The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-02-26
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.
One Prominent Raleigh Citizen Shoots
Another.
SENSATIONAL TRAGEDY IN RALEIGH
The Affair a Great Sensation Owing
to the Prominence of the Parties
Involved.

and criminal sensation Raleigh has
| ever known developed at 4:20 o'clock
Saturday afternoon when, on Fayette-
Vile street, Ernes: Haywood shot and
killed Ludlow Skinner. The promi-
| nence Of both families is marked. Hay
wood is a grandson of the late State
Treasurer John Haywood and son OF
the late DR.. f. Burke Haywood ald
one OF Raleigh's leading lawyers. Skin
ner was a grandson Of the late MIR.
Ludlow, Of New York, and a son Of
Rev DR.. Thos. z. Skinner, of Raleigh,
one Of the best known and abiest Bap-
| fists in the South.
At least 4 hundred persons must
have seen the shooting, certainly that
number saw the victim of Haywood's
| revolver as ne reeled and fell upon his
| face On the car track in front OF the
| poStoftice and Marlborough House and
net 30 yards from the court house. One
witness said the expression Of the dy-
Ing mans face was piteous beyond all
telling and that he will never forget it.
| A thousand persons gathered almost
in minute. The dead body was taken
Into a drug store.
Haywood was taken By Deputy Sher-
IL Separk to Haywood's law office and
WAS there for about two hours, guarded
by deputies and in conference with his
attorneys, James n. POu and Arso &.
| Shaffer. Later ne was taken to the
! court house. where Magistrate Marcolm
| had preliminary hearing taking only
| Separk's testimony, upon which he
! committed Haywood 10 Jail without
bail for murde:. Separk's evidence was
| that ne was in the court house and
heard shot and walked out. He saw
another fash and heard second shot:
that Haywood was standing on the
| sidewalk in front of the postoffice;
! that Skinner was in the street and
made motion as If to throw his
| hands towards his pocket, then turned,
staggered and fell on his face on the
street car track. Separk, as soon as the
second shot was fired, ran toward
| Haywood, called the latter, who said:
"All right" took Haywood by the arm;
that Haywood asked him to take him
to his (Haywoods) office; that on ar
rival at the office he asked Haywood
to give him the pistol, which he did.
One Of Haywood's brothers was with
! him during the hearing.
Ernest Haywood was very cool, sat
easily in his chair, twirling bit OF
paper in his fingers. He had nothing to
say, his attorneys said. One Of them,
Mr.. Pou. said they were fully conf
dent Of their line of defence.
The body of Skinner was placed in
Johnson's drug store. His wife, who is
daughter Of the late Major John c.
Winder. was sent for. She tainted as
his body was placed in carriage to be
taken to his EcGe. At the home Dr..
Knox, at the request Of DR.. Jordan, the
coroner, performed an autopsy. Dr..
Jordan says this showed that there was
only ore wound, this being on median
line of left side, about three inches be-
low left nipple. It graZed the heart.
passed through the lung and severed
the aorta Or great artery. 1t vas such
d wound as TO cause almost instant
death. Health Officer Sale gave to
Coroner Jordan the pistol which he
said was SINNERS.
One witness Of the horrible affair
said he was q few minutes before 1t
occurred in the lobby Of the postoffice
and saw Skinner there, reading let,
ter. He went out on the sidewalk and
in few moments heard the shot.
turned and saw Skinner walking rap
idly away across the street. Haywood
was standing on the sidewalk within
few feet of the postoffice, and he saw
the latter raise his pistol and aim at
Skinner, who was then only few feet
from the curb OF the very wide side
walk. He then heard Haywood fire, and
saw Skinner walk in an irregular way
to the edge Of the street with high and
wayering steps; then suddenly move
in a sort of circular stagger and fell
on his face. Haywood put his pistol IN
his pocket, walked south few steps,
then started back when Separk called
him.
Ernest Haywood will contend that he
shot j. Ludlow Skinner in self-defense.
l. Is currently reported here and else
where that Haywood will plead ten-
uorary insanity, but this is denied by
Haywood's counsel. Haywood Will al
lege that Skinner came up to him ana
without provocatiou knocked him
down, As he arose both he and Skinner
reached for their pistols. He was
quicker than Skinner and fired before
skinner could draw his weapon. Ihe
first shot Haywood says, inflicted the
mortal wound, and he fired the second
because he thought Skinner was COM
ing back to attack him.