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

know her. L have been IN nef SnOp 10
get watermelon, but she never told
me she would give me $40. The first
time / ever heard about it, was the
night David came there with the police
and arrested me.
CROSS-EXAMINED.
I was never at Mrs. Carriers except
when [ went to buy watermelon.
Jimmie Anderson, one of the defend
ants was put upon the stand. l went
out there with the boys and see when
David and Elijah killed Willie Carter.
Billy was there too. | went out there
and Dave struck Willie with Il stick
and Elijah struck him, and then Davo
pushed him down in the water and
strangled. him. I was right there and
saw him. Dave cut the body himself
| would know the knife. 1t has got a
mark on the handle like an Y. 1t had
two blades. One long and one short
one. The knife had blades one long
one and one short. The little one had
been broken off. David cut the body
himself He threw the flesh he cut off
right down in the water. Elijah
cut around the arm and then
took stick and broke the arm. 1t
was the same knife knife produced. J
This is the same knife that David mu-
tilated the body and Elijah cut off the
arm with. / am sure it is the knife
No one helped him. The arm was lying
down on the ground and Elijah took
the knife and held the arm while he
cut all around the arm and then laid it
down on the ground and broke it with
stick. That is not the stick they
broke his arm with, but that is the stick
they hit him with. He had to give five
or six ticks before he broke the arm.
After the bone was broken, the arm
came right off: Elijah then threw it
into the creek. Willie was lying there
naked all that time. Elijah and Billy
and Davy and | were all there. Don't
know how we came to go. We had all
started to go anyhow. We four went
and Willie Carter was with Us. On the
way near the switches, David sharp
ened the knife on the railroad iron
David cut the stick. 1t was Is
long As my arms stretched out
Dave cut it. When we got to the creek
Dave and Elijah and Willie pulled of
their clothes and went in swimming
Dave ducked Willie, and he cried. Dave
told him to hush crying, and Willie
kinder cussed him, and Dave hit him
with the stick. He called Dave d.
fool. Dave struck him with the stick
told you about, but Willie never hit
| back Dave hit Willie twice, once OF
| the arm and once on the shoulder VIII
lie cried, but he didn't fall down. Here
| the witness became so overcome that he
nearly tainted, and it required the at
of off to of m,
| He had to be removed from the Court
room in an exhausted condition, accom-
panied by his mother.
Walker MeareS SwOrn-l was a
| Smiths creek yesterday when the cloth
ing was found. Going from the Union
| Depot in Northerly direction, yol
| YOU meet path which winds through
the thicket, until the path turns to tn,
| right, when you are on the bank Of tho
creek, though hidden from the creek
| Passing the open space beyond, yor
reach point about 5Oyards ofthe track
Standing on this spot you are cntirel,
concealed from view. \ few steps from
| this spa You get 4 view of the creek :,
that one could see if anybody appeared
from any distance. At the foot of thi
| path, i'll it, near the water, stands Il pine
tree, with a straight limb reaching on
over the path, with 4 little moss on it
The jacket was found in the water very
near to this limb. We found the JACKIE
in about +! feet of water. The tide ha,
been running up about an hour
\ little to the right of this liml
and about ten feet from the shore
The shirt had been found before, Jus
about where the boy had said the,
threw the clothes, about fifteen fee
from the tree. The jacket was toun,
about ten feet from the tree, few mo
ments afterwards. The spot is yer,
secluded. Clothing produced =
These are the articles. The produc
ton of the little, articles caused quit
Il sensation. The shirt is Of dark col
ored striped material. and the JACKIE
evidently OF brown linen. Boy like
the unfortunate victim had stuck pin
il the collar, with the points up.
Mr., Carter was recalled. Those wer
the clothes worn by my son. The,
were also fully identified by Mrs Car
ter.
L. NJ. Williams, sworn-I only hearc
one OF the defendants make any re
marks. 1t was David who told it, III,
said there were five present when it wa
done. He showed us the knife whicl
he said was used to cut the arm. II,
said that the arm quivered SO that h,
couldn't cut and threw the arm down
He said that Jimmie did the cuttin"
He identified the knife. That is tn,
knife. This is a different knife from
the one Billy identified. He said Duke:
was with them, but he is not here.
didn't pay much attention to what h
said, for he has told so many conflicting
stories. He said the knife was Eliiah's
Elijah Martins statcment-I dom
know much about Willie Carter. On
that Monday | met Willie Garter earl,
iii the morning, and asked him if h,
| knew where Davy was, and he said no
Said if | saw David to tell him to com,
and 90 he knew where. | went up, look
ing for Davy, and found him near Chad
bourn's mill. | told him Uncle Jacl
| (my stcp-tather) was looking for him
Ma told me not to tell Uncle Jack.
told him, however, but he promised no
to tell it. don't know anything abou
this affair at the creek That is m,
| knife. | got it from David Jackson
That knife never touched any blood ex
cept a beef harslet since I had it.
came lore to tell the truth.
CRoss-EXAMINED.
When | was looking 1or Davy, an,
Mrs. Carter said she didn't know wher
he was. Davy told me he was benin,
the counter. [ don't know anythin,
| about it. | ate my dinner at home. Be
tween l and o'clock Mr. Wigg's an,
| went ont to the slaughter pen ane
stayed there about three-quarters of al
hour. Mr.. Wigs told Mr. FARRELL t,
give me a harslet After Wigs lef
and Mr.. FARRELL come, | had the fus
with Mack | was in the pen whel
Arr. come. This was 3 O'clock. The
had killed two before got one, becausy
| was told to get it Of AIr. FARRELL, ans
] waited TO see him. | never knea
where the spot Was at the creek anf
never heard Of it until to-day.
BY JURY.
! was with the boys when we had
conversation about the so. Davit
said Willie Carter, if you step on IN,
feet, I'm going to knock You down
Willie said no you wont, for | will tel
my pa. Dave said, Elijah you know