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July 24, 1917.
Mack Thomason being sworn says
someone called me this morning
and I went down there saw Bob
Burdette in the bottoms. Bob Burdette
called Fred Stoddard and told hime
he had shot his father. When Bob
spoke to Fred he did not tell him
why he had shot Mr. Stoddard.
After I got to Mr. Stoddard he
breathed a few times. He was lying
on his back when I got there. There
wasn't any one at all at the body
when I got there. A knife was lying
under Mr. Stoddard when I turned
him over. Knife was open. Mrs. Dee
Bolt was twelve or fifiteen steps
from the body. She said to me "Why
did Bob shoot Mr. Stoddard? I told
her I did not know. I called Freda Stoddard
attention to the knife about the time
he left. I heard only one shot. I was
nearly a quarter of a mile away from
the place where the shooting was done.
I have never known any trouble between
these two men.
C.M. Thomason.

July 24, 1917
We the undersigned physicians
being duly sworn make the following
statement to witness: we separately
and together examined the dead body
of D.D. Stoddard and found that he
had received a gunshot wound in the
back. Said wound was in our opinion
sufficient to cause death and we hereby
declair that it did cause the death
of the said D.D. Stoddard.
H.L. Show M.D.
D.C. Bennett M.D.