The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-16

In direct examination which Was con-
Quoted by Mr. Warren and in cross ex-
animation conducted by Mr.. Beckvith
for defens,.
The fifth witness was Mr.. X. I. Bon
ner, civil engineer. whose examination
was conducted b. MIR Rodmau OF States
counsel. and by Mr.. Beckwith Tor de-
Tense on cross examination. His evil
dence was mainly on exhibit Of a map
of the town Of Aurora, pointing out the
different places Of interest as they con-
Germ the trial and the calculation Of the
distance from point TO point III the
town. Said he saw tracks OF two per
sons leading from the dead body.
W. T. Hudnell was the sixth witness.
Had sold Dave Cradle some rnismatch-
ed shoes before the killing OF Bonner.
Shoes we're produced and witness said
they looked like the ones he sold.
Here counsel for defense objected to
corroboratlve testimony before the di-
rect. The States counse! said they
proposed at future stage Of the trial
to use Cradles testimony il this matter
and wished the corrOborative testimony
for convenience now. The court ruled
that if 1t connected it would be com
petent and if 1t did not it would not
10 Iofonon Tho State, onflp-al
had made the point they wished, how
ever, and the shoes were laid aside.
Seventh witness was ]. B. Whlthurst
Had lived in Aurora 20 years. Is soon
as he arrived y here the dead lody was
on Sunday morning he set abo2t track
ing the murderers. Stopped all track
ing through the fields and ordered
| blood hounds. CorrOborated Dr. Tay-
loe's testimony as to the wounds. His
caution to leave the tracks until an ef-
| fort could be made to get blOod-hounds,
was observed. Next day the tracks had
not been tempered with, no one had
been about them. In the direct and
cross examination the witness testified
to the direction of the tracks from
where the body was found. There were
tracks of two persons, distinctly seen
in the fields that had been cultivated.
| The court took a recess until = p. m.
when the eighth witness, J. G.. McCaffe-
ty was put on the stand. Said that one
| day in Bonner's store he heard Uriah
| Bell say IN an undertone, talking to-
wards Bonner, "Never mind, damn you,
| I'll get you sometime"
! The ninth witness was Alex Hudnell
whose testimony was almost exclusive
ly concerning the paying OF draft
which Bonner presented to him about
7 80 o'clock the night of the murder.
J. 3. Whitehurst, the seventh witness
was recalled, and corroborated Hud-
nell's testimony about the draft
J. w. Chaplin was the tenth witness.
He lived On lot adjoining Mr.. Boomers 8.
He corroborated first witness testimony
about the hat, and others about finding
the body.
Warwick Moore, colored, was the
eleventh witness. He is barber and
shaved Uriah Bell on the night of the
killing. Bell said he was in a hurry.
| The twelfth witness was John Hardy,
a colored boy about 16 years old. lie
saw J. B. Bonner and Uriah Bell both
in J. B. Whltehurst's store on the
night of the murder Bonner left the
store and soon Bell left after him.
Abram Moore, another colored man,
rs the thirteenth witness testified about
what the last witness said.
w. II. Virgins, colored, was the
fourteenth witness, and testified that
he saw Bonner and Bell both in White
bursts store that night, but did not
know which left first.
Fifteenth witness, John Mourning
colored, gave about same evidence as
| the witness before him.
! Grant Moore. another cOlored man,
was sixteenth witness, and saw Bonner
and Bell in same store that night
Bonner left and soon Uriah Bell left
too
w. H. Jarvis was called as seven
tenth witness, but his evidence was
| short and immaterial.
W. w. Hooker was witness number
eighteen. he lives 4 miles from
Aurora. drove into town that nigh,
after dark, saw Bonner In his own store
and saw Uriah Bell in the store also.
The nineteenth witness was George
| Williams, white boy abont sixteen
He clerked in w. A. Thompson's store
and saw Urlah Bell there that nigh
and saw Bonner pass, and Bell wen
out after Bonner passed.
| Witness number twenty was Charlie:
Doughty, but his evidence was short.
The last witness for the day was
William West, mail carrier. He lived