The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-24

idea being that Thomas mipb, ~ -.
resented as having seen the Iiyb, IN.
~Iderneath the doors.
Street a. 10 n Norri. Win
The negro boy. John Street was
Itneh put on h stand 10 testify as 70
!. ms driving Mr.. Norris through tbe
country near M~oncurc ana I, ~
nous 81 the afternoon Of the night On
Whlch It was burned. ~traets *
Iainination was practically tba same :.
IT was on the previous trial He stated
ItHat ne had spent the entire day driy-
ih6 MI. MOTIFS 10 various customers
~ MS III the section THAI Mr.. Norris
"ould stop, 60 in. sell goods and col
lcct hohlc He stated that Mr.. Nor
- had a small grip which was in
tHc rear 81 the buggy; that some times
ne ca"rIcd this with him into stores
dHi sometimes he did not. Street
thch described how. late in the even
iHe. Mr.. Norris had driven until he
came to the house occupied by Jones.
lie then told the witness 10 turn the
morse around. took out the SatchcI.
went on the front porch. Knocked on
me door and went around behind the
mousse where he stayed for about ten
minutes; that be then returned 10 the
buggy and several times instructed he
NltlcS5 - drive up, saying that lie
wanted to get back. To Mo1curc il
time to catch a train which would en-
abe hnn To get into Raleigh that
night; that he was anxious to get
PACK because some Of his children"
were sick.
street went over the |itinerv of Nj.
Norris on the day of the fire minute
y. lie declared that when he got
| back to Moncure, he first heard II
the fire early the next morning. when
; ne was Informed Of tile occurrence
by Mr.. }. J. Thomas. The appear
ance Of Thomas name was hence
| forth the feature Of the DAYS cyerf.
street also testified to driving past the
home Of Mr.. Upchurch, near the Nor
rs house and being parked ut by
a yellow flee" which he cut vita
his whip. This was preparatory to
the testimony Of a subsequent VT
ness. Amusement was created by the
cross-eNamination bringing out the
TACT that, while he said it was at ina.
tune dark, witness claimed lhat T.
wa light cnouGh for him 10 sec that
the flee was a yellow one.
On the CrOSS-eXamiuation Street
was considerably mixed on several
points and his testimony that certain
men met MI. Norris in the road ana
paid him money before the witness
eyes, but that witness did not know
what he did will it, was a point Tor
the defense. the contention Of the de-
endant being that the grip was used
to carry money collected along the
route, and that it was because Of thc
money it contained that 1t was taken
from the buggy by Mr.. Norris WheI.
he got out to inspect his Wife's prop
erty which had recently been vacated.
The witness was also mixed on his
somewhat contradictory statements at
the two trials as to his having told
Mr.. Norris when the latter had said
that he wanted to see Jones that he
GOULD .haV3 saved him Il six mile
drive. Street also declared that he
told Mr.. Norris that the house VAS
~'hanted;" that the latter laughed and
he told him you'd laugh if sump'n
kotch YOU"
As to his several statements made
to Messrs. Norris and Womble, the
hotel keeper at Moncure. and to
Messrs. Young, Jones. Banks and
Scott, Street stated that when he was
examined by Messrs. Norris and Won-
bic they wrote out the statements ana
he signed them without their ever
having been read over to him; that
about having taken the grip out or
the buggy when ne stopped at the
house: that the statements made by
him to II and Scott had been
made when no ono else was present,
but that there were Others present
when the statement were given TO
Messrs. Jones and Young. These sev-
eral statements are all III one or more
particular contradictory in their
terms. a point for the defense was
the admission of Street that when they
got to M%oncure they SaW'a train going
to Raleigh and Norris old him he
was going to catch it if possible and
to have Mi. Womble to look after
his baggage. The significance of this
testimony is that by the train sheet
the defendant will be able to fix he
time a. about $50 in the evening.
Lawyers liz Mimic Wnrfarc.
1t was during the examination of
Street that the attorneys got to go
ing. Mr.. Spruill interrupted and Mr..
Holding turned on him in a court
house fury. This was on account OF
Mr. Holding persisting in referring 70
Banks and Scott as detectives, MI.
Spruill contending that there was no
evidence that they were detectives,
and that such testimony was incom-
petent.
Mr.. Holding charged Mr.. Spruill
Sith attempting to stop witnesses,
and Mr.. Spruill retorted that he was
too big to be run over and he dldn t
propose to be run out OF the court
house for raising an objection. Mr.
Holding retorted sharply and Judge
Webb said he didn't Want any dis
pute.
Whereupon Mr.. Spruill remarked
thu he was not ~diSputlng, but that ne
did not Walt 10 nc IdI-tu "N 90
though he was in a fish market.
From that time Onward the fuss
ing among the lawyers became con-
~tagious and general. The Judge from
time to time tried to restore peace, put
to no avail. Judge Womack, MI.
RYAN Mr.. Holding. Colonel H~insdale.
and Solicitor Jones were frequently all
speaking at one and the same Tune
with Mr.. Spruiil on his feet and thoW-
ing in an occasional epigram to help
on the cause. After one OF these nix
ms it was discovered that the ques-
t,on nending as the bone of the con-
troversy was one to which neither side
objected.
\ Fictitious Deafness.
A trick of Mr.. Holdings in the eN-
animation of street was effective.
street has been claiming that he was
leaf. Mr.. Holding asked if Banks and
Scott did not speak to him very soft
and low" Street said not. tie
drOpped his voice by octaves until he
rot 70 a whisper las loud as thiS?'