The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-14
FVANS WILL HANG
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John since August. ut protracsed meet
ing up on the river.
Deposition of MIS-. G. 5. Harper. who
is very ok, was read. She testified
that Miss Matte Cole told her that
when she first saw the man crouchinS
nv the fence she thought itw ar IL drunk
en- man tBll Allen. q while man.,
After introducing one or two more
witness. whose evidence proved to
he unimportunt the defence closed its
case and the prosecution put Miss Mat
tie Cole on the stand again. She denied
that she eyer had any conversation
w.th the negro Neil Mask. who testified
that she told him the man had Il sandy
mustache. She said she talked with
Mrs. Harper ana told her that when
she first saw the man--lefore she got
close to him-she thought it was Bill AL
en-. because she had seen Allen drunk
N the woods so often. .l NHl #ta..
but after got up close to him 81 L
knew it was a neglo. After 4 got
through the fence looked at him good
and told my sister Lilly to look out
1 Sole tor Seawell--"Miss Mat lie. after
heal ing all this testimony are you still
satisfied beyond all question that this Is
he man who assaulted your sister that
morningg' 9aa +4tH ~alay33 3#t tHa
"Yts. sir, re is the man. have never
had any doubt Of it, l knew it at the
train the moment laid eyes on him.
ibid YOU say SO Immediately!
Not until he was brought into the
depot and was asked"
rD.d you say then that you thought he
was the man."
Il said / knew it" a
Cross-examiuaton by Mr.. Dockery:
I Did you mention anything about the
mans lips in court the other day"
Il did not. didn't think il impor-
tant. Blu. described him the day of the
chine to Mr. Cameron Morrison. DIR.
Dock Lee and Mr.. Entwh ste.
why We're all the arrests made yell
low menu? aeaa aHa.
Il don't know. One of the men was
black. | don't know his name. but |
think it was Van Roper" @
Mr.. Will Ingram went to Hinson's
livery stable immediately after the $3.50
4 vc>l.Lules train. Coleys bar WIS open,
i some one working 1T the engine and
somebody FEEDING horses. He passed.
through the room where Amos Powell
aud the suther negio boys We're as.cel,.
to the door of Mr.. Toiter's room and
woke him TN. Porter said he had no
Eight and told the wi hess to call Anlcs
powel,. which he did, then he went
nto the bar and stayed several minutes.
His wife called him and said the boys
conldhf find his harneSs:he got Il light
went into the room whele the negroes
slput. biI. he saw nobody in the room.
He didn't see John Evans around there
~, b..t. lafn
saw hothe Amos Powell and Fletcher
Tiel. They got his horse for him. esq
On cross-examination the witness de-
nie,l that he had ever said there was II
nile Of quits in the corner that looked
like there might have been a negro an
der it. John might have been in the
room. but ! didn't SEQ him. saw Il
blanket. The corner was dark hut we
had light, and with it could have
seen man. paid no particular Mt
tention." g nn tH
The owner of the livery stable. Mr.. NJ.
a.. Hinson. sail he was in Rock. ngham
Friday night before the outrage and not
in Raleigh az Amos Powell. Fletcher
Tiel and the other boys had sworn. He
said the hoys saw aud knew he was
( there He went down tn the stable abOut
= o'clock Saturday morning. He saw
Fletcher there and put him TO work.
~, saw no one except Fletcher He said
it was his rule to havefh his stock fed at
I o'clock. ~
I.onis Steele. who works for Cant.
Everett saw John Evans about T:30
o'clock MP the streer talking to T.llnEn
Little. Soon after thar he went To
Everctt's store. [John Evans said in his
test mony thar he went into Everptt's
store first: Tillman Little swore that
when John left he went on down the
street without stopping at Everert's.l
The witness said Evans had n bundle.
Louis's statement WAS corroborated by
Mr.. w. c. Leak, president Of Great
Falls Manufacturing Company. TO whom
Louis had made ii once or twice
before. Re said Louis told him the boy
acted very queerly. so much that he
tlouis) said. Boy you must be Il fool"
Mr.. Leak said the place where Louis
saw John was about 30 or 800 yards
from the scene ut the crime. and OF a
+ street leading from that direction
and on that side Of the town, also near
way - Mr.. Hinson's house. where
Evans sister works Mr.. Leak was pre-.
cent when Miss Matte Cole identified
Exams ut the depot. The Marshal asked:
''Mattie can you see him well?" She
replied: Il cam He's the man--he'S the
man. | know him. Evans said: NO
iin't." She said: ''Ycs he is. 4 / know
him
Mr.. y. l.. Mcdonald. who was in Capt.
Everetts store when EVANS wins In
there. corrohorared the testimony Of
Mr.. c. G. Taylor and Louis Steele in
regard 10 whni hapWnr'l there. and
swn;+ that Evans, when he left the
| store. went OH down toward the livery
3 stable and not M the street 70 the
In Hiding Tllnan Little was workin. on,
as Evans testified he did. Mr.. sMcDon-
AID was OF the opinion that Evans went
RI ht ON ont of town nj once. for he
fMcDonald went about $3.50 O'Clock to
the stable and bar room to find him.
Nobody ,n,ild tell him anything about
him. Evans didn't answer the de-