The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-07

were standing; witness said: Here
men, shake hands, you are both in the
same business, and they shook hands,
and walked into the gentlemen's wait
ing room together. He saw LllliSton
then with a gun under his coat, and
With the other hand Lilliston got
Clark by the lapel of the coat. Clark
said: Bob DON'T! have some sense!'
Lilliston said: You Jew -----
-- hand me the dough-" with his
gun in Clark face, as though he was
going to pull the trigger. This oc-
Cured at the west end Of the row of
benches, in the gentlcmen's wa ting
room. Clark started to run, jerking
away from Lilliston, and as Clark at
tempted to draw his gun, Lilliston
jumped back and fired at Clark, being
the first shot fired. Smith was thir-
teen or fourteen feet west of the radia
tor, and Lilliston jumped back of him.
Clark was near the radiator, ten or
twelve feet away from LilliSton. Lii
listOn kept blazing away and Clark
started for the front door, and wit
ness started for the back door On
cross examination Arnold said he went
to Weldon from Raleigh, staying there.
several days and from there went to-.
Norfolk, where he took the boat for
New York. He said he came back to
Raleigh because a man named Coop
er told him he should come back and
testify. He said he had known Clark
about SIX weeks, and Lillston sew
eraI years. The three were working
pin tables, but witness had no bust
ness relations with Lilliston. Clark,
he said, was not in the game, but
was betting on English Tommy; but
English Tommy and Clark were not on
speaking terms, havn g fallen out that
day at the Fair grounds Arnold did
not take sides, but stated, when the
cry was raised that the dice were
right. Somebody handed out q pair
of white dice, but they were not used.
Arnold said he did not hear any
threats made. He said if any threats
were made he could have heard them.
He said Clark was sober and they did
not talk together after they returned
to their boarding house in the city.
Clark undressed and went to bed. and
nothing was said that night or next
day about LilliSton. At the depot he
was sitting by the toilet in the gem
tlemen's waiting room, where Lillts-
ton handed him a bottle of whiskey
TO hold, and Lilliston took it from him
several times, and went with friends
in the toilet room four times and
drank the whiskey with them. The
witness himself did not take a drink
Arnold also held dog for Lilliston.
Lllllston asked where Clark was, and
asked him to go with him to find
Clark. The bottle and the dog were
given to friends. When Clark and
LillistOn got together Clark did not
seem to be angry, but Lilliston was
mad, frOWning at Clark. The witness
made the two men shake hands LII
liston was drunk. but Clark was sober.
Lilliston was the first to enter the
rlz nd
Arnold was third When he reached
the door. Arnold saw Lilliston reach
ing for his pistol. AS Lilliston step
ped into the room, he went toward the
ticket office, and Clark was about five
feet in the, room, ana LilllSt0n was
behind Clark. AS Arnold stepped in
the room he was about three feet
behind LilliSton, who was about the
same distance from Clark. Clark
had just passed by Lllllston When LII
liston drew his gun, and when Clark
turned around Lilliston's p 'stol was
in his face. All of a sudden Clark
seized Lilliston's hand holding the
pistol. and a moment later Clark broke
loose and got his own pistol and fired
at LiIlistons abdomen. After Clark
fired the second shot, Lilliston stoop-
ed behind Smith, and as Lilliston was
firing his last shots he was standing
behind Smith. When Clark fired his |
first shot Smith was ten or twelve feet /
away, and was farther away when
Clark fred his second shot.
At $50 O'Clock Arnold was taken |
from the stand, and Justice Badger !
that the hearing would be |
resumed today at twelve o'clock.
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