Mr. <​Murray​> McConnel was here acting as ’s attorney at the request of the as he informed us— Mr. [William] Elliott and he brought in the Indictments to the Grand Jury and they were signed— Mr. Mc Connel borrowed the Statement of the evidence as made <​by us,​> as he Said to enable him to make out a list of the Witnesses— Mc Connel took it away— Mr. Hancock [John J. Hicok] the Clerk of the Grand Jury, wrote the greater part of it— I wrote some of it— that contains a correct statement— I would know, I think, if any alterations have since been made in it—

testimony of James Reynolds closed at 1/2 past 10 O’clock a. m.

Says he lives 8½ miles South of on the road— knows a man by the name of Wm M. Daniels— had a conversation with Daniels about the killing of the Smith’s— the night after the Smiths were killed, he came to my house about dark or a little after— there was a considerable quantity of People there— I did not notice Mr. Daniels until some little time afterwards— his company when he arrived there was John Pike and Derrick Fuller— after a Short time, he Said he was tired— I told the gentleman to go up Stairs and go to bed— about 2 o’clock in the night, a considerable number of people gathered in fleeing towards Augusta, as I understood by the s orders, there was a large Crowd going that way— I went up Stairs about 2 o’clock, where Daniels was, and told him that a number of persons were going towards Augusta that Mr. Anderson was not yet gone, and that he had better get up and go with them— Mr. Daniels got up and walked down stairs with me— and as [p. 79]