The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-07-18
Defendant Submits to Murder in the
Second Degree.
A LIGHT SENTENCE EXPECTED
Defence Will be That His Will Power
Was Destroyed by Excessive Use of
Nhiskey-Many Charters Granted.
Subpoena Ordered for Iia,Dortaut
Witness in Embracery Case-Gran1
Jury Will Resume Investigation
Monday.
Especial to The Messenger.l

Raleigh, n. c., July 15.--In the SUI
per1or court Raymond d. Bynum sub
mltted to murder in the second degree
for killing Deacon James H. Afford,
MS partner in the printing business,
during the last holidays Monday
Judge Allen will hear evidence, no jury
being necessary, to see what sentence
is to be imposed. Byndm's attorneys
expect a light sentence. The defence
will be that while he was not actually
demented at the time of the murder he
was in such a~condition as to negative
malice, being entirely denuded of will
power by the excessive and long use of
whiskey
The state chartered many corpora
tlons today, as follows: Salisbury Ho-
tel Company, capital stock 100000,
Lee S. Overman, John S. Henderson,
A. H. Boyden and others stockholders.
Graham Ice Company, H. NJ. Millner,
OF Morganton, and c. P. Hartwell and
NJ. t. Frey, of Washington, stockhold-
ers; County Farmers Mutual Fertilizer
Co, Raleigh, capital stock 100000,
with leave to increase to S1,OOO,OOO,
stockholders ]. S. Cunningham. John G.
Drewry and n. W. West, with leave to
make fertilizers from phosphate, cot
ton seed, tobacco or fish. Comfort
Supply Company, of Comfort, Jones
county, to manufacture lumber and do
various kinds of business, c. A. Rhodes
and others stockholders: Wallace Ham,
bill Clothing Company, Statesville,
capital stock $125,OOO, to manufacture
clothing, trousers, etc, j. L. Hemphill
and Wallace Bros, of Statesville and
Leon Alland, Maurice Alland, and J.
NJ. Wallace, Of New York city, stock
holders. Duplin Publishing Company,
of Kenansville, to publish newspapers
and do printing, B. S. Hines, and
others stockholders; Bank of Hope
Mills, Cumberland county, capital stock
$4,000, II. w. Lilly and others, of
Fayetteville, stockholders. Southern
Underwriters Association, of Green's
boro, given leave to increase capital
stock to 100000.
Judge Allen, in the Rogers and Sor-
rell embracery case, today ordered a
subpoena for new and prehaps inn
portant witness named Bank, who had
brother on the jury in the Gattis-
Kiigo libel suit, who, it is said, was
seen Dy Rowan Rogers anu asked W
take a message to Juryman Bank. AS
yet the subpoena is not served. The
grand jury will Monday resume the
investigation of this matter. No law
yers have yet been examined by it,
but the judge gives it full authority to
summon any. Judge Allen did it to full
ly probe the matter. 1t is the COM
nent here that Sorrell does not know
wh owanted jurors seen and that Rog-
ers does know, but will never tell. This
may checkmate investigation.
The City of New York Fire lnsur-
ance Company he's applied to Insurance
Commissioner Young to do business IN
North Carolina.
(By Associated Press.)
Raleigh, N. c., July 15.-R. D. By
mum, under Indictment for the murder
Of his partner, ]. B. Afford today plea1
guilty to murder in the second degree,
Afford and Bynum, both prominent
white men, were partners here and By
mum while intoxicated shot and killed
Afford in their printing office. The
sentence will be passed Monday, the
limit being thirty years.