The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-03-01

WM. ENIN S114E Al FILA -
State Of North Carolina,
County OF Richmond.
William Entwistle. being duly sworn.
saws: That he is the superintendent ana
general manager of the Pee Dee Cotton
Mill, Rockingham. y. C.: that at the
time Miss Lille Cole was assaulted. the
time used by the Pee Dee Cotton MIL.
was between l. and - minutes behind
the railroad time: that the railroad tllht
was the time by which the town clock
Of Rockingham was regulated. mat al
faint was up and remembers the morning
of the 23rd of October, 1897 tthe day
the crime was committted) that at >
minutes to 6 O'Clock by factory time on
that morning. it was light enough To dis
tinguish :: person as far off as 30 yards.
WIN. ENTWISTLE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this.
the 22nd day of February. 1888.
w. y. ENEREIT.
Mayor of Rockingham.
J. 4. Mc.AULEY'S AFFIDAVIT.
State OF North Carolina,
County of Richmond.
Before Il. +. Long. Clerk Superior Court.
j. \. McAulcy. being duly sworn, says
that [ live abou three hundred yards
loAl tlit BhtNN WIN 80 80 'ND -
saulted. at the time the assault was
committed. / was up i'll the back porch
Of my house when | heard Il woman
scream. | heard one of them say that
| know that he has killed her by now.
| looked out in the direction of the
voices and recognized Misses Maggie
and Matte Cole. They wore about
forty yards from where | was standing.
l did not have any light. 1t was just
about five minute before six o'clock by
factory time, which | am informed and
believe was at that time fifteen minutes
behind the railroad and town time. |
hOllcred to the young ladies and asked
them what was tn" matter. One Of
them said a negro man had grabbed Lii
lie and gone with her. | asked them
where, and they waved their
hands back and said in the edge of the
woods. | armed myself and ran rs fast
as l could in the given direction. | was
familiar with the path. just before get
ting to the place where the assault was
made, about twenty steps from 1t. l
met Miss Lille and her father coming
in the direction of my house. Miss Lii
lie was crying and said he had almost
killed her. | asked her which way he
went and h said across the field. She
said she would not know him.. Did not
see INN except us It Itil Oh. III liz
pulled her bonnet over her face and pre-
vented her from seeing him. She said
she could not holIor, because he was
choking her almost to death. | Yves the
F., first man to reach her after her father.
1t could not have been more than six
or seven minutes after she was as
saulted before | reached her. | could see
and distinguish people perfectly at the
place where the assault was committed.
The place where it occurred is in the
edge of w. l. Everett's field. 1t is not a
dark place; the woods are not dense at
this point; the woods are some forty
feet west of the spot. and toward the
east there is not an obstruction to light.
but it is a clean open field.
At the hour the assault must have
been committed | am satisfied that per-
sons could have been seen and easily
distinguished at this place.
J. A. McAULEY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on
this, the Dist day of February, 1893.
/ Il. +. Long, G. S. G..
EDWIN SULLY'S AFFIDAVIT.
State of North Carolina,
= County of Richmond.
In Justices Court.
Edwin Sully being duly sworn by me,
says: That the morning John Evans
was brought from Lilesyille to Rocking
ham, on the charge of assaulting Miss
Lille Cole. / carried Fletcher Teal bird
hunting with me. l was at the depot
when the train arrived with John
Evans, and l saw Fletcher Teal there,
almost Immediately after the train left
L started on my hunt carrying Fletcher
in buggy with me. | asked Fletcher if
he knew John A1vans and when he saw
ham III town last and other questions.
Fletcher told me that John Evans sppnt
the night in the room with him at Hin
sons stable, that he Eletcher) got m
between four and five o'clock the next
morning to feed Mr.. Hinson's horses.
'hat 1t was dark IN the room when he got
up and that he did not know whether
John Evans was in the room or not
mat he did not see him from the time
tnPy went to sleep until about e;pbt
clock that morning, when he SAW hin,
at the livery stable. nn
(Signed) EDWIN cI1
sworn to and subscribed before mo
on inns the DIST day of February. 1908
'isheoj 5. F. COOPER.
Justice of the Peace.
I. l. COLES AFFIDAVIT.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
Richmond County-In Navo,.s Cont
before W. \. Everett. Mayor.
:. l. Co.e, being duly sworn by me.
l am the father of Lille Cole The
ilorh1nS my daughter was assaulted I
VIII as Iar as the lot with hcr and
ounef daughters as they started TO tho
factory, which was about five or ten
minutes before the factory bell rano
l. was light enough then to see and dis
,lhStilsh people easily. My daughters
had a lantern with them which they
were returning to the factory: they had
borrowed it the evening hoforo -