Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1906-11-28
Thos. P. Johnston stated thai he

he went over to the store. A
first he did not see the pistol, bu
saw it later. He saw the defend
ant and somebody begged him te
give up his pistol. which he de
cljned to do.
Another said "Phil, as a mem
her of the O. R. G. I ask you tc
give up that pistol.' Hedrich
still d4cliu ed. Witness then ask.
ed Hedrick to give up his pistol
hut he still declined, saying he
! did not intend to hurt anyone else
Hedrick asked some one standing
by that his insurance be changed
and his children be sent to their
GRANDPA cher. He took his pistol,
shifted it to his left hand, saying,
II meant to kill him. amt she a
daisy?' This remark referred to
Mrs. Hedrick.
Mrs. Richard Josey said she
heard the shots and saw Whitta
ker as he ran out of the door, but
did not see him fall.
Chas. KIuttz, who prepared
the corpse for burial. described
the course of the bullets and the
nature and lumber of the wounds.
The testimony of Mr.. Kluttz, Dr..
Flippin and Coroner Dorset diff
fered slightly as to the number
Of wounds.
DR., Fllppen testified as to the
age of the boy, also that there
were seven bullet wounds IN the
body, the seventh not breaking
the flesh. After cross examina-
tion the State annoupced that it
would rest.
Mrs. Mary Hedr!ck. for the de-
fense, said she was % years old
and had been.married seven years.
She spoke of Whitaker coming
IN on q train and waving at her.
Later he called at her home that
morning and asked to be allowed
10 see Mrs. Hedrlck. The SER
want had heen instructed to say
she was lot in. Then he called her
over the phone aud asked her
Why she was treating him so He
& lled to see her, that Phil was
sol!owing him and he wanted to
% her. Upon meeting her at
home he embraced her.
At this juncture the jury was
sent out of the court room and
the attorneys argued as to the
admissibillby Of the testimony,
the State holding that it should
not be permitted to 60 the jury.
Senator Cverman said the defense
would interpose a plea of emo
tlonal insanity with Cir u M
stances of self defense. The plea
of insanity is not put III as an
effort to show that Hedrick is not
amenable to the law, but that the
circumstances surrounding the
homicide were such as to tempo
rarily dethrone the reason of the
defendant. Authori les were
cited to sustain this POSITION.
A. II. Price, Esq, took the posi-
tion that the State was willing to
GO into the question of Hedrick's
sanity CT insanity and to intro
duce testimony Oh the subject.
Mr. Price held, however, that the
matter going to the jury from
Mrs. Hedrick was lrrevelant.
The court excluded portions Of
Mrs. Hedrick's evidence.
Mrs. Hedrick was called to the
stand again aud she continued her
story. When Hedrick came in
she mis~"d him at the train.
When she returned home her hus-
band was there. They drove up
home, asked her husband to let
her stop at the Y. M. G. A., and
speak to Whitaker. Husband de-
clined, and threatened to slap her
if she persisted in her intention.
Hedrlck said he heard Whitaker
was carrying pistol for him and
he feared trouble. Dispute con-
tinued, ard she told her husband
she was going back up home. He
went with her. They fussed all
the way and was told if she loved
Whitaker more than Hedrick
they could arrange to separate.
The woman would not agree tc
this and Redrick said "let' try to
live better and cut this all out. "
Then [ said we would talk it over
with Whitaker. I saw him com.
ing toward the store, My hus'
baLd said, "Whitaker, come out
here, my wife wants to speak to
YOU" He turned and started tC
me. He jerked out his pistol and
tried to shoot, when it would not
| fire told him for Gods sake to
run. and he ran. Don't know
whether Whitaker shot or not
Had heard Whitaker say that be
heard Hedrick went armed fol