The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-10-22
HAYWOOD IS Freed
Jury Satisfied as 10 The laaoceace
Of The Accused
QUICKLY MADE Up An OPINION
Jury In hsy~ood-Skinasr Case TrssS
In Raleigh peiaestatsd oaiy . Few
Minutes.

Raleigh. Spcclai.-Aficr ssins out
10; more than Is minutes Wednesday.
,he Jury in the tstal Of Ernest Hay
wood for the murder q. Ladio~ sxin-
ner returned a yeFlict % no; guilty.
There wRS no Demonstration. but
smiles of delight were on the faces OF
Haywood. his counsel and his four
brothers. who have bera constantly
with him. Haywood shook HANDS Vita
his counsel. and when be ~x tis-
charged went NJ once 90 the Jury box
and shook hands With each Juror. re-
turning thanks. Neat he went To Juige
PEBBLES and did the same Colonel i.
NJ Argo closed for the defense. uru-
ing self-te.snse for Hay cod and .
persecution OF him and wtwtnesses Tor
the de!ense. Judge Pccbies neat COR
mcnteG on the evidence ana charged
the jury. IL Was charged very fAsoFA-
bile TO the defendant Haywood ahoS
and Killed Skinner In front ot the post
ONCE here on February IL A prellrnI-
nary hearing waS waived and nj the
March term the trial vas postponed on
account Of absent Nttnc&scs Al the
haboas corpus. the frst OF Jane. Hay
wood Was released on $4,000 bail la
the case seven lawyers appeared Tor
the defense and I've for the state. "A
acting solicitor vas employed. as the
solicitor declined TO act because o' bis
relationship TO Haywood The de.en-
dant did not testify.
Judge Peebics stated that as the
| State admitted there Was blow
| stricken. then The charge % murder In
/ the second degree Was eliminated. u
was IL 35 o'clock when the Judge gave
1 g. h..
nifty minutes lie said IL vas not the
4 duty OF the Jury IL be led OF 10y at
tacks on the prosecution The question
which concerns the jury was whether
the defendant Was guilty Of any crime
| murder in the first or second degree.
or nothing The jury should he glided
by evidence and nothing else: TO take
the evidence from the witnesses and
the Law from the courts. and not the
/ law from the attorneys. There Is no
! exposed malice In this case. there is In
! piled malice. The burden Is on the de-
! fcndant 20 prove there was no malice
In the case Claims he has done that
by Simms. Schmitz. Hocuit. Barnes
and Fuller. and says there was not q
witness. except Sauls who contradicts
that. No witnesses. except Sauls say
they saw any OF the beginning Of the
trouble. The defendant says you ought
TO believe him. because IL In Ave 10 one
The defendant says Sagls In not bad
character. and that there are othei
witnesses who strengthen his conten-
ton. Two Witnesses. Mr.. Billings and
the taller, say the defendant had {
red spot on his face. The defendant
says he thinks be was exSusable un'
der the circumstances and thai
Schm!tz. Hocutt. Fuller and Barnes nj
swcre that when Haywood rose ~
Skinner had jumped away or 10 feet
and all OF them say he had his hand OF
his pocket. some say the right. som'
the left hand lie claims there In nc
as much conflict of evidence m nigh
be imagined. That under those condi
tions be believed his life in danger. an
that nobody contradicts. except Sauls
and the defendant thinks the other
ought 10 he believed In preference. Her
the Judge read Jones Fuller's eyidencs
and said IL was for the jury 10 50
whether the shot could have strucl
him as Fuller thought Not~ithstAnd
ing the fact that the State claimed Q
have proved the bad characters c
Schmitz and HocBtt. yet there are cif
: cumstances 20 show they told thetuu
: Tie defendant claims their testimon
81 corroborated without regard 10 thei
characters: that he had apprchenfio
] he was about 10 be- shot and that the
r tie law excuses him. But these af
] matters for TIE jury to decide. Becsus
a man acts coolly IL does not debar hi
{ from the benefit OF the Law. The stat
+ says the Jury ought 10 believe Fulle
{ VINO said when be saw the ceceass
2 he was making no effort 10 draw
0 pistol.
y The State says it ought not 20 be r
, oeiyed because OF the bloT. The bio
did not excuse the killing but d
away with malice I: the jury believ'
the killing was done from anger ar
PASSION. and not from reasonable Tea
- the defendant Is guilty Of rnanslaug
8 ter. The jury is not responsible 10 n
d body for its verdict IL the dsceAs'
r Jumped back and was attempting
/. draw a pistol the defendant had rig
: TO fear.
! The Jury was not out long-bareiy
!, minutes. when IL came in There W
- a rush. Foreman Wigs gave the ve
> dict. Not utility"