The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-09-12
Latest DEVELOPMENTS in The Nall Killing
Case.
COAST LINE SETTLING CLAIMS
Results Of the Wreck at Bruce Bridge.
National Guard tu Visit Raleigh
Waste Law-New State Flag for the
Goyernor-CtfIer Raleigh News
Messenger Bureau,


The latest sensation here is the ar
rest and placing in jail Of the four at
tendants at the hospital for the insane
here who are charged with cruelty
which resulted in the death of Charles
| Nall, the thirty year old patient from
As has been stated a farmer gave the
farmer the first knowledge of the af-
fair, having witnessed the running
away of the man, the pursuit by the at
PENDANTS, the capture and what he
stated was the beating Of Nall with a
plank. The embalmer who handled
the body here said there were no
bruises upon it; that there was a cut
on the sid of the head and that a knot
over II Eye had ben there a long
time. The superintendent of the hos
pltal stated that no undue violence was
used and that death was due to over
eXertiOn on a very hot day. 1t was
further stated that II Of he attend
ants nearly tainted, in fact was made
sick, by the eXertion of the capture.
On the other hand it is alleged that
hen u head of Nall was shaved, at
the, pOSt-mOrtem, q number of bruises
were found, notably one at the base
of the skull. and that the rear Of the
body was very badly bruised. The four
attendants are in Jail and have nothing
to say. Three of them retained as
counsel Ryan and j. G.. L. Harris, and
the father of III of them named Dur
ham has retained ArgO and Shaffer. 1t
was learned at the court house that
there would be no haheas corpus pro-
ceedings before tomorrow, the lawyers
haveing said that they could not pre-
pare the papers in the case before that
day. Very great secrecy was observed
in the handling of the case and in the
two autOpsies. The case was very
earnestly pressed by Chatham county
people, notably by Editor Henry A.
London of the PittsbOrO Record. h
case has caused much more excitement
and talk in Chatham than it has here.
Insurance Commissioner Young to-
day sent out all the blanks and records
to be kept by the building inspectors
required by the new fire-waste law,
which applies to the II cities and
towns in North Carolina which have
over 1000 population. The law is
strict and thorough, but will be found
to be of very great value to the places
affected. 1t is going to bring about az
reduction of the insurance rates in
such places too, where it is properly
enforced.
Messrs. Robertson & Armfield Of
High Point were here today and OBJ
tanned charters for the High Point
Real Estate and Trust Company, with
$1,000 capital paid in, and for the Mer-
chants and Farmers Bank of Chapel
Hill, with $4,000 paid up capital, the
stockholders being thirty residents Of
that town and section. Messrs. Rob
ertson and Armfield are very proud Of
tn efact that High Point obtains more
charters for corporations than any
other town of it's size in this state.
The state insurance commissioner
has placed 100000 more Of insurance
upon the Western Hospital for the in
sane at Morganton.
Governor Glenn today took hold ac-
lively of the matter of securing the
presence of as many of the National
Guard of the state as possible, October
10Th, on the occasion Of the visit of
President Roosevelt to Raleigh. All
the staff of the governor will be here,
anu Tie INV lIdtlOlS oIC sent W on IAS
organizations to be present. 1t is par
ticularly desired that all the officers OF
the guard, in case their commands do
not come, shall be here on h a ooca-
sion. The collection of funds from
the people here to pay expenses OF
feeding the troops, whom it is pro-
posed to encamp on the golf links be-
tween st. Mary's college and the far
grounds will begin i'll a day or so. Ra-
leigh can afford to be very liberal IN
this matter, for if the money is put up
it will mean the presence Of at least
two regiments Of troops here.
At the request of Solicitor Moore Of
the superior court Judge Purnell mas
ordered the removal of Dave Bryan,
alias Lightning, a federal prisoner con-
victed of co~unterfeiting, from Jail at
New Bern to that at Goldsboor. Bryan
was in Jail al New Bern with Moore,
the negro who was taken out ana
lynched last week. and it is supposed
he can give. some useful information TO
the state about the l%ynchers, the lnVes-
tigation by the solicitor being now IN
progress. and the theory is that he
should be able to give information
more freely at some other point than
at New Bern.
The examination at the Agricultural
and Mechanical college here ended to-
day, having begun yesterday, but it
will be Monday before everybody set
ties down to hard work. There will
be a six company battalion of the ca
diets, and no doubt this will make a
very handsome and effective parade as
part of the escort to the President
when he next month.
United States District Attorney
Skinner is back ron q visit to his
home at Greenville. He says the At
lantic Coast Line is very rapidly and
satisfactorily adjusting the numerous
claims for deaths and injuries of h
excursionists in the Bruce Bridge
wreck, this being the one last month
in which the train went into an open
draw of the bridge. Nearly all h
claims are from Greenville, but n
from Boston and one from Durham.