The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

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he had hold Of . naked t1pt. that shis vaS
Jones foot. and that he dropped Il and ssr
that bit bleed wa< pouring oSer am. and
that he was shot.
Policeman Nichols bad t1l1 fhe mayor
that he night Is the murder etthcr Allen
or Rich hat taken a black Ack fron h.m.
and also his cap when R1ch w4s arrest
al ne gave up the black 3kck
Mr.. Glll Ward. Mr. Tom Ra=. = th1rA
man not recognized. the mayor stated. bad
been seen after the murder. about / ~.
near the railroad by Policeman MunsforI.
and Wand was harchcade3. A aaft telt Aat
had been found in the room where Jonv=
was killed but had not yet h~vn Identified.
The men we're coming from up town and
were going across the rsslroad.
Policeman George Mumtara a. next
sworn Hls frs, knowledge came when
Mr.. w. T. Clark had called hm aud Neh-
ol- AZ the depot. telling iaem that shaken.
burg wanted them as be expected trouble.
Going up Nash street H. Was Nth Nseh-
os and saw three men aeruSs the street,
These were Glll. Wand. narchcaael. Tom
BASS aud 3 third man no, known Mr
Clark caught UP with a. and Nc came IN
up the street. Meeting FELTON, We went -
Jones room. who VAS trying to shut h~
door. being against ~ / told han Who |
Was aud he let u, an L, wa~ dark and
struck 4 match. Jones went - the bcl
and lay down. saying he wa~ BILLED anl
wanted a doctor. / found there the ~,u
hat IN the room. five loaded shcll@ fur tile
gun and the cartridge ~aid t. havc gone
through Allen I found NJ gun Hesrl
Allen was at the Sanjtarum snd went
there. finding Rich ana river With Alien.
"a Il. va. ~ &1f.1 80 .
but his was in the wash aud Rich ~4ll
u 60 to his room ana ret some wcut
Nit Pete Nichols and Sid DAVIS a. Riehs
room. There l found i box WITH about
fifteen No. 3S cartridges III the rail- 81 The
bed. the box being turned upside down
got the underwear COR Allen. Aftcraari-
he went around The Trvar building ana
UP IN the hall. but found no gun.
The next morning 10 found in Rel,
room when Rich was arrested a 3>-cuhb.e
pistol. fully loaded lie found next morn
ing III the closet OF the Fryar building
enc stick about ~ feet long ylth blood
on 1T and the burnt stick with blood ON
1t he found on Goldsboro street near the
front of the Fryar building
CNhen Rich was arrested he pulled the
black jack out OF his pocket and gave
il to me, saying You had better take IT.
He SAID also that he, Rich, sad he was com
ing from over on the hill and met
John Allen. who was shot and took him
through the back alley to the sanatarium.
He did not tell of anyone helping him to
get Allen to the sanatarium and did not
mention piVcrs' name. Rich had blood on
his coat and got another one from his
room. He said the blood came from Al
len who was bleeding like a hog. Rich
made no resistance when he was arrested.
He read the warrant and looked nervous
while reading it.. Rich is the superintend
ent OF the oil mill here.
Mumford added to his testimony by say
ing that about fifteen or twenty minutes
after the murder he saw Bill Barnes,
Lawrence Morgan, Sam Walls. and Penny
Groom out on Goldsboro street. A. the
sanatarium Allen said he had been shot
on the street. 4 said that man X gong
to die and Allen said we hurt no
one Rich has never told me where he
net Allen.
Mr.. j. NJ. Leath again took the stand.
He desired to correct n statement that
he had made about one man coming from
the building and stated that two men had
come from the Fryar building. just as
Officer Snakenburg had said.
Mr.. S. r. Chapman, who Is a stone
cutter for Wood & Keel. had been asked
by Whitley to go on ms bond. In his
testimony ne said that before the peace
bond for Whitley had been signed.
Whitley. against whom Jones had brought
the warrant, said many times II don't
give a d-m for nothing or nobody. | am
going to whip the -- before II O'Clock"
The men on Whitley's bond he SAID were
Piver and Leonard.
It was a quarter past six O'Clock when
| the evidence was concluded and the jury
were left to make up their verdict. a
few minutes after seven 1T was rendered
as follows:
THE VERDICT RETURNED.
From the evidence We find that T. Percy
Jones came to his death from a pistol shot
wound fired from the hand of one OF the
following band Of conspirators: George
:. Whitley, Gill ward, w. II. Rich, John Al
len, ]. B. Piver, w. w. Barnes, w. p.
: Groom. or from the hand OF one OF their
accompices.
THE GRAND JURY'S VERDICT.
But the grand jury Of the Superior
court was ahead OF the coroner's jury by
an hour and a half. IT had taken up
the case in the morning, a. criminal court,
Judge Brown presiding. j. in session.
At half past FIVE O'Clock the following
verdict was returned by the grand jury
'.The Jurors for the State upon their
oath DO present:
THAT Lawrence Morgan, John Allen.
:, George whitley. G. d. Ward, J. B. Plver,
William w. Barnes, W. z. Groom. John
t Pittman, w. H. Rich, j. T. Bass and :.
~. Walls. late Of the county OF Wilson.
on the 14th day OF May. 1903, with force
and arms at and in the county aforesaid
feloniously, premeditatedly, deliberately
; wilfuIly and Of their malice afprethoufEt
,. Gid kill and murder T.. Percy Jones con
trary to the form OF the statute IN such
cases made and provided and against the
: peace and dignity Of the State. A true
? BILL
/ The grand jury had been busily engaged
e all day. It had heard evidence from
| Frank FELTON,. w. p. Snakenburg, r. II.
e Alley, E. b. Graves, Doane Herring, Wins
!, low Mccoy, Henry Jenkins, Berry HUI
e mount, George Mumford, DR.. Albert An
derson, T. z. Keel. W. 3. Bridgers, Geo.
W. Bats, w. T. Clark, Tom Powell, j. y.
Pearce. Perry Taylor, and David Mcbride,
On the bill also appeared the names OF