Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-12-14

county, Sunday morning, is still at
large; but no effort or expense should
be spared by Sheriff Grant to appre-
bend him, even if he s. ould have to
search with "a posse every foot of
ground within his bailiwick.
From an eye witness to the "mur-
der most foul ve publish the fol-
lowing, as given before the Coroner's
inquest:
RAIFoRD YELVERTON,
colored, being sworn testified:
know Mag DinkinS; 1 saw her Sunday
morning at Alex Richardson's house. On
Saturday evening Mr.. "Gil" Ward asked
me to come to his house Sunday morning
to go with him to see his wife at Fremont.
Ward is a married man of family and
had forsaken his wife for the woman, Mag
Dinkius.)
I came about two hours after SUM-
rise; went to the house, there was no one
there: I went to the kitchen-nobody
there; l went to the front of the house and
looked around: in the lane l saw Mag
Dipkins running: I did not see anybody
| else: she was running: she was about one
hundred yards from me: L did not hear
her say anything: she was not crying as
far as I could hear: I saw her mount the
fence and cross over to Mr.. Alex Pichs
ardson's: l came out Of the yard and went
on down to Mr.. Richardson's: 1 went in
the house: Mr.. Richardson, his wife and
children and Mag Dinkins were in the
house: I reckon lis was about 8 O'Clock
in the morning.
Iasked Mag Dipkins where was MI.
Ward? She said, he is after me; l want
you to take the e keys and go up to the
house and feed up the stock. When l
was nearly through feeding up the stock l
saw Mr.. ward coming from toswards the
tobacco barn.
When he got up to me he asked me
what l was doing. 1 told him l was feed
ing UP the stock. He asked me
WHERE VAS MAG.
[ said, don't know, Captain, she was
about the house just now. He was drink
inc: he went on towards the house. After
I finished feeding | went to the house: MIR,
Ward was coming out of the house, he
went across the lane and Climbed the
fence: 1 called to him and told him [
wanted a dram: he said, hold on till |
come back.
He went on down towards Mr.. RichN
ardson's: I thought he was drunk and L
thought had better follow on after him,
as I thought he was going TO tackle Mag:
l did this because l could do more with
him than anybody else and l feared he
was going to attack Mag. He saw me
coming and told me to come on, and we
both went on 70 Mr.. Richardson's house
He walked in before me and asked Mag
what she was doing there. l don't know
what Mag said. BE spit in his hand AMI
struck Mag on top of her head with his
fist: he kept striking her, and l went
up to him and told him he must
stop it, and broke him loose from her.
| After ! broke him loose Mag ran out OF
the door. Before l turned him loose he
kicked me in the stomach, He ran out
after Mag, and they ran around the
house. He caught Mag again right in
front of the front door, and commenced
beating he1 again with his fist. 1 ran
up to him and begged him to stop
broke him loose from her again. He
told Mag to go on home. She started
and got about twenty steps. He told
her to come b. ok; she came back. L saw
him staye his hand down in his pocket
and pull out his knife, and open It
with his teeth: He had hold of Mag
with his other hand: saw him job his
knife hand towards Mag three times:
saw the knife in his hand: Mag did not
CRY out: In a few minutes. she fell.
said, Lord, God Almighty, Captain,
Won have ruined that woman" He
started towards the woman again and
grabbed his arm, and as l struck his arm
his knife fell out of his hand I grabbed ii
up and put it in my pocket, and have ii
at home now: AS soon as I picked ur
his knife, he said" Raft, Give me my
knife" I said, Mr.. Ward, | shan't dc
it; YOU have done enough with it now
He said, if you don't give me my knife
will put YOU in the same fix" He then
grabbed me and l laid him on the ground
He said, ''get off me-" and I got up: He
grabbed me again and I laid him on the
ground again. He told me to "get up of
him." got off him. He turned and com
menced calling Mag:
He went to her, he put his hand on hel
and called her: She did not answer him
I told Mr., Richardson we would have to
Law the woman in the house:She was lying
before the door: Ward was in the yard:
and Mr., Richardson took her up, she was
not dead, she was working her mouth
but did not speak; We laid her in the
door: I said, Captain, you have ruined
that woman" He said, "Alex Speak
ing to Mr.. RichardsonO go after The docs
tor" Alex asked, "what doctor?" He
said, DIR. Best Alex asked. "what horse
he must ride" IIe said Dixie When
Alex left, I left and went up to Uncle
Green Bain's. l left Mr.. Ward outside
the door and nave not seen him -ince.
DIR. W. J. Jones, Jr.. County ply
stefan, being sworn, testified:
1 examined-made a past morte n exami,
nation OF the body, said to be Mag Dink'
ms: I did not know her personally. FIX
ternally, I found OF the left side, three
inches below the nipple. and n half.
+ inch from median line, a wound three
inches long -~transverse, There was
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