he was making no effort to reach the tree, even had there been a gun there, which there was not. The citizens of that section have always condemned it as one of the most cowardly murders ever committed in that section and why he should have been pardoned, when the governor knew the facts in the matter, will perhaps always remain a mystery. Life is held in entirely too little regard in this section. A man who takes the life of another stands a better chance to get off than the man who steals a horse. It is high time that a stop be put to this kind of business, and some of these red- handed murderers given the full penalty of the law.