The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-09-08
Autopsy Showed Clots On
Brain.
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time he got between the hind and
front wheel and asked me if he might
ride. Instead of getting into the wa
gon he gave my mule a severe blow
and passed on. He went on and short
ly after that commenced walking. He
was a strong-built man. / noticed
what broad Well-Sot neck and should
ers he had. The foremost man came
up and asked me if he hit me, and /
said no, he did not, nor attempted to
hit me. | was excited somewhat. He
said he was crazy as the devil, or
something like that He said: "Why
didn't you catch him?" l didn't want
to have anything to do with it. The
two men went on towards the bridge
and about that time the man said to
be Nall was out of my sight and the
foremost man kept looking towards
the bridge as if he might be in sight
The men got to the bridge. After they
crossed the bridge l got on my wagon
and went on across the bridge.
@. Did you observe anything UNI
usual on the man? A. Not a splotch
as l could see.
@. Have his hat off? A. l really
could not say positively.
@. If his face had been bloody could
you have seen it? A. AS plain as on
yours.
@. On the body shirt, ETC.? A, No,
mon about him. | looked at him; he
was a stranger to me. | forgot one
thing: the first word ! heard the fore
most one say after exclaiming, eaten
that mani" was Il am great MIND
to shoot him. 1t suited me to get Off
the wagon and stay off until every
body was out of sight. After he had
gone across the bridge l got on my
wagon and went across the bridge.
Just before getting to the foot OF the
hill / heard someone. l heard tus-
sling and Scuff1ing up to the right. L
reined my mules and caused them to
stand until l could find out what it
meant That was northwest and L was
southeast-bias to my right. The
brush part of the woods was scatter
Ing. | could not tell one man from
another. l heard some very heavy
SlapS-SOme ten or twelve, like they
were tapping or hitting somebody. L
am not swearing who did the hitting.
The underground was out and | could
see under the trees. | heard these
licks-some ten or twelve. l did not
know what to make of it, | said to
myself: THAT is severe" 1 heard a
man cry out: Il give up! give up!
/ heard the licks twice after that.
When the ticks stopped then they said
to him: Lie down! Lie down! Lie
down." I could not explain that. |
could see the squad go north; l do
not know for what reason. could
not explain this vanishment.
@. How far away from the men
were you? A. 1 suppose about thirty
yards. l heard it distinctly plain.
@. Did you see them plainly? A.
Yes.
Q. Could you distinguish the man
who tried to get in the wagon? A. NO, |
sir; l recognized his voice. | taken
it to be his voice, and he exclaimed;
II give up"
@. The same voice you heard down |
at the wagon? A. Yes, sir; satisfied it |
was.
@. Very plain? A Just as plain as 1
hear you if possible, two or more
times.
Q. What did you do then? A. And
@. After that? A. Then / saw them
vanish off and then left
@. That is all you know about it?
A. Yes, sir; Mr.. Il. L. Jones overlook |
me on the way home.
Q. Did you make any statement to
him about it? A. Yes. sir;'I did.
@. State about the substance of
what you said here to him? A. Yes, !
sir: also to L. b. Jones and Thomas |
Burns. l didn't go through all the de
tails of the matter with Mr.. Burns.
told him that | was satisfied that the
affair on the hill was the cause of his
death.
@. You heard he was dead and said
that? A. Yes sir; lonever heard ne
was dead until Sunday. saturday
morning was rainy and | did not come
to town l meant to have come.
@. You heard this man say he would
give up? A. Yes, sir.
Q. After that did you hear ticks? y.
Two afterwards; l did.
Q. Is there anything else you know
about it? A. Then they said: Lie
down"
@. Did you see him at any time
when they said lie down." A. Well,
/ have been trying to study it out.
Monday morning some of my neigh
bors came and said it ought to be re-
ported. We went there and saw some
green leaves
Q. Any evidences OF a struggle? A.
Yes, sir; you could see that if you went
there now. Right near two trees.
Q. How large a space did the strug-
gle seem to be in? A. A right smart.
There was lot of green leaves packed
to the ground like a sill had been on
them.
Q. Did you see any sticks around?
A. No. sir. There was one or two
Saplings bent down.
@. 1t was rainy Saturday? A. 4es,l
sir.
Q. Hard rain? A. Not at our house.
O. Would that obliterate the signs
Did you see the signs on Monday? A.
Yes, sir.
O. Who was with you? A. u. b.
Jones. We saw a wire and thought 1t
might be the one he run in, but Jones
went back and said the wire was 40
steps. -
Q. That was a wire fence, was 1t
A. Yes. sir; As steps from the place or
the struggle.
Q. So they did not get up to that
wire? A. No, sir; if they did they came
back.
j. p. Massey, being re--sworn, testi-
fed as follows:
Examination by the coroner).
@. You were before the jury the
other day? A. Yes sir.
(The former testimony OF witness
is read to him).
Q. Do you re-affirm this testimony?
A. Yes, sir.
@. Do you wish to add to the testl-
mony? A. Well, after the man yeiied
out and said Lord, have mercy, they
stopped pretty quick after that. he
said something after that. put IT was
so low / could not tell what 1t was