The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-02

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| tween the side and the back-bo
He placed it further back than the
| other witnesses for the defendant.
| He said Griffin had the reputation OF
| being a violent dangerous man.
| On cross examination, the witness lden-
| tilted the vest and shirt, with the pistol
ball hole in the back, as garments worn
/ by Mangum when he was killed
"Do you call those holes in the back ~
81 don't know that you would call it
either one; it's between the side and the
| back
| Edwin Morris also helped undress the
body. He located the wound as an inch
and half behind the centre of the body,
81 saw a red spot on the breast, but
don't know whether it was bullet
hole or not"
l. M O'Neal testified that Rowland
ONeal, his nephew, told him he did not
hear Sam Mangum say he had some
fresh meat up on the hill"
MANGUM'S CHARACTER GOOD.
The good character of Sam Mangum
was proved by John W. Thompson, who
formerly lived near Mangum; by George
Lowry, a neighbor of Mangum's; by r. L.
by G. w. Davis and w. w. Holding.
Mr. Griffin said pete" Griffins char
acter was very bad but hadn't heard
much about it until since he was killed;
Mr.. Davis said "Pete" Griffin had the
reputation of shooting you if you
crowded him." but he had heard most
of this since the murder; Mr. Holding
said Griffn's character was bad, but he
of no ncf0 in yryhi hn had
ever shot or cut anybody.
Charles Marshall testified that Pete"
Griffin and his companions came to his
house Sunday night, before he went to
Mangum's.
Pete called me up. l went out into
the yard. He told me he was mad with
my brother and was going to kill him,
and started toward the house. / put
my hand ON him and told him he couldn't
go. AS l started back to close the door
he began swapping his pistol and l ran,
AS l did so the pistol fired once"
On cross examination, the witness said
he thought the pistol snapped half a.
dozen times.
Here the defendant rested and the
plaintiff put on it's testimony in rebuttal.
FELL AT THE LAST SHOT
Mrs. Della ONeal was the first witness
called She is the wife of Oscar O'Neal
who lived on Sam Mangum's land.
II was at Sam Mangum's the night
Pete Griffin was killed I saw Pete COM
ing from toward my house to Mangum's.
They came to the window and Mangum's
wife asked them to leave, saying that
she was sick and Sam, her husband, had
been threatening to shoot himself. They
started off and then Pete came back
to the window. Again Mrs. Mangum
asked them to leave. Pete said: Very
we'll, just as you say Then Sam Man
gum came and told them to go. They
started, then stopped few minutes, and
Mangum Joined them and they went on
off-Sam and Pete walking side by side
and talking low. They stopped at the
bridge and talked, then the pistol fired.
| could see them all the time from the
window. but ] could not.hear anything
that was said. When the pistol fired
saw a man run and fall. then Sam turned
and came back to the house The pistol
fired four times and at the, last report
the man fell.
"Did you see Pete Griffin or any Of
those with him have pistol?'
mo. One of them had bottle"
Ola any Oh Ln6In CuISe. L ulu hoI hCdl
an oath, except that one of them Charlie
Lyman) said Pete said he was drunk as
old hell Charlie had a bottle in his
hand
What did Mangum say"
HE said, Boys, my wife has told you
to leave and now leave.
CONFLICT IN TESTIMONY.
On cross examination, the. testimony
OF this witness at the coroner's inquest
and the preliminary examination before
| the magistrate were read. At the coro-
ner's inquest, she said there was cursing
in the yard. Explaining this, she said
| she considered Lymans saying Pete was
| drunk as old hell was cursing Before
| the magistrate her written evidence
reads: "At the last report of the pis-
toll / saw man run around and fall.
This she said was not correctly written,
that it should read: Il saw a man run
around and fall at the last report. of the
pistol" The witness insisted that Crit
fin started to run at the fist report of
the pistol and fell at the last report.
The witness denied emphatically ever
telling DR.. Thompson or anyone else that
she saw mans face by the fash of the
pistol
Her husband, Oscar O'Neal, was the
next witness. He went with Mangum to
the Falls on the Sunday of the tragedy;
there they got half pint of whiskey
At Jim Inscoe's also, they got drink,
and borrowed pint from another man.
What time did you get home?
about daylight down."
What was Mangum's condition them
well, he wasn't drunk, but he was
drammy.'
The witness then told of number of
| things done by Mangum showing drunk
| en- condition up to the time that Lyman
and Griffin came to the house
HOW 1T ALL HAPPENED.
They came on into Mangum's yard and
| stopped in the path Charlie Lyman
| came up to the window with a quart bot
| tie in his hand. Mangums wife asked them
| tc leave. They said alright, and started.
| Then they turned around and came back.
| Mangum's wife said You all go on away,
| I've asked you to go once Sans drinking
| and you're drinking and l don't want any
| trouble here Lyman said he came to
| see Sam and he was going to see him.
/ About that time Sam came around the
house and said Hello boys, why don't
| you all go on, amt my wife asked you