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

pump. They were washing the blood
off a mans face. The man was tied
with his arms behind him. He strug-
gled more or less to get away. l had
already heard that a crazy man had
gotten away and, of course, / knew
who the prisoner was. His face was
pretty nearly washed off when / first
saw him. His shirt was opened and
torn-torn at the side, but the bal
ance of his clothing l thought was all
right. He seemed to have "a great deal
of strength and the attendants were
out of breath and their shirts were
wet through with perspiration. The
first thing / said to them was, why
don't you go and telephone to DR..
McKee?" and one of them said it
would not do any good to telephone
him-he didn't care. l said, You are
mistaken about that" / thought they
needed some help. They seemed to
object to my telephoning, or rather
wanting them to telephone. / said
would telephone myself, and ] did SO.
/ told DR.. Mckee that some of his at
| tendants had captured an escaped in
mate and they needed help at once.
! went back down stairs and then the
man seemed to be more helpless than
he was, and / had a great many diff
ferent conjectures to pass through my
mind | thought once he was all
|
| probably in order to get his hands
| loose, and directly after that
thought he had tainted away. He
| could not stand up and when he lay
down he would turn over on his face
| and the attendants would flop him
back on his back, and his arms being
behind him he was uncomfortable, 1
suppose, and he would turn over
again. They handled him SO rough l
demonstrated with them. 1t wasn't
necessary; he was so helpless and
| could not get away. Later on l thought
he had possibly tainted and l thought
| he would get all right. | saw them
| take him to the pump and try to get
water in him. They jerked his head
| back. l thought they had him by the
hair of his head They put the water
| to his mouth, but l don't know
whether he drank any or not. l left
about that time and went into the top
of the mill We were busy that day
From there l saw them put him in the
buggy and saw them transfer him to
/ the asylum carriage.
q. See any cuts or marks upon MS
| person? A. Yes, sir.
q. Describe it. a. / saw mark
on the side of the face close to the
eye and cheekbone. | asked how 1t
came there and was told it had al
ways been there since they had known
! him.
@. Who told you that? A. Some OF
! the attendants don't know which
one. l saw a cut in the top of his
head.
@. What was the character of it;
how long and deep? A. 1t was /
| thought, about four inches long
| may not have been. 1t looked mighty
| long to me and very deep. one OF the
attendants pulled it open. l asked
~ - a
| did it when he went through barbed
| wire fence. The reason l asked the
question was, l thought that he had
| been hit.
@. Was it to the skull? A. Pretty
| close, if not to it. | did not see the
hit on the back of the head l UNI
derstood there was one there. l did
not notice it. / did not see the cut
on the top until l was going away. 1t
made me kind of sick and l wanted
to get away
@. Did you know the names of
these attendants? A. No.
c. Did they say where the wire
fence was? A. They did not tell me
and / did not ask them.
O. Is there a harbed wire fence
around there? A. Not that l know of.
@. Anything else you know about
it? A. No, excepting that we talked
| with the attendants about who he
was. | don't remember whether they
told his name or not. They said he
was a very desperate man. That came
! out when l was talking with them
about handling him so rough. One
said he came to the asylum from the
penitentiary. One said he never had
been in the penitentiary. They all
agreed he was a desperate man.
@. About how old was he? A. He
| looked to me like he might be 80
years old. Very large and powerfully
built.
Prof Chamberlain. being recalled,
| testified as follows:
Examination by the Coroner.
| O. Give us the statement that you
| forgot when on the stand before? A.
| 1t was this: / saw when | set back
| from teleDhoning DR.. Mckee that
change had taken place in the appear
ance of the patient and he was tremb-
! ling all over, and at that time | COM
menced to question the attendants
| about the bruise on his head.
@. What did you think when you
saw that tremor come over that man?
A. | thought great many things
during the time | saw him. At that
particular time | thought he had the
appearance to me that he had been
| hit i'm the head, as | have always no
ticed in killing anything that it would
| lTtlllDlt NIell dDOul 10 uIe III
| that the matter was about over with
| him and ] left. / didn't want to stay
| there any longer.
Henry Morton. being sworn. testi
! fed as follows
@. Where do you reside? A. 1922
| West Jones.
Q. What is your business? A. Book
| keeper and stenogra pher-bookkeep
er and stenographer for the Caraleigh
! Phosphate Works
Q. Did you know Thomas II. Nall?
| A. No. sir
@. Where were you on Thursday,
| the oath of August? A. In the office
| of the Caraleigh Mills.
q. See man pass there said to be
| Thomas II. Nall? A. Yes.
Q. Please go ahead and state under
what circumStances-tell all you know
about it. A. The first that I know /
| was sitting at the window at the type
writer and heard some hollering. |
| looked down towards the two railroads
and saw two men running about twen-
| ty-five yards apart. They proceeded
right up our track and as they got by
| the mill the rear man seemed tired
and started to walking That ic the