The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-03-26
OUR RALEIGHLETTER
POLITICAL AND OTHER NEWS FROM
THE STATE CAPITAL.

The Haywood Case to Come Up This
Week-Brutal nurder in Rocking
ham County-The Possible Appoint
ment of Ex-senator Pritchard to q
High Judicial Position.
RALEIGH, n c., March 26. 1903.
Wake county Superior Court, for the
trial of criminal cases only, meets to-day
and for several days to come large
proportion of the people, in all portions
of the State, will be looking for develop
ments in the Haywood-Skinner trial.
But at this writing it cannot be even
stated, definitely, that the case will be
tried at this term, and it may be near the
end of the week before this will be deter
mined. The grand jury will probably
take it up on Wednesday, and it is posi-
BILE that it may be called on Thursday.
But whether both sides will be ready for
trial at that time land willing it may be
adde6 capnot be foretold to-day-the
lawyers on both sides being entirely nom
committal and very guarded in their re-
plies to questions along this line.
There are two arguments advanced
one suggesting continuance until July
term of court, at the request of the de-
tense, in order that the great healer and
leveler, Time, may do it's work in remov
ing or diminishing passion and prejudice
against the defendant Haywood; the
other that the accused will risk speedy:
trial rather than spend three OF the hot
test months of the year confined IN the.
county jail here, especially as his lawyers
claim that he has good defense The
prosecution, on the other hand, claims a
strong case of murder will be made out
and express entire confidence in their
ability to convict Haywood, whenever
he is tried Yet there are few whom you
can hear express the belief that he will be
hung or that he will be acquitted.
Judge Mike Justice is presiding at
this term OF court, (having exchanged;
with Judge Bryan, because of thelatter's
kinship to the deceased's family, and
about a dozen of the ablest and most elo-
quent lawyers in the State will confront
each other at the trial-a trial that prom
Uses to become one of the most famous in
the history of North Carolina courts.
The negro John Broadnax who killed
an aged white man and his neice near
Reidsville last Thursday night, was
brought to Raleigh Saturday from
Greensboro (where he was first taken) to
prevent lynching, and lodged in the peni-
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feared that hundred people from Rock
ingham county in Greensboro Friday
night might succeed in getting the pris-
oner out of the Jail there, and the local
military was called out just before he
was put on the train and sent to Raleigh.
The News and Observer appeared yes
terday in big Legislative edition. num-
ber-a credit to the staff of that paper.
The Executive Committee of the State
Press Association has selected Wrights-
vile as the next place of meeting of the
Press Association. The date will be set
later
The bailing of Dr. Baker for killing DR..
Bass at Tarboro indicates that his pun
ishment, if convicted at all, will be light.
The country distilleries are beginning
to move into the towns Under the new
Watts law they have two months yet in
which to make the tranfer.
The extra session of the U. S. Senate
having ended, Senator Simmons is again
at his home in this city, and Senator