The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-30

p.,kerPardoned and Paramour
Providing.

,i,.a' a. without pafailci' ne prisoner
nv. ,,uuitted. but carried out of court
~ remark of presiding Judge Gilmer
.b,t h. owed thanks 10 The Jury, as
nnnn the evidence. they might reasona-
81, have hanged him
r. might be added that Parker owes
his e,cape to local ~prejudices. Gen.
Grimes was not only IA wealthy and ar
r;5rocratic gentleman, but also a man of
strong will, and vehement feelings. His
fr;snIs were warm friends: but his enc
ME. hated him with deadly hatred.
And where he believed himself in the
r;ght. there was very little use of pro
no,ing compromise. 1t is said that after
The Paramour's got into trouble, they
we're DESTROYS of being bought ont"
50 that they might seek other regions.
Rut the General would not wink at that
sort of thing. We do not know that
This Is true but dou't doubt it
II appears, therefore, that while pops
MAR sentiment reprobated the assassi-
nation; there was sufficient feeling in
the right quarter to save Parker. He
Ma a poor man. vi low associations, yet
was able to employ nearly all the local
LAWYERS, including Isaac A. Sugg, Jas.
+. Shepherd, JAS. f. Moore, G. +.
Warner, Martin, Morton, etc. The
Solicitor was assisted by Judge Fowle,
Mai Lewis, Latham, Geo II. Brown,
ri 3D.
We have not exchanged a word with
any one who was present, but the re-
norts in the OJserrer. the Messenger, the
S.ufherner, and other papers, are very
full. \ correspondent of the latter
paper, writing while the jury were con
sulting, says
The evidence for the State has been
closed, and it has thrown, to the mind
of all intelligent people, such a cloud
aud suspicion around this defendant,
as it will be impossible for the defence
to reiute The State, in my humble
opinion, has brought Parker with the
adamantive chains of evidence, and de
liyered him to the jury 10 be sacrificed
upon tie altar of conviction. If there
ever was d case of clrcumstantial evidence
which bore upon its face the very sen
blance Of guilt. this IS one. The chain
is complete, not II link missing"
This Is d strong statement but Is
str pngly backed by the evidence. The
same correspondent relates the te>timo-
ny of Walter /. Dickson, who was sum
mone1 by Parker'S counsel, but was
adroIUiy croSs-eXamIned into a witness
Tor the Prosecution. He swore as fol-
lows
Il live III C~hocowinity. Beaufort Co.
| was summoned by defence about !
months ago. met old man Parker in
Washington and In consequence OF
whose desire | went Ill jail u see Par
ker the prisoner. | asked him If it was
not a burthen 10 HIM to be III Jail. He
said 1t was, but that he could put up
with it, that Mr.. Shepherd had insured
hun so or 500 IA month for every month
be Was In there. Again | went in to
see him aud saw Mr.. and Mrs. Parker,
his father and mother, i'll there. He
said, Mr.. Shepherd says you must stop
getting drunk speaking to his father
that If he did not, the first thing he
knew, he would let out something. The
next thing he asked Inc was, what was
the opinion of people about his case.
| told HIM | did not know. He
then asked HE if people thought he
would be hung. | tod him some
thought SO, others thought not. He
asked me if people thought if he CON
tessed, it would clear him. | told
him there were two opinions about
that. He asked me if | knew Lon
Moore, Of Newborn, said that he had
become convinced that Shepherd and
Warner were working for Paramour and
did not care a damn what became of
him. He asked me which was the
smartest, Shepherd or Moore. | told
him | did not know. He asked NE if
he Was to confess, would it not play
HI with his witnesses for swearing
to So many lies for hun He said if he
did confess it would hang Howell Par
amour. He said he Was going to ask
the judge to let him go OH the stand,
and he would tell it was Howell Para
mour who got him to kill Gen. Grimes.
He said that Paramour told him if he
did not kill Grimes he [Paramour
would kill him, Parker. He aid Ike
Suggs said he would follow him to
h-ll before he should be hung, that
that he had all the lawyers in Martin
county working for him. | asked him
If Sugg was paying the money. He
said Paramour had left the money with
Sugg to pay the lawyers. He asked me
how much | supposed he Parker had
paid out. He said $726. | told him [ did
not think he had SO much money He
aid he had friends. On another occasions
he said he wished he had taken jim
Galioway's advice before he was ares
ted. That Galloway advised him to get
out of the way"
n. B.-Our readers will recollect that
the home Of Dixon, or his father,
was burned by an incendiary supposed
to be Paramour-while Dickson was
testifyiDg.
In addition to the above, the State
proved by John Mayo that Parker said
next day after the murder that Grimes
had lived long enough Proved by
Richard Mills that Parker's cur dog
was heal the scene Of the murder an
hour or two before the killing. Proved
by several witnesses that the murders
tracks led towards the house of Parker,
aud were about the size ofParker's foot,
aud were fan-shaped, a peculiarly
which P9rker's track were known to
possess. 1t was also proven that next
day after the murder, Parker wore shoes
much too large for him. j. L. Smith
testified: Had a conversation with
Parker, at Paramour's store at hat
time Parker came up from a squirrel
hunt, and, while praising his gun, said
1t was the gun that shot Johnstone
Mills We went In the store TO get a
drink, and, as We were coming out OF
the door, | said 10 Parker: You say
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