The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-27
HEAD CAPPED AXE2
Anyway Blade Glanced,
Only ScaIping Him.
Officers Experience With Two Luna
tics, One Frothing and Splitting
Out Obscenity, the Other
Trying to Kill Himself.
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(Sneclal 10 NEWS dLu OUSCANOI'/
Greensboro, n. c., Jan. 26.-Charles
Ford. something OF a negro character
here. went to the house of negro wo-
man in '.Duplin" last night and demand
ed admittance. He was drunk, and she
was averse to letting him in. Curses and
threats to break the door down having
no effect upon the woman, Charles ap-
peared before the woman through
broken door and with a drawn knife.
She precipitately beat retreat to the
outer darkness. man In the room
named Jonas Willingham, demanding
Charles right to enter IN this outrageous
manner. the latter made break Tor him.
Willingham, with an axe that had been
placed handy when the first disturbance
outside began, struck Charles right on
the front of his head, cutting what
Charles thought was deadly cash. Cor
oner Turner was Immediately summoned,
but found Charles sitting up. The axe
had seven gaps in it, possibly there be-
fore the blow was struck. The head OF
the negro was terribly bloody, but ex-
animation showed that when the weapon
hit the skull it had glanced off and only
peeled a good part of the scalp without
inflicting fatal injuries. Charles will
have his trial as soon as the misery per-
mits his appearance in court.
Game Warden Weatherly captured 146
more cartridges being shipped out of the
State last night. The shipment this time
was from a new direction, Burlington, It's
destination also being new, tO-wit: New
Jersey The birds sold at auction this
morning showed drop in prices, bringing
only 50 90 Dozen E. S. Eller, who had
been bonded to appear at Raleigh this
morning to answer for many infractions
of the game laws, especially for perpe-
trating a fraud on a Raleigh produce
dealer in getting him to ship birds out
of the State, was tried before a magis
trate here yesterday afternoon. 1t being
decided that Guilford county was the
proper venue. Eler deposited $500 cash
as bond for his appearance at next term
of Guilford Superior Court. The probable
tiles are he will forfeit the bond and con-
slider he has got off light.
Mr. w. Mills Coward formerly of New
York. has opened a cotton selling office
in the Huffines Building opposite the
Benbow Hotel. His wife and child ar
rived from New York yesterday to make
Greensboro their future home.
Officer Jordan returned last night from
Parkersburg. w. Va, where he went
from here Thursday night to carry ]. A.
Carruthers and his son, w. F. Carruth-
ers The young man had a CONFUSION in
the depot here last week returning from
Florida He was in the last stages of
consumption. His father, under excite
ment at the condition of the son, cut his
throat twice with o knife in an effort to
commit suicide. The wounds were not
fatal. Policeman Jordan was deputized
to take the two men home, and he re-
ports a most trying trip. He says both
men were crazy and gave him any amount
of trouble Just before reaching Wash
ington Friday morning, he says the young
man, about eighteen-years-old, became
violent frothing at.the mouth as if he had
hydrophobia, cursing and fighting, utter
ing the profane and obscene language so
common with lunatics Out of all the
passengers on the train only one would
help the officer tie the young man, so
afraid were they of crazy folks The old
man was all the time watching his chance
to kill himself, and it was a perilous
journey he had to Parkersburg, where
he at length safely landed the two.