I live in — I follow Coopering as a trade— I know Wm. M. Daniels— never worked in the same shop with him— has had a conversation with Daniels or he had with me about the men who killed the Smiths— he came to where I was at work on the 27th. of July last— I asked him if he was not a son of the old man Daniels— He told me he was— I asked him if he knew how the death of the Smiths occurred— he said that he did not— that the night they were killed he was in Augusta— and had remained there or in the neighborhood until about the 27th. of July— and that he had then come to with the — after that — I suppose two months after that— he wanted to know the reason why I worked so hard— he said there was no use in working so hard when a man could make plenty of money without working— he said he had a prospect in view— and that he could make money a plenty without work— and that he had already received some money— I think he told me that he had received $20 in a letter <​through the Post office.​>— that was all he told me. He did not tell me what prospect it was he had in view—

never knew him <​(Daniels)​> until he went to — When I first saw him I asked him if he was the son of the old Man Daniels— He came to the night of the 26th. of July last— he told me that he came with the — let on like he knew nothing about the murder of the Smiths— he told me he came from Augusta— His brother–in–law Andrews— told me he came down the night before I saw him— He told me about some about the speculation being for $400 or $500 [p. 91]