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

t; Ihe last time saw Willie Carter d
:, was coming along the road crying, a
e by himself and going toward the butcl
n er pen. Willie passed my house cry
d ing. He was talking to himself an
e he said to himself, that some of thos
r boys hit him and he would pay them
i The boys stayed by the bridge, pass
ing after Willie went by. Don't kno,
: whether David was there or not.
i was only one block off.
G Alvord Van Amringe, sworn-I SAY
n the dead body of Willie Garter OF
f Tuesday. I was coming down from
4 the Work House and sat down to ge
i; cool and saw the body in the water.
, started for the city to give informa
2 ton. The body was entirely out o
upon timber and the body lay beside
but entirely out of the water. The
man saw had two dogs with him
, and one of his dogs got run over.
) had just got over the trestle when the
train came along. I met the 1nan and
asked him where he was going and he
said he was going to the trestle to tie
that boy. l asked him what boy and
he said the one Oh the trestle.
didn't see any one until / got to Union
Depot. didn't open my mouth until
[ got to the City Hall and reported the
case to Mayor Canaday.
| STATEMENT OF ELIJAH MARTIN
My name is Elijah Martin. / don't
know anything ABOUT the death of Will
lie Carter. see Willie Carter coming
ont of his gate early in the morning. L
was going to carry my brother up the
country. In the morning Willie asked
me where was Davy, and / told him
L didn't know. Davy goes to Mrs. Car
ter's all the time. All day Monday. af
ter the rain let mp, Inc and father came
home. But Davy never came in. Mrs.
Garter told me not to come around
there, and I went away. We couldn't
keep Davy way from there. [ stayed
home with my step-father from the
time / got home after / had been to
the butcher-pen and cooked my sup
per and ate it, all by myself. My step
father was there reading the bible.
Mrs Carter never offered me 80 or a
penny in her live. / wouldn't have
drowned that poor little innocent fell
low for hundred ten dollar bills. I
have heard little boys say that Mrs
Carter said Willie was in the way and
everything she did he told his father
| The boys never said that she did agree
| TO pay them so to drown the boy,
| hut they said she would pay SO |
| don't know anything about these two
little fellows. The other boy David is
my brother, I know him.
VIM. Rush sworn-The boy Elijah
| who has just made n statement told
me that he had heard the boys say that
80 had been offered to murder the
boy. | was not in conversation with
him. We were on the ferry boat cross
ing over the river, and some persons
were asking him questions, and he
said that he heard that so had been
offered to murder Willie Garter.
The Court adjourned until 10 A. NJ.
SECOND DAY.
At 10 o'clock, the prisoners being
all present. the Court convened. Mrs.
Carter appeared to be much care-worn
and pale, as if she had passed q sleep
less night. The boys all seemed cheer
full, and apparently unconscious of the
heinous crime of which they are
accused.
Jonn w. Hines sworn-I knew Will
lie Carter. | saw him last Monday
about 20 o'clock. He had some money
in lis hand, and asked me if had any
five cent watcrmclOns. [ told him no.
and he said he would 90 to Hutati's :. \
coiored boy met him outside, and asked
him where he was going. They went
off together. Am acquainted with Mr..
and Mrs. Carter. Their relations were
of TIE plea>antest character. Mrs. Car
ter gave Willie money to buy candy on
one occasion i'll my store. My mother
said, Mrs. Carter you look quite young
to have so large a son. She said, he Is
my step-sOn.
Rob't Carter sworn-Defendan is my
wife. We have lived very happily to-
gcther. She is my lawful wife. My
first wife WAS married about six wears
ago, after she was divorced from me
Have Known my present wife for three
yc::rs. She was always kind To Willie
| heard she had been mkind once, and
| went right down to the store to see
about it and found it was not so. nev
~ saw any marks of violence on my son.
When went to send him to his grand
father, she and the boy cried, for they
didn't want to be separated. She has
asked me to correct him, and have re-
fused, because loved him so. On Mon
day last, Willie WAS home when | came
home, anI ii WAS between one and two
o'clock. 1t must have been o'clock
before he left. He went away while |
WAS in the house.
CROS&-ENAMINATION
WI; married in South Carolina to
my wife, near Mullins, 10y u minister
| never had ANY difficulty with my wife
about the boy Willie seldom stayed
out late Ia my knowledge. She was
very uneasy Monday night because he
didn't come home, and left the door un-
locked until eleven o'clock. | left on
the train 1t 80 o'clock on the morning
of Tuesday If had thought there had
hccn ANY trouble with the boy | would
not have gone out on the train. Willie
would have been eleven wears old next
March.
G. L. Bollcs, swom-I remember that
Charlotte Hooper and her son William
Horny were on our lot between one and
two clock Monday. My family all saw
the boy Billy with his mother, but
didn't notice him. He was there to see
after Il small piece Of furniture she had
purchased of us. That is why he came
on our lot
FOR TIE STATE.
JOIN +. FARRELL sworn-I saw de-
frndant, Elijah, ut my cattle lot last
Monday evening 4 man by tie name
of Wigs came to the lot to get hars-
let and brought the boy Elijah 20 bring
the harSlct. was to give him the hars-
let of the first beef killed. / forgot all
about the matter and we had butchercd
three or four cattle before | thought of
it igan. Elijah came to me then and
aakcd me if | wasn't going to give him
the harslct, and told him had forgot
| ten him. 1t was then towards > o'clock
and | ordered one of my men to give
him a harSlet. / do not know whether
he was stayin" on the ground all that
time or not He had difficulty with
one of my boys Will out there. My
| boy "Mack" says that during the time
Elijah was waiting for the harslet he
| choEp1 him fNarkl Nv non X wit hin