The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-03-29

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tni AID untineiy death. The LORD hlas,
this dispensation OF his proyiJerco -
tue good OF AL that a-e Oar ~ ma and
may 1t De timely warning to eay who
may De tempted 10 iada'ge il similar
crime. | now commit my spiri, into the
hands OF tie Lord and al that is dear to
me on earth into bis gracious keep.rc.
Ame~.
Davis was askfd If he still said :tat
he uSed Inc boo. jack. u re~lied ~ GER.
.Au!! USed fh3 boot jscl. - TGer turri..o
- 'he Sheriff he sa!-: Fake eff ia
sh"c its. he shackies we're re,,,..,ed
acd MS arms and legs were p;piora6
DAVIS Then took some water for the SO.
o2d time after ASCENDING the seated
ano politely asked re Shelf q evc1Sn
nlal tor rot first Offering i; % him. Tha
eiack p was drawn diva alsG In. don
Tel ct 1916 The neck VS. d.s7.c~tsS
and d al resulted in a Sjo.. me With
OUT any contoft:ons. The crowd ,xa. O.
timated at acout three taols.,d Eve
hundred.
May there never be another pubic ex-
ecution in North Carolina.
The History TIE aIursier.
James ?. Davis, is ne gave Ms name.
engaged himself TO worh a,th Joan y.
horton, IL Chatham county, ii Vo.em
ber, 1883, ana il about s. ye2g ki;ia,;
Horton, his kind enplrgcr. h.> i.t,mare
companion and his room I0sle They
cc5nped room on the second flor nj
Horizons house, on his farm, me cDiy
other occupant being Hortou's aesd and
| feeble mother. Davis and Horton .Iept
III the same bed. On the igtt OF No
vemher 18Th the murder was 1cmmi.ted.
Davis left next morning ior Raleigh.
Three days later he returned a2d again
lett. Suspicious were excited. and nur
suit Ta5 made Of Davis as soon As Hor.
toa's body was found, whlch was on TIE
23d, week after The commission of the
crime.
His Capture at Danviile.
L. ". Faucet, policeman Of Dnr
nam, arrested Davis al nanville. Vir-
ginia, about midday on Sunday, hovein
Der "A, The day after Horton's BODY was
found. He told Davis h. was wanted for
tbs murder OF Horton, aod warned him
not to talk aS it might tie used against
HIM. Davis said be would talk and
Confessed the killing
but claimed that it Was done in self
defence, and with boot jack Wben in
quiry was made why, If it was cone in self
defence, be did not go and tell Horizons
mother! Davis said, "You know Mrs.
iorton'5 condition. She is ola and
feeble, and has had two strokes Of pa
ralysis. | waa afraid the shock woula
kill her, and did hot want two deaths
IN the house at the same time" He
said the killing was Dot premedisated.
He said he did not bury Horton for three
days after the killing. but put the body
IN the Few feed barn, in closet under
the stairs, aud after that rolled il in a
: wheelbarrow to the tobacco barn.
) The Trial.
Davis was taken to Pittsboro, bus was
at once hurried to jail at Raleigh, to
save him from lynching He was KEEP,
here until February 12, when he was
taken TO Pittsboro for trial. The tria
caused intense interest and occupied two
days. The principal witre.s as j. F
Williams, Horizons brother-ii.-ldw. He
; testified rs follows:
| went to his house on wednesday
I with Squire Scott walked out If IT,
:: house with Davis He told me that job
l SAID lie had lost his standing BIZ drink
e ing and did not want TO stay here anC
/ wanted him Davis 10 30 with MIN bu
: he declined to go.
y: Davis Faisehoods.
Davis SAID that John told nin sell th
=, two mules and keep the horse and ren
: out the land. he said thai John wor
:, his everyday clothes to keep Lis motbe
. from knowing where he wa SoiGg
that Bob Strudwick had written {
= hin Dohn) 10 come to Seattle ana tha
y be could get good wages there, md tia
= he would get him Davis Il place y -
; fill. I went off then With Mr SEQ L
=" scale, and cane back about srnc0vu
- Davis asked me il l was Eo..g to -ea
- al night, and sald yes. f- Z q sai
:, he would take the from: door XIV, s
- that when he came back be would no
8 wake U.s. He said he vas goirg to Mr. E
wards He went of and came bac
atOut 10 o'clock, sal awhile, and wen
q to his room. ] went 70 his room, al
G be told me that on Friday night Jon
y came home AID wrote one hour and
half, then looked over both MAPS. an
/ th5n lag down before The fire and reaa
70 then got up, fell across the foot of III
i bed and read there till went to sleeE
ct Davis said he awoke stifed with smokt
b and John got up and stamped the pile
i, twice and said: Let the dam ned bin
G. CO." and went cut, and he had not see
a, MIN since. Davis further said ~ en-
n see how you can think foul play III
1e beea played On John. never hear
1t anyone say harm word Of him =
III The Terrible Discover.
- Next morning Thursday b f3g 1,
~ y, | found tie frout Gocr open a!d jfsy
u. - gone. went upstairs and iourG b
80 bed had not been tumblt,i ] tbe
w. began to search for John. Thurs,is
~ hight | slept in johns room AID move
~, - the bed. Next morning the girl cali'
- me to the room and / foand a la5,
- space of blood on the floor. II oOkt
=, like it had been washed and secured
oo vas between the bed and window Bio,
n' was Oh the piazza roof. The toba co ba
-: - is a little nora, b cf east from dweIiin
~ saw d Hheeloarrow track going toEa
" Il: had mred at one 2isc5 and pIsI
-. had bee0 psed - roll it CA. exarnin.
y the wheelharrow Friday and faali bio.
.u o. on it. Johns body was fouu5 in i
~ tobacco barn S-tur5ay, We