Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-11
NEW BERN
E. y. WEEKS MURDERED I,
WHITE OAK TOWNSHIP.
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New Bern. n. c.. June 1o.-On New
Years night OF this year the store OF
e. .. Weeks. near Cedar Point post
Office, in Carteret county, was broken
open and robbed of about one hundred
and seventy dollars in money and other
things. among which were a gun and
q razor. Suspicion rested on negro
living in the neighborhood. but after
papers being issued and diligent search
made, no trace OF the stolen property
could be found, and the matter was
allowed to rest.
MIR. Weeks store Is situated on the
road. leading from Newport 10 Cedar
Point postofiice.
On Wednesday morning strange
tracks We're seen around the store, and
a boy passing the store about 1890
Wednesday night saw man lounging
about the store, but supposed he was
Mr. Weeks and said nothing about it
that night.
Mr.. Weeks slept in an upper room
In his store and boarded at the house
of Mrs. Julia Taylor, about a quarter
Of n mile from the store. On Thursday
morning, as Mr. Weeks did not go to
breakfast as usual, boy was sent to
the store to learn the cause. The boy
raped on the door several times and
no response came. The boy then went
around the store and found that n
window had been broken open. He
then went for a brother OF his and Mr..
S. NJ. Rue. who lived nearby, and the
three went to the store and found in
addition to the window being broken
open that a back door had been open
ed.
The party entered the store and went
up stairs to Mr.. Weeks bed room.
where they found the deceased lying
across his bed, his face down and his
feet on the floor, and n sheet thrown
over him.
They did not disturb the body. but
went for DR.. J. w. Saunders and w.
w. Weeks. who is n brother of the de-
ceased. and other citizens Of the neigh
borhood.
When the party arrived at the store
they went in and found the body as
above described.
On examination 1t was found that Mr..
Weeks had been brutally murdered.
there being q rope tied tightly around
his neck and finger nail marks about
his throat
Deputy Sheriff VIM. L. Taylor was
sent out with the necessary papers to
'iHu diiu ARREST TIE IluTueT III 10 DE
found. He went to Newport, n station
on the a. 6 N. c. r. r.. and about IL
miles from Cedar Point. He arrived
there about IL o'clock Thursday night,
where he learned from Mr. w. S. Bell
that strange man passed near that
place in the middle of the afternoon,
going In the direction of Handbook, a
station between Newport and New
Bern.
When Sheriff Taylor arrived at
Handbook he was Informed by Mr.. j. H.
Hunter that 4 strange negro passed
there about Z o'clock Thursday night.
Here the sheriff and a number of other
men who had Joined him in the pursuit,
took the train for New Bern.
On arriving In New Bern the sheriff
reported at police office. where papers
were taken out for the arrest of the
guilty party IL to be found here, and
Ofiicer Brinson was put in charge of
the work OF finding and arresting him.
Crimson soon found that 4 strange ne
gro was in the city. and 1t did not take
him long to find the stranger. He re-
ported the fact TO the station and ON
GERS Montague and Mcdaniel were sent
to assist in making the arrest.
The man arrested first gave his name
as Harrison. but afterwards said his
name was Madison. Madison. alias
Hardison, or Hardison alias Madison
was placed in Craven county jail to
wait for requsition from the author
tiles OF Carteret county.
Madison carried b. valise in which
was found a razor ..hich Sheriff Tay
Tor recognized as belonging TO Mr..
Weeks. the deceased. The valise also
contained three ALPACA coats. one pair
OF pants. one vest and one pair OF
shoes. all new. and three bottles OF
Hoyt's cologne and one piece of bacon
in one of the ALPACA coats
Four dollars and thirty cents In mon-
ey and big knife were found on his
person.