The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-16
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OFF AMY NORTH CAROLINA DAILY

Cherry went home. Uriah wanted to
| know why we ran, and they said
| Cherry spoke of his rifle.
1--WE then went and were to try Billy
| Hudnel and to rob the Hudnell store
and make him open his safe. Bell said,
| We are too bold, we need Masks
| Brantley said he would have his wife
make them of black cloth. Hudnell's
store was closed Sunday morning.
| Brantley and took walk over the
| bridge. We talked over what they had
done. Brantley said: we made
| water-haul; next time we will do bet
| ter; you need not get scared On the
| night before Uriah Bell said this. We
came back. and Brantley went TO
| church with his wife. Monday MORN
| ing we went to Flowers to work. i
| brought Brantley home Wednesday.
| He said. Boys, we will meet at the
| Bells, come there tonight We went to
| try to get b. i. Mayo. Brantley's wife
| gave MS masks of black cloth. We took
| our places, and Uriah was to give the
| signal. Some one came with Mayo and
we did not get him. Bell said We will
| go TO 1dalia and get Peter Cuthrell.'
| We arranged and went in II road-cart.
| Uriah was to give the signals. We
We're in fence corner and saw some
one coming, and thought it some one
| else and went off in the field. He
| passed and we did not get him, We
| were 70 go and get y. III. Thompson, il
| he was alone. We went and his clerk
| was in, so we left. Sheriff. was TO
stay and get win Baynor We made
/ water haul again. We went home
| and to bed
| Next morning went back to Flow
| er's. | came back to Aurora Saturday
night and took supper with Brantley.
| The Bells came and Mrs. Brantley gave
us our masks and again we went 10 the
stables, our meeting place. Bell said,
| We can get Bonner tonight All was
| arranged. Brantley, Sheriff. Bell and
| ] were to go in front of Bonner's house
| and get in the fence corner and Uriah
| Bell was 10 watch Bonner and give the
| signal by a whistle if it was the right
man. Bell gave Brantley his pistol as
he had loaned his to his brother
Brantley had brass knucks and he
gave me the pistol. We went and took
our positions. Some one was coming,
and Uriah Bell gave the whistle signal.
E'rantley started meeting Bonner,
| Sheriff. followed and ] behind. Brant-
ley knocked him down with his brass
knucks and we threw him over the
fence. He struggled little. We broke
some rails. Bonner caught on his
feet but Sheriff. got over, threw him
down'and said, Please help me to keep
him from hollowing.' Bonner begged
and said, For Gods sake don't kill me.
will give You everything I have /
put my hand on his head Brantley
told me to shoot him. would not aud
he took the pistol from my hand and
shot him in the forehead. j ran and
so did Brantley. When we had gotten
about twenty five or fifty yards away
another pistol fired. We went through
the field and across wire and other
fences TO Brantley's house. Uriah Bell
ran rs soon as Bonner was knocked
down. Don't know where Sheriff. Bell
went. We left him at the body. Uriah
BELL came 10 Brantley's and wanted to
know what we had done Brantley
said. J. shot him lie wanted
to know If we robbed him and
we said We left Sheriff. at the body and
we supposed he did it, lie said, 'You
both stay il and ! viii let YOU know
il anything occurs
Credle said: Those are the shoes
had on. Ny hand was bloody and Mrs
hrantiey put water in vessel and /
washed them
''Brantley was not bloody. Rrantlcv
took the empty shey from the pistol
and threw il in the fire He gave the
knucks and pistol to Mrs. Brqntley
She put them away. She put the
-
was q light in the house when we
came TO Brantley. He told Mrs Grant
ley what he had done She said Well,
you shock me" We then went to bed
and next morning we went 10 sce the
body.
Late in the afternoon / was under
a shed with one PauI. Uriah Bell and
some one was on the opposite side OF
the street. he m0tioned me TO come
and ! did, and he gave me Bonner's
store key, and said. Throw IL in the
creek | took it and went to Flowers
and hid it under the fence. Brantley
and his wife were there. Brantley
said next morning that the Bells had
keys and papers taken from Bonner's
pockets. On coming back from the
field that afternoon, before I told him
Bell gave rae one key, Brautley and ]
talked it over and he asked about blood
hounds which had been sent for, and
Brantley said, 1t has been rainig, they
can't scent. I rode here and you came
by boat We were going to Aurora.
He said, 'They may suspect MS, but
don't get scared
Il asked r. J.. Jones il the blood
hounds had come on Sunday.
"Wc went to Aurora and were ar
rested on Monday afternoon. The Bells
were arrested next day"
On cross-examination by j. +. Moore
he held up well under the crcumstan-
ces. The cross-examination will be
continued tomorrow morning.
NINETEEN SEAMEN DROWNED.