Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-10-28

play ing the uuuIS ana La6TS Was |
some wioe-drjnking going on.
Saw Sam Wright there. He was
sitting on q nail keg, The others
were leaving rs left. | knew Mr.,
Carr's general character: he was
q good, easy going kinl OF fel-
low. I heard Of his having a dis
turbance with Capt. II. II. Coor
in Goldsboro q short time since,
N. Fl. Guriey: ! liye one half
mile from Mr.. Carr's store. II
was notified that night about 12
O'Clock of Mr.. Carr's murder. II
went down there and found Mr..
Carr dead, with his throat eat
from ear to ear.
i He then verified the evidence as
given by the other witnesses, and
described the size and apartments
of the store, as already given in q
previous Issue OF the ARGUS.
Cross-examined: Bryant Capps
and H. II. Coor live nearest the
store; the store property belongs
to Capps.
DR.. P. &. Hutton: examined
the body of W, A. Carr, under
direction of the coroner. The
body lay with feet under the bed.
His throat was cut to the bone,
There was o wound on tho back Of
the head inflicted by some sharp
instrument. There was q wound
on the hand Of the deceased, and a
broken bone in the hand. ! took
the shoes Of the prisoner Wright
off him in jail. He was shown
the shoes and identified them. I
found stains on the shoes. Icould
not say if they were blood. The
shoes had the appearance Of having
been washed. ] also took the
prisoners vest of him. [ found
stains Of blood On the vest.
He was shown the vest and iden-
tilted it.] The vest seemed 80
+, nave been washed.
: Cross examined: | csnnot say
hat the stains we're those oi oioo. /
! IN tie shoes; or OF human blood
on the vest.
!; ballard Hastings / know s5.-lts
. Wright, saw him Saturday eve
n'ng Of the killing. ] saw him
again here in Goldsboro or the
following Sunday; ! helped TO er~
rest him. l came here Tor him.
! lie had on different clothes Sun
day from those he wore Saturday,
shirt, pants and all lie nad
worked for ne three weeks.
loaned him q dollar, and he was
often after me FOX money. !
loaned liIn the dollar about week
before the murder. He offered
20 pawn pistol as secur-
| ,ty; [ told him / did not want
| the pistol had paid him MI J
lowed him. He SAID he had been
III a little row in town, and vas
| bound to have a dollar. / saw the
ipistol at tbs time; it was black
handled pistol.
/ Cross exslnined: Sam Wright
has been twice in my employ, first
about year ago and again at The
} time of the killing. 1 saw San
the Saturday OF the killing; he was
,. at Carr's store. He tried To Dor.
row SO cents from me, [ did no
loan It 20 him Sam went on tt
Lizzie Joyner's, where ne stayed
. as | went home That was abou
Z o'clock in the evening. lie has
a drunken boy with him and tool
him to Lizzie Joyner's with him
| next saw Sam Sunday. San
borrowed a chisel, a dra wing knife
and gilniet. Sam dug well fol
+ me. He wore ragged pants; dom
| think they were streaked. Hav'
not seen them since. There wa
wine sold at Carr's store, Their
was a crowd thsre generally OIL
Saturday evenings. They wer
! generally lively and banjo plckinI
and tlddling WAS going ON.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The witnesses examined at tn
afternoon session were corobora
s tive of the main evidence, alread,
given. and in contradiction of tn
attempt of Wright to iavolve on
: Henry Knight in the murder
= Knight proved complete ailbi
and contradicted every statemen
: of Wright attempting to connee
{ him with it IN the preiiminar
= trial before Justice Guiick, som
days ago, as given in The ARGU
Z at the time. These statements c
Wright as we'll as his testimon
before the coroner S inquest wer
e placed in evidence by the State an
z read to the jury. Before the core
:. ner's jury he stated that he &C
2 Carr's pistol and watch fro,
: Seers, Roebuck & Co., of Chi
Z cago, three months before Car
5 was killed, and after finding ths
J these articles were SO easily an