mortem statement. Assistant County Attorney Sluder
was present, and County Clerk Joney Jones, and to them
he gave the following version of the affair:

DAVIS STATEMENT.

"I left my office and started to Manchester's livery
stable. At the corner of Franklin and Fourth Streets
passed Brann and Ward. Brann remarked, there goes
the damn s---- of a b---- that has caused all my trouble.
Passed on and went to Manchester's stable on some
business, then came back to Waite's saloon and stopped for a
drink. I then started for my office, but near Haber's
store on Bankers' Alley I met them again. They began
to curse and abuse me again.

"Went on to the office; they followed me and I went
to the urinal in the rear, then came to the front of the
office. At the door Brann said, 'There comes the dirty
cur and s---- of a b----; he will take anything.' Brann
then pulled his gun and I shot at him; my gun hung in
the scabbard. The reason he shot me was because I was
loyal to my town and always expressed myself. He murdered
me. They both shot me after I fell. They shot
in my back, blinded me and I could not see. I make
this statement, for I know I am dying. He has been
trying to kill me for three months."


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