The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-24

You know we'll you put II to his Dolly
and fired
Mr. J T. Moore. a carpenter OF THIS
| place. was the next witness and his direct
axamination was conducted by Solicitor
Daniels
He said that he had heard no words
out first saw DR.. Bass have hold OF Dr-
Baker. carrying him in the street from
| tho postoffice. He was hitting Dr. Baker
With his fist. A crowd got afoul Of thcm
and when Baker pulled his pistol Dr.
5ass caught it. When the second shot
| vas fired two or three Ten had hold o:
| Or. Bass and some had hold OF Or
Baker. 1t was later that he saw br,
Bass draw his pistol.
In responce to questions from Mr.,
| Fountain. OF the defense he said that h"
| bought Mr.. Dancy was holding DR.. Ia
| ,er AMI two or three, perhaps Mr.. CaS-
| a~rIlen. Mr.. jenkins and others had hold
| Of DR.. Bass when the shot anne III
| second time.
on the redirect examination be said
| hat he did not see DR.. Bass pistol
lrawn till after the second shot had been
| fred.
NJ. g.. B. Cosby. a young man con
cctcd with the Pamlico Bank. next tes-
tifcd. He said that he was in Or. Baker
| office after the shooting and som" one
| asked Or Baker Arc you shot" and chat
| DR.. Baker said either "Durn him or
damn him l put two balls in him"
BEING cross-examined by Mr.. Henry
| Gillian he said that Mr.. Whitley was
present. CHera Mr.. r. l.. Whitley among
J the spectators was recognized as the par
~ referred to-.
Continuing Mr.. Crosby said that he was
excited. thought DR.. Baker was and did
not think there were any present who
were not excited.
While in the bank at work he heard a
shot and rushed out. The men were
| separate by that time and he saw moth
ing of the difficulty, only hearing the
shots.
In answer to a question as to the
weight of DR.. Bass he said he supposed
ne weighed about ~ pounds. He Waa
what he would call a big man His
Judgment was that he was a little heav-
Ter than Mr.. B. II. Bum.
After the shooting he said that he
| picked up a coat and hat on the street
and went to DR.. Bakers office to carry
these. He did not recall seeing Col.
Bridgcrs with DR.. Baker on the way to
the office.
DR.. l.. L. Station was the next witness
He got to DR.. Bass between II and II
o'clock, after returning to town. He was
in charge of the case. DR.. Bass died at
l1:15 at night.
He explained the wound by saying that
the bullet entered the body below the
sternum and to the right median line anf
ranged upward a half inch crossing tho
body and lodging in the eighth rib.
AS to the weight of DR.. Bass, he sal
his weight he considered about .5'
pounds; that he appeared to be physt-
cally strong, and was a man of impuls@
and of intense feelings.
Mr.. A. T. WalStOn. a merchant, mex
testified that Mr.. Cosby had repeates
the conversation he had with DR.. Baker
in which ''durn or damn was uset
His evidence was that while in his store
last Monday, q Mr.. Peters had called hls
attention to the shooting going on, ant
that when he looked Dr.. Bakers Goa
was off and DR.. Bass looked as if he was
striking DR.. Baker. who shot at this
time. He stated that he saw parties
have hold of DR.. Bass when the sho
came.
On cross-examination he said that DR.
Baker. with coat off, was running ant
DR.. Bass was after him, striking him
II appeared lUdI SOulc Ont Udu HOlu y
DR.. Baker as the second shot was fired
Judging from appearance he regarded
DR.. Bass as being physically a strorf
man. He thought that DR.. Bass. wfe1
aroused. was a man of high temper, bu'
had never seen this more than once OF
twice.
Mr.. H. S.. Hicks was called, but wa
not in court. The prosecution here
closed their case, and Judge Brown ad-
journed court till half past two o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The court resumed its session at $50
and there was as great a crowd present
as at the close of the morning session
these increasing during the afternoon.
At the opening of the afternoon Ses-
sion Solicitor Daniels said that the State
did not hold the killing to be murder il
the first degree, and agreed that the case
was a hailable one.
The defense took up the case imme-
diatcly at the beginning of the afternoon
session. the first witness Put on being
Col. John l.. Bridgers.
Colonel Bridgers said that in ccmine
down the street on the Monday of the
shooting. as he turned the corner OF
Main street, he saw Mr.. Dancy and DR..
Bass near the post-office. Spoke TO
OdHCy ana was answered, but DT. BaSS
did not reply. He went into the post
office and there met DR.. Baker. who had
a magazine and a letter in his hand. DR.
Baker passed out and as he left the post
office DR.. Bass struck him, and the maya
zine flew back in the costoffice. DIR
Baker came back inside the door and then
he "dutfed' under and ran out and got
away. going across the sidewalk and
over a little bridge, DR.. Bass strikins
him as he followed after him. Finally
Or. Bass got hold Of his coat and then
Or. Baker firted out OF it.
AS. DR.. Baker was in front of Constan-
tines fruit store. Ir. Bass caught ur
with him. Then DR.. Baker lodged and
came up on the sidewalk. when Dr.. Bass
caught hold of him and bore him down
At that time | caught DR.. Bass bv the
coat tai and reached for his collar. A.
did this | saw DR.. Baker was going IN
shoot and let loose of DR.. Bass and
QUICK as this %(snapping his fpcers) tho.
came a click, click! and the shots wore
tlred. Then it was that Castarnhen on3
JENKINS got hold of DR.. Bass. while u.
bakfr was in a crouching position Alto,