The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-02

%. Anyone else WIN you DesiueS vi
Matthew'S"
"A. No, not as / recollect.'
Characterization: q. You say wher
Won first saw Mr.. Skinner he was coming
from around behind the carriage"
"a. Yes
20. The carriage was standing just II
front of the southern steps,
"a. don't know whether 1t was II
front. 1t was right near
%. That carriage was standing up right
near the sidewalk. was 1t not?'
"A. 1t was a little close to the sidewalk
got a glimpse of MIR. Skinner when he
was coming from behind the carriage"
90. Didn't you see his legs through the
carriage wheels before you saw his body?'
"A. Yes"
20. Then the carriage was standing VI
near the sidewalk"
"A. Yes. ] was standing up about
Turner'S Cafe"
20. That is only about fifteen or TWEEN
ty feet above the Southern steps of the
post0ffice, is it not. You were standing
at rather the south Of the southern en-
%trance?'
"a. Yes
| @. Now then you say when you first
saw Mr.. Skinner he had his hand back
here ION his hip pocket) ?"
"a. Yes, and he was going in that Il
rection from where | was standing. Sup
pose it was southeast
20. When the second shot was fired he
had not turned his position, had he?'
"a. He looked back over his shoulder
that way, and then the second shot was
fred
90. He had not turned north. square III
and down the street, had he?'
"a. Not exactly"
90. Where did Mr.. SINNERS hat FAT
OFF,"
"a. l saw his hat back of the car
rage"
90. How far from the curbing of the
sidewalk"
"A. don't know exactly. 1t was sort
of back of the carriage
20. Now, Mr.. Warren, you said a mo.
ment ago that you saw Mr.. Haywood steI
down from the parapet7"
"A. Yes. I don't know where he was
when he did the shooting
90. And that location then, was a lit
tie bit south of the southern steps of the
postoffice?"
GA. Yes, somewhere about the southern
steps,"
MR.. A. w. MATTHEW'S.
20. Where do you live, Mr.. Matthews? %
"a. Raleigh"
%. Where were you on the afternoon
of February 21st?"
"A. In front of Turner's Cafe. l was
driving an ice wagon"
90. Where were you at the time of this
difficulty?'
"a. Standing behind the ice wagon. The
first shot attracted my attention and
turned my head and looked. l did not
see anything but those two men. One
was standing on the sidewalk and one
was leaving. The one on the sidewalk
was standing about the center. When
saw Mr.. Skinner he was half way between
the street car line and the sidewalk
%. What was his attitude?"
"a. He was leaning sideways, making
across the street, a little bit south, in
the direction of Denton's. At the second
shot he had not quite gotten to the street
car line. At the second shot he weaken
ed and fell. He had his hand up this way
to his hip
20. Was that on the outside of his
coat?"
"A. Yes"
20. What kind Of a coat did he have
on?"
"A. did not pay much attention.
think he had on a black suit"
q. After the second shot fired, state
what Mr.. SINNERS attitude was then
what he did,"
"A. He just turned and fell"
90. How near were you to the street
car track?"
"a. l was about half way from the
street car track to the sidewalk, on the
side next to the Cafe. On account of d
pile of wood 1 had to drive around it, and
that placed me near the street car track
@. After Mr.. Skinner was stricken ant
tell near the street car track, did you see
Mr.. Haywood or notice what he did?'
"A. He was standing right still, LOOKING
towards Mr.. Skinner
@. Did you notice whether he had any
pistol in his hand or not?"
"a. No
Characterization: %. You wer,
standing with Mr.. WARREN"
"A. l was standing behind the Wagon
and he was out IN front of it, right close
to me-
%. That was just a little northeast o
the southern steps of the postoffice, is i
not 2"
"A. believe it is"
20. You said that the first thing tina
attracted your attention was a pistol SHOT
| tIidt you llCI oNCI iCI LIN 90
two men. one standing on the sidewall
and another leaving it. That is correct
is it not?"
"A. Yes"
%. And the man leaving the Sidewalk
had his hand back Of him."
"A. Yes"
%. After he got out a little distance
he turned his head a little to one side
Is that a fact?"
"a. 1 said when looked he was looking
that way"
q. He continued on in that way, di'
he not?"
eyes. a little bit south, and he continued
on in that direction until the second shot.
Redirect examination: 20. You spok
i of Mr. Skinner looking around. State wher
he was at the time that he first looket
iaround?"
"A. After the first shot, when I looked
he was leaving"
q. Where was he leaving?"
"a. About half way from the Sidewalk
to the street car track"
MIR. f. A. BANKS.
q work in the eastern part of the Stat
for the Standard Oil people. my head
.lGuarters are at Edenton: | was in Raleig