The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-26
Wednesday Afternoons Session,


Wednesday Afternoons Session,
AT the recommending of the court
W. H. Rich, one OF the defendants on
trial was sworn. He said: 81 am 81
years old. l am one of the defendants in
this case. Came here from Dunapolis
Alabama. Came to Wilson to work for
: the Southern Cotton Oil Company. / did
not know Percy Jones and did not hear
of him until the day after he was killed.
Never have seen him. l did not know of
any conspiracy to do Jones any harm /
room at the Imperial Hotel. I worked
IN the mill the day previous to the killing:
was there all day; stayed there until siA
O'Clock. / came by Aliens bar and We
came up town to Green's hardware store
Ito get some fishing tackle. We then
went to Barnes bar Allen wanted TO see
Mr.. Bats and we went to his bar TO see
hum. / Inen went to the hotel for supper
After supper l went to my room and took
a bath and dressed again. / put on the
best suit of clothes | had. / came down
stairs about nine O'Clock and went to
Garrls' store to buy tobacco. / Their
went to Aliens bar had told a news
black jack and I stayed there until the
newsboy came in i work lot of hands
and | wanted the black jack to defend
myself. Pete Nichols was in Aliens bar
Mumford, a policeman. was there when
the newsboy came in with the black Jacks
They did not suit because they were too
large. ! stayed around Aliens bar for
an hour. | went from there to the depot
and found the train was late and so de-
cided to go to Cora Dutys. Stayed there
nearly an hour and came back the same
way | went. On my way back l went to
see Mr. Snakenburg about a trip to New
Orleans. had often talked to Mr.
Snakenburg about New Orleans. he hay-
ing come from there. / passed Shaken
burg and he was with some one, seemed TO
| be talking business and / passed him with
Hello Chief" When l passed Mr..
| Snakenburg / saw a crowd standing
around. | then went up Barnes street TO
| the corner where / turned back When
l got to the corner of Goldsboro street !
| heard a racket up the street and so walk
ed in that direction. / met John
Allen and he said. captain Rich, I am
shot and am going to die About that
time Piver came up with w. w. Barnes.
| l opened Aliens shirt and saw that he
was shot. Piver suggested that we go to
the Sanitarium, and we turned into the
alley there as Piver said it was the near
est way there. ] was coming around the
front way, but Piver said the alley was
the nearest way. We then went to the
Sanitarlum. No one spoke to US on the
way. Aliens blood got all over me. When
we got into the Sanitarium Piver took M
hat and poured some water on Allen. No
l.
the nurse came she got a cot and Allen
was placed on this cot right under an
electric light. l took off my coat. When
Dr. Anderson came in he said Allen was
not hurt much We bandaged Allen up
never did leave the Sanitarium but for
the purpose of taking a drink. When ]
first went into the Sanitarium 1 put the
whiskey in the bath room and l gave
Allen some OF it.
Geo. Mumford first told me that Jones,
or man. up the street was shot. Allen
said while in the sanitarium that he want
ed some underwear and / told Mumford
to go to my room for some for Allen: told
him to look anywhere for the clothing.
/ did not have a pistol while in the sani-
tarium, what the lady saw when came
out Of the bath room was bottle of whis-
4
The last time | used my pistol was on
Tuesday at Mr.. Dawes picnic.
There was some blood on my coat and
shirt When I went to my room | told
Mumford about it. | helped take Allen from
the sanitarium after DR.. Anderson told us
that there was no room in the santarium
stayed with Allen until was arrested in
his room next morning. / have never
made any statement about this matter diff
| ferent from this one. This is all / know
about the matter.
On cross-examination by Mr.. F. S.
spruill it was brought out that witness
did not know any of the crowd whom lie
met near where he passed Snakenburg
WAS ON Barnes street when l heard gum
Shots" 1t was brought out that witness
wa sin plain view of the Frlar building,
but he did not see any one come out of the
Friar building. Witness said when hel
turned up Goldsboro street he met Allen
coming down street. Piver and Barnes
came up behind him and all joined in and
carried Allen to the sanitarium; Plyer had
nothing in his hand. THE meeting was a
pure accident | did not know Allen was
anywhere around" Witness said Allen
told him nothing about the shooting said
he, Allen, did not know anything about
the shooting, but Allen did say that he
was in Geo. Morgan's the night OF the
shooting. (Morgans room is the one add
joining the one in which Jones was shot } |
Mr. Spruill made repeated efforts to get
witness to say whether or not Allen had
told him he was in Jones room when Jones
was shot. The question having been ex-
planned by His Honor witness then said
| Allen had told him that he was not inI
Jones room at the time of the shooting.
/ w. p Groom being sworn said: I'll
know w. H. Rich: saw him on the night
of the killing; saw him at Cora Duty'sI
about 1890 Did not see him any more
that night"
On cross examination witness said he
was under Indictment for the killing of
Jones. Said he was at Cora Duty's when
he heard Jones had been killed. Witness
said he had difficulty with Jones theI
! day before the killing but after being or
dered up for the matter met Jones on the
street and apologized to him, giving as