The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-02
The HAYWOOD CASE
continued from Second Page.)

at 'o' here. guess there was some
stonp1S' la,ding on the east side of Fay
Feh',,,1 ,ront The Legislature was in
d'e'"N +bat time. ! heard no CONVEX
seSs.o" ,at,,oen them at all. l do not
sal'o" auvbody else where l was
ftl''" rfh Mr.. Schmitz, people might
stiH'', aar nassing along there. We had
'"'y r+fcular place that we were going
h' we're Just walking out. Neither of
TO- 3 onything about what we saw
",1 after the shooting, / don't think we
- cannot say. l knew both of the
o'' thav were prominent men in Raj
#'I. couldn't say whether we made
'sD. Ia nation at all. l heard the mat
""' 7;.ar,-cd. didn't say anything
'+ # although I heard the reports
49,. # lifn't happen as | state, and the
"'e didn't say anything about it is:
nm a poor man and | am a working
and have to work for my living.
Nth Mr.. Haywood and Mr.. Skinner were
n..fhy men, and a poor man like l am,
,oo, like 10 get mixed up in things of
tb,+ kind. and that Is the reason l asked
Nv Schmitz to say nothing about it. l
4l not see Mr.. Schmitz at all in Raleigh
aaar left him there. Something was
sa.i about it at the table at Southern
pines and I think Father O'Brien was
present. but we did not go into it fully.
cannot saw how long that was after the
homicide. Il was not discussed before
Father O'Brien or anybody else. Possibly
Father O'Brien asked some questions about
+ don't know. I knew. that Ernest
haywood was in Jail. but I never said
ANYTHING about what I knew. He (Skin-
narl struck him with his left hand. and
h. threw his left hand back this way (in-
f~icating) | cannot tell you which side
he turned
Now came character witnesses for Mr..
Hocutt, citizens of Johnston county:
Senator Clarence w. Richardson, DR.. j..
A. Griffin, and Messrs. j. r. Barnes, w.
4 Barnes and Dewitt Smith. They all
gave Mr.. Hocutt a good character.
When Senator Richardson was cross-ex-
amined, he said he had never heard any
thing against MIR. Hocutt, and therefore
he Judged his general character to be
good.
Col. Argo: you agree exactly with
Greenleaf on evidence, Mr.. Richardson"
Then Ned Barnes, the cOlored driver at
the State Hospital here, was called. He
made a splendid witness, and is an honest
looking colOred man, with a good face.
The impression he made was excellent.
lrliIa Reeves VOC on tho Stand tbara
.rna IttIa diversion and the strain Of
the proceedings was relieved for a few
,1,Itos col Aroo was conducting the
examination, and Barnes was trying to
taa ynoken ON the afternoon of the
cheating He asked Col Arqo: What
The name Of This Teller that keeps q bar
roo,n berao" E~verybodv roared. and Col.
Aroo enioved II as much as ANYBODY.
FINALLY he said: There are several bar
rooms i'm Raleigh. 7 don't know to which
enc YOU refer,
The following is the stenographic report
Of Barnes evidence:
%. Ned, where did you live before you
came to Raleigh?'
a Wilson N. C."
20. How long have you been in Raj
eigh?"
"A. About two wears and a half"
%. What is your business now?"
"A. Driving for Mr.. Phillips
@. Have you been in the employment
If this institution since YOU came to Raj
eigh?"
"A. Yes. sir"
%. Where were YOU or the Afternoon
Of the difficulty between Messrs. Hay
wood and Skinner"
- | was in the city here"
@. Did you see it?"
"A. Yes. sir,
60. Tell about it in your own way what
you saw"
"A. I had been IN to the market takins
some ladies TO the market house anC
about four o'clock l. started down to tn,
Post0ffce to wait for the mail before go
ing back. drove down below the soutl
end OF the postoffce and turned my horst
around. l placed the robe on this side
and heard some one speak. 1 stood N,
carriage Just above the north side of tn,
steps. near the curling saw Mr.. Skin
he rstrike Mr.. Haywood on the right sidt
OF the face"
@. How far away were you from them
just the width of the curbing?"
A Yes, sir, right by the edge of thu
nC """"' L y ID s.eP' l NV"
"A. Yes sir Stems # ;s wide across
there
Y You mean just the width OF tn
"a W. .ne ii''le proJee'ioh'