The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-08-11

| country himself after a while. The Off
GERS. he said. were afraid to get the
still.
KNEW STALEY HAD MONEY.
He said that Bill Soles CW. a. j.
Soles) told him that when Staley first
| came down there he had $500 and since
then he had changed two or three 500
bills and hat Bill SoleS said he
thought Staley was trying TO size up
his pile. He also said that he knew
Bill Soles had $1,000 or $1,000 and that
il would be no trouble to get it; that
he could take two or three good men.
&C there and make his wife give it UP.
ON THE WAY.
Soon afterwards label n myself
took a gun a piece and the can goods
and started"
Here the witness described in detail
he route he and label went to get to
heir destination. He told of going to
the house Of Bob Lewis to get a drink
OF water. Of passing W. a. j Soles'
nome, Of sleeping at night in the woods
ana OF camping all next a Sunday
until betWeen sunset and dark nea a
still, where the obtained several
drinks of corn beer. Then he told Of
leaving their camp, Of finding a keg
full Of corn whiskey n taking a
drink out of it. and finally Of the end
OF the trip at Jesse SoleS' house. From
that point he said:
w went in the yard and I went TO
q We'll, against which l placed my gun
and leaned over.
FIRED THROUGH WINDOW.
label walked up TO the left hand
window of the house and fired in the
house twice. Then q gun fired either
in the house or on the other side. and
there was hOllering inside and a noise
like chairs being turned over.
TOOK TO THE WOODS.
I ran to the fence and as I was get
ting over l saw the flash Of a gun in
front of the house. I ran into woods.
went under a pile of rails. Pretty soon
the door of the house opened and label
stepped in and called me two or three
times. Finally I answered him and
then label went back. He came out
and called me again. / answered and
went to the fence. He a a couple
of guns. l started to take n and he
asked me where mine was. l told him
l left it at the well. He said l had
better go get it, which / did. He asked
me why l ran and l told him because
7 Was scared. He said he had a good
notion to shoot my damn rains out.
1t was q stormy night and raining
There was a light in the house.
BURNING OF TIE HOUSE.
w left and had gone about four
miles when / saw a light back there.
1t got brighter and brighter until it
was almost light enough TO see to pick
up a pin. ] asked label what it a
AT first ne wouldn't tell. but finally he
said:
II reckon papa and Jesse S0les are
having a settlement"
ON THE RETREAT.
Edmondson here described their es-
cape and told of stopping at the
house Of Nelson TOOn. cOlored. where
they stayed all night. label had three
double barrel breech loading guns. He
then old of separating from label and
going home by a secluded route, as per
instructions from LABEL
This was all witness knew relative to
Jabe! Registers connection with the
crime. but old of several subsequent
interviews with H. 3. Register. This
testimony was excluded by the court,
50 far as label was concerned. as ne
was not present at the interviews. It
was. however. permitted as 10 H. 3.
Register and counsel for the defence
excepted to this ruling on the grounds
that H. p. Register was charged with