The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-02
Vol. XIV. No. 43.

q was tho b8luSfrndc q the sscpS or the
steps Themselves. sorncth hing aloog ther,.
and when Mr.. Skinner struck hlsn nc
sprang back. / suppose thrvc or four fert
ana . little 81; towards re. i, seemed to
me a9d then acros> the sidewalk. ana
about that time the hr~t shot was nryd
by Mr.. Haywood.
Mr.. skinner hc.l;asca there for an m.
slant. l suppose. and then started acres.
the street. There was sonlc Kind of j
vehicle standing there 10 not kuow
What IL was. and a. he started doSu =.
hind that on the opposite side 81 It from
me- glanced ahead of him 10 the d,-
rection inc was gong. after the second
shot was fired. | hooked back and Nlr
skinner was approaching the street car
track. | suppose he was-wcll hc must
have been ten feet or thcrcabouts from i,
on this side of IL lie was u.ovlnr.
hardly know how 20 des,ribc his gait cx
actly. II was apparently "A little faster
than an ordinary Ralk n that time proo.
ably considerably faster than a walk but
he seemed Ia steady himself. but liz cross
cd the track ana staggered more and
around 10 has left and dropped down On
his knee. ! believe. and | turned away
from the sight. and when looked hacS
he down the ground That Il
about all | saw OF H.
%. What dill you do thereafter; where
did you 90 after that?"
a | came on INTO the postonice then
and then got mixed up with the crowd
standing around there. | suppose | was
there for few minutes. ! don't know how
long, and then went hack TO my office
did not make any public statement th~
afternoon. | did not want 70 get sto n
did not want to have to be a witness
in the case. The first person told about
what | saw was my brother-in law. Mr.
Moseley l told him the next day sun
day. The occasion Of my telling HIM was
l looked over the morning papers ani
read the evidence that Was brought out
before the coroner's inquest | saw. that
| the witnesses were mistaken ana hadI.
seen the first difficulty. or at least tho
part l saw. and | DO not know whether
l saw it all or not, but they hadn't seen
what | saw and | told him that If II be-
came necessary felt l would have to tell
what l knew about it."
Il suppose it was near one o'clock il
the day when told him that, | don't
| know exactly"
THAT was the first opportunity ! had
| had to read the morning papers. just at
| that time"
81 took dinner with Mr.. Mnseley"
| 4 did not live at Mr. Moseley'4 house.
| house
| Il believe the next person ] told WINS
my partner, Mr. Douglas ard ! think the
next person was Mr.. Holding. one Of the
| attorneys for Mr. Haywood. He came
over and asked me about at and | told
! him
90 Did you tell any near relative or
friend of the deceased, Mr. skinner, about
it?"
9. Yes, sir. | told D.. skinner about 4.
"When?"
"a. Sometime during Monday forenoon,
l don't know just the time.
q. The Monday Immediately after the
homicide?"
% The homicide was on Saturday af-
tcrnoon?"
"A Yes. sir"
20. And you told the father or The le-
ceased, sometime in the forenoon Of the
next Monday"
"A Yes, sir
CROSS EXAMINATION or MR.. sIMMs.
| Mr. Smms was cross examined By Mr.
Gillian. Here are the questions and an
swers:
% Just where were you. when you AMI
Mr.. willis Briggs met in this converse
tom"
"a I suppose it was eight or ten feet
north Of the central steps"
% Mr.. Briggs was coming out from
the postoffice and going towards the cap-
FOL. wasn't he?"
"a Yes, sir
% Did you see Mr.. Ludlow skinner and
Mr. Briggs come together ont OF the post
office down the postoTce steps"
a. Mr. Skinner and Mir Brggs?"
% Yes, sir?'
| "a No. sir l did not
90 Did you see Mr.. Skinner when he
came out Of the postofficc?'
| "A No sir"
90 How long were you engaged in the
conversation with Mr. Briggs"
"a l don't know. probably, it is hard
to tell just how long il took to exchange
one or two sentences. / don't know, only
very short time"
! @ Cannot you give some estimate or.
| the timc?"
"A don't know that I could-it was
I hardly know. never timed talk II
/ that kind, I really don't know.
%. Was it much a. a mInute?'
"A 1t wouldn't exceed a minute"
%. While you were talking with Mr..
/ Briggs, how were you facng?"
"A I was facing down the street. to-
wards the court house"
%. How was Mr.. Briggs FACING"
"a Up the street or across the street,
think he was probably looking diagonaiIy
somewhere northeast, should suppose"
20 Did what you have related as har-
ing seen. happen while you we're talking
to him?'
"a Yes, sir, it happened while l wa.
standing there.
q Did you see this alteration that
you have described. and the blow stficlen
/ while you were talking to Mr. Briggs"
"a. Yes, sir. | think we were right n
the midst of the talk at the time. Idon't
remember just what words were passing,
or anything of that kind. but we We're
talking l know, the motion caught rny
eye or something, my eye rested on It.
60 You witnessed it while you AMI Mr..
Briggs were talking?"
! "A. Yes, sir.
60. Did you make any remark about it
TO Mr.. Briggs?''
"a. No, sir. l don't know whether