The state chronicle., 1889-10-11
LYNCHING IN MORGANTON.
THE PEOPLE OF BURKE RFSTlNE
The Evidence Taken Before the Magis-
trates in the Preliminary Trial of
Franklin stack.
Especial Cor. OF STATE CHRONICLE


MORGANToN, N. c., Oct. Z, 1So9.-I en-
close, copied from the last Morgsnton Star,
the evidence taken i'll the Stack case be
fore the committing Magistrates, together
with statement from J A. Perry. Your
Burke county readers would esteem it a
favor if you will publish these enclosures
The community at large deplores the lynch
ing, but the people here are growing res
tive under the attempt that is being made
by certain journals to single out Burke and
damn it with all the sins of its IeighEor
counties as well as its own. Above all
they do not wish to have added to AL that
has been said and written about them, the
statement that Stack was innocent He
was positively identified by good mel, the
motive was clearly shown, and the attempt
to prove an alibi before the justices was
abandoned by his counsel for the very
good reason that he was unable to give
any account of his whereabouts on the day
of the homicide.
The Evidence Taken.
AS some Of the State papers are lab0ring
very hard to make it appear thar ttere
was not a particle Of evidence to Iuup.i
cate Frank Stack with the killing Of t.Ob
teIa .;s a''
~ ~, De'os .h Ino .a1ne - - -
preliminary trial before Esqs. Ah-rnethy,
Powe and Hoffman, and each Of The vii
nesses can establish good character:
MRS ROBERT PARKER: Am the widow
of Robt Pa; her. Live at ku hertOrd Col
lege. On the morning of 9th of August
my husband went out a little after sun up.
| heard a shot, and heard husband say
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whar.. Iifo} had na,.,, lrnL,..4,. Il a. -5..
nnrnose OF tak,no s,ght Saw n.IIf Of
t,t ,rrcr1 at
nld -fash'nnad sanirral rifa Tu7 n .,,,
denrs ,r ' ~ ,' eronnd Also mini nf ,,,.. r., : :
L-n4e AZ If he had taken a re.r Tins pia,t
COMMANDED every approach - Parker's
house Parker was student AT Rutnnr-
ford College. On ;he way sr0ul Union
Co. with prisoner, ne told me Ae Nas not
AFRAID Tor he had never peeu III bulhe
i>lgned,) j. A PERRY.
Lipc no vi
Joseph Berry, section master on W. \. G.
K. r. Live one mile below Connolly
Springs On morning Of Aug. 9tll net
a man on railroad near my house about Z
o'clock He had a gun on shoulder. and
walked very fast. going east towards
Hickory Man had long red mustache,
red compleXion | would know him by
his ewes. looked at man and spoke TO
him. He had on common sun. gray
mixed coat, looked like common goods.
10 best of my knowledge ana belief prls-
oner Is man l met.
tSlgned,) M. j. BERRY
JOHN MORGAN: On morning Of 9th Aux.
was working in my tobacco, one and "a
half miles below Connolly Springs. About
three miles from Coli ge. Saw :. man
come on to railroad from dirt road. Come
by me with bright short gun, walking
red mustache, red complexion Common
clothes neither black nor white mixed.
Think the gun WAS rifle Nan was going
east, very fast. The prisoner Is the man
| saw.
(Signed,) J. K. MORGAN.
PINK K .H1pr. Was at pink Rerr>-s on
morning OF 9th soon in morning. Was -
or so wards from railroad. Saw a man go
down railroad with gun on left shoulder.
Had only side view of him. He hAd on
tolerablv good clothes. Had sandy mus
tache and red co9nplexi,n. Can't swear
prisoner is the man. He resembles the
man | saw. | was about two and a half
miles from ConneIIys and three and three
Quarter miles from College.
His
(Sigued,) PINK X KANIPE.
mark
VI Mu1rR Am foreman Of Hickory
Mornf.cturin,, 90 Hickory N q So
. man pass down bv B2nnjWel!'s house on
mo,n;np of 9th Ano Had on dark faded
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.,,,ri,al +h;,,,, ~ th.+ tina NJ - fo~
people to come into town CARRYING a gun.
He was going into town. He vas on one
side of rai!rcai and on the other. About
10 o'clock in the cav, ten miles from Con
nelly Springs viii swear it was the
prisoner.
(Signed) ". l.. Miller
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