The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-27


was the time by which the town clock
OF Rockingham was regulated. That af-
liant was up and remembers Tho morning
OF the 23rd Of October, 1897 Cthc day
the crime was committtedD; that ut 3
minutes to q O'Clock by factory time on
that morning, it was light enough to dis
tinguish person az far off as 30 yards.
WIN. ENTWISTLE
Sworn to and subscribed before me this,
the 22nd day of February, 1893.
w. y. EVERETT,
Mayor Of Rockingham
j. \. McAULEY'S AFFIDAVIT.
State of North Carolina,
County Of Richmond.
Before u. f. Long. Clerk Superior Court.
J. A McAuley, being duly sworn, says
that | live about three hundred yards
from the place where Miss Cole was as
sauted. at the time the assault was
committed. / was up in the back porch
Of my house when ! heard woman
scream. / heard one of them say that
| know that he has killed her by now.
l looked out in the direction of the
voices and recognized Misses Maggie
and Matte Cole. They wore about
forty yards from where | was standing.
/ did not have any light. 1t was just
about five minutes before six O'Clock by
factory time, which / am informed and
believe was at that time fifteen minutes
behind the railroad and town time. |
hollered to the young ladies and asked
them what was the matter. One of
them said a negro man lad grabbed Lii
lie and gone with her. / asked them
where. and they waved tneir
hands back and said in the edge of the
woods. ! armed myself and ran as fast
as | 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 it, ]
met Miss Lille and her father coming
i'm the direction of my house. Miss Lii
lie Was crying and said he had almost
killed her. asked her which way he
went and she said across the field. She
said she would not know him. Did not
see him except as he ran off. That he
pulled her bonnet over her face and pre-
vented her from seeing him. She said
she could not holler, because he was
choking her almost to death. / was the
first man to reach her after her father
or seven minutes after she was as
saulted before | reached her l 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 l am satisfied that per-
sons could have been seen and easily
distinguished at this place.
]. A. McATTLEY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me on
this, the Dist day of February, 1898.
u. +. Long, G. S. 9.
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 Lilesville to Rocking
ham, on the change of assaulting Miss
Lille Cole. l carried Fletcher Teal bird
hunting with me. was at the depot
when the train arrived with John
Evans, and l saw Fletcher Teal there,
almost Immediately after the train left
/ started on my hunt carrying Fletcher
in buggy with me. / asked Fletcher If
he knew John Evans and when he saw
him in town last and other questions.
Fletcher told me that John Evans spent
the might in the room with him at Hin
sons stable, that he (Fletcher) got up
between four and five o'clock the next
morning to feed Mr.. HinsOn's horses,
that it was dark in the room when he got
mp and that he did not know whether
j ohm Evans was in the room or not.
that he did not see him from the time
they went to sleep until about eight
O'Clock that morning, when he saw him
at the livery stable.
(Signed) EDWIN SJJLJY.
Sworn to and subscribed before mo
on this the 2lst day of February. 1898.
tSigned) 8. +. COOPER,
Justice of the Peace.
f. l.. COLES AFFIDAVIT.
OF NORTH CAROLINA
Richmond COunty-In Mayors Court,
Before w. n. Everett, Mayor
F. L. Cole, being duly sworn by me-
says:
IL am the father of Lille Cole. The
morning my daughter was assaulted, /
went as far as the lot with her and
other daughters as they started to the
factory, which was about FIVE or ten
minutes before the factory bell rang.
1t was light enough then to see and dis
tnguiSh people easily. My daughters
had lantern with them which they
were returning to the factory; they had
borrowed it the evening before at the |
factory to come home with; there was
not any necessity for it to be lighted; IT
was light enough to see without 1t.
was at my lot, nearer the scene of
the crime than my house, when Celia |
Everett, a colored woman, going along |
the road about five fet from the lot
where L was. called my attention to my
daughters screaming. had been in the
horse stable and did not hear until my
attention was called to it. j ran up the
hill in the direction of the screams as
fast as q could THE distance from
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