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

the bridge at the creek, nearly at Mr..
Hills when we met the other two. [
cannot state whether the defendant,
Billy, was one of the party, but L am
certain about David.
Jimmie Anderson having recovered,
was brought into court and said: Elijah
cut the arm off. He cut around it and
then he took the stick aud broke il. He
cut it with the black handled knife. [
have seen the other knife. Dave mutt
lated the body before the arm was cut
Off He used the black handled knife.
Soon after that, Elijah took the K nj fe
and cut the arm OFF: Elijah and Dave
had both been in swimming and were
naked. / had not been in swimming,
but Willie had Willie didn't 90
out very far. They didn't quarrel
over the biscuit | heard Dave say
that Billy and Willie had Joined pop
lars and that Billy went for Willie and
/ got on Billy and Dave went for me.
This is not so. There WAS no biscuit
there. Didn't know that Willie had
any money. Didn't see any. Elijah
walked out in the water then, clean up
to his neck and gave the body L push
out into the water and after II t!oatcd q
little, didn't see it any more, The
BODY didn't bleed much when they cut
it. / heard about David's rntting The
knife under the skin. That; Il story,
CROSs-EXAMINED.
ate dinner ut home that day Dno't
know what time it was. As soon as L
had nv dinner [ went away | WAS
mastering when / got i.ack from the
| creek with the boys. The $50 train
hadn't got in when | got back. 1t
| hadn't come in when / was at the
| creek. | was mastering with the boys
| when that train came in. | am telling
| what [ saw and not what | heard. 1
didn't see Willie until | started out
| with him. I met Willie at the bridge
on Nixon street, about a block from
| Willie's house, when [ came there
Elijah, Billy, David and Willie We're
| there when | came. [ don't know Duke.
| We went from there to the creek. We
all went together. We were all
laughing and talking. | see Davy
cut one stick that day. David and
Elijah went into the water first; Will
lie Carter went in next. Elijah Went
| in first, Davy went i'll second, and Viii
| lie went in last NObo dy else went in
| When they got into the water, David
| duckcd Willie, and then they came
partly out, and Willie cried and called
him d-n fool. Davy then struck
! Willie twice with Il stick, and then Eli
jah struck him side of the head. Davy
said they wouldn't duck him any more,
and Willie said all right. Davy struck
him on the shoulder, and Elijah struck
him on the head After Willie had said
all right, he went into the water, and
Davv grabbed him and held him u--der
the water 4 long time. Then he pulled
him ashore, and David and Elijah drag
| "ed the body ashore, and Elijah cut
around the arm, and then he took Il
stick and broke the arm. He mutilated
the body after he broke his arm. He
couldn't hollar when they cut his arm
off, because he was dead Here the
witness tainted. aud had to be with
| drawn.
| William Woodbury. swnrn.-l had n
conversation with Dave Yesterday. He
said nobodp knew anything about that
boy being killed except him and / fell
low who had gone up the country. lie
said the boy had Two d"liars in his
poke and thai he WAS mad with him.
and they fought about = biscuit.
went 10 Dave and asked him why i,c
had the little boys in. i:lii he s:'iti no
one knew about ii except him and the
fellow up the country. Said he asked
the boy for biscuit and he wou,ln't
give it to him and he got mad.
| CROSS EXAMINED
| don't rccollcct the night they came
there, but l remember the time. !
asked him about the trouble, and lie
said Willie Carter was drowned, and
what could they do with him? / told
him | didn't know. After having been
there some time, he said Mrs. Carter of
fered him so. Afterwards he said one
of the boys did it, and again yesterday.
when | asked him about it, he said no
one knew it but the fellow who went up
the country. / have heard these two
little fellows talk about it afterwards,
but they always said they didn't know
anything about it.
Mrs. Roberts sworn. ] knew Willie
Carter. | only know what Willie Car
ter told me himself | reckon it was two
months ago. He wanted to stay all
night and | told him he couldn't stay
there unless his parents knew it. He
said he was hungry and afraid to go
home. | gave him couple OF biscuits.
He said his mother had whipped him
three times that day and she had said
that if he went home that night she
would whip him TO death, and he was
afraid to 90. He said his mother whip
ped him because she was going down
street and he wanted to 90 with her
He afterwards went to Schutte'S store.
DIR. w. w. Lane recalled. | viewed
the body of Willie Garter. / made 10
internal examination of the body. \
physician generally waits for Il request
To make :. pOst-,nortem examination,
from the Coroner. 1t Is generally I'M
derstood by the profession that physi-
clans are seldom paid for their services
in this matter The physicians are all
aware that their bills are denied and
reduced by those having the pay of such
services III charge in this county.
CROSS EXAMINED.
Made no examination. for was not
asked to do so. This knife could have
done the work. The knife may have
been sharper then than it is now. |
was not requested to make 4 poSt-mOr-
TEN examination.
FIFTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
}. }. keegan swOrn.-I have seen
Mrs. Carter. On Monday Of last week
| was III the round house | heard of
the death of Willie Carter on Wednes-
day morning at 6o'clock. A policeman
told me he was dead. Mr.. Carter WAS
out on the road. [ saw him the next
evening at the depot There was a
delegation at the depot TO meet him.
| never heard him make any remarks
III relation to it. On Wednesday
went out over the road with the corpse
of Willie Carter. | am mistaken, it
was Thursday | went out / was in
Wilmington on Wednesday. | saw
Mrs. Carter that day in her Own house.
She seemed to be very sorry for the
murder.
BY THE JURY.
| l know nothing about any disagree
ment between Mr.. and Mrs. Garter. On
Tuesday previous to the murder, Mr..
Carter made Il slight remark TO me, say
ing that he tlidntattend Il Certain place
because of a slight disturbance between