The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-20

present need. There Is something in Mr..
Slnms testimony that they think
they can Use against this defendant. Do
they accept Barnes testimony? why ne;
that a well as Simms? Mr.. Slmms sal
ne could not see the LEFT hand. nor did
Mr.. Briggs. And Why didn't they accept
the evidence OF little Walter Thomas
Sol. Argo went on TO speak Of the
cross-e1amination Of the little boy. and
how Sir- Daniel had led him on. but could
not make him contradict himself on the
main POINT. II the boy had meant TO lie
he could have gone on and described tae
second shot "a well as the first
Mack Fuller had not told Mr.. Norris
what he had told the speaker. because he
was SUSPICIOUS. becat sc one OF the best
citizens OF his age was being abused be
cause he said he had seen what Fuller
saw. When he told Mr.. Norris he saw
a blow Mr.. Norris inquired no further.
Mack had seen the left hand on his hip.
DT. MCGEE says his undercoat was but
toned. The probability * that his hand
got under the overcoat and over the
other coat. or that the hammer caught
the pocket, or that the shot paralyZed the
muscles and he could not work his hand
up and down.
The jury must believe that Skinner IN
tended 70 shoot Haywood. If skinner had
gone right up to shoot Haywood, Il would
have been just a question OF who sHCt
first. But if he, knowing his superior
strength, got into a controversy with him,
he could get him at a disadvantage. He
had a grudge against him. as Mr.. Gii-
liam had said, and If skinner intended
to shoot only if Haywood got up and re-
Moved the fight. how was Haywood to
know that?
All the preparation of the prosecute G
attorneys seemed 10 have been for the
demolition of Schmitz and Hocutt.
Wherein did their statement differ from
that Of Barnes, Simms, the Thomas boy,
Jones Fuller and others. Good citizens
had testified that Hocutt's character was
good until this trial; but they had beat
the bushes until they found two long.
lank, lean, officiating looking old fel-
lows who sWore HOcutts character WAS
bad because they remembered What a
devillsh little boy he had been. AS for
] G. Thompson, OF Henderson, he had
seemed to have a little too much aboard
when he was on the stand. If he was IN
that condition when he heard Hocutt' ;
conversation, he was not competent to
testify about it.
Then men of national reputation had
given Schmitz a good character. BEt
they had gotten some Baltimore plug
uglies named Guy Wilson and H. Clay
Folger. Mr.. Pou suggested hat Hazel
Ulman was brought, too. Col. ArgO Their
mentioned O'Donnell, and began to talk
about Wilson and Folger as thieves ana
thugs. Mr.. Woodland objected, and SAID
that Hazel Ulman was not here. Col.
Argo said he did not know anything
/ ahOJt the woman. Mr. Pom had cai6 cha
was here. The Judge called the Colonel
down, but he excused himself by saying
again hat he didn't know anything about
the woman, that came from Mr.. PoU,
Capt. Clark and Mr.. Oslin, said the
Colonel, looked like some of the drift
wood left over from the Yankee army
Those Baltimore plug-uglies had been
packed up and shipped back to Baltimore.
Tabled, Handle with care
Col. Argo then took up the question as
to whether the second or the first shot
took effect, and declared that not d
single witness on either side had put Mr.
Skinner in such a position as = receive
the wound described by DI. OK al
the second shot. The character of the
wound and the range Of the bullet, to
gether with the testimony of witnesses
shows that only the first shot could have
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SINNERS left back to mr.. Haywood
Jones Fuller put his back to Haywood
Every. one Of their witnesses except Mat
thews and Warren put his back to Hay
wood at the second shot. Matthews anC
Warren say Skinner looked bck at the
second shot. The wound ranged Town
ward. He was Oh the parapet, but Skin
ner was taller, SO it would make lnt
range of the bullet slightly downward
The middle of the street is higher thai
the sides. If he had been shot out there
the range would have been about level
John Harrington was certain the frs
shot struck him. He thought both shot:
struck him. Mack Fuller says he saw
Skinner throw his head back and jun!
away at the first shot and his hat IA
off. Moreover that bullet would not have
gone clear through the body, cutting Of
the edge of q rib on the left side ant
fracturing a rib on the right side, if j
had been fred from the distance Skinne
was at the second shot. Mr.. Norris hac
said that SINNERS left side was towart
Haywood at the second shot, and be migt,
have been trying to draw his pistol. Mr.
Strong had said he did not deny tina
Skinner was trying to draw his pistol Il
the second shot. What for? To shoe
Mr.. Haywood. Mr.. Warren had said th:a
at the second shot Mr.. Skinner was look
ing to Mr.. Haywood with his hand on hi
hip. Mr.. Thompson says SINNERS ief
hand was on his hip after both shot
were fired. Mack Fuller says his lf
hand was under his coat and he Wa
locking back at Mr.. Haywood. What wa
the use of reading all those witnesses?
Then the overcoat, with the bulle
holes through the lapel, tells the tale tia
it was pulled back. That evidence
real. 1t cant be disbelio-~f, and it can
be misinterprctc.t T.U-, MIR. Wigs sal
Skinner was STOPPING down at toe secon
shot. as if to pick up his hat. What d
/ they do with that? Just what they q
5 with the rest, throw it away If 1t doe
not suit them, or twist it so as to make
). suit their theories.
The counsel for the prosecution hay
differed with one another aboIt ever
fact brought out by the evidence. An
the reason of that is that they ar
: theories not based on the truth. TIL
\ truth is always consistent. Nh. NOrri
had said that most of the young men c
Raleigh carried pistols, ANYHOW. Tbs