the Grand Jurors, chosen, selected and sworn, in and for the County of Saline in the name and by the authority of the People of the State of Illinois, upon their oaths present:  That John Neil late of said County, on the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine at and within the said County of Saline in the State of Illinois, aforesaid, with force and arms in and upon the body of one  CECIL WILLIFORD in the peace of the People then and there being  did then and there unlawfully, willfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought make an assault and that the said John Neil, a certain pistol then and there loaded with gunpowder and a leaden ball which said pistol the said John Neil in his hand then and there had and held then and there unlawfully and willfully feloniously and of his malice aforethought did discharge and shoot off to against and upon the said Cecil Williford and that the said John Neil with the leaden ball aforesaid out of the said pistol, aforesaid did, then and there by the force of the gunpowder aforesaid by the said John Neil discharged and shot off as aforesaid then and there unlawfully, willfully and of his malice aforethought, did strike penetrate and wound him the said Cecil Williford in and upon the left side of him the said Cecil Williford giving him the said Cecil Williford then and there with the leaden ball, aforesaid so discharged as aforesaid, and shot out of the said pistol aforesaid by the said John Neil aforesaid in and upon the left side of him the said Cecil Williford, one mortal wound, of the depth of six inches and of the breadth of one half inch of which said mortal wound he the said Cecil Williford then to wit on the third day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine and there died, and so the Grand Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the said John Neil him the said Cecil Williford in manner and form aforesaid on the day and year aforesaid at the County aforesaid unlawfully willfully feloniously and of his malice aforethought did kill and murder contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the said People of the State of Illinois.  Sigel Capel, State's Attorney in and for Saline County, IL.
D. O. Allen, foremen of the Grand Jury
Witnesses: Wil Pemberton, Milo Pruitt, Bernard Gaskins, Otis Gaskins, James Vinson, Moses Stiff, Wm. R. Stone, Elizabeth Jones, Dr. J. R. Baker, Dr. J. V. Capel, Dr. L. N. Parish, Dr. A. E. Green, Dr. Turner, James Yancy, Timothy Williford, S. F. Williford, Caroline Williford, Ed. Gaskins, harve Stricklin, Ed Horning, Robt. Horning, John Shea, Milt Stricklin, Will Stiff, Thos. Jones, Isaac Sill, Jno. B. Lee, E. W. Ferguson, Will Evans, Ralph Horning, Gus Cain, Sam Barter, A. J. Reynolds, James Martin, Wm. Herald, Thos. Tuttle.
Recorded by order of the Court, the 12th day of Sept. 1899, Jno. B. Lee, clerk.