The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-02

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~volver. / might have made tn. stasem~ut
that he wa~ ~fanajuw on he grass plat
I dent denv t. ~ that ssnr Mr. sin
ner was IN the <srv~st. about half wAy
from the street car track 70 the @~8ts~~atk
l would iudgc I aoat rvmeunt-r Whethct
I SID ~ the statement 1 gave - Mr.
Strong tha, the man who ~as gosng
! acro-~ the street hal hts hack 10 NJ
Has Sooa. 81 not I don't dvay H. I
DON, care 20 ~c nv statement; Yoa
might say his back ur quarserng
"a Quartering. wsah hs< right sic -
wards him or near Mr.. Haywood"
A. Yes. sir. | should Judge il was
q. Now. that was the position be ~ax
in. like / am here and you are. j. hat, IT,
A About that way. ! may have
SPOKEN wsth Mr.. Russ about this matter.
/ was herr at the last term Of Tie court
in March. | told him I was 4 ~ltne~s.
l don't remember having tola him any.
thing. but ! dou't deny l. | Jon ~
member making 4 statement 80 HIM tat
Mr.. skinner walked iown the Sidewalk.
10 where Mr.. Haywood was standing at
these steps Of the postoTice. down below
the colner OF this court HOUSE. n q point
opposite the upper window 81 the court
house. there and turned across the street
and walked around a TIRE where there
was 4 sign. leaned up agains, II and thtn
went on up the street, | don remember
any such conversation with Mr. RUSS I
may have spoken 10 HIM about the Hay
wood case. bat that j. about all. Wbra
was here | boarded AZ Mr., Roberts
know T. b. Matthews ! did not state 20
him shortly after this occurrence that |
was standing IN front OF the Marlborough
House With my back towards the po>.
office. when my attention was attracted
' ~ Ia raa-tpl shot ara fh.t fhas. syEpAa
and looked over towards the pnStonice.
swear | did not say that 10 him. | don't
think ! know J. u. Whitaker, Jr.. or Dr
j. II. Whitaker. ! did not state 10 him
that ! was going TO come here and testify
in this case If / had 10 pay my own *
peuses.'
20. Didn't you state at Mr.. Roberts
boarding house, shortly after this occur
renee, in the presence OF a number OF the
boarders there, and in the presence 81
John Allen, speaking OF this case. that
you never fooled with a case yet that you
didn't make some money out OF il. and
that you We're not going TO have anything
to do with this case unless you got some
money out of it?"
"A. | never made such n statement IN
my life. No, that / did not. | know a
Fort. but don't know his initials. lie was
boarding al Mrs. Roberts when | first
came here"
20. Didn't you state in the presence of
Mr.. Fort, that there might have been n
fight between'these parties; that you did
not know about that"
"A. Yes, sir, l did
"a. Didn't you state in the presence OF
Mr.. Fort that you always made money out
OF anything you went into?"
"A. ] never since ! was born made such
a statement or said such n thing and any
man that says so, tells an untruth. 7
never made any such. statement. | did
not say IN the presence OF Mr.. ID. j. Fort
that l made money out of anything that
l went into
%. Didn't you state that you received
money for practicing before Justices OF tho
Peace, and you had no license TO prac-
tice?"
"A. No. sir. | did not. ] would like
to make an explanation OF what occurred
at Mrs. Roberts. They were reading the
papers,, the first paper that was issued in
this city. / tmnK it was the Times. AMI
something was alluded to about this case,
and something was said about Mr.. Simms'
statement, and in that statement he said
that this man Skinner. | didn't know him
at the time he was shot, attempted to
draw a revolver when he was IN that
street. and | arose at that table and said
Ladies and gentlemen. that is not SO, If
my eyes can tell the truth. and they
{ censured me for censuring Mr.. Simms'
statement, then we had right smart con
2 versation. ! told them I was there and
g saw it.. and that he did not attempt TO
draw any revolver while | was looking
/ at him. and I was looking at him from
/ the time OF the first firing Of the pistol.
. and | locked at him until he fell and he
| did not attempt TO draw any pistol, and
| say that yet"
Redirect examination: II was called
upon for a statement. Mr.. Strong asked
! me for a statement. I told him I didn't
: want to give any statement of what |
: saw. if / was going TO be a witness. az I
: hated to be a witness. He said. well give
: me a statement. and | said il you de-
mand it, i will do 70. and Mr.. Strong
: wrote down a statement and he asked me
if that was what | saw, and | said. yes.
sir. and then he asked me IL ! minded
signing it, and | SAID, no. Sit, and I
think | signed it, and afterwards Mr..
j.; Haywood, that gentleman sitting there
!, asked me for a statement. ana | told hIm
! l would give him an order on Mr.. Strong.
: and | did 50, and | told hmm II Mr. Strong
doesn't give IT TO you come to me early
! tomorrow morning and l will go 10 Mr..
: Strong, and you shall have a copy Of it
Una - WHhI i ~ lIbip anu a H''Ni -
l any more about it, and don't know
whether he ever got it or not"
; Quarter-master Sergeant j. w. Pike, ~
: this city was next examined by Mr.. Gil
: liam. At the postoffice he had met III
l Haywood, coming from the court house.
/. Mr.. Pike was going toward DavIe street.
| He saw a man he would have taken To be
I Skinner. after seeing him. after he was
I dead. coming down the middle steps OF
the postoffice and going cata-coIncrei
1 across the street toward Johnson's drug
!. store. After he reached the north side
i OF the court house. he heard a shot AMI
{ turned and saw Haywood about thirty or
!, forty feet of. Skinner was about eight
. feet from the curbing, in the street. He
: had only time enough TO take 2 step on
\ two before the second shot. He put his
! hand to his breast and moved quicker,
E turning around. SO that he fell with his
u mead toward the postoffice.
Mr.. Pike said he heard no excitement or
: difficulty. Haywood. when he first saw
him, was near the middle OF the paved
rart ~ tho sidewalk He saw nothing