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

after he got there.
| @. Did you examine the cut? A. No,
| sir
| Q. Did you know the attendants?
| A. No. sir; not any of them
| W. A. Parker. being recalled. testi-
| fed as follows
| @. Did you step the distance from
| the Caraleigh Mill to the bridge where
| that path turned out? A. Yes sir
| @. How far? A. About thirty-five
steps from the bridge to where the
path turns off.
| @. How far from the path to the
| foot of the hill? A. 1t is fifteen yards
| from the road to the foot of the hill
| and about thirty-fiVe yards from the
| foot of the hill to where the scut11e
took place.
| s. w. Gather, being sworn, testified
AS follows:
@. Where do you live? A. West
| Raleigh.
@. What is your business? A.
| Chemist.
| Q. Where were you last Thursday,
the Gath? A. Laboratory Of the Cara
leigh Phosphate Works.
Q. Did you see anybody going by
| that day? A. Yes, sir. / suppose it
was about 2:30 or probably $3.50. I
was sitting by the window doing
| some weighing and heard a commo-
| ton. / looked out the window and |
heard someone swearing. | saw two
men. one of them hollered at the
man to stop. / waited until the trio
went out of sight. These men came
| from the cotton mill.
| G. Well? A. / asked what was the
| trouble and they said a patient had
| gotten away. The trio went down the
road. l looked and saw a wagon
| standing there and a man beside it.
| no ho
went on towards the bridge. / didn't
see anything more until twenty-five
| minutes or half an hour. when l saw
| the man lying by the office. His
| hands were tied behind him with a
| leather belt and a pair of suspenders,
think. He was lying in the grass,
with his head against the office build
ing. He breathed mighty hard. Saw
| Messrs. Roland. Smith. Young. Partin
started to pour water on his head and
Mr.. Roland said they had better not
do that. They took him to the pump;
one got hold of each arm. They pull
| ed and dragged him together. He
| didn't seem to be able to walk. His
head dropped upon his chest. They
| took him to the pump and poured
| water on his head. There was a cash
across the top Of his head. / did not
examine it closely. 1t appeared to
| be three or four inches long. 1t may
| have been a streak OF blood. They
| poured some more water on his head
and laid him on the grass He strug-
gled to get loose. Sometimes he tried
| TO raise UP and two attendants would
bear him to the roundabout as
much as they could do. They said
he got the cut going through barb
| ed wire fence.
q. How far were you from the man
when he first passed the office? A.
| Fifty or seventy-five y;ads.
q. Was that AS close as you got to
him? A. Yes.
@. Did he have any blood on his
! face? A. Only saw his back.
Q. Did he have his hat off? A. Had
the hat in one hand and a piece of
paling in the other hand. l would
not be positive. l noticed when they
brought him back that his shirt was
torn and open i'm front.
T.. w. Gather. being recalled, tes-
tilted as follows
Examination by the COroncr.)
@. Is there anything additional? A.
| In connection with transfer TO the
| carriage. Prof. Chamberlain said for
| them to phone to the asylum and
take him in the carriage One said all
/ right the other said. NO. if we carry
| him in the carriage we will have to
carry him in the front way; We don't
| want 70 do that" The other said:
Il have carried him long enough.
won't carry him any more if he never
gets there"
Q. Anything else? A. They said
they did not want to carry him in the
| front way. If they carried him in
| the carriage they would have to carry
him in the front way and they did
not want 20 do that.
DIR. James Mckee. being sworn.
testified as follows:
q. You are the superintendent of
the State Hospital, l believe they call
| it2 A. Yes. sir.
q. Been superintendent for num-
Der Of years? A Yes, sir.
| q. Had as an inmate of the hospital
Thomas Fl. Nail? A. Yes SIR
q. How long had he been in the
hospital? A. Admitted from Chatham
county, December 18th. 1904.
u; You had an opportunity of see
| ing him often? a. Yes, sir.
.. How often? A. Probably once 2
| week; oftener sometimes. i cannot
say definitely.
.. What was his general condition?
A. General condition good physically.
u. You were notified that he es-
| capped last Thursday, the gath of Au-
| . "a CD, IL Is ii RUE OF the nOSDlt-
al TO report any elopement of any pa
| lent This was done and also three
| or the attendants went in pursuit hay-
! ing left a squad of 60 other patients
| out at walk with two attendants
y. What were the names of the at
| PENDANTS? A. j. c. King, L. r. High
| and Jack Peele.
q. What was the other one named?
A. Durham. This man had been pur-
SUNG him by circuitous route
| through the colored cemetery. w. T..
Durham are his initials, l think
| .. How long were they in pursuit
| of Nall? A. From 2:30 until about
$3.50 or perhaps four o'clock, / cannot
| say definitely. While in my office |
| received a telephone message a little
| before four o'clock from some one
at Caraleigh Mills telling me that Il
| patient had escaped, that he was in
charge of the attendants and uncon-
| trollable. Immediately sent the head
nurse and the Oldest nurse in the hous,.
| in carriage that had driven up con-
veying a patient from the depot to
| the hospital. They met the attendants
with Mr. Nall in a buggy. He was
| transferred and brought to the hospit-