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It went on several days with lots of witnesses testifyin ' -- all the people who practiced `` Pinafore '' that night told about hearing the shots . And this little lawyer whose name was Major Abbott , as I said , asked every one , `` How many shots did you hear ? '' Most of 'em said two ; but some said they could n't remember ; and he made some of 'em say they heard three shots . They had found two bullets in Joe Rainey , and the point seemed to be that the other shot was fired by Joe Rainey ; for pa said to me one day when we was walkin ' home at noon that the defense was that Joe Rainey fired at Temple Scott first . -LSB- Illustration : Major Abbott -RSB- Then Major Abbott cross-questioned the witnesses about whether they saw Joe Rainey come into the house and go out just before he was killed . And most of 'em said yes . And then he tried to get 'em to say that they saw Joe Rainey go up-stairs and come down and go out ; but none of 'em would say this .