The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-26

crowd on either side. did see shooting
In the crowd after the firing was we'll
under way. 1 doubt very much II any
one on Campbell street was armed.
When was shot was in front OF the
mayors door,"
L. w. Miller here asked the witness
ii he represented an insurance COM
pany.
~ have been representing an insur-
ance company Understand Mr.. Whit
myer was insured. His wife sent word
that he held a policy in our company.
Some OF the good citizens that were up
against the jail along by the west win
dows were Jim Jackson, John Wooton,
Frank Welsh, George Marshall and ] AXE
Vest | think there were 1890 or 9, 900
in the crowd. l suppose I talked to ten
or fifteen in fifteen minutes. Judge
from the size OF the crowd that came up
with young Bishop that there were only
fifty or seventy-fve in the mob. Every
body seemed to think the negro ought
to be lynched.
There we're lots Of men who did an.
nounce that they came there with the
intention OF violating the law"
Juror Williams objected strenously to
any evidence being given on the insur.
auce business He said it was out OF
place hero.
Dr. Gray ruled the evidence out
Question by Juror Williams DO you
think that IL this man who had been
shot had unnecessarily exposed himself
in any battle of any kind but before
he finished the question the coroner in
terposed and again ruled out all the
testimony relative to the insurance
business.
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Bells testi-
mony the jury adjourned at LIS until .
o'clock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session met at 2:45
o'clock. The first witness placed on the
stand was II. l.. Warner, second SER
geant OF the Roanoke Light Infantry,
who testified as follows:
Il went to the armory at 6:15 and
went to the Jail with Lieutenant Hatcher.
We got to the jail at 645. was at the
Jail until 1870 when l went to nv office.
At the time of the firing was at nv
Office at the telegraph key. I was APP
pointed sergeant of eight and took
those eight men and posted them at
eight different points.
cat 1880 1 placed the fifth sergeant
on the ground and went to the office.
y 10 ihoul uIUiOAo We IcCclVeQ from CaQ-
tain Bird when we were in the Jail were
Now, boys, want to caution you. We
are loaded with ball cartridges. l am
afraid we will have trouble and want to
caution you not to fire without orders
He gave me orders to instruct the men
ii the mob run over them to hasten into
the Jail.
~ was instructed that no one was to
pass the picket lines. I left about
twenty five minutes before the firing.
Our squad was loaded with ball
cartridges in about five minutes after
we arrived. There were i've or six
police officers on hand"
Juror Williams at this point asked
that the commemorative attorney be
here to instruct the jury. DR.. Gray
said the coroner was in absolute au.
thority, but If Mr.. Williams wanted
Mr.. Hardaway he would be asked to
come, although the coroner has entire
Jurisdiction; that he had already dele
gated certain powers to Judge Brand.
The coroner then asked the officers to
summon the com monwealth's attorney.
DR.. j. L. Strickland-"M McGehee
was the first man 1 saw. lie was shot
with minnie ball. The next one saw
was o. @. Falls. He is still alive and
was shot with minnie bail. I saw
young Eddy. He had his thigh broken
and was shot in hip with minnie ball.
| saw Powell in DR.. Luck's office. He
was shot with minnie ball. The holes
wero too large for to have been made
by anything else, but minnie balls
Its larger wound than pistol ball
would make. cannot distinguish the
difference between Winchester and
Springfield rifle ball.
Dr. George S. Luck-"There were
three men brought into my office. John
Mills was mortaily wounded with a
minnie bali. Powell was shot with a
pistol ball in the chest; the pistol ball
ranged back. Fuqua was shot in the
leg with g pistol ball. l was standing
in my Office porch at the time of tho
shooting, but was too far away to say
who shot first or in what direction.
DR.. II. (. Jones-"Three cases |
have on hand. The wounds were made
by rifle balls. One case was made by q
pistol ball, mentioned by DR.. Luck.
Mr.. Vick's wound was made by rifle
ball. Other wounds | saw were made
by rifle balls. I only saw one case
J where the wound was made by pistol
ball. l was on Church street at the
| time of the shooting. Settles, Wick and
White died from wounds from minnie
balls Judging from the size Of the holes.
DR.. j. l.. Stone-"C. 3. North was
think shot with pistol OF about %
calibre."
DIR. j. Newton Lowis-"I assisted DIR.
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