The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-26

that Jones was in the industrial INSURANCE
business, and that his company did writ,
policies for negroes. as well as white PEG
pie.
i GEO. WHITLEY'S STATEMENT.
Geo. whtley, another of the defendants
being sworn said: II was down at the
I fire house in Wilson when Jones wa.
killed. / slept in the firemen's hall I wa.
asked by friends Of Mr.. Jones to ask him
to leave town. / went To Jones room in
company with b. f. Barkley / told him
that friend Of his had asked him to
leave town. / then left his room. was
drunk, and If | made threats against Mr..
Jones | do not remember anything about
/ it. | hardly remember the peace bond
proceedings. The first thing / remember
was when Mr.. Snakenburg came IN my,
room and ordered me up / dressed ana
came down stairs. met Mr.. Snakenburo.
and told him | was drunk and asked him
to take care OF me. | was sick little
later and went to my room and went To
bed; did not undress. got up next morn
ing about O'Clock and went to a room
in the station house. The first | knew Of
the occurrence was when | went down that
morning to Leonards bar to get a drink .
on cross examination by Mr.. Uzzel Wit
ness said Sanford Christman told him "a
go to Jones room. Witness said on ac-
count OF his drunken condition he did moi
remember saying anything against Jones
The witness mind seemed to have been y
blank on the day and night previous TO
the shooting.
Ropt. Harrison, being sworn, said: II
work IN the bar with John Allen. Some
times he wore white hat and some times
a black hat"
BASS ON THE STAND
Thos. Bass, one of the defendants in
the Jones killing. being sworn, said II
i've in Wayne county; | STAYED
with Ward the night of the killing; met
him about IL o'clock at night and stayed
with him until day. Ward did not go in the
Friar building between Ii o'clock and
day"
On cross-examination by Solicitor Dan
iels witness said he had given up his crop
III Wayne county and had left his wife
and children. Witness said he was on
the jury which acquitted Ward when he
was tried in Wayne county for murder.
Q. Which one of you, Gill Ward or
yourself, carried that gun down street,"
A. DID not see gun on that night"
Witness said further: II did not know
Jones was killed until next morning.
Heard it in Wards bar. Do not know
who told me. / came up street that
night about IL o'clock with Ward. We
went to Wards bar and stayed there until
1880 Ward said he wanted to see Sam
Cooper, and we went over behind the
Banner warehouse to find him. We came
on down the street and passed some peo-
pie near Corbett's bar. We then went
on down towards the old depot. where
we turned and came to Nash street and
across the railroad to Wards bar. We
went from there to Wards house where
we went to bed. | am one of the defend |
ants in this case
In answer to a question from S. A.
Woodland witness said town authorities |
asked him to make statement the night |
of the killing and he said he knew notn-
ing.
MORGAN TEsTIFIES.
Lawrence Morgan being sworn, said: I
4 am SO years old; knew Percy Jones
by sight. never spoke to any one about /
doing Jones any harm. / have never en-
tered into a conspiracy to do Jones any
damage. / did not fire a gun on the night |
Jones was killed; there was no agreement |
with any one that should fire a gun to |
attract the attention of the police / met /
Walls at the Orient saloon about IL o'clock |
on the night of the killing. / went from I
the saloon to my room over Virgins |
stables. This Is on the same block of the /
Frlar building. Was in my room. When /
the firing was done, l heard only one gun
Walls came to my room in a few min
utes after the shooting We then came up |
the street and saw crowd near the Friar /
building l did not know but one man in
the crowd-W. T. Clark l did not stay /
there long, then went down street when /
Clark called me and told me to go after
a doctor, Did not know who was shot. /
Had heard on the street that Allen was
shot. | stood on the streets awhile when
DR.. Anderson came along and told me
to get John Aliens friends and take him
out OF the Sanatorium. I then went and
got some one to go after Geo. Morgan
for whom Allen worked. | came back up
street and went to the Sanitarum where
Allen was. We carried Allen to Peter
Nichols house. Allen did not have any
thing on his head. I gave Allen
nat winch L ndu DOugnt from bl0unt,
and | had L. Morgan cut in the hat.
When | was arrested / had on a black
hat. was arrested at Cora Dutys. Had
been down there asleep on the lounge.
The hat ! was wearing then was an old
one. Before l came out for hearing !
asked Luther Barnes to get me hat
like the one / had. | did not see w w
Barnes after II O'Clock on the night of
the killing. He was with Piver Both
We're drunk
On cross examination Solicitor Daniels
asked Morgan if he had not been running
a gambling house in Wilson and he re-
fused to answer on the grounds that 1t
would tend to incrnninate himself Solicitor
asked witness if he had not told Mr.. Eyer
ton, of Kenly, that there was detective
in town and that they intended to get him.
Morgan answered that such was not the
case. that he did not know Mr.. Egerton.
On being asked why he told Luther
Barnes not to mention the fact OF his
wanting to buy a new hat Witness said
he did not tell Barnes not to mention the
matter but that he told him to go over
to Blounts and buy him hat.
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