The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-07-26


Nea-- anJ h,< aifs. old Fannie. ous !
dat FANNIE came Aowu home and got !
after papa for having Ueurv ard hi. !
wife ivie IN AsitIa them. She WAS mad /
beean~e ihry ~lert on her beds Sat
urday follow iu.. Neaze came and ask
ed father shat MSS the irt.abIe aifh |
him sgd the haN~. Thcy hai some
conversation anal Nea~e ~nrsed papa
-lin AruHe hiu ant # The wand Geo
Crouford. who worked for us then
said that Nease declared that he
would kill old Ike Lyerly.' Mr..
Crawford told Us about It the next
morning. Neass VAS mad. Papa
told him that he would have 10 sow
the wheat or leave.
''Mr. Cruaford went from here 10
his home at Hildebrand.
"Nease WIS down there once OF
twice after that but | never heard
any more until few days before the
tragedy. Ncase came down and ask
ed papa what he was going 10 do with
the wheat. Papa told him thrash it.
"Della, Jack 5 wife. and mamma
had trouble Friday morning about
the soap suds III the tub. After NAM
ma left | went down 10 the spring
and heard Della say: Ii she tmean-
! ing mammal had said three more
words | would have downed her
Jack and papa di not get along
together. Jack had been there just
about week. lie told papa that he
was going 10 work for Iir Penninger
Papa said. We'll Jack. if --ou 90 there
and work five days without laying
off. I will treat
81 heard Jack saw that he would
not go to work for no man before :
o clock.
"Mr. Jim Taylor. who had been
working for rs and sleeping i'll the
house, spent last Friday night with
Sam Cooke. | was straining the milk
when he left. Sam Cooke had come
over to our house 10 bring a grain
cradle which his father had borrow
I'd that morning. Jack WIS at the
lot with Della who helped us to milk
the COWS. Jim Tavlor. Sam Cooke
and Jack left t"@ethe.. "oing down
the path toward the pring That
morning Jack had worked for Mr..
Cooke and then he went down to Mr..
Penninger and secured work.
On being questioned by the law
yers Miss Lyerly continued: Papa
kept most of his money III the bureau
uustairs. Nothing in the house was
disturbed. Even Alice's little pocket
book. which contained p cents, was
left on the bureau by her bed.
eve did not 90 by Jack Dilling-
!, ham 5 house. which was close to the
, path that leads to Mr.. Cookies. fol
!. We were afraid that Jack might hear
us. We slipped by. fearing that he
, might kill us too. Sister jamie. who
is 10, going on II. said that she hearf
) talking in Jack 5 house as we passed
I was then about ! 80 o'clock. We
: arrived at Mr.. Cookies at II So
"a fire was burning slowly bu
steadily in tie middle Of the bed
The bureau drawer lay inverted npor
the breast Of John. VINO lay on hi
t stomach. The drawer was burning
e John 5 feet extended over the edge o.
' the bed.
~ pulled papa and John to tn
floor and called Mary. We WORKED
: in the dark
"After we had put out the fire
! run upstairs and got some clothes 70
us. [ did not see any light or hea
" any talk as we passed Jack 5 house.
Miss Addie corroborated othe
i statements made by her sister Or
being interrogated she the made th
u following additional declarations
y "When went down mama s face wa
: covered with a pillow. One Of he
i feet was on the floor. Little siste
!, ! lay beside her on her back, just a
II she had slept.
"When papa turned off the Gil
l. lesplc boys, Nease came down an
: asked him why he had done it. Pap
q tOlC hirn that they would not wor
a the land, and they had to get ou
II Nease was ordered away and as h
N went he muttered something but
lg could net understand what he sal
Mr.. Crawford told uus that Nease va
S saying that he would kill 'old III
1g L,erly.'
TO Jack wife said that if MANN
2 had uttered three more words 81
ne would have downed her.
III Della, that is Jacks wife. kne
er how we slept
to Mr.. Matt L. Webb, an illitera
ar white man drove a wagon for M
p Penninger, stated that he and Nea
as, had worked together. In part
ye said: "Three weeks before the ira
d edy, in conversation with me, VIII
loading lumber at Mr. Powlass'; Nea
brought up the subject OF wheat ]
ow declared that he thought the cr
he would be pretty good this year.
on told him yes Then he said: "Ws
TX old man Ike Lyerly can cut mine f
pa he won't eat it, or get the mon
got for it. I told Jones Thompson WI
i've | Nease had said and he declared Il
th- Nease wasn't dangerous.
Little Henry Tells His Story.
lie, After the foregoing persons b
be- had their say a small, bright fac
Mt curly haired boy, with blue eyes, q
pretty features came in. He carr
vas little white, soiled hat in his ha
vas His lips twitched nervously, and
ties seemed uneasy. He looks more
=. bip AorIoCaxop fafher +hop he Il