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

Il | Dub never Dalu much aCtentlOn TO II
2 L have heard that Carter had wife
e but | know nothing OF it: he told m
g she was his wife; she lives with hin
and they are always known as HUSBAND
G and wife; she is not the mother of tn,
; boy; Mr.. Carter's father and siste:
/. have visited them often at their resi-
5 dence as such.
Jacob Ponce sworn-I am acquaint
| ed with Mr.. and Mrs. Garter, ant
know little Willie; I know very little
| about their relations, except that or
one occasion while they were out OF
the city, Willie was with us and when
night came on, Willie cried for his ma
he said he could get along day times,
but at night he wanted his ma; the
boy always looked in good order and
looked like he was well taken care of;
never heard any complaints from the
boy; they have always passed as man
and wife; never heard anything to the
contrary; his brother and sister have
visited them
Alice Taylor swOrn-I know Mrs
Carter; l have been to her house right
smart times; 1 used to stay with her:
as far as / know s. always treated
him right and did Il mothers part by
him; never heard of 2sy disturbance
between Mr.. Carter and his wife; she
always treated Willie MS mother.
| Hannah Curtis, SwOrn-l know
! Willie Carter and Mr.. and Mrs. Car
| ter. live right across the street from
them. AS far as I know she treated
Willie as Il mother ought to treat n
child. She was very kind to him as
far rs I know.
Judy Baty, sworn-I know James
Anderson. On Monday ut train time.
at 2:30, he was right there in the road
playing on n banjo. l knew him very
well. [ have known him some time,
and last Monday he was near his moth
er's house AMI when he quit he washed
bis face and went into the house
CROSS EXAMINATION.
I live on the opposite side of the
| was passing out and III and I notice
the children when they play. Thete
were two or three others there, and
they all had their faces smutted
saw him all the afternoon. I am GER
tain he didn't go away all the after
noon. 1 don't know the little boys, but
there is Il whole parcel of children all
playing about there. 1 have lived i'll
that same place nearly four years.
Don't go amongst the neighbOrs much.
and don't let the children. They had
their faces blackened, and my daugh-
ter is i'll delicate way, and [ told her
not to look at the boys with the black.
ened faces.
Susan Freeman, swOrn-1 am the
mother Of the boy Jimmie. He was
mastering in the street with the rest
of the boys OF Monday when the train
came in
Mary Carter. sworn--I saw Jimmie
all the afternoon of Monday playing
with the boys in the street They |
were mastering there. Geo. s5tatchel |
was the only one / knew except jim
mie. The others were small boys and |
I didn't know any others. Jimmie was
there Tuesday mastering as well rs
Monday Don't know what he was |
doing on Sunday. L heard of Willies |
death on Tuesday evening, and |
[ know Jimmie was in the street |
mastering on Monday and Tuesday.
When first heard that Willie Carter |
was found, l never heard that Jimmie |
was accused of killing him.
Margaret Durand, sworn-I saw |
VIM. Henry Merrick between l and 9 |
o'clock on Monday. He was with his
mother They canc to my house
nearer 2 than l O'Clock. They only
stayed n minute.
Charlotte Hooper, sworn-Wm.
Henry Merrick was with me Monday.
We went to Margaret's between l and
, o'clock, and then came down town.
He was with me all the afternoon.
Richard Hooper, sworn-I saw Char
lotte Hooper down town with Billy
Merrick last Monday. [ know it was
Monday for I had been to the mill. and
I saw my wife (Charlotte) with Billy
and we walked together. She is
Billy's mother.
Dora Davis swOrn-I know Char
lOtte Hooper. [ saw her on Monday
evening ut ) o'clock, aud nobody was
with her but Billy Merlick. T know it
was 5 o'clock, for | heard the clock
strike. / was down town. | live on
Seventh street, and am certain it was
on Monday. 1t was the evening the
MasOnS were ont.
FOR TIE STATE.
G. w. Wiggs sworn-I have seen
the defendant Elijah. L saw him be-
tween | and = on Monday / took him
to the butchers pen and boughta hars
let for my deg. He hadn't got home
when the ; o'clock train came III.
Don't know Whit time he got home.
Havnt seen him since until now. He
was to go and get them twice Il week, |
but he hasn't been since.
CROSS Ss-TyAMINATION.
/ used to get my harslets there I |
have been there to get them myself. |
at one time got a head and got back
before ) o'clock. It wOuld depend mp
on the time the meat was killed, but he
ought to have got that harslct and got |
back by ) o'clock.
Mrs. Anna M. Wiggs sworn-The
boy Elijah was sent to the butcher pen
for Il harslet in Il sack. He got back |
Just after my husband left. He lives
near us, but I never saw him since
then until Wednesday. He asked for
piece of bread Il nj I gave him apiece
of bread and Il biscuit, and he went off. |
Didn't noticc>him excited on anything |
wrong 7 know his brother, but didn't |
know this one much. Saw David on |
Sunday, but have not seen him since |
until now.
J. A. White sworn-I am one OF the |
Coroncr's jury now investigating th:-
case. Marion Hollis is the man who
found the body. The woman Judy |
testified that she saw the boy David |
and William Carter together and Will |
lie was crying, last Monday.
Judy Dotz recalled-I saw Willie
Carter on Monday. He was standing
on the bridge with David and Willie
was crying when L passed along. I
never stopped there. and when I came
back they were gone. They were not
quarrelling word, but Willie was
crying quite hard.
Cross Examined-This bridge is a
little bridge on Eighth street, over the
ditch in the street.
G. w. Davis recalied-Old Judy
stated before the jury yesterday that
Willie said David struck him with
watermelon rind.
Judy Doty recalled-It was another
little boy-a lame boy-who struck
Willie with the rind.
Olive Wright sworn-I saw Elijah
I, l.