The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-03

| turned and looked a little to the left and
saw Skinner BY the time he looked
heard second shot. When he first saw
| him he was in the street, about half way
to the car track. Saw him just before
second shot. At the time of the second
shot mended his gait a little, and put left
| hand to side. Then made a little circle
| and fell Saw smoke a little to ms left,
at south end of postoffice near the steps.
Cross-examined by w. N. Jones, witness
said he could not tell which way Skinner
back was His face was not directly to-
ward him. He seemed to be going north
east Smoke was near the southern steps.
Saw some men there, but did not recog-
nize any one Right smart of people on
both sides Of the street. Several vehicles
on both sides of the street. Witness had
given a written statement to Mr.. Jones.
Didn't he say in that statement that Skin
ner's back was toward Haywood? May
be he did. :
On redirect examination the witness
said his statement was written by Mr..
Jones and read to him by Mr.. Jones' No
one witnessed it,
Edward Murray, of Raleigh, was the
next witness Examined by Senator
Norris. On February 21st he was in front
! of Mr.. Dughi's, on Fayetteville street,
standing on eastern rail of car track
talking to some gentlemen. Heard a
pistol fire down the street and looked.
and Mr.. Skinner was going at a pretty
peart gait, if going from the middle
entrance of the postoffice to Denton S.
About the time he got to the car-track
the second shot was fired and he kind OF
sided and fell About the time witness
looked Skinner kind of turned to left,
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/ Skinner put his hand to his breast, and
turned and fell. When first seen he was
8 or 10 feet from the car-track. Haywood
was about lower postoffice steps, out sorter
in front of the steps, as near as he could
| tell.
Cross examined by Mr.. Ryan witness
said he was right in front of Dughi's, on
car rail. He was looking across the
street. The men he was talking to were
| in front of him. He noticed no people
down the street in the road. Could locate
the shot as soon as he heard it, and saw
| Haywood as soon as he looked and he was
near the southern steps. Haywood had a
pistol in his hand He saw the smoke
come out at the second shot Skinner
was nearly as far from Haywood as to
the car track, and a little to the north.
He noticed no carriages in the street
Skinner was going slightly dagonally.
Before the second shot was fired Skinner
turned and looked around to the left as
! if to see where the ball might come from
When the second shot came he put his
hand to his breast and weakened and fell
He had not said at the Habeas Corpus
hearing that SINNERS back was toward
him.
John S. Johnson, of Raleigh, was called
tO tha nd Nv
ator Woodland He was in front of the
Tucker building talking to A. H. Green
near the big telegraph pole. AS they talked
they beard the report of pistol. He was
looking toward Bobbitt- Wynne's Turn
ing he saw Skinner about midway be
tween curb and car track. He looked
further and saw smoke. Then came Sc
cond shot and Skinner was nearly to track
by this time. Put both hands to left side I
and gave over that way and fell over car
track. Did not see Haywood. Smoke of
pistol seemed to be at south end of post
office. He saw Skinner just as soon as
he could half turn his head. Skinner made !
some three or four steps between the first
and second shots. He was going diagonal |
ly northeast, with left shoulder toward
postoffice
Cross-examined by Mr.. Jones, witness
said he had given a statement to Mr..
Jones. He was in front of Hicks drug
store, three or four feet above the tele-
graph pole He was perhaps between sew
enty-five and one hundred feet from Mr.
Skinner when he first saw him. There
were very few people on the street. He
had an open vision. When second shot
was fired SINNERS back was toward the
southeast corner of postoffice, and he was
some two or three steps from the street
car track.
A. II. Green, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners Of Wake county
He was on Fayetteville street in front
of Hicks drug store talking to Mr.. John
S. Johnson. He heard report of pistol.
Looked and located it about southeast end
of postoffice. About the time he located it
he heard the second shot, and then saw a
man in the street near the car track, some
three or four feet west of the car track. |
He did not see who fired the pistol
Cross-eXamined by Mr. Pou, Mr.. Green
said he saw mans arm and the smoke
of the pistol Mans body was too near
postoffice for. him to see. Skinner had his
left side and Shoulder toward the place the
shot had come from. He imagined the |
man was shot under the left shoulder blade /
because Skinner threw his hand to his
side iii that place.
A w Matthews was called next and
examined by Mr.. SE9ng. He was driving
one of Jones & F&Well's ice wagons. He |
was in front of Turner's Cafe, standing |
behind his wagon, facing Hicks lower
drug store. Had to drive around a pile |
of wood, which brought him quite near
the street ca" track His attention was
attracted by the first shot. He turned |
and saw Mr.. Skinner, who was about half |
way across between curb and car track /
He was leaving him. The smoke was in
front of the lower window of the postof- |
flee. Skinner was leaving the smoke, kind
of sideways, looking back, kind of watch
ing, with his left shoulder turned toward
Mr. Haywood. Witness saw the smoke
from the second shot. Skinner had not
quite got to the car track then At the
last shot he seemed to weaken and crossed |
track and fell. He had his hand on his