The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-02-27
THE RALEIGH TRAGEDY.
Eminent Counsel Have Been Retain
Case-Reward Offered for a MUIR
neutrality-suspicious. for Analysis
of Drinking Water-Text of Sena-
tor Whites Bill.
Raleigh, n. c., February "a.
Messenger Bureau.

Raleigh, n. c., February "a.
All the talk here continues to be about
the Staying of Ludlow Skinner by En-
est Haywood. One of Haywood's law
yers said this morning: I'VE have not
formulated our plan at all as yet in
regard to habeas corpu proceed .ng."
1t vas learned from John e. Woodland,
of counsel for prosecution that the note
which Skinner wrote Haywood on the
morning of Saturday was perfectly po-
lite and was written as the eXecutor of
his mothers estate, the Ludlow estate,
asking hat Haywood return all the
papers. Woodland said the letter was a
perfectly prope one.
James H. o is managing the Hay
wood side of this great case. and 1t
goes without saying that he is one of
the best lawyers and best managers in
all North Carolina. The evidence in
the case is extremely conflicting. Ga
the one hand there are two men who
swear there was a fight betwecn Skin
rer and Haywood. One Of these has
so given a statement to your cores p On
dent. Another nan gave on Sunday,
in the presence Of a third person an
Squdlf pJSlllNf Statement llo Il
was no fight and even no conversation
between the men. Of course such con-
ficting statements widely divide public
opinion. and while some say they be-
lieve there was a fight. others express
utter disbelief of any such thing.
1t was stated by one of the counsel
for the prosecution that more counsel
will be employed on that side. There
are now SO far as know only three law
yers on that side. two of these from
out of town. Six lawyers. all of he
local bar. have so far been employed
for the defence: that is that number
have been in consultation on the case.
but one of them remarked today that
others might have been retained.
Yesterday afternoon and today Hay
wood had a few callers outside of his
family and lawyers. at his cell in the
Jail, but it Is intimated that most of
these saw him about business matters,
as he was a MAI of large business af-
fairs. He had for a nUmbe of y0arS
been attorney for some of the largest
estates in this part of the country, and
in fact last year a gentleman told me
the estates he represented aggregated
over four millions of ollar Hay
wood is a man of means, and a well in
| IlIcl lIo 1iA wv tiI''Afril hO wa
worth at least SIS. 600. He was one OF
the hardest working lawyers who ever
pra cticed here.
Governor Aycock offers $500 reward
for the capture C the young white
mar named Young, who at Hamlet last
Saturday night murdered j.. II. vii.
hanson. Two photogra phs of the muir.
derer have been sent the governor, one
representing him standing and the 9th
er seated at a little saw ut WORK
Representative Watts, the introduce
OF the Watts Liquor regulation bill
which has passed the house says h
hopes it will also pass the senate, bu
cannot MAKE any guess as to what vii
be It's fate there.
The North Carolina Home Insurance
Company will in a few days reoccup!
its office in the building which was s.
badly damaged by fire n water a lit
tie over q month ago.
Among today's arrivals were T. T
Hicks. Henderson,; DAME! Ball. Enfield
Clement Manly, Winston; Walter z
Moore. Webster: J. z. Caldwell, D. A
Tompkins, Charlotte.
The joint finance committee of tn
legislature decides to favorably repor
in the appropriation bill an allowanc
of 1900 for biological analyses O
drinking waters. DR.. Richard H. Lewis
secretary of the state board of healtl
made an earnest speech in support o
such ar appropriation.
There was argument before legislat iv
committee this afternoon on the b
to extend the corporate limits of R3
leigh.
One of the interesting fights yet {
be pulled off viii he that for places o.
the o d commission. It is said tina
there are at least 90 aspirants. severa
OF them members of the legislature.
| Much pleasure Is felt here at tn