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


THIRD DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
At 1OI o'clock the Court was called
| to order and the investigation pro-
! ceeded.
David Martin was again placed upon
the stand and said l was coming from
nv work and / seen Willie sitting on
| the bridge, and we went to the creek
We stopped at Nixon street and jim
mic and Billie went home for something
to eat. We all met at the track, and
Jimmie sharpened his knife on the
track and cut hickory stick about as
| long as my arm. When we were at the
creek, Willie and Billie got into a fight
about a piece of biscuit, and Billy
struck Willie with the stick. While
Willie was eating the biscuit Billy
struck him with the stick.
| CROss-EXAMINATION.
The fight was about fifteen minutes
after we got to the creek. He had ON
his jacket, bit he didn't put it in his
pocket. When Billy struck him he
arms" for his arms hurt him. After
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minute, Jimmie pushed him in.
Jimmie threw his pants over his Shout
ders. He didn't have OF any clothes:
didn't say he had his clothes on.
didn't understand you. / meant
he had clothes, but he didn't have
them on. l am certain he
was naked Jimmie sharpened his
knife. l asked him why he was sharpen
ing it, and he said it was none of my
business. l asked him if anybody both
cred him, would he stick anybody with
it, and he said he would. Jimmie never
said nothing when he cut the stick, and
then he dropped it, and Billy picked it
up. This was not far from the creek.
1t was not far from the place where we
went in bathing. After we had got
down hereafter Willie had stripped
. this fight commenced. The hat and
clothes had been thrown into the river
before the fight. The knife was a
cork-screw knife. The stick was cut
with the little blade, and it was a
: little broken. He sharpened the
big blade. Don't know why he cut
the stick with the little blade. Willie
: took out the biscuit and laid it on the
ground when he undressed. He had
been in the water twice before he ate
{ the biscuit. He went into the water
with Jimmie and then again with Billy.
He had been in twice before he ate the
biscuit. He went i'll after his hat and
he went out and got it. Jimmie threw
l his clothes in and he SWAN out after
them He then came back and eat the
biscuit.
After a rigid system Of cross-eXam-
nation by the counsel he stated that
r Willie was in the water three times.
Billy struck him with the stick and
, Jimmie threw in the pantaloon-. After
, Willie got the pantaloons he put them
on bush to dry. After he had put up
his clothes on the bush, he tock the bis
: cult off the grass and commenced eating
: it, While he was eating the biscuit,
Billy struck him with the stick and jim
ME was near Billy. Willie staggered
toward the water. Billy took l'p Will
n lies clothes and threw them in the edge
: of the water, and Willie told him to
y stop and took hold Of his clothes and
threw them back on the shore Then
when Willie looked around, Jimmie
: gave him push in the water. Jimmie
] held him down and told Billy to hurry
y up. Billy had put some rocks in the legs
), of the pants and tied the legs. | was
standing off behind looking at them.
: was about seven or eight yards from
y them. | didn't try to stop them murder
e ing Willie for theyhada knife and It stick.
. Willie got Billy down and Jimmie ran
to pull Willie Off from him and | run
IL to pull Jimmie off from Willie, and
o then Jimmie ran to his clothes to get
v his knife and | went back. After they
had pushed him in, | helped him all |
could. but they had IL knife and | was
scared to do anything. stayed there
e a quarter of an hour. | said the other
e day that | left right off, but did stay
q a quarter of an hour. Don't know how
deep the water was. | waded out in
: the water. The bottom slopes there
}, gradually When Willie was stricken
e he went down by the bank 1t was not
q very deep there. After he was struck
:. he leaned down and said ''oh my, oh
N.Y." and then they pushed him in.
After they pushed Willie in, Jimmie
}, | went in and tqrew the pants over Will
: lies head. He pulled the legs apart
. and threw them over Willie's neck.
say Jimmie hold Willie down in the
e water with long stick. 1t was not the
e stick that Billy struck Willie with.
] 1t vas too high bank to hold
Willie down without d long stick
Billy was mad about the biscuit and
struck Willie, and Willie struck Billy.
t Jimmie run up then and pulled Willie
Y off from Billy Billy struck Willie with
: to the creek, and Billy followed, Will
lie, and Jimmie followed Billy. He
struck him twice with the stick. He hit
him on the forehead and Oh the should
er He held the stick in both his hands
: and struck a pretty hard blow. They
i got into a fight, and killed him. / didn't
+ see any knife after Willie was killed. |
went to my mothers house little after
Q 3 o'clock that day. had stick of wood
Il with me, and threw it over into the
r yard. l saw my ma standing in the gate,
and told her that Willie was drowned
and that Jimmie and Billy drowned him
Did ut tell her that they got into q fight
about biscuit. At the fight they
. didn't seem to be in q great passion,
q but Willie was crying. After | left my
] mothers house went to Mr. ThOrnton'S
and stayed until about dark. | came
home between 7 or 8 o'clock and sat on
the door step awhile, and then crawled
: under the house and slept until 3
e o'clock and then went up to the
f she'd After the five o'clock train
come in. l went to Mr.. Thornton's
About O'Clock L came home to break
: fast, and fetched SOME wood and water,
g ] and then l slept until afternoon. / sat
abo.t home, doing nothing but cut wood
until about 5 O'Clock and went up to
Z the she'd That nigh, | heard little
white boy had been found drowned and
O | went out to see him. Then l came
home and stayed there all night. The
, next morning I went to Mr.. Thornton's
: and didn't work, and went home. Then
+ | / walked about and went up to the
she'd and walked opt to Hilton and
! about. I went about the fest of the
dayanl didn't go see amy boolly. Thatnight
: | stayed ip the house. Ma told Inc Mr.
S Adams had been to see nae, and / went
t to see him. said told Mrs. Garter on
, Monday that Willie was dead. heard
; Mr.. Carter talking in the house, but
didn't see him. | told her that Willie
/ was dead. On Wednesday l went to
D the shed, and then to Hilton, and then