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

him. Duke cut on his arm, and then
c1t some and the arm trembled and
would have no more to do with it,
and Duke cut his arm off with hatch
Of. Don't know why we cut off his
arm. We had no object in it. I had
no idea why we cut it off. There
was no talk about cuttilg the arm off.
7 am sure sue Willie was dead. NV
hand trembled so that it shivered the
knife, and I couldn't cut. / dropped
the knife and Jimmie took it ND and
run it into his head. | told you thew
broke the arm with stick. Duke car
ried out the Ratchet to get some pine
brooms. Jimmie and Elijah held his
arm, and his hand trembled. and he
said he wouldn't have anything to do
with it. Jimmie put the arm down
and I took it. After I put the knife
down Jimmie picked it up, and run it
under the skin on his head, then
Duke cut his arm, and then took
the hatchet and cut it off. Elijah
never had nothing 10 do with cut
ting off the arm. He touched it but
didn't cut any. Elijah said if we didn't
all give him 50 apiece, he would be-
tray us. Don't know how we were to
get the money to pay him, unless we
got the money Mrs. Carter prom Isd us.
Mrs. Carter didn't promise Day ey any
money to my knowings, or to give
Billy any money. / didn't have Will
lies money then. I don't know what
become OF this money. The last time
| saw it; 1T was i'll Wilie's pocket. [
slapped Willie before the fight, but
never had anything to do with killing
him. L had no notion of killing him
when / slapped him. This was a fight
about n biscuit that Willie and Billy
got into aud Willie was killed He came
to his death by the blows and then
they drowned him. I left the creek
after the murder. Elijah left the body
first and 1 left next Billy and Jimmie
and Duke were there when / left. /
havn't seen Duke since. L saw Jinmie
the next day at his house and / saw
Billy when he was arrested.
CT. TT. Adams recalled--As near as L
can recollect in the conversation we |
had ut the depot, it occurred on |
Wednesday, and might have said she |
was Mt the house, but didn't say she !
was at ,,,y house, because she was not. |
[ saw her twice that day at her house. |
She was abed both times. [ went |
there to see if I should telegraph her
husband ; again to see it the body |
should be placed on ice.
Elijah Martin recalled.-He was
carefully cautioned by the court and
permitted to make statement. He |
said don't know anything about the
death of Willie Carter. I saw him
carly Monday morning and asked him
where Davy was. This portion of the
evidence was given before All [ have
to say about David's statement is, it
amt SO. [ went to butcher pen with !
Mr.. Wigs about l o'clock. Mr.. Jar
rel WAS not there. Mr.. Iilley was n
little behind us. Mr.. Wigs asked for
the harslet of a colored man. Mr.
Jarrel came before Mr.. Wigs left. I
saw Mr.. Tilley there. [ helped the |
boy Jimmie with the cattle. [ was
there in the butcher pen all that after
noon. [ saw Mr.. Sykes there Mr..
Wigs was gone then. [ don't know
the names of all | saw. Arr was there,
but he told all he knew i'll court before.
| saw several young fellows there !
whom | didn't know. [ never knew |
where the place was they murdered |
Willie until yesterday. Don't know of |
any place where they could come down
to the spot from the butcher pen with
out going down the railroad.