The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06

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..vpral were Speaking Of the case. a11
! NJ Simpson said. IN justice to the mou-
'orv Of the dead man. he must C~ontTadist
some of the statements. that be was ~
tracted ~ the first shot. AMI saw SKINNER
IN the street. The conversation gTeS =
loud. and there were ladies present. that
he felt called upon Ia ask the gentlemen
to let the subject drop. Nj simpson mad
Sald he aa> on tire opposite side o. the
street. Had said Mr.. Slmms statement
could not be correct with regard - SKIN
ner knocking Haywood down Then Nj
John Allen had saId that Mr. S3mm~ w2~
2 sunday school teacher. and he would
believe him sooner than any man That
had caused the temper But there "a~
no harsh language. someone said IN 2
haunting WAY You must want 70 Be B
witness ii the case Nj. Simpson had
sall no. but he would be willing u TESTIFY
to what he saw.
Or. G. r. sykes. Of Grissom was next
called. He saw Mr.. simpson II hi~
brothers ia New Idght township ? ieN5
days after the Indictment Of HAYWOOD.
Witness had asked Mr.. Simpson What ~
knew Of the case and ie had made tns
same statement that witness had SINCE
heard h.In make in court.
a. y. O.Neal wl~ newt called He lives
in New Light township. lie and Nr
Simpson were going to Wake Forest alter
the March term ST court. They had talk.
e! II tn. case. and Nh. Simpson had told
INN the same that be had SAID in court.
a.. 4. only. recalled ~ senator Gillian.
was asked If he was a Justice 81 the Peace
in Perquiman~. Witness ~ald he was
senator Gillian then started TO ask II
there had been any difference between
Simpson ana his wife on account q the
Munden woman. Nh. Pou objected and
objection sustained.
j. A. Stewart was called and failed
Fined $50 ana judgment uisl and sofia
entered.
Branch Hopkins was the next To take
the stand. He * a colored man from
Wakefield. Examined by senator Norris.
On February 2let lie was half way between
the Marlborough entrance and Nh. John
sons drug store. Heard a pistol shot ana
turned and looked Il little TO the LETT and
saw skinner. BY the time he looked
heard second shot. When he first saw
him he was in the street, about half way
to the ear track. Saw hmm just before
second shot. Al the time OF the second
shot mended his gait q little, and put left
hand to side. Then made 4 little circle
and fell. Saw smoke a little to his LETT,
at south end of postof1ice near the steps.
Cross-eXamined by w. ". Jones, witness
said he could not tell which way Skinner
! back was. His face was not directly to
ward him. He seemed TO be gong north
east. Smoke was near the southern steps.
Saw some men there, but did not recos-
nize any one. Right smart Of people on
both sides Of the street. Several vehicles
on both sides of the street. Witness had
given a written statement TO Mr.. Jones.
Didn't he say in that statement that Skin
,0r', boob ,-oc +nu-a,l JIaN-tranIc Nav
be he did.
On redirect examination the witness
said his statement was written by Mr..
Jones and read to him by Mr.. Jones. No
one witnessed it.
Edward Murray, of Raleigh, was the
next witness. Examined by Senator
Norris. On February 21st he was in front
of Mr.. Dughis, on Fayetteville street,
standing on eastern rail OF car track
talking to some gentlemen. Heard a
pistol fire down the street and looked,
and Mr.. Skinner was going at a pretty
peart gait, as if going from the middle
entrance of the postoffice to Dentons
! About the time he got to the car-track
the second shot was fired. and he kind OF
sidled and fell. About the time witness
looked Skinner kind of turned to lett,
and then came the second shot. at which
Skinner put his hand to his breast, and
turned and fell. When first seen he was
8 or 10 feet from the car-track. Haywood
was about lower postoffice steps, out sorter
IN front of the steps, as near as he could
tell.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Ryan witness
said he was right IN front Of Dughl's, on
car rail. He was looking across the
street. The men he was talking to were
in front Of him. He noticed no people
down the street in the road. Could locate
the shot as soon as he heard it, and saw
Haywood as soon as lie looked and he was
near the southern steps. Haywood had a
pistol in his hand. He saw the smoke
come out at the second shot. Skinner
was nearly as Ear from Haywood as to
the car track, and a little to the north.
He noticed no carriages III the street.
Skinner was going slightly d~iagonally.
Before the second shot was fired Skinner
turned and looked around to the left as
if to see where the ball might come from
! When the second shot came he put his
hand to his breast and weakened and fell.
He had not said at the Habeas Corpus
hearing that SINNERS back was toward
him.
John S. johnson, Of Raleigh, was called
to the stand next, and examined By Sen
ator Woodland. He was IN front OF the
Tucker building talking to A.. H. Greer
near the big telegraph pole. As they talked
they beard the report Of a pistol. He was
looking toward Bobbitt Wynne's. Turn
ing he saw Skinner about midway be
tween curb and car track. He looked
further and saw smoke. Then came se
cond shot and Skinner was nearly to track
by this time. Put both hands to left side
and gave over that way and fell over car
track. Did not see Haywood. Smoke of
pistol seemed to be at south end Of post
office. He saw Skinner just as soon as
he could half turn his head. Skinner made
some three or four steps between the first
and second shots. He was going diagonal
" northeast, with LETT shoulder toward
postotfice.
Crossexamined by Mr.. Jones, witness
said he had given a statement to Mr..
Jones. He vas in front of Hicks drug
store, three o. four feet above the teIe-