The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-02-05

Jurors Waited TO Try Him-Awful
Deed.
Tae Terry murder case has passed
ox4 OF the jurisdiction OF the our OF
man int that of the Great Supreme
esurs. where errors are unknown and
s9.e guilty can only ask for mercy. Its
trarsfer 10 due to the same hand. that
OF Terry's. which gave 1t life almost
four msnehs ago. The morning OF
Wednesday,. October 9Th last the first
zcx OF ne tragedy was enacted. 1t
ursser1eS ehe staying OF young George
Rate BiaRd By his father-in-laW. 5.
HH Terry. almost upon the threshold
d the formers home. Early yesterday
afte-Hooa the last act. depicting with
suddez and CHASTITY effect the death OF
Tery-seH- murdered-was played Now
the curtain has fallen. but behind the
suezes. bowed deep in grief. is q wom-
III Sac is Terry's wife and mourns
gsitn Eoman's great devotion a loss
ruSsica TO others is small but to her un-
s~snsoEabIc. It is TO her. probably only
80 her, the living sufferer of anOther's
SIN. that the sympathy Of the commu-
Mtg goes out.
Just about l O'Clock yesterday after
Eseen 8. HfN Terry. whose trial for the
ssrarder OF his s~on-in-law. had been in
SkaU but mOInentOuS progress since last
Thursday afternoon, committed suicide.
Alone ia his small prison cell he &C
- ~ I Loot n II
most horrible manner, thereby bringing
dis trial to a sudden and frightful end.
Such a finale to a capital case Is likely
without q parallel in North Carolina
Il is also greatly to be wondered at as
Terry since the very day Of the awful
deed with which he was charged had
displayed remarkable courage, so far
as outward composure evinced. how
* il was noted when he attended the
trial Tuesday, when four more jurors
in his case were selected. tnat the
major part of his former self possession
had deserted him. His appearance in
dcated en- aging of many years, as it
asfre. In two days. His face was nag
gard, often his step wOuld falter and
His mind seemed so INSTRUCTED that ne
needed but little what was transpirlnS
around him. 1t looked as If the smart
Of public opinion had sunk deep into
sis heart and carried with it the fear
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n Lurid Picture.
To Terry this public opinion of his
SsINt eazfe as q horrible revelation, for
Enough ne may have had some vague
Aea OF dts purporL yet it did not stand
reSeaiea to him in all its naked gGast-
uatu his trial commenced n
ine heard juror after juror-men whom
de had known all of his life-stand
f1zth ana positively and honesty de-
care that he was guilty OF diaLol.cal
J%isue. 1t was, no doubt. these ex-
x~reSsoRs that shattered his composure
and preSeUted to him a lurid picture
skaacA a. desperate mind, weakened
3lzso by age and several days sickness,
xouN oniy blot out by seeking and OBJ
Gaining earthly determination. 1t may
dave been the deadly sting OF a CON
<cieace dyed deep with the red of guilt.
Aut rs 10 that let now the blinds bH
srawo
Had Been Sick.
Since last Saturday Terry had been
ara. DUE mostly 1t is thought to rheu-
Jnatirra, as he complained much of this
ma Monday he was much depress-
% an spirits. coinCiding precisely with
tzs greatly changed appearances In
that same day.
Suicide Idea Was His
Sfoades afternoon his son, William
Terry, who had been exceedingly faith
tai and at ali times cheering 10 has
Sakaer. had a talk with him. Terry
A~szyersation was at times disconnected
and hows plainly now that 4 conteln-
alton of suicide was governing 1t
He talked patheticaIy OF home 70 ms
Son and told him that ne desired MN
20 lake good care OF his n gun
end watch. Then he expressed a de-
dire for
A Deadly Drug.
lie asked his son if he would get
hira sozae opium. This request William
Terry good naturally refused and re-
dufceS OF ais father why he wanted 1t.
why" answered Hill, Il haven't
ssept rnaca of late and 1 want Il Tor
Ezat D Just buy me a little.
hidden under a
Plate Full of Rice
But his son still refused and then
Terry suddenly turned the conversation.
ssying Never mind" and asked that
a barber he sent 10 shave him the next
day-
Was I'm Good Spirits.
Yesterday morning Terry appeared IN
good spirits and much better than the
day before. About $50 o'clock his sol
arrived at the Jail with i basket o
food. such as the devoted wife had
xers the husband day after day since
tAe rateful October orning The oas-
ket was sent to Terry's cell and the
son left and sent a colored barber. Jim
McKeithan. to the jail 1t was abou
. O'Clock when the barber shaved Terry
in the office " the prison.
Situation of Terry's Cell
The cell in which Terry was condned
IA one of a series in the white depart
FzeHf OF the second floor or the prison
ard opens Hike the others, into = mod