The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-03

walk and a trot After the second shot
witness stepped back a few steps and saw
Haywood, who was just about to step
down off the parapet of the postoffice.
Skinner seemed to be going from Mr..
Haywood. Just at the second shot Skin
ner looked back over his left shoulder,
turning his body between quarter and
talf to Mr.. Haywood At second shot
Skinner was about halfway to car track.
Then his hand went down and he went on
across the car track and turned and fell
with his face on the east rail. Witness
could see SINNERS face as he turned, but
he could not see his face after the second
shot. Witness was between thirty and
| forty feet from where Skinner fell.
! Cross examined by Col. Argo, Mr.
Warren said he was facing little south
east when he heard the shot, and turned
his head He saw SINNERS legs through
the carriage wheels. A carriage was gen
orally driven up within foot or two of
the curbing. His back was toward post
/ office when he emerged from behind the
carriage. Then he looked back over his
left shoulder, with his hand about his hip,
Just at that second the last shot was
to the car track, and went on till he
crossed the tra elk, before he fell. His hand
dropped at the second shot. His hat
was seven or eight feet back of the car
rage. Haywood was standing close to
the southern steps, stepping off at the cor
ner of the steps. Skinner had fallen at
this time. Haywood then made a few
steps to the north, ana then turned back
to meet Mr.. Separk.
On redirect examination by Mr.. Strong,
witness said that Skinner made no stop
| from the time he first saw him.
W. b. Allen, of Goldsboro, was next
examined by Mr. Daniel. He was in Raj
eigh on February 21st last in front of the
Tucker building, Hicks drug store, facing
/ the door. His attention was attracted by
| two shots fired in rapid succession. He
then turned and saw a gentleman In the
middle of the street making a semi-cir-
Gle, on the car track. He put his hands
to his body and fell with his face on the
track. He heard some one say: Ernest
| Haywood has killed Ludlow Skinner" He
was near car track. Haywood was be-
tween main entrance of postoffice and
the corner, coming up the street.
A A. Rowland, of Willow Springs,
farmer, was next examined by Mr.. Daniel.
He was at Johnsons drug store door look
ing south down the sidewalk. The report
of a pistol attracted his attention. He
turned and looked first toward Tucker
Building Pharmacy, and then looked to-
ward postofice and saw man approach
ing the car track at a rapid gate, and
smoke near south end Of postoffce The
man in the street was going slightly
quartering across the street He raised his
hand to his breast and turned around
and fell across the track. When witness
first saw him he was pretty near the car
track. He was quartering with his left
side toward the postoffce. He saw
gentleman near the southern steps of the
postoffce with a pistol in his hand
w. M. Thompson, of Onslow county,
was next called and examined by Mr.
Daniel. He was in Raleigh, member
of the General Assembly. He is now
Superintendent of Public Instruction in
Onslow county. On evening of shooting
he was at the Tucker Building, near the
northern corner, coming down toward the
Marlborough House He was looking to-
ward the postoffice. Heard report OF two
pistols near southern end of postoffice.
and saw several men there in evident
CONSERVATION. In the street was man
going across the street, STOPPING over and
evidently trying to steady himself, with
one hand on his breast and the other on
his left side. He was at least midway
from the curb to the car track. The re-
ports of the pistol were about as fast as
a man could discharge both barrels OF
shotgun as coyey of birds would rise.
There may have been two or three car
riages on the street in front of the
postoffce. Skinner was going diagonally
across the street when he first saw him.
T. F. Brockwell, of Raleigh, was next
examined by Senator Woodland. He had
repaired a pistol for defendant two or
three days before the tragedy 1t was
Smith Wesson, SO calibre, hammerless.
He had made it work a little easier. 1t
hung somewhat When the defendant
came he made some remark, saying that
he expected witness would think he was
hard to suit, but it hung little. The
pistol might be year old, or if well kept |
two years old. Mr.. Brockwel examined
the pistol and swore it was the same one
he had repaired for Mr.. Haywood.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Pou, Mr.. Brock |