The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-03

| ed toward post office before the first
shot. Skinner gave way gradually as he
| fell
Cross examined by Mr.. Pou, Mr.. Simp-
son said SINNERS hat did not fall till
after the second shot. Witness did not
remember saying to Mr.. W. Scott Uzzell
that Skinner was bareheaded when he
! first saw him. Did not KNOW Mr.. W.
cell and did not tell any one that Did
not tell Prof, N Y. Gulley that he saw
nothing until after the second shot.
Neither did he tell Mr.. Russ that he saw
Skinner coming around the tree near
| the south end OF the post office Did not
/ know that he said anything to DR.. Joel
| Whitaker any more than any one else.
Did not tell I'M T. B. Matthews that his
back was toward post office when first
| shot was fired. Had discussed Mi. Slmms'
statement at his boarding house table.
! but did not say that if Simms had said
there was a fight Mr.. Sinms was a liar.
| John Allen did not ask how he could say
so if has back was turned. What he did
say was that Skinner did not attempt to
draw any weapon after the shooting and
| he would testify to it. Did not say he
would pay his own expenses to come here
| Mr.. Fort said something about his getting
money to come and testify, and witness
said the State, he believed, paid $1.00 Il
day and that would not support him in
| Raleigh.
On redirect examination witness said
he made a statement to Mr. r. G. Strong.
Was later asked by Mr.. Haywood to
give them a statement, and he gave him
an order on Mr.. Strong for a statement.
| j, Q. A. Wood, of Elizabeth City, form
erly resident of Hartford, where for 20
years he was Clerk of the Court. Had
known E. Simpson rs years. His gen
eral character was good
Asked by Mr.. Pou if he had ever heard
of his dealings with bad women, with
Mrs. Timothy Munden, of his causing a
separation between man and wife, witness
said he had not Had left Hartford in
| 1899.
| l.. w. Norman, cashier of the Hartford
Banking Company, and Treasurer of
| Percnmans county, also testified to Mr..
Simpsons good character.
| s. c. Novel;, Of Perquimans, who lived
two and a half mics from Mr.. Simpson,
gave Mr. Simpson a good character.
Mr.. Pou asked If at the time Mr.
Simpson was post master, there vas not
public scandal. He said there was no
public scandal about Mrs. Munden, but
| he had heard Mr.. simpsons nam
coupled with the woman's perhaps once
or twice, but had not heard OF any diff
ference between husband and wife on that
account.
G. A. Only, of Perquimans, said he had
heard some little stuff. bat not enough
20 affect his character, Which was good
tor truth and paying his debts. Munden's
wife was bad woman, but he had never
heard of any difference between Simpson
and his wife or Munden and his wife on
account of this woman. She was a no
toriously bad woman, and there was talk
| Of every one that knocked around
little.
F. 0. Moring, of Raleigh, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Caraleigh Mills Elk
ahmed by Mr.. Daniel. Was IL p0 t
office looking over his mail Hoard two
shots. perhaps a second between shots
Looked up as soon as he could ,and saw
Skinner in the street, 10 feet from the
ca track, going very hurriedly, diagon-
ally toward drug store. After he crossed
the car track he turned and fell. His
lace was pallid and blanched. He crcfed
to the left. Witness saw Haywood as he
lett his carriage to enter post office. Hay
wood was going south. Witness carriage
drove up to center door. He was in post
office some three or four minutes before
he heard the shots.
Cross-examined by Col Argo, witness
said he was at the window Just north of
main entrance to post office. Was not
longer than five minutes before he heard
the two shots. Looked up after second
shot, and Skinner was walking fast, near
er the car track than the curling. He
was little to right of witness. going
northeast in a line from the south end
of post office
AT this point, after Solicitor Daniel had
called another batch of witnesses, court
adjourned at 1890 until two o'clock in
the afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Capt John A. Ramsey was the first
witness called after recess. lie lives in
Salisbury. Was examined by Senator Gil
liam. He was here during legislature and
stopped at Mrs. Roberts, where e. G.
Simpson boarded and occupied same room
with him. On the evening after the
tragedy Mr. Simpson had told MIN that
he was on the opposite side of the street,
and after the first shot was fired he saw
Skinner in the street going toward the
caf-track. As he reached the track a
second shot was fired and Skinner fell over
on the track. Said he had seen men en-
gagged in conversation on the other side
from where he was standing. At the table
several were speaking of the case, and
Mr. Simpson said. in justice to the mem
DRY of the dead man, he must contradict
some of the statements, that he was If
tracted by the first shot, and saw Skinner
in the street. The conversation grew so
loud, and there were ladies present, that
he felt called upon to ask the gentlemen
to let the subject drop Mr.. Simpson had
said he was on the. opposite side of the
street. Had said Mr.. Simms' statement
could not be correct with regard to Skin
ner knocking Haywood down. Then Mr..
John Allen had said that Mr.. Simms was
a Sunday school teacher, and he would
believe him sooner than any man. That
had caused the temper But there was
no harsh language. Someone said in a
haunting way "You must want to be
witness in the case" Mr.. Simpson had
said no, but he would be willing to testify
to what he saw.
DR.. G. T. Sykes, of Grissom, was next