The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-04-03
CAP ROLLINS STORY
He Tells How He Killed Sandy
Jones.
His Story Seems to Be About as the
Others.
THE CASE DRAGs SLOWLY ALONG
MANY Witnesses Are to BE Examined
Vet, and Then the Lawyer.
Must Talk.

1alk.
Court commenced this Easter morning
with the council for both sides present,
with the exception of the solicitor, who
came in at noon from Roxboro. The
house was full, and the first witness was
!. G. Niche. His business an engineer :;
a diagram was shown him and he had
made it it was diagram Of the ground
showing the houses and fences where the
-hoOting was said TO have taken place :;
ne gave distance from house TO house and
fence to fence.
Jasper Phipps: A son of Mrs. Phipps
and lives at her house; he heard pistol
shots and then heard Mrs. Brandon yell
murder; he ran around; Mrs. Brandon
toId him that they are killing man in
her door-for him to go; he ran around
The house; as he got to the wire fence he
heard police whistle and saw Mr.. Rol
Inns; he was in the act of getting up
seemed as if he had been down and about
'wO-thirds up-blOwing his whistle;
yes" he called on me TO help arrest
some men, that they had had him down
and had nearly killed him; men were
running up towards Nan Whites house
when he saw them; me and Mr.. Rollins
broke and ran behind them and caught
them; caught two; the other one got
away; took hold of John Jones and Mr.
Rollins hold of Charley; Rollins and
James Potts had hold Of Charley Jones :;
TWO shots were fired in quick succession
Just above US in the road did not know
who fired the shots-his back to them !;
then came on 10 town with Cheek and
Cults, policemen, carrying the prisoners;
Rollins told me not TO 20 too fast, that
oHc Of them had his pistol. At this
point the diagram was shown Phipps,
who explained to the jury where he first
saw Rollins, where the men went, where
Rollins went and where he was when the
last two shots were fired. Rollins turned
and went back to scene of scutfie and
struck matches to find his revolver.
Tyre Williams (black): He came from
iail-fOr shooting dice; he had been in
jail before for gambling; he saw Jones
the night he was wOunded Mr.. Rollins
was with him-just in front; Rollins
stopped down and got his pistol; col
ored man was there with a torch; Jones
asked who is was that had shot him;
Jones said that he had shot the wrong
man, my friend, and Rollins told him he
had to do it in self defense.
DR.. Cheatham: He saw Dick Happier
night of the shoOting-and dressed his
wound, about $50; before he saw Sandy
Jones; Happer's wound was flesh wound
burned with powder. Cheatham ex
planned that only one way could Happer
and Jones receive the same wound.
7. B. Cheek: Saw Dick Happier that
night; on Mangum street; was on duty
as policeman; Happier told him that Cap
Rollins had arrested a man at Smoke,
and two other men had jumped on him
and tried to kill him; he said that he had
got shot while Rollins was shooting a
man; Cheek started for Smoke and met
Rollins at Parrish's corner; he and ROl
lins went to place where the man was
shot; Check came after a doctor; when
Cheek met Rollins he was sober; his
clothes were muddy; saw some cuts on
clothes.
}. 4. WOod4ll: Been chief of police
four years; knows Rollins; was police
officer of the town Of Durham; had been
an officer since May or June; his busi-
ness was to do special work in Smoky
Hollow sworn in as policeman by
Mayor Angler; WOodall had heard that
man was killed in Smoky HolloW-he
went there and found him lying in a
field
The afternoon session opened with
Woodall on stand. He continued: He
understands that Nan Whites house is
twenty or thirty feet outside of town; he
saw Wayland Rollins that night-close
TO when the man was shot; he arrested
Rollins-and Rollins gave him pistol;
the pistol had two empty shells and three
loaded shells; the pistol was five shooter;
he remained there ten minutes; Rollins
was sober-his pants cut on hip-his
coat torn and on his arm was mud which
looked like some one had stepped on it;
mud on his back-and it looked like it
had been stuck on it-mud on his pants
looked like splotches; a scratch on his
head-where there was blood. Saw John
Jones; he was drunk; saw him in his office
at eightlo clock; before he saw Sandy; he
saw the big dirk knife, the day after the
coroner's inquest; Did not know who
gave it to him; Woodall gave him a po-
lice badge.
Mayor Angler: He is mayor of town
OF Durham; is magistrate; been mayor
three years next May; Rollins was po-
hceman on February s, 1898; Angler had