The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-02
THE HAYWOOD CASE
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u. l. am not talking dDoul IL ShoL
that was fired. l am speaking about the
fight or blow that was stricken. and the
alteration that you have described as
having seen between Mr.. Skinner and Mr..
Haywood?
"A. l don't think l said anything to
him about It. ] did not make any excla-
nation that l recollect. | did not make
any movement towards them at that time.
/ know them both
20. Did it surprise your"
"A. OF course it surprised me to see a
difficulty there on the street.
80. Did you indicate that by exclama-
ton, Or by words or in any way to Mr.
Briggs?"
"A. / didn't Indicate it by any words.
don't know whether my countenance did,
or not"
20. Was any change made in the sub
ject Of your conversation as the result OF
what you saw"
"A. There wasn't time for a change, the
conversation stopped"
20. When?"
"A. Almost instantly, there was hardly
time to say a sentence between the time
the blow was struck and the shot was
fired"
%. / am not talking about the shot, |
am talking about the blow or struggle,
nnd the alteration between them, and I
asked you if there was any change III
your and Mr.. Briggs conversation"
"A. There was no change in our con-
versati0n, no, sir. None whatever"
20. What did Mr.. Briggs do after the
second shot was fired?"
"a. don't know what became of Mr..
Briggs. don't know where he went. I
went, as l turned away from them, when
the man was falling, my recollection IS
that l turned to the north. and when 1
looked back the crowd was gathering and
| walked on into the postoffice."
90. Did you see Mr.. Briggs again that
evening or afternoon?"
"A. Yes, sir"
90. What did he ask you with reference
to what you had seen of the difficulty"
"a. l don't remember just what he
asked me, | remember he referred to it
90. Do you remember his asking you the
pointed question, what did you see?"
GA. No, sir, l cannot say l remember
that"
30. Have you any recollection one way
or the other, about his having asked you
a question like that?"
"a OF that character. I know that he
did ask me some questions, which l under
stood to be an effort on his part to ascer-
tain what ! knew, but don't remember
just what he said. l know l gave him an
evasive answer, because I didn't want it
known what l saw about it. and didn't
want to get into it,"
20. l ask you, if you didn't say to HIM
in reply to the question. asking you what
you had seen, if you didn't reply to the
question: 4 don't know what l saw. I
was excited, or l wasn't noticing, instead
of excited p"
GA. 1 don't think I said that exactly.
My impression is I said something. in
tending to convey to his mind that l didn't
see the whole thing probably. l cannot
say that I remember tie exact words"
20. You cannot give your words, what
you did say?"
"a. No, sir, 1 wouldn't undertake to
do So"
20. It was intended to evade?"
"a. Yes, sir"
%. Did he ask you at any other time,
at any subsequent time about it, do you
r~ecall?"
"a. / don't recall. I saw Mr.. Briggs
twice that afternoon and 1 don't recall
which one of those times he asked me
about it. / know 1 asked him what he
saw of it, and he didn't give me any in
formation much, and l didn't give him
any"
20. When and where was it that you
asked Mr.. Briggs what he SAW"
"a. l think l asked him that later in
the afternoon, when l saw him down here
in front of the court house, or under one
of those trees out here, that we were
standing by. l am not certain whether
that conversation of mine, his question
and mine occurred there or whether it
was before that time, l really don't
know"
90 If WAC Cnpnntrr,c affor tho afoir
wasn't it?"
A. Yes, sir
20. You asked him what he saw of ito"
"a. Yes, sir
90. Didn't he reply to that, he saw no
part of it until after the first shot was
fred?'
"A. l don't remember his exact words.
I know he didn't tell me anything that
occurred"
20. Didn't he tell you that he saw no
part of it until after the first shot was
frcd?'
"A. He might have done so.'
90. Did you offer then to relate what
you had seen?'
"a. No, sir"
20. Did anyone else ask you what you
had seen, to whom you gave an evasive
reply?"
"A I don't recall"
20. Your second conversation with Mr..
Briggs, was that not on Sunday?"
"A No. sir, l don't think I saw him
on Sunday at ALL"
20. When did you first see the papers?''
"a. l glanced at the papers that morn
ing about nine o'clock, but didn't get
an opportunity to read them, however,
until the middle of the day"
20. You did read them before one
O'Clock, didn't yOu?"
"A. No, sir I hadn't read them at that
time"
"a. When did you read them?"
"A. Tt was about one o'clock. about the
time that conversation occurred with my
brother-in-law, Mr.. Moseley."
q. You had read them them"
"A. Yes, sir, l read that part of it."
%. Didn't you hear the current report
upon the street that Saturday afternoon
as to the character of this killing?'
"A. l don't know. I heard all kinds of
things, | don't know whether I. heard
what you refer to, or not, whatever it
WAS
q. Were the tenor in keeping will,