Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-11-11

CarrO on the 2nd OF OCTOBER, Ills
neck was not broken. Death re-
suited from strangulation in
exactly eight minutes from the
time the drop fell. His pulse
ceased beating in 81 minutes and
he was pronounced dead in 81
minutes by DR.. P. c. Hutton,
county physician, and Drs. Jones,
Peacock and Aaron. who were
present.
The Gol1sboro Rifles were
stationed around the Jail e%nclos-
ure to keep the crowd back, but
further than this their services
were not needed.
The confession of Sam Wright
given out by him, and published
in these columns two weeks ago,
as to how he killed Mr.. Carr and
where his bloody clothes were
bid. was thought by mauy to be
untrue in many particulars-es-
pecially when the clothes and
knife could not be found, after
frequent and most deligent
searches in the locality where he
said he had hid them; and all eff
forts and appeals to him by
ministers an6 others failed to get
him to change his story an iota;
but late yesterday evening the
editor of the ARGUS in per-
son visited the doomed man. alone
in lis cell, for the purpose of Sc
curing the truth from him as to
the manner of his numbering Mr..
Carr and the place where he hal
hid his clothes and knife. At
first the wretched criminal ats
tempted to stick to his former
tale, but after a few moments of
persuasion he broke down COM
pletely and unbosomed himself
earnestly. as he stood trembling
in the fear of the wrath to come.
That he told the truth, we be-
lieve; and this is sustained by the
fact that the clothes were found,
yesterday morning.just where he
stated to US Tuesday evening
they were buried, ane the knife
will doubtless be found where he
said, sharpened keen at the point
for the deadly purpose, showing
that he went to the store Of Mr.
Carr that Saturday night with
murder in his heart. We give his
statement below, as he desired
it published:
KIND FRIENDs:-This is the testi-
mony Of a man that is to be hung
November 10th, 1897, who has been
going by the name of Sam Wright,
but that is not my name. My name
is Wiley Vaughan. [ lived in the
State of South Carolina, in Lancas-
ter county, in Pleasant Hill.
[ first left my father at 16 years of
age and went to Monroe, n. G. I
stayed there a short while and then
was Saul Vaughan. [ stayed home a
short while and then [ left home and
went to B. F. Mercinsberg's camp III
Kershaw county on the 3 Cs. Istaid
there about s months, then [ got in a
fuss with a man by the name of
Peter Laurie. [ cut him and then
ran away from here.
I went back home and stayed
about six months. I and my brother
had a fuss about a girl. Her name
was Alice Frazier. 1 then went and
waylaid him on the road and when
he and the girl came along the road
by me I was hid in the bushes. ]
took up my gun and fired on them
After that [ left home and went tc
Blacksburg, S. G. had been there
for a short time at work on the ma
terial train with Marion Moore, ]
fell in love with VIII Neugen's girl
Her name was Hattie johnson from
Yorksville, S. G.. When VIII asked
me about this girl told him she was
mine and he said he was going tt
whip me, [ had only two cartridges
got a box of 80 s.. & W. cartridge
and loaded my pistol. I went bacl
to the train and called VIII to til,
door. As soon as he came tt
the door I commenced shooting
I emptied my pistol shooting at him
and reloaded. Two policemen ap
peared on the scene and I started t,
run. They shouted to me to stop ant
said if 1 did not they would shoe
me. I told them I could shoot ais,
and we commenced to shoot at eacl
other. I hid behind some cars an
trees and finally got away and wen
to Alabama.
I had been there but a short tim,
before I was compelled to leave.
next stopped on the G.. G. & n
Railroad between Elberton and AtE
| ems, Ga. [ had been there about fv
r months when I had a pitched battl
!, with some Madison county boys.
l shot several and killed one dead O.
: the spot. [ was shrrp enough to sc
! away without being arrested an,
came back to South Carolina. I wen
: to work on a railroad section an
I stayed there about two months.
' then had a row with Bob Dunlap,
shot him and left the State and WEI
back in Georgia.
j [ stayed there until the 9th of Al
gust last year, 1896. They called N
Sam Wright, but my right name
| Wiley Vaughan.
HOW He KILLED MIR CARR.
I did not kill MI. Carr like I sal
I did in my first confession. I did b
l him with the stick like I said; bl
? when he grabbed me we tusseled
d little and knocked the lamp over al
it went out; then in the dark I cut
! his throat with my knife, but as
could not see very well, [ missed
b the first lick; but the second lick
stuck my knife deep in his neck al
: he went down on the floor, and
n went down with him, and on top
is him, and finished cutting him on Il
floor / then searchad for the none