The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-01-12
Heard something

nesday morning. Heard something
about the baby.
Albert Whitehurst being sworn
said: Sam Williams came 10 his
house before day and asked for kero
sene. Said his wife had cramp colic
Il told him he had better go after q
doctor.
Drs r. NJ. Clark and j. B. Davis
here presented their post mortem eX-
animation report and it was in sub
stance that they had removed the
lungs of the child and that there were
evidences of complete respiration as
the lungs hoated readily in water
They thought it alive at the time OF
delivery or shortly after. From the
condition Of the lungs il was probable
that death occurred very soon after
delivery. if the child was born alive
at ALL The child was full grown.
Samuel Williams was now sworn,
said: Il heard Of a baby being found
along the shore My wife is sick. She
was taken so Tuesday night and com
planned OF sore throat. / went TO Mr..
Whitehurst and asked for oil. Mr..
Whitehurst advised me TO go for
~ L
Russell my wife was suffering with Il
great deal of pain but not labor pains.
Mrs. Russell didn't go. She said She
was sick herself. ! went home and my
wife got better ! went to MIR. Wheat
ly's about breakfast time Wednesday
morning to borrow pair of scissors
TO cut a piece of homespHn TO make my
boy pair of garters. Mrs. Wheatly
wouldn't lend to me and | borrowed
some from Mrs. Piyer. / knew nothing
Of the baby until ! heard OF its being
found. My wife sat up to-day. whipp-
ed Bessie for going q TO Mr.. san
ders' and telling a lie. / have not
called in physician for my wife. She
was swollen up some and Mr.. Buck
cher father said she was subject to
those spells. I'm willing for doctor
to go there and eXamin> her.
ID. S. Sanders, being sworn, said he
told Sam Williams he would pay for
the examination of his wife ii she
would consent, so she might prove his
innocence. Sam said he would see his
wife about it. He told him afterwards
that he would not have her examined.
After the inquest Annie Williams
the wife of Sam, confessed to b. H.
Robinson, F. L. Longest and her faith
er, Mr.. Buck. Robinson and Longest
were the deputies appointed to guard
her. Ter story was in substance as
follows:
Il was taken sick Wednesday morn
ing and told Sam to go after Mrs. Rus
sell, and he went and came back and
the child was born in about five min
utes. He cut the child loose and show
ed it to me and carried it up stairs. 1t
STAYED there until some time next
night, then he carried it off. | asked
him what he did with it; he said he
threw it overheard. / had begged him
not to do it. ! could not help myself
He did not know anything was the
matter with me until after we We're
married Sunday. Then told him
He did not seem TO mind it and said
that was all right. The child had
black hair and was a girl child. 1t Is
Bin Guthrie's. He fooled me ON the
promise Of marriage. The child cried
after it was born. Sam told me not
to let any one examine me.
1t has also been learned that when
Williams took the child from his wife
he carried it up stairs and put it in 9
tub Of water, where he kept it until
he threw it into the Sound and it was
, washed ashore.
1t will be remembered that this is
the same Sam Williams against whom
I there was a suspicion of having mur'
dered his first wife in order to get the
/ the insurance ON her life. He was
widower until Tuesday when he
brought his young bride home. Now
/ they viii spend their honey moon il
dungeon