The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-08

bruises on the arms, Udck Oh IIIlDS.
The man was very much embarrassed
in the act of respiration and remind
ed me of an animal that had been
badly abused and was not able TO
stand the work forced upon him.
Knowing that wounds proceed either
indirectly or directly (and If this man
had any at all they came directly
and that the causes of death from
direct wounds are hemorrhage and
mechanical injury to any one of the
vital organs, or nervous shock, this
man did not have wound TO justify
us in believing it was sufficient 20
cause death We administered resto-
ratiYeS, hot Stimulants, fusible Stimu-
lants, under which he rallied. Suisse
quently he got into his original con-
dition and died.
c. How long did he live? A. Twenty
five or thirty minutes, l cannot say
definitely We rendered a certificate
of death as due to heart failure caus-
ed by prolonged muscular effort in the
run the man took in order to make
his escape. Later on we thought he
might have ruptured blood Ve'-
sci. That usually happens in such
cases.
spence Taylor being sworn, testifi-
ed as follows
@. You live in Chatham? A Yes, sir.
c. Did you know Thos. H. Nall? Yes.
@. How near did he live to you
before he was an inmate of the asy-
lum? A. IA or Is miles. | knew
him well. He worked for me years
ago.
Q. How long? A. Seven or eight
years.
O. Do you know what kind of man
he was prior to the time he was put
in the asylum? A. A poor man, but
honorable, truthful and industrious.
O. Was he ever charged with crime
or put in the penitentiary? A. No,
sir; l never heard of it, He was as
honorable a man as there was in the
county.
ID. c. Smith. being sworn, testified as
follows:
Q. Your name is David C. Smith ?
A. Yes, sir
j @. Where do you live? A. Near
Caraleigh Mills.
@. How far? A. Right on the hill.
! q. Where were you on Thursday,
the oath of August? A. At the Phos-
phate Works.
@. You know ThOs. H. Nall? No,
sir: I never knew him.
| O. See a man that was said to be
Thos H. Nall? A. Yes, sir.
@. State under what circumstances
you saw him. A. I don't know how
long he had been there. He was there
when 1 came to the pump after some
water. He was near the door of the
/ office lying on his back
O. State his condition as you re-
member it. A. l don't know how
to answer that. He was lying with his
hands tied behind him.
Q. Did he sit up at any time or try
: to? A. Yes, sir, twice while I was
! there.
@. Who was with him? A. Four
attendants; Mr.. Frank Durham was
! one. / didn't know the others.
! Q. What were they trying to do with
him? A. Nothing just then. They
were standing around him. They were
| speaking about getting him back to
the institution.
Q. Did you Sc any blod about him :?
A. No. sir; I didn't see any blood on
him: they said they had washed his
face before / got there. / saw a scar
on his head one or two inches long
! left side of the head The attend
| ant examined it and said it was pref
| ty bad cut. / was whiting five or six
| feet of him.
@. What was Nall doing when lie
examined his head? A Leaning
against his leg. He tried to get up and
the man set his foot out and he lean"
ed his head against him.
! Q. Did he say anything? A. No. sir;
| never heard him speak at all.
! How long were you there with him?
! A. / don't know. / suppose five Of
, ten minutes, possibly little more. IN
| til he was taken away.
Q. You saw him taken away? A.
! Yes, sir.
! @. You did not see the man when
he was coming towards the phosphate
I mill? A. No. sir.
! @. Do you know from what direc-
ton he was coming? a. Only what
| heard | heard he came from, to-
wards the creek Q. You mean coming
! back after he was caught? Yes, sir.
@. Did you hear anybody say any
| thing about seeing him pass? A. Yes,
| heard the boys at the cotton mill say
! thew saw him as he came across the
| field.
@. You know their names? A,
/ Lonnie Jackson was one. / heard
I them say they saw him.
@. How near We're they? A. I sup
! pose one hundred yards from where
| they saw him.
! that country Do you know of any
| barbed wire fence near the cotton or
| phosphate mill? A. No, sir the only
| one / know of is at the colored GEM
etery
@. Is that barbed wire? A. IT is
| a wire fence; | cannot say whether
| barbed wire or not. I have seen it,
! but could not say what kind it was.
j. y. Massey. being sworn, testifi-
| ed as follows:
What is your name? A. ]. P. Mas
| seY
@. Where do you live? A. Swift
Creek Township
O. How far from Raleigh? A. Nine
and half miles.
q. How far from the phosphate
mills? A. | really don't know what
distance. l suppose 1t is some eight
| or eight and a half miles. Just lacks
| from here to town of being nine and
| a half.
q. Where were you last Thursday,
the "a of August? A. | brought three
| bales of cotton here to Raleigh and
| sold it to Heath Z, Co., some two or
| three o'clock in the evening.
Q. Did you pass by the phosphate
| mill in coming to Raleigh? A. Yes,
| sir.
Q. What time did you go home that
evening. A. l would not like to con-
| fine myself very closely. About three
-two-thiry or three. | could not say
positively about that. | didn't have
anything to remind me of the time.
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