AULT FERGUSON. KILLING OF TETRICK

                    
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AULT FERGUSON. KILLING OF TETRICK

APRIL 9, 1943

He said Ault Ferguson was a tall, raw-boned fellow with pock marks on his face, and a bad man. It was about Christmas of 1876. That he killed Tetric. The latter worked at Snow’s Mills down on the Leon River. (Between Alexander and Pecan Creeks, just before they flowed into the river.

At the time Mr. Wilson and his uncle Tom Pierson were down at Pulltight, the village sometimes called Old Hamilton. That Uncle Tom worked in Beekman and Forrester’s store at that time. There were about two stores at Pulltight, a blacksmith shop, and a few houses. Ferguson and Tetric came up tot eh store and then rode away.

Tetric was a sort of gambler himself and it was probable he said that they were going somewhere to a game. It wasn’t long after they left until they heard a shot fired. Tertric’s mare, splattered with blood, ran back to Snow’s Mill. Then George--brother-in-law of Tetric, rode the horse up to the store. Mr. Williams and Uncle Tom Pierson got on horses and rode down to where the body was.

Evidently to get around a waterhole in the road Tetric had run on ahead, and Ferguson had shot him in the back. Then after he fell he seemed to have shot him in the side of the head since there were powder burns. Tetric had little money on him and only a little "saltshaker" pistol, which was a small pistol with a square barrel with four holes. He said there was a plan to be carried out before he was killed, but that one man’s guess was a good as another.

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CHESLEY'S  HAMILTON COUNTY INTERVIEWS

BY

HERVEY EDGAR CHESLEY, JR.

Born: 21 November, 1894

Died: 17 July, 1979

 

 

 
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