The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1898-01-06

Mr.. Manly and told him what had
happened and how it happened anc
| that l wanted to give myself up; Mr.
| league, the Chief, came in in few
minutes; told Mr., league how the
thing happened and described to hi
| the pistol and belt: Mr.. Manly then
said: II wonder where the pistol is
We must have that before some OF the
sire car people get hold of IT," Mr.
league spoke and said: ssYou need
not be uneasy about that; l have it, ,
and drew it out of his overcoat pocket
l said to Mr.. Manly: There is the
pistol just as have described it,"
Witness said: ''When I started to
get off the Car had no thought OF
any trouble until Stockton turned and
faced me as he did.
ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE.
1 told Mr. Sam Ebert all nv
troubles, commencing at the begin
ming; l told him that the evening
before my wife told me about it, ]
noticed at the supper table that my
wife had been crying little and was
crying then; that she got up and left
the table directly after l sat down IT,
eat supper; l asked her what was the
matter as she went out the dining
room door, but she made no reply;
UOIu MI IOCl UudU nOt6T
much about it that night, as my wife
had told me that she would as soon to
die as to give birth to another child;
l thought perhaps that was the
trouble; the next morning / noticed
at the breakfast table about the same
occurrence; / thought the same thing
and L came on to the store; my father
in-law then lived down Liberty
street, back of Rosenbacher's store;
to dinner; ] went at dinner time: |
went around the house and came in
at the back side, because the dining
room is in the ljwer floor, in the rear:
as l went up my wife was standing in
the back door crying; l said to her:
sally, what in the world is the mat
tel? What are you crying for; il there
is anything wrong tell me =" She said:
Come in the room where mother is
and I'll tell you all aoout it, we went
10 the room; Mr.. Burke followed in
Here witness told OF his wife telling
him that Paul SUockt ton tried to out
rage her the evening before. Gong
into particulars, the witness stated
that his wife said she had started
from home, after dinner, to 90 down
to the dress-maker's, over Mrs Stan
tons store, to have dress waist fitted;
when Car reached Mrs. S6antou's she
noticed the Car was not slowing up
and gave the bell tap; she noticed
the car was not going to stop and
went TO door and told Mr.. Stockton
she had told him that she wanted to
get OF at Mrs SJantUn'>: the car then
was about opposite of Orinoco ware
house; she asked Stockton to let her
off aud she would walk back; he told
her that as the grade was pretty
neavy he would rather carry her on
and bring her back without charging
her anything extra; she told him she
had rather get off then; he told her
it did not make any difference, that
he would bring her back in a few
minutes any way; she sat down on the
seat and went on and never thought
anything more about it; she said he
talked to her coming back from South
Side-but nothing out of the way;
that as they passed d S. Reid's corner
on South Side, coming this way, that
be put on the break so as to slow the
Car down the hill; he stepped inside
the car door and reached up to take
down his book; said he put the book
back and after that he grabbed her
and pushed her down on the seat;
said she commenced to scuffle and
menced pulling her clothes and she
commenced kicking; he did not sue
coed in his effort as she kept him
kicked off; then he walked out of the
Car, closed the door; the car was still
running slowly down the hill; she said
she went straight home and that not
another wore passed between her and
Stockton; she said: 81 tried to tell
you Of this last night" said: "Sal-
lie, why in the world didn't you tell
me-" She replied: Il don't know, but
7 inst anyIdntf IL oil
Eoert | ate no dinner, | think [ was
crying when l left the room; l went
apiece and turned back and Mrs.
Burke gave me piece OF pie; then
went to the corner of 4th aud Liberty
streets to look for Paul Stockton; |
think l told Mr.. Ebert all this; told
him history OF the case; watched
the cars till night; about 7 O'Clock l
saw him: he came up on car; [ got on
car; were several people on it; we went
to west end Of car line; | told him
what my wife had said; ne said: "Mr
Harrison, never spoke word out of
the way to your wife ia my life;
l never put my hands ON her, even;
she must be mistaken in the
man" Just at that time a gentleman
and lady approached the car to get
on; said: Paul l will see my wife
and have you and her together tomor-
row and see whether or not it was
you; stepped off the car and walked
back down to Mr.. Burke's; my wife
was still there; l reported this to my
wife and she said it was nobody but
Paul Stockton; in few minutes Mr..
Joe Stockton drove up to Mr., Burke's
and asked for me; | walked out; be
said: Paul tells NE that your wife
accused him of .something pretty bad;"
l said: "Mr. Stockton, what does
Paul say about it?" He replied that
he denied Knowing anything about it.
Just before driving off Mr.. Stockton
said: ''This is just awful" about IL
o'clock the same night somebody
knocked at the door at Mr.. Burke's
talking; l went to the door and opened
1t when l saw Mr.. Joe Stockton and
his son, Frank, standing on the porch;
MIR. Stockton said: Il supposed you
were all asleep" Z told him no, and
that we were not likely to that night;
he asked me to come out on the porch
as he wanted TO talk with me; he said:
This is an awful thing; Mr.. Harrison
won't you let me send him away from
mere and not prosecute him?" 1 re
piled: Il don't think man ought to
has doLe what he has done" Mr..
Frank Stockton spoke up and said:
"Mr. Harrison, for God sake don't
have him up, for it will kill our poor
old mother and bring disgrace on the
whole family" Then his father said;
"Mr. Harrison, IL you won't have him
Up, I'll send him clear out Of the Uni
ted States, so you will never see him
again;" he then asked me If l would
give him as much as three days time
to get some money to send him away
al ~,
him anything; tnat we were just now
discussing what we would do; they