The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-18
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Seven witnesses were examined yes
terlay-thres> for the State and four
for the defense. Other witnesses for the
defense viii he introduced to-day. The
trial begins at 10 o'clock.
The first witness was y. w. Strick.
land. He knew Bud Cade Strickland.
the man who was killed. The witness
lived about two miles from him and got
to the scene of the killing at about IL
o'clock. There We're present Augustus
j. Chamblee, Geo. Hicks, William Pugh
and Others.
The killing occurred near Strickland's
house, on path leading from Wake
field out toward Earpsboro. He lived
= shout 400 yards from where he WAS
killed. Browning lived on the same
path, about 100 yards from the killing.
The scene of the homicide could not be
seen from Strickland's home.
when got there found Strickland's
body lying in the path. The head was
about foot and a half from the wheel
track, the body lying nearly straight
with the road There was a dead tree.
a foot and a half through. six or eight
feet from the path. and perhaps twenty
feet from the body"
Did you see any bloodg'
L did. There was streak of blood
and drops of blood. for about six feet,
from the centre of the road to the side
where the body lay
Did you see any indications of the
bodys having been druggedw
Il could not account for the position
Of the ECdy and the blood on any other
theory
Did you examine rhe body?"
Il helped wash and dress it and / ex-
amined it then. / found on the back of
the head what / at first took TO be a
wound. But on washing it | found that
it was blood matted in the hair ana
there was no wound there"
Did you see anything in the road ex-
cept blood?''
Il saw something that looked like !.
piece of tooth r bone, some six or
eight feet from the body and in the
blood
How far was the head from the line
of blood?
About two feet. There was a greac
deal of cold blood under him.
THE body was removed 10 the house
very late in the day. | made no cx-
animation of the wound until he was
moved.
Did you see anything in Mr.. Strick.
lands hands?'
In his right hand there was a hand
kerchief and a knife"
THE knife was produced and the wit.
ness shove. the position in which it
WAS found. There was no blood on it
~and the hand was not clnehed around
the handle. The handkerchief and
knife were in the same hand.
The witness said there was no blood
on Strickland's shoes or clothes. other
than a few drops on his vest. On his
under lip, ON the left side there was
u wound. The left eye-bone and eye
ball were shot ont. The witness thought
the balls entered the mouth and went
out at the eye. The right jaw bone
was broken.
The deceased was 30 odd years old
and the witness thought he'd weigh
about 100 pounds. He was not very ac-
tive. but was old and weak. Browning
is b or 40 years old.
On cross-examination Strickland said
he didn't know whether he was related
to the Strickland tat was killed. He
fhnf
of dragging, but the body might have
been dragged only enough to clear the
head from the wagon track.
did you see tracks or anything else
to indicate any connection of the tree
with this homicide?"
II did not"
..Could any houses be seen from the
place where Strickland lay?'
Both Strickland's and Browning IS
houses could be SEEM"
did you see anything TO indicate
whether or not the gun was near when
discharged or nOt?'
Yes, sir there was burned powder on
the face around the wound
The next witness, William Pugh. said
Strickland was years old, but was
pretty active for his age; Browning is
oo and strong and active. He had
known them both Tor several years.
When Pugh arrived w. T. Pace and
A. b. Parrish were the only persons
present. He saw the knife in the
hands of the deceased. The tree he
thought must have .Deen ten yards from
the body.
did you ever go out to that tree and
make any investigation
Il did Tuesday after the killing. 1t
hooked like some one had stood around
it and there was bark on the ground
as if some one mad been sitting there
There was also II log nearby and ! saw
some tracks coming to it and going
away. 1t was a 8 or 10 shoe and the