The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-06-02
CSpec1al to The Maseeaser.)

Especial to The MasseaSerD
Raleigh, y. c., May 3O.-It is now said
that the Haywood habeas corpus case
Will not end before Wednesday. This
Will make four and One-half days of the
hearing. There Will be no hearing
Tuesday afternoon, as Justices Douglas
and Walker have to devote that part
of the day to supreme court matters.
Public opinion is widely divided as to
whether Haywood Will be admitted to
bail
At the hearing in the habeas corpus
case today. the testimony of the Rev.
DR.. Skinner. father of the slain. Lud-
low Skinner. attracted more attention
than that of any other witness. Mr..
Skinner said the reason his son was
at the pOstofiice was because he had
asked him to mail Il letter
The day was given up to the exami-
nation of the states witnesses. Logan
Terrell swOre he saw Ludlow Skinner
with his hat off. after Haywood's sec
Ond shot. His right hand was over his
heart and his left hand behind him,
and in moment he fell.
r. B. Austin, OF Richmond testified
that he saw Skinner running off the
sidewalk after the first shot. The sec
Ond shot was fired after Skinner left
the sidewalk and his hand was raised
to his heart. Haywood was fifteen or
twenty feet south of Skinner. The lat
ter, as the second shot was fired, had
his left side toward the pOstoffice when
the second shot was fired.
A. w. MattehwS swore Skinner was
leaving the sidewalk rapidly after the
first shot, and at the second shot was
nearly in the middle of the street. At
the second shot his gait weakened, and
he turned and fell. He had his left
hand on his hip as he was leaving the
sidewalk
Representative W. NJ. Thompson. of
OEsslow, testified that he saw Skinner
with his left hand on his hip and his
right hand on his breast nearly in the
middle OF the street. evidently trying
to steady himself. The time between
the shots was nearly as quick as one
could fire both barrels of d shot gun.
DR.. \. w. Knox was witness. He
said 1T was not in his opinion
possible for Skinner to have stepped
down from the sidewalk and then to
have walked within ten feet of the
street car track after having received
the wound he did. He said anemia Of
the brain caused death. Skinner could
possibly retain volitIen three seconds.
d reporter,
swOre he was talking with r. y. Simms
the principal witness for Haywood
and that he (Briggs) was looking away
from the scene OF the shooting He
heard the first shot and saw Skinner
leaving the sidewalk his back being to-
wards the witness CBuggs). Skinner
turned to the left and glanced over his
shaulder. At that moment the second
shot was fired. Skinner fell near the
street car track. Haywood nut up his
pistol before Skinner fell, took step
or two toward the court house then
turned toward Briggs Briggs said he
twice asked SimmS what he saw and
SImms would not tell, but answered he
didn't know or didn't notice or some
thing like that
John Stevens swOre he saw Skinner
walk out of the main entrance of the
postoffice. some one being with him,
and in n few moments witness saw
Haywood with pistol in his hand.
Skinner was somewhat on the sidewalk
when the first shot was fired At the
second shot he was off the sidewalk.
with his left hand TO his side and was
staggering. Skinner when first seen
by witness. was not more than ten feet
from Haywood.
!. O. Murry swore he saw Skinner
leave the DOStoffice steps and walk
across the sidewalk. saw him all the
way. He said he saw no alteration
and that the first shot was fired when
Skinner was in the street. and that at
the second shot he raised his right
hand TO his side.
Chas. Mcdonald swOre Ned Barnes.
colored. a prominent witness for Hay
wood. had told him after the shooting
he saw only the second shot.
T. F. Brockwell swore that a week
before the shooting he repaired Hay
woods pistol and that Haywood said
he wanted il to work
Geo Williams SwOre he saw the two
men walk out OF the postoffice. one go
Ing north and the other across the
street southeast: that he saw HAYWOOD
on the sidewalk near the southern steps
of the pOstOffice with 4 pistol: that
when Skinner got nearly to the mid
die of the street Haywood fired. then
fired again Skinner threw up his hand
and his legs twisted like a drunken
mans. He circled about and fell.
At this DOlnt q recess was taken IN
til Monday morning.
The defence will probably consume
Monday morning with evidence in re-
buttal and the argument will probably
begin Monday afternoon and continue
throughout Tuesday.
Haywood keeps IN close touch with
his lawyers and frequently leans over
and whispers to them. This afternoon
he was for the first time nervous. All
the beginning of the session he read