"Before Almighty God, the great judge of all before who I am about to appear, I do hereby solemnly swear that I did not take the life of Mr. Homer T. Hatch on purpose. It was done in the defense of Mr. Helton. I did not aim to hit him with the ax but only to keep him off Mr. Helton. He aimed a blow at Mr. Helton who was not looking for it. It was my belief at the time that Mr. Hatch would of taken the life of Mr. Helton if I did not interfere…if I had been in Mr. Helton's place he would of done the same thing for me. I still think I done the only thing there was to do. My wife – […] it was Mr. Homer T. Hatch who came to do wrong to a harmless man. He caused all this trouble and he deserved to die. But I am sorry it was me who had to kill hi
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