Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-10-07
all the facts as above related,


that the murderer called up Mr..
Carr, who had retired, asked fo1
a measure of wine, and while the
latter was drawing it cut his
throat from behind and hurled
him backward into his bed room,
where he was found. Death must
have been instantaneous from
the first wound; but the indica>
tions are that the murderer fol-
lowed it up with a second and a
third terrible slash across his
throat as he lay dead upon the
floor.
Who Did the Deed.
The parties who discovered the
murder came on to this city and
reported to Sheriff Scott about
3 o'clock Sunday morning. The
sheriff Immediately concerned
himself as to who the murderer
was, and after a conference with
Messrs. Worley. Fail. Snipes and
Hastings he deputised MI. Has
tings to go at once and arrest
Sam Wright and hold him until
the coroner could be secured and
an inquest held. The coroner is
DR.. Jno. B. Person, Of Fremont,
but who, in keeping with the
custom of Populist politicians
to hold all the Offices possible, is
holding down the Office of pill
prescriber on the penitentiary
farm near Weldon, at 5000 per
year. He could not be had when
needed here yesterday in this
case. and so the Superior Court
Clerk, by virtue of his Office, ap~
pointed DR., Thos. Hill Coroner
pro tenn.
All this consumed much time,
on account of it's being Sunday
morning, and it was near II
o'clock before DR.. Hill, the sher-
iff and others started for the
scene of the murder. DIR. Hill
summoned the following jury OF
inquest. Messrs. II, T. Jones.
j. r. Hooks, W. q. Caldwell.
Geo. Langston, W. F. Rose and
B. M. Brown, who after viewing
the remains and examining such
witnesses as could be had. In the
meantime deputy Hastings had
gone out to where Sam Wright
had stayed, arriving there about
day break, and was told that Sam
had gone to Goldsboro. This be
reported lack to DR.. Hill at the
scene and DIR. Hill deputized
Hastings and policeman Denmark
to come on to Goldsboro and APPS
prehend Sam Wright. They cane
to the city and about 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon they came
up with their man at the corner
of John and Walnut street. Or
carrying him out to the coroner
on the scene of the murder be
was searched and the dead mans
watch, pistol, some handker-
chiefs and $15. 90 were found or
his person. He had changed
all his clothes worn on Saturday
as was testified to, and but fol
the fact that he was hurried back
to this city and to Jail it is doubt
full if he had not been speedily
dealt with on the spot.
The murdered man was a wild
over, about 35 years of age; was
son of Mr.. Jno. Carr of Greene
county, where his remains have
been taken for interment, ane
was a nephew of the late MI
Issac Williams. He was greatly
esteemed by all who knew him
COr0ner's Inquest.
. The evidence in the fendisl
1 murder case, which accustomed tn
qaickening of the popular pulls
, throughout this section Monday
has all beenaccumulated and heart
at the sitting of the coro-
ners jury in this city and tina
body has caused Sam Wright to b
detained in jail for a hearing be
, fore the Superior Court, whlcl
convenes on the 18th instant.
D A long list of witnesses wer
examined and each one corrobor
. ated the statements of the other
1.-The pistol and watch and other ar
! ~ticles belonging to the dead MAJ
n were found on the person of tn
D negro slayer and all were positive
ly identified by several witnesse
of high character. The vest an
shoes that the negro had on whe
captured have stains of BLOOD
1.-The. shoes were wet and it is sup
posed that he had tried to wash O.
the stains. The pants that b
,;Iwere when he committed tn
bloody deed have not been foun
and it is probable they Ire at th
e bottom of tho mill pond close by
All the long chain of evidence tia
..,has been gathered thus far
: purly circumstantial but is {
= such a character as to throw sus
picion on none other but the ne
,tgro now in Jail and no one is di'
,oposed to criticise the verdict rel