The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-11-23

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to deceased, and nephew of Sam Man
gum, and lives about two miles from
| Mangum's house, in Newlight. Had
known deceased all his life. Saw his
| body about midnight on Sunday night,
| lying in the path between Mangum
and his house, lying face foremost,
with the left arm straight out and the
right arm drawn up, with the coat be
| tween the bend of the arm and the
body. His right leg was drawn up
and his left leg stretched out. Witness
saw his pocketbooll and knife taken
from his pocket. The knife was a
small pocket knife, closed. The peck
etbook contained $33.75. Witness saw
the tracks from beyond the bridge
around through the cotton patch.
They were 3K or feet apart. About
| five yards from where the body lay,
| the track crossed the hillside ditch.
The witness described in detail the
| spot where the body was found. The
right hip pocket was partly turned out
as if something had been pulled out
| of it.
George Pierce was then called. He
knew both deceased and defendant.
| He heard a conversation between Grit
| fin and Mangum on the Tuesday be-
| fore the killing, relative to a visit of
Griffin to Mangum's house Objection
was raised by defense to this conversa-
| ton being admitted in evidence; the
objection was overruled. Mangum in
vited Griffin and several others to visit
him. and Griffin said it would be the
| last of the week before he could GO to
see him. This talk occurred at Grit
| fms house.
| Noah Harris, colored man, was the
next witness. He lives in NeWhght,
about half mile from Mangum's
house. Two or three days after the
| killing, while at work in MIR. Man
gums ward, witness mentioned the
| matter 10 Mangum, saying he was sor
nv it had happened. He replied that
Mr.. Griffin kept worrying him ais
could stand IL no longer.
Mrs. Della O'Neal then testified that
she was the wife of Oscar ONeal, that
| she lived close to Mangum's house, and
that she was at Mangum's the night
of the killing, going there about s
| o'clock. O'Neal, Sam and his wife
were there.
| Witness was asked if there was not
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| that night about mule. Counsel for
defense objected vigorously to this be-
ing admitted and a brisk discussion
followed. Justice Maroon overruled
the objection.
| Mangum wanted to take the baby
with him on a mule, and Mrs. Mangum
| became fretted about it. Witness
was in the sitting room when Griffin
| and Lyon came into the yard. They
came down the path from the road,
| and witness saw them first between
her house and Mangum's. Lyon came
| up first, with Griffin little behind
him. Lyon had a bottle in his hand,
and Mrs. Mangum said: You carry
| it about in your hand, do you?' He
held it up and said: There's nothing
| in it, Mrs. Mangum said: There
comes Pete.o Lyon said:"4es, and he
says he's drunk as old hell" Mrs. Man
gum kept begging them to go on of,
for she was sick. There was no other
cursing or disturbance raised by the
men. Mrs. Mangum further told them
| that Sam had been drinking and
threatening to shoot himself. This
last statement was stricken out on OBJ
lection by defense.
Mr.. Mangum was drinking. Griffin
replied to Mrs Mangum: III take
your word, Miss Addie, and leave" y
! They then walked off up the path
about fifteen yards, and then turned
| around and came back to the win
dow. Mrs. Mangum again asked them
to leave. Then Sam came out around
the corner of the chimney There
were no rough words, but Sam said:
| MY wife has asked you all to leave,
now leave" Pete said something to
Sam about having a talk and they all
walked off up the path and stopped a
little way off, about fifteen yards. At
ter few minutes they walked on up
the path to the little bridge. They
stood there possibly fifteen minutes.
talking, and then witness heard re-
volver go off as fast as it could be
fired four times, seemingly right in
the same place every time. At the
last report witness saw a man run
around and fall, appearing to come
from the left side of the path from
where witness stood.
In the course of cross examination,
witness said she had not seen a ps-
tol in the possession of either of the
men that night, also that she heard
no cursing except the words she re-
peated on direct examination. She
did not tell DR.. Thompson that she
saw either of the men have a pistol
before the shooting, nor that she saw
the pistol flash in the face of man.
Sidney Ray testified that he lived
in Newlight and knew Griffin and
Mangum. He saw deceased lying on
the side of the path the day after the
shooting, and also when the body was
being washed There was one wound
under the left shoulder blade.
Sidney O'Neal was called, and said
he lived about two miles from where
the killing took place. He saw Grit
fin the next day at 10 or II o'clock
and described the wound on the left
side of the back.