The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-28

west. l saw man take hold Of King ana
pull him up when he fell down. Tn
last | saw OF them they were both going
up the track toward the park.
JAMES BIRD: 1 live near Mr.. Pipkins
the other side of the Insane HOSPITAL
Have lived there since July 18th, 1903
Used to work there in summer of 1902
Am native OF Wake county. | was in
town yesterday, principally to get pain
OF overalls. l don't know exactlv what
did alter that. l came to town in the
morning sometime about or Q o'clock
Can't tell what time of day l left town,
because ] was full of whskey. That's a
good reason, isn't it. That's the best ]
can do. Don't know that l remember
which way 1 left town.
l know Delmar King Saw him yes
terday, first time on corner in front OF
Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Store, I think DO
not remember what time of day that was,
but 1t must have been some time in the
evening. About the last | recollect is
King and l went down toward the Union
Depot. Don't remember where we went
after that. Do recollect being at Mr.. Pip
kin's some time during night, but that
is the last l do recollect. Don't remem-
Der being at Raleigh Hosiery Mills at
all. Do not remember a thing from the
time | started out OF town till some time
in the night, when I found myself az
Mr.. Pipkins. That must have been some
time about dark yesterday evening.
don't know where l left King. He and
were over at Mr.. Pipkins' together;
recollect something about that / have
some idea we went into the kitchen and
drank some buttermilk The nearest way
to Mr.. Pipkins is through the Asylum
Grounds. l usually go home by Rham-
katie road and through the Asylum
Grounds. We were both full at Mr.. Pip
kins. l was so full l didn't know when
the sun went down.
King and | have always been particula.
friends. There never had been anything
between us. [ know l did not make any
such statement as that if l caught King
outside the corporation | would beat the
life out Of him. 1 was a particular friend
CT his, and would not have a right to
say anything like that, would 1? OF
course 1 might have said it, but / do not
remember it.
l saw Mr.. Edmunds last night On Spring
Hill, where he and Tuck Buffalo live.
bought three pints OF whiskey from
the dispensary, don't know whether
King had any wniskey or not. We were
just paralyzed, just naturally decently
hXed.
recollect staying ali night at Tuck
Buffalos Do not remember going by
Wiley Buffalo's house. Recollect seeing
Wiley Buffalo last night at his brother
Tuck's.
1 think left King at Mr.. Pip2zins', but
cOuId NOT Dnn't know when 7 left
Mr.. Pipkins or when l get to Tuck But
falo's. l drank some of the liquor tn
morning, had about halt-pint left. Tn
liquor was not very good. Twas as bad
as Snake-in- the Grass, and you know how
bad that is. l bought lot of it, there's
no mistake about that.
1 first heard of Kings death this more
ing from MIR. Tuck Buffalo. could hardly
believe it. We went and looked at the
body. don't know what time shat was.
T. J. BUFFALO,: I heard OF Kings
death at twelve o'clock, by telephone
from cousin of mine, Mss Mollie Bum,
who lives near King. She said Delmar
was killed on the railroad. Earl Austin
telephoned nae where he was killed, and
l went down with Mr.. Bird and looked.
When Bird saw the body he said he was
came down there, and Mr.. Bird went
back to Mr. Pipkins Bird did not say
anything down there about their being
together yesterday. 1 had heard they
were together yesterday They came by
yesterday afternoon and left word with
Mrs. Edmunds that they would come
back. In the evening about the time the
factory whistle blew, Bird came to my
He kn had left Kino 81 Mr.
Pipkins'. Bird spent the night at my
house.
1t would take ten minutes for a man
to walk from the spot where the body was
found to my house, but I 90 not believe
Bird could have walked it in the condi-
ton he was. 1 heard Bird say he would
beat King or something like that. 1 don't
know how he came to say that.
We drank the rest of the liquor this
morning. 1t was corn. and it was not
very coed.
E. j. PIPKIN: I live back of the In
sane Asylum on Mr. Grimes farm
reckon it's between a half and three-quac-
ters of mile from where the body was
found l saw Bird yesterday morning.
He left home, l suppose about or
o o'clock. l next saw him in the evening
a little while before night, when he anG
King came up to my house. King went
on to the house, and Bird staid out al
the gear room. Then Bird went on in
the house, and few minutes later
found them back of the cotton house.
little later King went on out to the COW
lot, and then went on down to the rail-
road track, toward his home, saving
You'll see me again in about week
Il was not a great while before BIRD
lett. 1t was somewhere about half-past
five when King left l went on feedin~
MY stock, and while l was doing thai
Bird came into the barn and lay down IN
pile OF hay He nearly always does
that when he's drinking, canes to mr.