The state chronicle., 1889-10-11
Mr.. Pcrry'S Statement.

AS \ great deal has been said and writ
ten i.out the Stack case, and especially as
to til. evidence adduced by the prosecution
on b" point Of the naturalization of the
prisoner, | desire to make 4 statement Of
crcums tance connected with the case,
which, as yet. has never been made pub
lie The bench warrant issued for the ar
rest Of Franklin Stack was put into my
hands for execution and in company with
.iowell Harris, of Hickory, ! went to Un
ion 1u4ty for the accused. At Monroe I
met Sheriff Horne, of Union county, the
night before the arrest was made. made
known to him the object of my visit and
Il q'leated him to meet me the next morn
Ing anH 90 with me 70 take Stack The
Sheriff sad he would go with fne, and told
NE that Stack was expecting to be arrest
Ell. On the next morning the Sheriff came
to M about sun up, and told me he would
90 and make the arrest himself, stating
that stack had requested him to come
alone If he had to arrest him. | consent
ed TO this arrangement, and gave the
Sheriff a minute description Of the cloth
ing described by the witnesses who saw
the supposed assassin in Burke and Cataw-
ba counties, and told him tnat the cloth
ing described by these witnesses cores
ponded exactly with the suit worn by
Stack at the Mount Holly Fair, which he
stack visited two days before the assas-
sluatlon, and from which point it was
charged that he came to Rutherford Col
le-e. | told the Sheriff to be sure and
bring the suit worn by Stack to the Mount
Holly Fair, and endeavored to impress
hlm With the importance of the matter.
j 1e Sheriff said he would bring the cloth
lu-;. Harris and | remained in Monroe
uLth tie Sheriff returned with Stack about
twelve or one O'Clock that day. Stack had
a new suit of navy blue goods. asked
the Sheriff if he had brought the suit of
clothing l had requested him TO procure.
He replied that he had not, because he
had nothing to put them in. He brought
Stack to Monroe i'll his buggy. Accompa
nying Sheriff Horne and Stack was man
named Dtes, 4 relative and near neighbor
OF Stacks did not notice Dees very
particularly nntll after we got on the train
,.1th Stack, wheu discovered that Dees
->s~ also 81, H." tram. Sheriff Horne also
came back .>ith us, and said that Stack
wanted hlm 10 come with hlm Just after
y asd 3oaI tel tLe train ~ Monroe no
fIe-d ,te taor jhat Bcrs lad o,I Z suit ot
rlea juSt Ike shat de-cs!bed - the vii
ne-> IL Burke, AMI jn-r Ike the one de
~crlori - worn To- stack n h Mount
Holy FAIR. | asked STA why Eees :, as
:
INN @ go along Witt .i- Dees made
the stne statement ~ lcp'y = ny ques
ton - 70 his 0tlaot ln @@ttJ1a 7+n>log US.
c.ll1 ctat.ti. ttac .9-es t..i rut ou
: ack ciof t4uc -fl1 view -4 ts-.l--
1de witnesses Wb. lad been fo-nct -. TO
lt!eutlfy >tacA. and turning - -heillf
Horne / remarked, That's a good trick -
The Sheriff asked what l referred to.
pointed 10 the suit of clothes Dees was
wearing aud said, That" The Sheriff re
pied Il think so myself" Dees went
with u 10 Connolly Springs, near which
the homicide occurred. At the COnnelly
Springs hotel Stack was positively identi
tiel hy the witness, Morgan, rs the man
whom he had seen near Rutherford Col
lege on the morning of the homicide. Dees
took dinner at Connelly's Springs, and took
the next train for Monroe. Howell Harris
returned on the same train with Dees, and
has since told me that h.. remarked to
Dees that 1t was a very 4 ogerous thing
FOR him to be travelling around in Stack
clothes, and that Dees made no reply.
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