Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-08-22

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Willie is drowned and Jimmie done i
She just told me to go on. She neve
gave me the so and | never got i
When she told me to go on, ! just wen
out the yard and she went into tn
house. She didn't tell me to tel
any one else or not to tell any one.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
l don't know exactly how old / am
| have known Mrs. Carter a year 0
two think. | was in the habit of 90
ing there frequently She told me las
summer, that she wanted me to kill tn
boy. She say her and her HUSBAND
were always fighting about him anC
she wanted to get him out the way.
told her that / wouldn't do it and the
money wouldn't do her nor me no good
At our talk about two weeks ago she
said the same way soldiers killed each
other | could do. She said if couldn't
do it, that she would get somebody that
would. She said she could pray of
that sin the same way she had prayed
off others. This was about three weeks
ago. 1t was about l o'clock that l saw
Willie. | know it was l o'clock for |
heard the clock strike. 1t took us
about half an hour to 90 to the water.
| The boys were with Willie when
came along. Willie proposed to go
swimming. The hat was thrown over
board and he went after it. His clothes
| were thrown overload and he went af-
ter them. When Jimmie pushed him
overload, | went away. | got back
about 3 o'clock, | think it was about
that time. The train had not been
long gone and it comes in at half past
two Don't know how old defendants
are. Billy's father says he is 10 years
old Jimmie pushed him in and
left. When l left l told him
that if he was going to
drown Willie | wouldn't see it. Boys
then eXhibited.) | am larger than these
little boys but I let them drown him.
| told them not 70 do it, and they said
it was none of my blsineS. Twas afraid
they would cut me if | helped to save
Willie's life. | wa. afraid they would
cut me- They didn't push him in when
helped him. | didn't help, and when
they pushed him in, | thought he was
getting out. After they pushed him n
they came running after me, and | run
into the bushes so they wouldn't find
me. | saw them push him i'll but can't
say whether they drowned him or not
[ walked along fast. Don't know how
far they were behind me. Twas a right
smart ways from them when l saw them
coming up behind me. l got to the
Wilmington depot after the $50 train
saw the boys before got to the de-
pot. | came away as soon as they
pushed him in. / made no effort to
save him. | told them not to do it and
just left. | saw Il section hand. He
was q short, dark skinned man. | told
my ma, and then told Mrs Carter about
three o'clock. She told me ego on away
from here" Mr.. Terry brought me to
the Court House. When | see him,
walked and never tended to him. When
he called me, | went to him. [ fell in
q ditch, but it was between him and me- |
lie asked me why / wasn't at Court | !
saw Charlie Stedman running after me, |
and [ run. | told Mr.. Adams l would |
come down. | TOLD Mr. Adams the last |
| saw Willie it was with Jimmie and |
Billy. | went to his shop. | told him
the last time SAW Willie was down on
the bridge Monday with Jimmie and |
Billy. l didn't tell Mr.. Adams | didn't |
know anything about Willie. | told
Mr.. Adams | had been at work all that |
day except when | went to dinner. | |
told Mr.. Adams that / see Willie that |
day 1T the bridge with Jim and Billie.
| told Mr.. Adams that | hadn't seen
Willie any time except at l o'clock |
that day with the two boys, and that l
never see him again. l lied to him be-
cause | was coming down to the Court |
house to tell the straight of it. Part |
Of it was lie for thought he was 60
ing to take me up that day. Nobody |
but me. Jimmie has talked to me |
about il. He asked me "what NAKED !
me wouldn't come" and I told him. |
| asked him if Jimmie was come and |
he said no. He told me 1 must tell |
the straight Of it and | told him,
Mrs. Carter asked me to drown him
and that / said 10. | told him the |
same story / have told to-day. | told |
the story to ma and Mrs. Carter about
this The stump was about six feet |
from the shore. Willie Carter was
about the size of that little yellow |
Billie | told them when we got out |
there about the $40, because | didn't |
want to do it, and if they wanted to
make the money they could. They |
told me if I didn't make it they would. |
| never pushed the boy in. | never |
done nothin after he was pushed in. !
didn't catch him by the leg and hold
him under water. Jimmie pushed him |
in. He is smaller than [ am.
| just told Jimmie about the $40
so he could tell somebody else.
/ told Elijah about this when she first |
told me about the so. Elijah is my
brother, he is nearly grown. | told |
Mrs. Carter that Willie was drowned
Don't know whether Mr.. Carter heard |
me or not He was in the hall and she |
at the door. | told her that Jimmie
pushed him over. | didn't ask for the |
80, because Il didn't vas want it." /
came in right behind the train, at 2:3O,
they came on behind me. When l left
the place / saw them push the boy over
board, | ran away instantly and don't
know whether he was drowned or not,
but he was right tired. / didn't see
him drowned, and as far as | know he
might have got out. | thought what
people did tell would tell the Sheriff
and | never had time that day. | told
Mrs. Carter. [ was at Mr.. Hines store
about or 9 o'clock in the morning.
Nobody waa with me. / never went to
Mr.. Hines with Willie Carter to buy Il
watermelon. | never asked Jim and
Billy to drown this boy. / never told
them l would give them part of the
money. They told me had nothing to
do with it, and to 90 about my business.
Then they pushed him into the river,
and / went away. They said this is no
business, of yours, you let us alone and
| was afraid to interfere, for one had a
knife, and / left them.
REDIRECT.
After the boys had pushed Willie in
the water saw them when they came
running on behind. / got out the way
and they went on by me. I saw one Of
them, Jimmie, where he stopped at his
house. never saw Jimmie again un-
til this morning.
G. w. w. DAVIS being duly sworn
says: l am one of the Coroner's jury
and one of the witnesses, Olive Wright,
said the last time she saw Willie Carter
Elijah Martin was with him going to
the slaughter pen about 2 O'Clock. He
had q bag with him. She said he had