The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-23
CHARGED WITH MURDER.

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CHARGED WITH MURDER.
One of the recruits recently sent here
from North Carolina is III deep trouble
+ His name is Avery T.. Kale. of Catawha
county. and il is charged that he muir
dered a man last Saturday and enlisted
in the army as Il recruit Monday under
| recruiting officer Stewart. Kale reached
Camp Cuba Libre Tuesday and was as
signed to Company \. Thursday a tel
egram came from the sheriff Of CataWba
county stating that hale shot and killed
Il man by the name OF George Travis. OF
Saturday. last. and asked that he 10
arrested and held until an officer could
come for him. soon after the telegram
was received Sergeant prempert- Of
Company y, who was on provost duty
at the time. found kalc on Bay street
and placed him under arrest. He has
been given a preliminary hearing and y
now in the city Jail waiting to be carried
back to North Carolina.
kllc is about II years of age and
does not look to be very bright. He was
seen soon after his arrest and he admit
ted having shot Travis but said he did
not know the shot was fatal until SO in
! formed after his arrest. The prisoner
. said that he and Travis went to a still
last Saturday and got into Il dispute
over Il case hat is ncnding in court.
Words led to blows and Travis struck
HALE with Il piece of iron and ran. HALE
says that he then picked up Il Gun that
was nearby and fired at the fleeing man.
AS soon as he shot he left without know
ing that he had killed Travis. He went
to Marion that night and Monday en-
listed in the army.
In speaking of the shooting HALE did
not .a.,, Z "a r,a1;1l Az, q 4 -
offence With which he is charged and
said he was glad he was going back to
North Carolina.
RECRUITING OFFICERS IN.
The officers who have been on de
tached duty in North Carolina recruiting
the regiment to its full quota of men.
have completed their work and been
ordered back to their command. Two
of these officers, Lieutenant Stewart. of
Company +, and Lieutenant Erwin. of
Company NJ. have already arrived in
camp and are now with their respective
companies. Lieutenant Christian, If
Company |. has not vet arrived but will
be here in Il few days. As soon as he
arrives Lieutenant Christian will assume
command of Company /. as Captain
Niche has been promoted and Lieuten-
amt NoodalI is now in North Carolina on
a tWcnty-day leave of absence.
VISITING HOME FOLKS.
Several OF the officers and men are
visiting loved ones at home after an alb
Scnce of several months. Among those
VINO nave recently left camp are Lieu
tenant j. II. Gwym. of Company -. on /
tcn-dayS' visit To his people at Reidsville:
Lieutenant b. c. WoodalI. Of Company
l.. has Il 2O-dayS' leave of absence and
IS visiting his family in Durham: First
Sergeant L. j. Cooke. of COMPANY r..
Sergeant McCorklc, of Company 4. and
brlvateS j. w. Roberts,. of Company T..
and T.. +. llonneYcutt. of Company
are at home on Il ten days furIough.
FULLY EQUIPPED.
The North Carolina boys are now FULLY
equipped and ii is the first regiment in
the Seventh Army Corps to reach that
stage OF perfection. The new KHAKI;
uniforms have been received by Quarter
master IIarrcll and will be issued to the
companies this week. These new un:-
forms are light and cool and will add
much to both the comfort and appear
ancc of the boys.
TIE LAST RECRUITS ARRIVE.
During the last few days the follow
ing recruits have reported here from the
recruiting officers in North Carolina anil
are the last men needed to bring the
regiment M to its full quota. John A.
Garrison. Bayard Williams. Joseph W.
Lewis. Samuel A.. Tennessee. Dink Car
mon, Avery T.. Kalc. and John S. Lewis.
assigned 10 Company \: Il. T.. Connnr
and a MFR. Dorsey assigned to Company
g..
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