Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-13
OVER SOUTHERN LINE
THE NEWS DOWN IN THE OLD NORTH
STATE.
A Trial That Bids Fair TO Bc Celebrated
Case--The McMannen
Shooting.
rsnec,,l telegram to the Dlspatch.I

RALEIGH. N. c., March 12.-At Hillsboro'
10 dav there was deep interest IN tho trial
~ What bids fair to be celebrated case.
LAWYERS Strudwick and Parrish and Soil
citors Strayhorn and A. W. Graham. coun..
sel for the State in the hdbeds corpus case OF
Revenue-Officer kirkpatrick, now pending
before Judge Armneld, examined the
State,s witnesses to-day. Martha McMan-
non sister of Henry McMannen, the negro
who was shot and killed. and the only per-
son present ut the time of the homicide ex-
cont fbe revenue officers. says that her
brothers started about sunrise 10 their
fathers house. Soon afterwards came
Henry back TO the house. followed
Inv Eve men on horseback, and said,
have quite crowd with me this morning"
She followed them towards the house.
McMannen was going towards the house
when one Of the officers called TO MIN 10
half. He continued on his way, where
upon two officers put spurs 10 their horses
and calling noain. said: Halt. you
rascal.p Az McMannen entered the door
nj his house the officer in advance hred
unon him with pistol. McMannen seized
his gun and shot the man in front (who
wcs Kirkpatrick, who had fired upon him.
knocking him of his horse. Another man
who had ridden up then fired pistol at
McMannen, who ran out OF the house, ran
sixteen steps, and few upon ms gun dead.
The officers replaced the wounded man
upon his horse and were supporting
him. The woman asked them what
Henry had done. They replied, Don't
Won see he has shot this MANI"
She again asked, What has Henry done
that Won should shoot him." They gave
her no answer. The testimony was tully
corroborated to this extent, A,respectaDle
white man living three hundred yards from
the house heard report of three shots.
The first was as from pistol or rifle; the
second much louder-evidentE from a
shotgun. The third shot was like the first.
William McNlannen and Adolphus McMan-
men Gather and brother), who were 600
wards away. heard three reports, and de-
scribe them in the same way. kirkpatrick
had obtained a writ of hdbeGs corpus from
Judge Armfeld, retUrnable before nm
at HillsborO yesterday. When the matter
was called up counsel for kirkpat-
rick asked leave to withdraw the writ,
saying other proceedings had been tak9n
in the matter. The Judge declined the
withdrawal upon the ground that the
prisoners were not present III person. Inc
prisoners in the meantime had made their
escape and we're supposed 10 be III Green's
boro'. where they had gone TO answer a
similar writ issued by Judge Dick. OF tho
Federal Court. The Judge signed rule
upon the sherins of GuilfOrd and Orange
TO show why they should not be attached
for contempt in refusing to produce the
prisoners aS directed, and appointed a
deputy sheriff to serve a rule upon the
sheriff of Gtlford, and appointed to-mor-
row for the return.
The condition Of Ex-Governor Holden was
less critical Yesterday, but his recovery IS
extremely doubtful.
William Lynch. mOonshlner, OF TINS
city, was captured Tuesday night. and
wednesday was Jailed in default OF bail.
II was decided Wednesday to postpone
until April 18th and 18th the grand railway
celebration at Wilmington.
A definite offer of Durham to secure the
location of Trinity College there Is made
public. Washington Duke will give the
college S85, 900 and j. 5. Carr has given the
site. which cost him 800, 600 Upon call
for subscriptions S1OS,OOO was raised at
once.
Cards were issued Yesterday for the re-
ception TO be given Hon. John c. Under
wood. grand sire of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, /. o. O. f., at the Yarboro' House:
at Raleigh. Friday evening. The Grand
Sire delivers public address at Metropoli-
tan Hall that evening before the reception.
A telegraph Office was OF Tuesday OPEN
ed at Cunningham's, Person county, and
Governor Fowle received the first telegram
ever sent out of Person county. Cunning
ham is Oh the Atlantic and Danville rail-
way,