The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-05-31

w. Lo"hNdIu 10 the rear
"a. Slightly so, but I think it is due
to myself in order to be anearly exact
in that statement as / can be, that / should
say that the location of the bullet at the
point of Judgement on the right side was
not more than one inch below the point
of entrance of the bullet on the left side"
20. Then that would be downward and
Backward
"A. To a slight degree"
20. Downward one inch and backward
two inches?"
"a About that"
%. If Mr.. Skinner was a left handed
man and struck Mr.. Haywood with his
left hand on the cheek, and he was fired
lat before that position was changed, where
would the ball most likely strike him?"
"A. That would depend upon the posi-
tions of Mr.. Haywood and Mr.. Skinner"
"a. Take me now, as left handed man,
and / was to strike you in that way Gin
dlcating) and the shot comes instantly,
where would the ball most likely strike
me, or hit me?"
Question objected to, and question
was Withdrawn by counsel for defendant"
%. Speaking about those muscles as 1
understood you, you stated that when
you first tried to put the probe in. that
you could not get it in the orifce?"
"A. 1t wouldn't go through the chest
WALL
90. 1t that behind or in front or the
orifice in the skim"
"a. l cannot tell that"
go. From your autopsy can you tell?"
"A I dissected back the skin and mus
cles to a point behind where the two holes
were"
20. How far was the hole in the skin
from the hole in the chest?"
"a I didn't try to locate that at ALL
20. You didn't see whether it was bacl
or front?"
"A. No. sir"
90 If a man had his hand in that no
sition Cndicating) and was shot and the
perforation was made, and he then drop
ped his hand, might not that have caused
or accounted for the discrepancy"
"a. Of course, any movement in the
body might have accounted for that"
EDWARD MURRAY.
Mr.. Murray examined by Senator Nor.
ris, said
Il live on Swain street, here in Raleigh |
was right out here in front of Mr. |
Dughi's store. on the 21st of February. |
pretty near the car line standing out in
the street, on Main street, Front street
Federal street. I was standing there, |
talking to somebody, but | forgot WHO
two other fellows was standing there. l
was standing looking pretty much mp the |
street. I was not looking down the street, |
and while standing there, 1 heard a pistol
fired down the street and l turned around |
and as ] turned ] saw Mr.. Skinner run
across. he wasn't quite to the car line, |
and just about the time he ran across
the second shot was fired, and after that
he looked back After the second shot
he threw his hand up somehow or other
UP to his side and kind of made a circle .
and wheeled and fell right down on the
track, on the east rail. | turned as soon .
IS | heard the first shot. / seen Mr. /
Skinner just about the time Of the sec
ond shot: he seemed to be going pretty
much across towards Denton's, and he
was going a pretty peart gait, he seemed
to be. I never noticed how he was acting /
couldn't tell much about that. Witness
stands up and shows court how Mr. Skin
ner went at the time he saw him. / seen
Mr. Haywood near the lower steps of the
postoffice / seen the pistol, but didn't |
pay much attention to it. l paid more
attention to the falling man"
Mr.. Murray was not cross examined.
afternoon Session.
When the court met again at three
o'clock, the crowd was rather small at
first. There is a great rush every day
for the jury seats, as those are deemed
the best points of vantage. 1t was still
warm in the room.
There was a consultation between coun
sci and judges as to whether or not there
should be any argument at all.
Mr.. G. c. Mcdonald, of Raleigh, was
called first Solicitor Daniel examined
him. He testified in effect that he was
in front of the Tucker building. Heard /
two reports like torpedos on the track,
and turned and saw Skinner falling about
car track Saw New Barnes in his car
rage there and asked him afterwards |
and asked him what he knew about 1t.
Barnes told hih he saw second shot and
saw Skinner fall.
Mr.. Pou. on cross examination, brought |
out that Mr. Mcdonald was under indict-
ment for embezzling paymentss collected
from some twenty odd old men on their
insurance policies.
Mr.. T. f. Brockwell gunsmith and ma
chinist: Haywood came into my shop on
Thursday, / think, before the tragedy to /
have a pistol fixed. 1t was a Smith and |
Wesson, hammerless. The pistol had been |
repaired for Mr.. Haywood several months |
before. Mr. Haywood said he supposed
would think him very troublesome but |
there was little catch in the movement |
of the revolution. Mr.. Haywood waited |
while I fixed the pistol
On cross examination by Mr.. Pou, wit |
ness said Haywood may have said some
thing about going away, but did not tell
him he was going to Florida.
Mr. e. c. Tompkins travelling freight |
agent for the Seaboard Air Line was in