The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-05-25
A sad old Saturday night.

ct merry with the profanity and
obscenity-if such things to any psrticu-
lar mind constitute merriment
A crowd got together and visited Sugar
Hill. Sugar Hill is where a few lewd
women-one at least-live and carry on
their disreputable and debasing business
Mrs. +. J. Utlev was the woman who
was the cause of the row. That is she
is accused of running a bad place, and
the fellows went there to raise a row.
The evidence as printed below was as
it was given by the witnesses.
The witnesses were Caroline Mabon,
Sam Faulkner and wife, John Mabon,
Matt Boanz, T. d. DortOn, ID. Dollar
and w. r. Stephenson.
This crowd had been arrested for dis.
turbing the peace whose names appear
below. The crowd:
Mrs. f. J. Utley, keeper Of the house
Sam Wray, Bumpass Williams, Jordan
Cole, A. T. Whit, L. II. Bowmen, B. S.
Laws, Duck Williams.
Aside from disturbing the peace, Mr..
5p11elIoor ca1itttu 70. ponce AID at i
o'clock Sunday morning he was shot.
He will recover but it was close call.
Mr.. Stephenson was interviewed and
he said that he lived close to Sugar Hill,
that he was drayman and that he
claimed to be peaceable and law abiding
that on Saturday night last, and as many
other Saturday nights he and his family
had been disturbed; that sleep seemed
impossible. Last Saturday night, in par
ticular, he was disturbed and mOlested;
he had not slept and he could not sleep.
After hell had howled as it seemed to
him for several hours, he got up and
went down town and made a complaint
to Officer Cheek.
They had preceded him; but he left
his information just the same.
After about o'clock in the morning
he was awakened-well, he should have
been
Some one had taken the pane of glass
from his window and shot him in the
head. 1t was cold -bloOded and diaboli-
cal affair. The grand jury will doubtless
find who did it. Mr.. Stephenson will re-
cover but it was close call.
The witnesses made the following
statements:
CAROLINE NABON.
Lived near the woman Eliza Utlcy; she
did not know them; they went to Miss
Liza's door; were cursing, talking loud,
and this between 10 and II did not know
them-did not in any way know who
they were. Texas Jack cross examined
her but did nothing.
SAM FAULKNER
Sam lived near the woman's houses
hundred yards, perhaps, from her; he was
asleep at first he knew none of the men
did not know them; saw four or five
men, did not know who they were again
the first cursing that awoke him was at
his door; he thought the disturbance
lasted until . o'clock.
LAURA FAULKNER.
A crowd came to her door and she
asked them to leave: she knew the little
Wray fellow; she thought she did. Texas
Jack then wanted TO know if any brick
bats were thrown. She had thrown one,
and had she had use of her right hand
would have struck him in the mouth.
MATT BOLANZ.
He was sleeping at the woman's house;
he had paid to sleep there; after they
were getting ready to leave he could not
remember anything; all the accused were
there.
7. d. DORTON.
He remembered but little about the
time; he heard the cursing and all this
he saw the mob-all swearing and talk
ing loud; he told the crowd to leave, but
Mr.. Williams backed himself up against
the house and said he would be id if
he would go; he knew A. 7. Whit, l..
Bowman and B. S. Laws.