The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23

fR,r WAS Ia III t8s -,
,;,,;,~ and asked for a drink. 1 waited
-. him Whitley after he took a drink
-, ant saving be was gong TO zee the
.oro. and ask If they would trouble MN II
= ,r;.d IN run the man out OF town he
..ue hack and said he had seen the Po-
- and they said they would turn thelr
h.ct Whitley said he had been apPolhteu
~conmittee to tell Jones to leave toWh-
tIe asked me i. / didn't want TO take par
=, i went 10 Jones room after the Mi
NC and spoke to Jones. ! asked MIN "h"t
VS. the matter and he said: I'm shot ana
Inn diving This conversation looA phse
> bout three quarters Of an hour before
no died. Mr.. Jones was conscious when ne
made these statements. ! asked the VII
moss how he was hurt. He Sald ne was
hot. but had no idea who did the shooting.
, hat here was a crowd or men In the room
I'm, he did not recognize any OF them.
witnes stestihed that he was at one
time in business with G. d. Ward. On
being asked if he recognized a hat fouhd
on the night of the homicide. he sala
THAT he did not recognize the hat
On cross-examination by Mr. Mewborne
It was brought out that Whitley Was
drunk when the conversation stated pre-
yiouslv took place. 1t was further stated
that the reason given Tor wanting Jones
10 leave town was because he had had
some colorcd women in his room.
HARRELL TESTIF1ES.
Ephraim Harrell. a policeman, being
sworn said: Il saw Whitley about five
lo'clock in the morning before the killing
and he told me that he had seen Jones and
told him that he must leave town. | told
him he had better leave Jones alone. Whit
ley said it was a disgrace to have a stran-
| ger come here and take negro women To
his room. He said he went TO Jones room
with one Of his Zones frlcnds) and IN
formed him that he must leave town"
On cross examination by Mr.. John l..
Woodland wI,ness said Whitley was drunk
and that he did not talk as II he was mad
with Jones.
T. f.. BARCLAYS EVIDENCE.
T. :. Barclay followed and said:
Il am an insurance agent and had an
office in the Fryar building at the tune
of the Jones homicide. l saw the de
PENDANT, Geo. Whitley, the day before the
killing. He was at LeonaTd's bar. He
took a drink while there, and asked
nc to so up with him to Jones room,
so that he could notify Jones TO leave
town. He said that he had been APP
pointed as a committee to notify hum to
leave. l went with him UP TO Jones
room and one OF us, ! forgot whom.
knocked at the door. Jones came to the
door, invited us in. We went IN the room
and Whitley told Jones that he had been
appointed a committee to tell him to
leave town. Jones asked him what he
meant, he replied, 1t don't make any diff
ference what / mean | have been ap-
..E a..
leave town in twenty-four hours. You
can do it or not do it, 1t don't make any
difference with US We then left the room
and came down the stairs. This CONVEX
sation occurred in Jones room about six
o'clock. the day before the homicide
In reply to the question of Solicitor Dan
Iels as to the condition OF the lock wit
ness stated that he did not know, that
when they went up to Jones room the
door was apparently closed although not
locked.
The morning after the killing | went
up to Jones room and saw Jones. This
was about six O'Clock. l did not examine
' particularly the lock but my impression
is that it was broken. l left the room
about fifteen minutes to seven, went down
the street, and when ! returned Jones
was dead. During the time that l was
with him after he was shot | bad but
little conversation with him. He made
no statement to me as to how he was
+, shot. l had known Mr.. Jones only about
three or four wceks.'
On cross-examination by Mr.. sgd Wood
ard witness stated that Jones and Whit
ley seemed to be on friendly terms when
the conversation recited took place be.
tween them in Jones room.
Q. whitley was very drunk, was he
not?"
A. n sir. he was drinking, although
l would not call him very drunk
Court then took a recess until 2:20.
The Afternoon Session.
R. ID. Alley, a carpenter, being sworn
says: Il have lived in Wilson since 1857
| was IN my room on the night of the
homicide until twelve o'clock when l came
down to the corner of Nash and Colds
: boro street, where | joined Policeman
| Snakenberg. Mr.. Snakenberg and l walk
5 ed across to the Overman building ant
down the street to an alley between
Overman's store and Leonard's bar. w,
walked down this alley until we came to
? Branchs cotton yard where we turned
: down Green street. We saw a crow
standing there. l recognized Messrs. Ricl
and Ward. Rich spoke to the policeman
and said Hello" to which the policeman
answered Hello Rich was coming fron
down towards Corbett's corner. IL
passed very close to me. Ward was abou
eight feet from me and l recognized hin
: thoroughly. The policeman and the
came down Barnes street and up Colds
boro street to Overman's corner. Will
! we were standing there Mr.. w. T. Clall
e came by and passed across the street {.
the racket store. Snakenberg Gale,
itI1rE and wont GRO H. 4.-4 " IL,
TO him. We then went to the Hill corre
; from which place we started Originally
Wh1le we were standing there we heard
| gun lire IN the direction of the Friar build
ing. Immediately after the firing som
one came down from the building and raj
across to the Overman alley. This ma
did not have on a hat. thought III
man was wearing a cap. After this MAJ
mad gotten across the street Snakenber,
went down to the station house and turn
4 ed and walked down to the hall leadiui
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