The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-12-04
WALKER TELLS0F
HIS BLOODY DEED
Two Women Implicated in the Conspiracy to Enter
the House of L. Banks Holt at Graham
and Shoot Him.

would be iyuchcd, and he begged that
the people be prevented from taking
his life. He was assured before h
made the foregoing confession that
nothing could save him from the gal
lows.
Both Of the women named in
Walkers confession have been arrest
cd and arc now in jail. The Turner
woman was arrested in Burlington,
and the Mccain woman in Green's
boro. where she had gone TO escape
arrest.
MI. Holt was able TO ride u last
sunday and is nov out of danger.
Trial and Conviction of Walker.
Upon. the trial a chain Of evidence
was developed, connecting Walker
with the crime 50 clearly that 1t was
impossible for the jury to do aught but
find a verdict of guilty. Yet there
were people who had doubts Of Wal
ker's guilt. especially in view of ms
solemn declaration after conVlcll9n,
when, with his right hand raised, he
called pom God to witness his asser-
ton of innocence.
Step by step. link by link. was the
case for the State made clear anu
strong. ana when counsel presented
the case 70 thC july ny
best he could do was to plead for con
sideratiOn Of the reasonable doubt thai
the law comedies to the prisoner at
the bar. But the jury was conVinced,
thoroughly satisfied. that the crime lay
at walkers door; so with no more de-
liberation than a proper regard for the
administration of justice required. q
verdict of guilty of burglary in the
first degree was rendered, and the
judge presiding. as he was bound to do
under the law, pronounced sentence OF
death to be executed upon the prls-
| oner at Graham on the 9Th day of De-
ccmber
banning Testimony OF Fannie Mccain.
The most important witness for the
State was Fannie Mccain. a negro
woman who had been employed as q
cook in the Holt household. she teati-
fed that she had been working as a
cook for Mrs. Holt until three weeks
ago and was familiar with all parts of
the house, and knew Walker, the dc
PENDANT, with whom she had been GO
ing for some time; that Mr.. Holt turn
ed Walker off three weeks z and
that she told Mrs. Holt that she was
going to quit. She went back on
/ Tuesday morning about nine or ten
o'clock. h had seen Walker on sun
day evening and again Tuesday night
at Redd's restaurant. After upp
she and Walker started for Graham.
"He asked me-" she said. "if l was
at the Holt house that morning and
said hat he had seen Annie. the maid,
at the depot and he was going TO the
house for Annie said she had fixed
everything to make him comfortable
and that he was going. l begged him
not to do so. but he said he was 60
ing and when he got there he was
going To do Mr. Holt III, and Annie
would assist him. He then went
home with me and left right away. |
begged hin not to go to Mr.. Hollis.
He said he would 90 whore he
d-m-d pleased and when he did go
he would kill him. He told me if !
heard of any trouble not to know any
thing bou it. The reason | did not
tell it all at first was because Annie il
my sisters daughter and | didn't wan
to give her any trouble. | had heard
Walker say before that he had a pis-
tol. So calibre, My house is about one
mile from Mr.. Hollis.
Threats often Repeated.
Not less than half a dozen wit
nesscs. both White and colored. testi-
fed to hearing Walker make threats
either to take the life of Mr.. Holt,
or to do him great injury. 1t was
shown that he harbOred d Grudge
against MI. Holt, who had discharged
him from his employment on account
Of gross misconduct, and that he talk
ed freely to a nUmbe of persons
about his fanCied wrongs and his pur-
pose to have revenge.
Walkers movements the night of
the burglary and shooting were care
fully traced. and when compared with
the accounts he had given of himself
at the time the crime was committed.
it was found that they contradicted
him fatty. Several witnesses testi-
fed that Walk Ell carried a pistol just
before the shooting of Mr.. Holt that
/ he showed if To thpn1 and hintp1 y11nIe
or less vaguely at the crime that was
committed subsequently.
Mrs. Hollis story of the Shooting.
h commission of the crime with
which Walker was charged was
proved by Mrs. l.. Banks Holt, Who
was the first witness for the State.
Mrs. Holt testified that the shooting
took place at $3.50 z. M, Tuesday,
November 6th. The only persons il
the house were Miss Matte Holt, Miss
Matte Mebane, herself and husband
and the cook. Misses Holt and Me
bane had just gone up stairs and she
3, and Mr.. Holt We're in her room or
the first floor. She heard the phone
ring two or three times. Mr.. Hol
, went to answer it. She heard hin
say, Hello" at least twice. The mex
thing she heard was d pistol shot
She ran out to him and said, "Oh, m.
God. Mr.. Holt, you are shot" II
y N1AS lCAAN4+iS ~ 'o'Il LII I III
/ face and said, q am not shot. bu
!. shocked by electricity" She hell
t ed him to his room. He was bleed
ing very much, SO much that both h
and the witness were covered wit
blood. She Immediately called for
IS doctor, and soon a good many frienC
o were in the house. The doctor can
and examined him. He found tn;
e the ball had entered under the rig
e ear and gone out under the rigl
re cheek. striking the door facing on II
e opposite side. Powder stains we
= on the right side of his face.
le At the juncture q diagram Of Il
lie Holt residence was shown the WitneS
to showing the location Of her Tool
IN the telephone and the front and ba,
ld halls, also the place where the pc
he son who did the shooting must ha
- stood. Mrs. Holt said the diagra
was correct.
ne After the shooting tool place I
at witness said the door of the back Ia
re which she had locked an0ut sew