The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-18
woman CMary Wooten) coming down
the tramway towards me.
SAW DAVE BROWN.

Before I reached the tramway I saw
Brown at the old water gate
(wcil gate described yesterday ncAr
the regro's hut). When ! returned
over the tramway I saw nothing. When
I got back to the house / went In b
kitchen and looked for Blanche. ETC."
(Here the witness gave a detailed &C.
count Of having looked for Mrs. Pack
er.)
DENIED HAVING SEEN HER
Il went to the shelter near the ne
groe's hut) and saw Brown washing
clothes. / asked him IL he had
seen a white woman and he said no. /
then went to John Packers house,
about a half mile away, and his littld
boy returned to the house with me. i
Brown again and him II he
had seen a white woman yet He said
At the time he was standing in the
about ten feet from he latter (witness
here described further scarcely. In
about ten feet form the latter (witnes5
here descrinbed further scarcely. In
the kitchen / saw a pie pan and pan
ON the floor"
confined to cross examination, which
revealed nothing new, and the state
ment Of the coming Of some man twic.
to the Packer house after matches. but
he did not not know OF could not de-
scribe this person
SAW THEM NEAR THE HOUSE.
The next witness was Mary wooten,
a colored woman about 10 years OF
age. She testified as follows:
Saturday morning, the third of Sep
TENDER, / was going to Columbus to
the commissary and on my way / wen.
by the old commissary road. / pass
&C both the water tank and the back
smith shop, but before getting to the
latter 1 saw a little boy cross b road.
1t was after s o'clock and not 3 o'clock.
The boy was going towards Clarkton.
After passing the blacksmith shop 1
met Mr.. Dave and Mr.. Neill (she point
ed out the prisoners as the persons re-
ferred toy. They were on the tramwav
lea the blacksmith shop, and were
going in the direction of the water
tank. Mr.. Neill asked me where the
old lady-his wife's mothe:-was. l
told hi mthat she and Ike Mckeithan
were coming around by Clarkton in a
cart. He a i he would see her at
CfarktOn if h was there when he got
there. Mr.. Neil said he was going
home. 1 didn't talk with Mr.. Dave.
Where we were We could see the Kelly
house and 1 noticed two doors open,
n window up and a chair on th+
porch. After leaving them L went ON
to Columbus, but On the "a 1 stopped
a short while and talked with Mr..
Santee. He was standing in his pota-
to patch"
Co. Kerr subjected the witness to a
long and searching examination and
brought out some telling points. He
evoked from her the fact that about
a quarter of a mile above the water
tank she had conversed with several of
a gang of negroes at work in a field
and he will, no doubt, use this to show
the possibility Of the assassin coming.
fro mamOng the number
HAD ON NO SHOES.
But the most important information
obtained was testimony that Sellars
did not have OF a pair Of shoes. MaIy
Wooten swore positively that Sellars
was barefooted when she saw him.
MIR. o. L. CLARK ON THE STAND.
The fourth witness was Mr.. O. l..
Clark. of Clarkton. and his testimony
was of considerable moment and is as
follows:
II live in Charlton. On September
Srd. I was at home until about l O'Clock
in the afternoon. 1 went to the Kelly
house at lilo o'clock. / examined tracks
a little ways from the house; started
examination at the kitchen going into
the field and / saw where weeds had
been pushed down. 1 went to the body
1 examined tracks from the body al
most to the ditch, save from a little
piece of woods where no tracks could
he made. One was a small barefoot
track and the other looked as if it hat
been made by a new shoe, as it Gu
straight down to the ground. The shoe
track was behind the barefoot track
n the little track was pushed into the
ground, the heel part the deepest in tn
ground. The shoe track looked as if i
had been made by an 8 to S. 1-2 shoe
1 examined the body and saw an i'm
preston on one side-the left, 1 think
across the head; and also a cut across
the neck. On the right side of the necl
was a large hole like a stab wound anC
the cuts looked like they had beer
made by a dull knife. The woman wa
lying on her stomach. with her head IL
a stump hole. Behind, the clothes wer'
pulled up to the knees n in the from
up to the waist. 1 didn't see any i'm
preston on her lower limbs. 1 felt he
feet to see how long she had been dead
i examined her head and saw the skull
crushed in.
after the murder / saw Brown abou
1:S0 o'clock. He was brought VI to tn
place Of the murder. 1 don't remembe
what kind of shirt he had on, but h
on blue overallS. I saw turpentin
on both knees of the overalls, a larg
patch, L think, being on the right knee
He had on an old pair of patent 1eathe
shoes that were worn some. They wer
about a No. 6 1-2 or Z. He has o.
same shoes now. The shoes had a SINAI
heel and rather a sharp toe.
SELLARS TALKED TO HIM.
Il saw Sellars that night L9out /
o'clock at Council I carried him t
Clarkton
First, 1 examined his hoe 10 sc
what kind he had on He had on r.eN
shoes and they looked like they ha
been worn about four or five days an
about a No 6 size. 1 brought him
Clarkton in a buggy. I had a CONVEX
sation witJ him and had him under ar
rest and tied. L asked him what h
knew abort it. but I made no threat
and held out no inducements to hin
There was two of us present n W
were armed, put neither one of us toll
him he was arrested. 1 asked him if h
new il n he said Mr.. Nicholson toll
him. Mr.. Angus Kelly was with me a