The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-18

.letters In her trunk to prove it. Charles
asked her to SIT down, and she said she
did not care to but asked me to search
Charles, which did, putting my hands
in his pockets, where all found was
medicine vial. All this time Charles
was looking around scared like, and
then he asked me for my pistol, which
I told him he could not have. presently
they had some words, and the woman
then said she didn't propose to have any
words, all she asked him to do was to
have the ball taken out OF her hand,
give her money to go back home, and he
could have the white wench. The
woman had a dark looking cloak on
which she did not take off; she had a
chain round her neck and breastpin
on. Charles had gum shoes on when he
came, and brought q lantern from Miss
Coxe's to my house, saying 1T was so
dark he couldn't see how co walk. The
woman and Charles st i'd there till near
day, they sat up all night; sat up too.
Charles and the woman left little
before six in the morning. When they
left my house they went down toward
Captain Horner's. They said they had
to 60 to Roanoke and would stop and
have the ball taken out of her hand. I
When got home that night the dead
body had been found,
Upon REORGANIZATION the witness
never varied in his statements, but
added some information regarding Ida
Freibel, who, he said, came by herself
about dark Monday evening, saying she
came from Roanoke. None of US, said
he, had retired when Charles came. We
were all in there when Charles came,
but as soon as the woman spoke at the
door the others left and they didn't see
the woman. Asked as to whether Addie
Anderson being there Tuesday, did
not remember.
Miss Fanny Coke, who had been sent
for to her home, having arrived, said
she lived near stream on the macada-
mixed road, two miles from Salem: that
at about o'clock on the Monday night
very dark night, raining and snow
ing-she heard fuss at the log foot
bridge over the stream; went out and
heard womans voice fussing. A
mans voice said, "Come on" answered
by the woman saying, II can't come
across" The man then said, "Well, if
you can't, you stay there and I'll get
lamp" The man came to our house
then, and l recognized Charles, who
asked for a lamp, saying he had his
wife and was going to his grandmother's,
AS l handed him the lantern could sec
it was yellow woman standing on the
foot log. Charles promised to bring the
lamp back. Next day, about O'Clock,
he and Ida passed, going to town, and
he said Taylor would bring the lantern
Tomorrow.
Lucy Watkins, wife of Taylor Wat
kins, confirmed all that had been said
by her husband, and upon being asked
whey she had not told about Susan
Watkins being there that Monday night,
when testifying before the coroner's
questions asked about Charles and tho
white woman, but was not asked about
Susan. Remembered hearing two
pistol shots before Charles came. After
Charles had come. heard woman's
voice on the poarch asking for Charles;
was scared; thought there would be
fuss; jumped up and went away with
Ida into another room. After q while
Charles came into the room; he seemed
worried and bothered; didn't go to bed,
but laid across the bed talking to Ida in
whisper. Charles left us and went
back into the next room; didn't hear
any fussy talk; Charles and the strange
woman left together about day.
Charles came back after breakfast
time without the woman, and drank a
cup of coffee, but did not eat 1 was
too scared to get any breakfast. Ida
and Charles left together when the
children at the school house were hav-
ing first recess, after noon, between /
and 2. They said they were going to
Roanoke. We had not heard anything
there about finding the dead body.
Addie Anderson was at our house Tues
day and asked if Charles was there the
night before.
AT this point, it being $40 p M, the
court adjourned till Wednesday, at 10 a.
M. The jury were marched back to the
Hotel Lucerne, and Charles Watkins to
jail, bearing the Same confident smile
that he has worn all through the trial
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