The semi-weekly messenger., 1903-10-09

that they had reputable witnesses.
some of which they would put on tho
stand TO substantIate the charges rel
ative to the questions they were ask
ing. Solicitor Daniels said he was not
responsible for the failure of johnston
county authorities to do their duty.
The Judge said that if the States
counsel 12d valid reasons for .hel.
courre. y could proceed and that he
only /. erred because ii was the
duty OF g .ourt to protect witnesses.
The ju~- returned and trial pro-
ceeded.
SKIM; -OCkED HAYWOOD
=. ~ DOWN.
Mack F-uI..r. cy.ored. Raleigh, d hack
driver said that on the afternoon Of the
difficulty he was l.ttle below the mid
del steps Of the roStoffice. He saw
Nr. Haywood ard skinner below
the south steps. standing near the par
apet. Skinne~ was nearest the para
pet, and Haywood was on the parapef.
He saw them when they met. Hay
wood was coming from the court house.
They met and had a few words q
second before the difficulty. Skinner
struck at once IL the face and kno
Haywood partly down. Skinner then
stepped back. put his left hand behind
him under his coat. Haywood tnFr
fired. Skinner stepped off the cub and
his hat fell off. When the second shot
was fired, Skinner had his back partly
towards Haywood. At the second shot
he turned towards the li~ht. c'rcled
and fell. He placed his hanu on his
hip. Haywood had done nothing be-
fore he was struck. He did not hear
what he said and there was no ges-
ticulationS. Skinner put his hand up
and then struck. The blow knocked
Haywood over and he caught on his
left hand. When Skinner jumped back
Haywood raised up and fired. Skinner
had stopped and had his hand under
his coat, working it. Skinner had his
side to Haywood when the first shot
was fired. He saw Skinner first stag
ger when he was on the east side Of
the car track.
CHARACTER WITNESS FOR Full
LER
Fuller was a new witness. T. B.
Womack. r. T. Gray. B. s. Jerman,
Jr.. testified to the good character Of
Fuller.
A BOY SAW THE OCCURRENCE.
Walter Thompson. aged II said: "I
saw a man come out of the court house
and another from the postoffice. They
met and talked. The man who came
out of the poStoffice knocked the other
down and then stepped back 10 or II
feet and then this man shot him. The
man who stepped back put the left
hand under his coat. The pistol fired
about the time his hand went under
his coat. / did not see anything else.
did not see the second shot. | heard
it and looked an saw a man laying on
the street car track. The man struck
the blow with his left hand.
Merry Thompson, the father of
Walter said his son told him that two
men had got to fighting and one had
shot the other. That they met some
where near the south steps Of post
office. He said one knocked the other
down and the other shot him.
NEGRO MAN SAW THE BLOW.
George Burst, colored, saw Haywood
and Skinner talking on the side
walk of the postoffice. He saw
Skinner strike Haywood who stag
gered. Haywood got his gun. He was
not noticing Skinner. He did not see
Mr.. Haywood and Skinner meet. He
didn't know how long they talked.
They were standing there at least ten
minutes talking to each other. Both
seemed to be standing on a raised
place. After he struck Haywood,
Skinner stepped off the raised place
+
had his back towards Haywood when
the shot fired.
ATTRACTED BY PISTOL SHOTS.
L. d. WOmble, was standing near
Russ private desk. The pistol shots
attracted his attention. He saw Skin
ner going across the street in excited
manner with his hat off. He was about
half way between the curb and the car
a1- ell L..
fell 1t was a very short time after
Haywood left and not more than two
minutes.
w. NJ. Russ: I was sitting at my desk.
Haywood had just gone out. Suddenly
there was a noise like a gun. then an
other report. My attention was at
tracted by the exclamation of my
clerk. I stepped up to my window and
saw Skinner about to the car track.
SKINNER WAS LEFT HANDED.
Fred Woollcott, knew Skinner. He
was left handed. Attracted by shots
he ran up to the northeast corner of
pOstoffice. He met Deputy Sheriff
Separk and Haywood, the latter being
under arrest. They passed in a few
feet of me. 1 noticed dirt on Hay
woods hat.
A. E. S. Lindsay said he came out of
the pOstoffice with Skinner and turning
north had reached a point near the
curbing on the north side of Martin
street when he heard the first shot.
r. E. Denny of Greensboro, said he
was opposite the postoffice, heard the
first shot and before he could turn
around heard the second shot. He saw
Haywood standing near the south
steps, his hat on the ground. put pis-
tol in his pocket. then picked UP his
hat.
Thomas B. Heartt and Gilbert Crab
tree saw Haywood directly after the
shooting and noticed dirt on his hat
Jailer Parham said the next morning
there was a swollen place on right
cheek.