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

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t. Willie Carter and found the body Iyin
r in a coffin at Union shed. Found tn
!. head in a confused condition, til
t tongue hanging out of the mouth, terr
e bly, lacerated I found the arm off clos
| to the shoulder, with about two inche
of the humerus and head in the socket
Arm was missing. Was 40 or so hour
between death and the time of exam
:. nation. The body was mutilated by
smooth clean cut aud must have beer
:. made with knife. There was small
cash, a diagonal cut on the thigh. Th'
whole head and face was severed,
bruised, evidently by a dull instrument
| did not cut into the skull as the evi
dence Of foul play was SO evident
Made 10 examination to see if deceased
was drowned. The body had the ap.
pearance of being choked and the head
bruised. The left arm was removed
The bone was broken and an irregular
fracture. l should Judge the boy TO
have been about 13 or II years of age.
CROss-FXAMINATION.
| | wouldn't Ike to say whether the
boy was drowned or murdered first. |
did not make careful examination.
My own opinion is that he was drowned
first, though he might have been beaten
and drowned simultaneously. The de-
PENDANTS, Jimmie and Billy, are alto
gcther too small to have committed this
murder. | think it was done by some
larger person than these two little fell
| lows
S. ID, Terry, sworn-I arrested the
boy David. He attempted to escape
from me. | saw him at the county
| bridge beyond the railroad bridge.
saw a boy sitting on the bridge and
he came toward me, David was with
another boy. | arrested the other I
asked him what the boys name was and
he said he didn't know. | tied the boy
with Il cart whip and told him if he
didn't tell me the truth | would kill
him. The boy cried, II wasn't one of
these murderers-he went in there" |
followed him into the cancbrake and
found David lying in the ditch TO hide.
CROss-EXAMINED.
The boy on the bridge said, Il am not
one of those murderers," and said Da-
vid had run into the cancbrake. David
said Mrs. Carter offered him so to
drown the boy, and said that it was no
sin, as she could pray it off in 4 week
OF a tortni@ht's time. Said he didn't
know who had done the deed. He said
he left Carter about II o'clock on Mon
day, in swimming. lie told him this
to keep him from carrying him to Mr.
Adams. He said Mrs. Carter gave him
ten cents to throw Willies clothes out
into the stream so that he would swim
after chem and drowned. | made no
threat or held out any inducements to
David. | told him to shut up, | didn't
want to hear any of it.
CHARLES H. STROBE swOrn-I know
nothing concerning the death of the boy
Carter. knew him when alive. have
heard the boy say that Mrs Carter had
often whipped him and driven him from
home, and he couldn't see why it WAS |
unless she did something she didn't |
want him to see. [ cannot say how
many times / have heard him Use that |
language to me and others, but at least |
three or four times. Know nothing of |
my own knowledge of her illtreatmcnt.
CROSS-EXAMINED.
/ have heard Carter SAYS he has been |
whipped three or four different times.
Geo. L. SHUTTLE sworn-Havc heard |
Willie Carter complain of Mrs. Carter. !
Said Mrs. Carter had whipped him |
three times that day and he was afraid |
to go home until his father came home. |
offered to take him home, but he said
that as soon as | left she would whip |
him. Said he would 90 to the depot |
until morning. l told him he could
stay at my place, but he left and |
didn't see him again.
CROSs-EXAMINATIoN.
This was several weeks ago. There
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could see. Do not know that he was
in the habit of running away often
and staying out late at night.
STATEMENT OF MRS. CARTER.
will tell all know. Incvcr whipped
Willie but once or twice in my life. lie
spit in my face. His father was home
when Willie went off: | asked lis pa
when he would be back, and he said
about o'clock. Mr.. Carter was in the
hall and Willie w;ls sitting on the steps
at two o'clock. | don't know how he
went off or who with. walked OF
with Mr.. Carter, my husband, who is
Willie's father We went home, and ut
dark | said | wondered where Willie
was. | kept the door unlocked for hinl
until eleven o'clock ut night. Then |
locked the door and thought he would
call me when he came home. He used
to go off sometimes anil | would 90 out
to find him. ! never offered ANYBODY
money to drown Willie. | loved him
and his father. | would sooner have cut
my own throat. The first | heard of it.
Olive Wright came alon" and told me
little cOlored boy Was drowned, and |
while we were talking,a a boy came along
and said, "Mrs. Carter, that boy drown
ed is white boy, and he looks like |
Willie" | then cried and screamed un-
til | was almost sick. The boy Martin |
never came to me and told me Of Will |
lies death-neycr.
STATEMENT OF WM. HENRY MERRICK. |
/ don't know anything about Willie |
Carter being drowned. | knew him |
when he was alive. saw him the day |
before he was drowned. didn't ."
down to the river to 90 swimming with
Willie. didn't 90 there.
STATEMENT OF JIMMIE ANDERSON.
don't know ANYTHING about Willie
Carter's death. / didn't 90 to the
Creek with the boys. | don't know
anything about this.
Here the Court adjourned until t y.
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AFTERNOON SESSION.
DEFENSE.
DIR. A. D. Mcdonald an a physi-
clan. I am acquainted with Mrs
Carter. knew Willie Carter. Have
been called on in two different cases to
prescribe for Willie. ] saw no treat
ment but what should expect from
mother. She nursed him carefully. I
have treated Mrs. Carter for about
five months, and never saw anything
but what was kind.
Geo. H. Andrews sworn-I am ac-
uuainted with Mrs. Carter, and knew
Willie. I know Mr.. Carter. I have
lived near Mr.. Carter for the past three
years. The relations between them,
as far as know, were good. Never
heard of Mr.. and Mrs Carter quar-
relling She seemed to be rs kind to
Willie as though he was her own
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