Council then introduced and read several letters written by a “woman near Peabody.” The letters contained “ many allusions to a certain ‘T’. She claimed ignorance of letters she sent for Williams to Amanda. Robinson, a sister, recalled that she had met Williams at the Rickman home several times when Pat was not there. Several witnesses reported that Rickman said, “if ever a man should come between him and his wife, he would kill him.”Ī friend of Amanda’s that lived southeast of Peabody admitted that she had invited Amanda to a concert on February 14. Burdine, Amanda’s brother, noted that he had advised his brother-in-law to open his sister’s letters. Several of the witnesses were family members that had observed the trouble the couple had been having in the last year and the role that Williams played. McKee observed that “the gunshot would would under any circumstances cause death in thirty minutes.” Witnesses for the State The bullet passing through the right lobe of the liver. Williams had sustained 5 scalp wounds and a bullet wound. with diseased minds.” The defense claimed Temporary Insanity.Ĭornoner James McKee reported on his findings. Bucher concluded that “ it would be proved that insanity was in the Rickman blood and that several of Pat’s relatives had died. The resulting despair led him to become insane. At yonder table sits a man for whose life a fight is now going on, Pat Rickman, one of the best men in Harvey County, even if his skin be black.”****īucher talked for 30 minutes, describing a family man that found evidence of his wife’s adultery. “We did not kill Tom Williams with malice aforethought, nor did we kill deliberately and in cold blood. Charles Bucher, Photo Courtesy Jullian Wall.Īttorney Charles Bucher gave the opening statement for the defense.
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