The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-05-19

lanes Bedroom and There Follows
oEierc. Struggle in Which an I'm
known Hand Sends a Fatal Bullet
7rto His Body--Conhicting Stories
tn the Cause of the Shooting
sovsral krrests---The Preliminary
Hearing.
, <a7rs and Observer, May 15th.)
Wilson. n. C.. May 14.-Wilson is in the
.l. af the throes OF another killing IN
midst and eleven men charged with
u,F.itv in the murder of Percy Jones,
Insurance man from Arkansas, are in
IT,. c.urty tail. while one of the party,
t.z.v shot. : at a friends home.
Who Of them are guilty and who inno-
.snt is not vet officially known. This af-
,srn5on 1T the coroner's inquest the testi-
u.ny Of eight witnesses was taken and the
tarIag adjourned till tomorrow morning
At ten o'clock.
The evidence thus far connects four men
with the crowd engaged in the killing,
these being ]. B. Piver, a we'll known fish
dealer, J. r. Allen, a bar keeper; W. W.
Barnes and George Whitley. Damaging
evidence is said to be in hand against at
least one other, Capt. w. H. Rich, engag-
ed here in the oil business.
The crime. charged as murder, occurred
about one o'clock this morning, when T.
Percy Jones, of Little Rock, Arkansas,
who has been here for two months as the
representative of the Mutual Aid Insur-
ance Company, was shot to death in his
bed room. the shot coming from a pistol
used by some man in a crowd who had
broken into his room.
In the crowd arrested and in Jail charged
with the crime are ]. b. Piver, Samuel J.
Walls. 4 merchant tailor, John Pittman,
George Whitley, pressman of the Wilson
Times, ". P. Groom, n. W. Barnes, Law
renee Morgan, W. J. Rich, Tom Bass, Gil
Ward. John Allen, one of the party, was
shot and his condition IS such that he has
not been placed in Jail.
Two causes are assigned by the public
and rumor for the killing. One Of these Is
that Jones had been having negro women az
occupants of his room and that the crowd
wanted to stop this: another that it was
thought that Jones was acting as a detec-
tive and had caught on to some gambling
rooms reported to be in operation in the
building IN which ne roomed, and that the
purpose Of the crowd in either case was to
force him to leave town.
The tragedy occurred in the Fryar build
ing, above the Vienna Bakery, on Colds
boro street, just off of Nash, the mair
street of the town. Just before one O'Clock
a crowd Of men went up into the building
and demanded admittance to Jones' room
pounding on the door. Jones was in bee
and refused. The crowd broke down the
door and rushed in. Shots were heard
then a pause and more shots and a voice
crying out. "Oh God, l am shot, somebod.
help me-.
RumOr has it that Jones, expecting
trouble, had armed himself with a sho'
gun and had 1t near the head of his bed
mat when. the crowd broke in he shot, tn
load gong into the wall, and that at Thu
parties IN the crowd shot with pistols, kill
ing Jones and seriously w%ounding Allen
one Of the party.
Alter the shooting the crowd scattered
some, 1t IS said. leaving by windows am
Sung down a ladder beyond a tin roof
VINE others went out the front. JOIN
allen, who was bleeding freely from
wound through the shoulder, ran out, an,
's'ohpfmed by two of the party, one 0
""om Is said to be J. B. Piver, was take1
" the Wilson Sanitarium, where hi
wound was dressed.
Jones was not killed at once, but die
"'oul 1870 o'clock this morn
ing Inc fatal ball entered his body abou
uHee inches below the nave
""rl officers entered his room after tn
D,'.hg he was found STANDING
" HIS night clothes. Mayor Herring ques
'5"'1 nm and he said that he had beel
1'9' mat a crowd rushed into his room
ro'neea On him and beat him. That h
emossLed out Of bed and got his shot gun
TI'0 H. but 1T went wide Of the mark
was very weak when seen and failin
roil loss Of blood. He asked that hi
p''Ch be sent to his brother at Littl
AVN. At the autopsy held by DR.. Alber
'5Ison 1t was found that the bullet ha,
40 three perforations in the bowel
"'d landed IN the back bone.
afternoon when the coroner's ir
r was going on there seemed no III
r.~ e&cltement in Wilson, and cases G
on, Importance have drawn create
Go"as to the Mayors office. where tn
ming was held. No one represented til
tE 1o"efS at the trial, though it is sal
saao very lawyer Of Wilson has been en-
woe. lor the defence. The witness,
for examined by Solicitor c. C. DAME.
,va lHe trouble dates back to about tw
Cola ago: A negro woman wanted j
ganaI Gu LOT the stealing Of a watch WI
teinr LOT IN Jones room, the woma
zoos annie Adams. She was not in til
fI;lu but another negro woman We
WAC sh a letter addressed to Fannie Adam
was a9uIU Later another negro woma
Th@iIesled IN Jones' room.
roonl report of negro women in the man
Jona. S"uSed a crowd to send word
noon ~ quit the town. Yesterday aftel
told george Whitley went to him al
let an nm TO get out of town and not
Sworo sun rise on him here. Jon,
peace warrant against VIII