The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-11-07
Arnold On Stand for Harry
Clark.
Continued From Page Five.)

oll dON H. "A man lldIIlcu w OOu came
up and wanted TO take off Smith )
light brown or grey short overcoat
but witness thought it would not be
We'll to expose the wound until the
man was carried to the hosp tai. Wit
ness sent for carriage and he and
Wood and Smiths brother lifted him
to the carriage and carried him to the
hospital. Smith groaned: oh
they've shot me-" once or twice. Smith
was undressed at the hospital and
gowned. The wound was on the right
SIDE, one inch and a half from the
center spine, midway from the hip
bone and last rib The clothing
Smith wore was produced and identi-
fed The witness was present at the
autopsy. Witness did the cutting
under the instruction of DR.. j. w Nc
Gee, Jr., and found the ball. On
cross examination Wilkerson said he
thought he heard all the statements of
the wounded man, and did not heal
him say: THE Jew shot me-" Smith,
n the carriage enroute to the hos
pital, said he thought he was not hurt
very badly.
Mr.. S. l.. Johnson, of Raleigh was
witness to the shooting and saw
Clark fire only once, and heard Lii
liston shoot five times. He did not
see Clark shoot but once and then
tie COUlDdtdtlI f1aQp TWO steps to-
ward the east entrance
Mr.. H. S. Lewis, of Randolph coun-
", a business College student in Raj
eigh, saw Lilliston shoot four times,
facing the east. two of the shots be-
ing high to the southeast and the
other two out the east door.
Mr. Leon Marshall, of Norfolk, tes-
| tilted to what took place at Mollfe
Trimble's in East Raleigh, on the
night before the shooting, and related
the threats of Clark to kill Lilliston
after the difficulty and scrap over the
crap game. He heard Clark make
other threats to kill Lilliston and saw
part of the shooting at the depot. On
cross examination he said he was a
friend of LillistOn.
DR.. j. w. MCGEE, Jr., county ply
stefan, who made fthe autopsy over
Smith, examined the body of the dead
man for the wound and entrance of
the ball and described their location
his direction. The, bullet was found
three inches above the entrance
posterior to the liver, lying loose in
the abdomenal cavity. The wound in
he kidney caused death.
DR.. J. NJ. Jordan county coroner
was present when the autopsy was
made, and said that DR.. MCGEE gave
him the bullet taken from Smiths
body. The undertaken gave the over
coat of Smith to DR.. Jordan, the coat
having in it a hole caused by a ball
and a scorched circle around the bull
let hole. the burned place caused APP
parently by powder.
Mr.. Fab p. Brown, member of the
firm of j. w Brown & Co, under
takers, said the body of Smith was
shipped back to Raleigh from Peters
burg a week after the shooting, when
the bullet was cut out.
Mr. w. p. Hope, of Norfolk a
friend of LiIliston, was here on the
| night of the crap game at Molly Trim
ble's, and said the boys started to
East Raleigh from Lewis pool room
He related what occurred during and
after the crap game and repeated the
threats of Clark, after he had been
struck by Lilliston. The witness
stayed with Lilliston at the Trimble
house, the rest of that night on
dice used in the crap game belonged
to Arnold and that English Tommy
was the principal cheater
At this point Mr.. Snow announced
that the State would rest it's case and
Mr.. Charles L. Harris put on the wit
nesses for the defense
Arnold on the Stand.
Mr. Robert V. Arnold, of New York
city. was the first witness for the de-
tense and testified that he was in
Raleigh two nights before Smith
was shot. He was at Molly Trimble's
522 East Davie street, and went there
with Clark Thursday night, two days
| before the shooting. A crap game COM
menced after they arrived, and ten or
fifteen men were there. They were all
in . 1n I0 l., tl.o
this to a room adjoining. The wit
ness had a set of dice in his hand, and
Lilliston took them, and threw down
half dollar Somebody phased him,
and then a game started. Witness
got stuck for $500 and Clark for
$4,000 Witness got even and stop
ped. Lilliston got all the money, and
gave II to another man. Lilliston next
day said he won about $500. Clark
said he lost about $500 or $4,000.
Friday night they played dice again,
but Clark said he lost too much money
the night before, and would not play
again LilI;ston borrowed Arnold's dice
and Smith the man killed, and LillS-
ton shot a quarter apiece and con-
tinued for twenty minutes, Arnold got
tired of it and began shooting for
$1.00 the dice went around the
crowd and the game got hot. Then
began a shooting for $1,000 and The
game went as high as $4,000 a shot.
Clark began to pass. and broke Lii
liston. LilIiston said the dice were
crooked. and Clark said he would not
play with any others. The cry was
raised that the dice were wrong. and
Arnold said they were not Lilliston
threw them away, and got up and
struck English Tommy and hit Clark
several times knocking him against
the door The witness went TO the
room where Clark was sleeping after
they left the house, and Clark showed
witness his lip. which was bleeding.
They slept together. ozark asked wit
ness what he intended to do. and En-
glish Tommy, Clark and witness de-
cided to go to washington D. {. At
the station he saw Lilliston and the
others in the gang; sa i'i ne mad no
conversation with Llliiston about
Clark. Lilliston and the rest of the
bunch" were very drunk having
taken several drinks OF Whiskey He
saw Clark at the station, out before
Clark arrived Lillistor made witness
walk around the sta il,;lt anu sned IN
search of Clark. Lilllston and wit
ness were standing togetner under the
shed near the ticket Once When Clark |
a.. ,;,.a, clark walk eJ