The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-31

-eunt Fowler and accused him e
t-t .he man Hbe did the sh aeting
Eaefrr .ehont utIs a.ntt3 being
the guile man aHt the rcEy"t nos
hsff s hundred strong. farulrt a pr
t.et circle ah'ut him and While
aoafuE Difference u the UEtt" man :
.aIar. s. II him respectfully hlt hrEi5y
thtt n could NOT leave EXCEPT ~ tn
tolls II an officer. Fowler tott
eE.~aI liff.reut tales becoming more
s3 more c.ulfssl 4- he continued
invoke himself Lane told the re
aese> - be careful plth hsm. AM
tE.< were offering no NiolcuCt ana at
r. HsptinS u" disorder L "a~ reported
Ia tho cit, hat il Vas suicidal Tor any
site person L. go beyond E1St RAJ
because - q fearful and grow
a uprising II the negrot~ caused
as the murder III i man NJ tnctT
aasar by Il white mar. hut tine ma
1falals report originated lid the lis
c4~ei brain Of some evil person.
Fowler declared that he had not
boon III The wagon At all. bat George
Thompson had seen him on the va
goa IN the city during The day. lie
then SWorc tnat nc was not on the
at the time Of the shooting
hut there We're several negroes pres
emit Who as promptly asserted that
they saw him on the lie de-
Illt1 lldl lt Idu Btt3 iIihhiuE -
that he had had whiskey. but when
searched 4 pint bottle Of whiskey and
T. knife were taken from him.
Fowler was hand-cuTed and taken
To the police station by Policeman
Willis ana Constable Byrum. with 4
long trail Of The denizcns and devils
Of the East following them.
\ Fowler Witness.
]. 9. Pulley. who conducts a store
Davie street, and is said to
be q relative of Fowler. was seen at
mis- store last night and said that
Emmett Honeycutt, George Bishop and
himself, all White. We're sitting in
front Of their store in conversation
when Chayis passed them walking
alone but at a rapid pace a few min
utes before the firing Dol place.
y. +. Marcum. white. declared that
he saw Fowler at Bankers store. cor
Of Martin and Bloodworth streets,
shook and with him ten min
utes before the shooting, and hat it
could hardly have been possible for
Fowler to have fired the fatal shot.
Fifteen minute before the shoot
ing ChaViS was seer dancing to music
by q rag-timc street orchestra on
Dayie street near the heart of the
.yilest East.
Was it Williams?
The police believe that there were
only two men, Fowler and Williams,
instead Of three as the larger num-
Der Of negroes seem to believe. FoW-
Ter himself would not discuss the mat
ter last night further than to say that
the third man whom nobody knows.
was from Fayetteville, and that he did
mot know the strangers name. He
still protested his innocence, saying
he was neither on the wagon
|Wnen ChaViS was shot nor connected
with the crime III any way, shape or
form.
1t is the opinion of the police that
sgd Williams is the guilty man, not
Fowler. and last night Constable BY
rum and Deputy Sheriff Stell set out
heavily armed for Williams home,
which is located Y miles east OF
Raleigh, one mile beyond Neuse river.
Williams is said to be q dangerous
man when in a passion of fear or
anger. and his father, it was stated
last night. has served q term in the
State p~enitentiary for horse stealing.
Fowler is q married man and has
five or six children. He is employed
at the Caraleigh Cotton Mills.