Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-08-06
NATHANIEL MOORE CUTS
HIS WIFE'S THROAT.
THEY WERE BOTH DRUNK.
The Deed Committed III the Pres
eHCe of Desperate Characters
and in the Same Community
Where Her Mother Had Previ-
ons1y Persisted in like manner

IOrO Guo vie w OL TIE pcdCOJ uI,IdW-
abiding citizens Of Wayne coun-
ty. Only a comparatively short
while since, in the same neigh
borhood. a like delirious, das
tardly deed was committed by
a drunken demon when Mag
Dinkins fell dead in her tracks
from the fatal stao of a knife in
the hands of Gil Ward, who is
still at large. This time Polly
Ann Moore. the unfaithful wife
of Nathaniel Moore, has her head
nearly severed from her body by
the keen blade Of a knife welded
by her drunken husband.
Nat. Moore and his wife Polly
Ann haYe been married about y
years and have been living about
two miles from Fremont, on the
north side. A good many quar-
rels aud much discomfort have
been the result of their welded
life, which endt d IN the sad scene
of her tragic murder about 10
o'clock Saturday night in the
III VI III IULlCooCS,
who were themselves fugitives
from justice for the preparation
of a crime, on Sunday two'weeks
ago, the details of which are too
immoral to give publication.
On Saturday afternoon Nat.
Mo re, Boo Moore. urray Hol-
land, aud Floyd Hinnant went to
Sauls X Roads and purchased a
quantity Of liquor. of which they
drank to an excess. On the way
back home Holland and Hinnant
engaged in a dispute and the
former now has an ugly flesh
wound in the lower part of his
leg from a knife in the hands of
the former. On Saturday night
Hinnant accompanied Nat Moore
to his home, where the fearful
crime was committed about 10
o'clock.
The news did not reach this
city until an early hour yester-
day, when Sheriff Scott and Cor<
oner Hill started at once for the
scene. During the previous night
Nat. Moore, the savage perpetra
tor of the blood curdiing crime,
made good his escape and at this
writing is still at large. The two
witnesses, Holland and Hinnant,
who are charged with the most
immoral act in the catalogue of
crimes, were captured by Sheriff
Scott, and gave evidence at the
coroner's inquest and are now
safely lodged in the county Jail
in this city. The following de-
tails of the savage crime Satur-
day night is the testimony of an
eye witness, given at the coro-
ner's inquest yesterday:
Floyd Hinnalt being sworn
said:
"About ten o'clock last night |
came to Nat Moore's: when | got
there Nat and his wife Polly Ann
were ~quarreling. Bob Moore
was with me. Bob told Nat not
to say anything more to her but
to come and go back to mammy's.
Polly raised up and said the cow
ardly s--of-a-b- ought to 90
somewhere. you came home to-
night and said Floyd tried to cut
YOU | told Nat you know l did
not try to cut you. He said no,
and d-n her lying soul | never
told her so. l and Bob went to
the tobacco barn and lay down on
a door. In a few minutes Polly
came to where we ere ano
told Bob to go to the house
and lie down there as his wife was
not at home. He told her no,
that he had told nanny that be
would go back home. We started
home and Bob says, | want some
water. We went to the we'll ano
he got his water and went and lay
!, down on a pile of lumber. / sa'
down by him. Nat came out to.
ward the tobacco barn and jerkec
her out of the chair. Bob sale
: Nat come and 60 to nanny
with me. If [ couldn't live with
woman without fussing and quar-
reling I wouldn't live with her a
all. Polly Ann called me ano
> said, come here, Floyd, Murray
, and Nat have got some whiskey
l around here hid. Nat rose up anc
7said: Polly Ann, the way yor
E talked about Floyd, you shan
talk to him now in such a goot
/ humor. She said, I'll talk to hin
or anybody else as much as | wan
/ to. Nat said Bill Davis shouldn't
come here anymore and do as h
had done. She said Bill Davi
! should come and control her am
her gal in this place as long a
she lived. Nat said, before b
! shall / will cut your throat an
! walked up to her sitting in tn
tlporch. He walked up right be
d hind her and caught her by tn
: head and drew her head back an
; cut her throat. / did not see tn
knife. He walked out of the doc
and left. / did not are to stol
him. Polly ran right to me an
threw her head right in my hands
: caught her head in my hand
LAND the blood spurted over m
: arms and shirt. She ran out c
the house and fell near the crib