The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-04-03
ONE TO HANG,
ONE To PRISON
These Ben Williams and
Garfield Williams.
GRAND JURY REPORT
Day Yesterday in Court Consumed by
Trial for Murder and on Monday
Begins The Trial for Murder ct
Moore and Burch in Stand
ard Oil House Affair.

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mai for MS life for the killing ~
Aex. clark. another negro. in thts
| cftv on February u. WAS yesterlas
found guilty IF murder iE the FIRST @@
gree il viii be hanged.
The case wen To the jury FRIDAY
evening ana there MAS no agreement
iduring the night. the question be'ES
| as to VII -tIler OF not Williams was
too drunk ut the time OF the killing 70
be wholly responsible. Yesterday
morning the jury came 70 the Judge
for further instructions anl finally A
verdict Of guilty Was brought in.ThE
f. there has been no appeal ani
J-1-c Council viii pronounce sem
tonce the last OF the week.
IN this ease Williams had walked
| up on a porch where clark was SAY
ing and after some words had nut MS
| ann about Clark's neck and putting a
| pistol to the side of Clarts head.
| shot and killed him. Williams was
| defended by Mr.. Charles I. Harris.
All day tong yesterday the coufl
was engaged in the trial o. Garfield
Williams. q negro. for the murder 81
| Charlie Burch. another negro The
| Attain. occurred last May IN this city.
| there being an encounter between the
l ~ IL a tSio VI
the "Bowery'' section here. in which
| Williams jumped on Burch. The lat
ter was injured in the abdomen anf
finally died. Williams fed ana 2 few
weeks ago was captured in lt1chnono
and brought here.
In this case the verdict brought il
was m~anslau.htcr and the sentence
viii be from four months to twenty
years. Solicitor Arnistead Jones
made a very strong algHlnent. at the
close of this saving that the state
would not ask for q verdict Of murder
in the first degree, but for man
| slaughter. The negro VAS defended
by Nessrs. Charles T.. Harris and
Elmer Shafer. assigned by the court,
who ably handled the case and
whose arguments were forcible.
The witnesses examined We're Iulah
Rurch, wife Of the negro who was
killed; DR.. James K. Rogers and Or.
A.. w. Knox. who attended the IN
jured man and Eifie Young, the negro
woman present when the light os-
Cured. She told that Garfield was iii
the house when Burch came in and
asked where everybody was. to this
Garfield replying that Ella had gone
out and Isffie was n the next room.
When she came out and sat down
Burch stamped her in tile face in q
playful way. Garfield Williams
sprang up. knocked Buren, Town and
kicked him. The Witness made Viii
llams STOP and Went with him in The
next room. into which Burch soon
came With an iron bar and she ran
out. She heard Eurch crv out as
though he We're hurt and when she
ran back IN the room Williams had
knocked him bacl UP against the
wall and there was BLOOD about his
face and streaming from his nose.
While Williams had in his hand a bar
Of iron. q railroad fish plate. The men
| Quit DV agreement and Williams then
pushed Burch out into the yard.
Burch lac thrown the iron bar in the
Fireplace before Williams put him out.
DR.. Rogers and DR.. knox testified
sccss having formed in the abdominal
cavity after the disease developed.
This could have been brought about
by a kick in the abdomen. The theory
of the prosecution was that the injuly
was inflicted by Williams when ne
down 81 the floor. The wife
of the man killed testified that
while Burch was sick in bed Williams
came to the house and said he did
not know why he had struck Burch.
but at This Burch said Yes you do.
you know it was about Effe, and you
nit me with a piece of iron like that.
pointing TO an iron fish plate in the
room.
On Monday the court will take W
the case Of young Frank Moore anG
the negro Burch now in prison on the
charge of killing night watchman
Strickland inc setting fire to the
Standard Oil plant here when it was
destroyed. There are a numbe #
witnesses here, among these being the
detectives who worked on the case and
caused NOore'S arrest.
There are two burglary cases ana z
humber of misdemeanor cases to be
tried, but Judge Council believes that.
though there is a full weeks docket
hat by close work the jail viii be
cleared and most Of the other case.
| heard.
When Judge Council sentences Pc7
Williams - be hanged the man vii.
be the first whom he has had to son
tence to death. lie has been on the
2chcl Ion six years and has tried aboui
ift- capital cases. but this is the frs
IN which there has been a verdict OF
murder in the first degree.
The Grand Jur, Rcport.
Tn rand jury presented it, rcpo~.
i" judge council in the afternoon ane
were DISCHARGED for the tep4n. The
| t"l1oft is IS follows.
The grand jury has examined al
ne bus dat came before them dur
| H% this term. We have extmn9oc
tin county home ana found ever |
thing III first class shape and i'm
p~f"N"mcnIS going on. We found cooF |
stock and plenty If corn and dry fec |
20 keep them We also found tn, |
apartments occupied by the inmate |
nice and clean. We found PLENTY .. |
meat I'M the snfokehousc-sidc meat |
shoulders. mans and beef, and aIer |
ice. We learn that the home ha
hftE bales II cotton stored in a Ra,. ]
"lgh. warehouse not sold vet TIM. |
have put in new white iron bels IN, |
MATTRESSES. MI the inmates Sal, |
thcE were well pleased with the man. |
| tGencnt.
" examined the county jai! ane |
fpund il in good condition and IN, /
prisoners all aid they were treatn. |
| al rj-ill. |