The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-06

In Defense Has Summoned Over
Two Id witnesses.
Raleigh, n. C., October 1.-The sec
ond day of the HayWOOd-Skinner muir
der trial saw the state we'll under way
and developed the fact that a verdict
of murder in the first degree is being
fought for.
Some twenty-five witnesses were ex-
amined, eight of whom We're character
witnesses for others. With the excep-
ton of two of the witnesses to the kill
ing, none testified to nave seen any
thing of the killing until they were at
tracted by the sound Of a pistol shot
and saw Haywood standing on the side
walk near the south end of the post
office, with his smoking pistol leveled
at Skinner, who was moving rapidly
across the street. AS he came near to
the center of it, the second shot came as
he slightly turned and then he contin-
ued, stumbling in a naIf circle, till he
aStl u u SIOuI1u Oh his dee, dying al
most at once.
TWO MEN SAW THE FIRST SHOT.
The last two witnesses of the day
were Messrs. Sauls and Woods, two men
who had not testified in the habeas
corpus proceedings and who today tes-
titled that they saw Ernest Haywood
and Ludlow Skinner standing talking
peacefully at the foot Of the south steps
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turned and as he was leaving the side
walk, Haywood shot once and that the
second shot came as described by the
other witnesses.
The defense has summoned over W
hundred witnesses and it is understood
that they expect the case to last ten
days to two weeks. The court house is
packed at each session and interest in
creaseS as the case proceeds.
TAKING OF TESTIMONY.
Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh. n. c.. October 2.-The taking
of testimony in the Ernest Haywood
murder case began early this morning
and occupied five and One-half hours.
Many of the witnesses for the state
were called and sworn. The eXamina-
tiOn was rapidly conducted. There
were no sensational features Almost
all had been examined during the ha-
beas corpus proceedings, when Haywood
was admitted to bail.
HEARD THE FIRST SHOT.
Logan Terrell, said he was in the
pOstOffiCe when Skinner entered it on
the afternoon of February list. when
the killing occurred. Terrell aid Skiu-
ner went out ahead of him and diago-
nally across the street from the post
office a carriage was in front of the
pOstOffice. Terrell walking at an ordi-
nary gait had reached the northeast
corner of the pOStOffice when he heard
a shot. Turning, he saw Haywood with
a revolver in his hand Immediately he
saw Skinner emerge from behind the
carriage. and about eight feet from the
curb.
SAW SKINNER FALL ACROSS THE
TRACK.
George Wilson. said he saw Haywood
with a pistol in his hand standing on
the elevation in front of the postoffice.
and shoot twice in quick succession.
He saw Skinner fall across the street
car track.
F. Is. Austin. of Richmond. Va, heard
a shot. The man shot at was about the
edge of the sidewalk or off il. he could
not exactly tell, but was running
around a carriage. going north. He
saw him come off the sidewalk and turn
north. The second shot was fired when
Skinner had taken two or three steps.
Skinner threw MS hands to his side and
staggered. He changed his gait at the
time of the second shot. Then it was
he threw his hands 20 his side, stopped
and trOtted to the car track. wher he
staggered around and fell.
Other witnesses examined were V. G.
TOmpkins. w. =. Rose. Joseph s. Wigs.
the latter testifying that when he heard
the first shot. he saw Skinner about
eight or ten feet from the curb in rear
of a carriage. facing north. in a stoop-
ing position with his hat off and SEEM
ed TO be trying to pick il up. He
Strengthened at the second shot and
started diagonally across the street,
throwing his hand TO his breast. kin
ner was looking north when he first saw
him.
Z. u. Simpson. 4 membe of the legis-
lature from Perquimans county, heard
the first shot. looked instantly and saw
Haywood with outStretched revolver.
He saw Skinner going rather southeast
at an ordinary gait. The second shot
came quickly after the first one. When
the second shot came. Skinner went
forward, his hat fell off. he circled and
changed his course TO the northeast.
passed over the car track. then back
to the track, raised his arms, staggered
n fell gradually.
SIMPSONS CHARACTER ATTACK
ED.
An attack on the character of Simp-