The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-07-16
MRS. BOWIE on THE sTlkD
Admitted That She and Son Killed
PoSey
WAS FOLLOWED BY DAUGHTER
In a Voice Broken by Sob Girl Told
Story OF Events Leading up %
Tragedy-Was ON Verge Of Col
lapse When Narrative Was Finish
ed.

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Bowie, the young woman on whose
account her mother and brother killed
Hubert Posey, by shooting last Janua-
ry, went on the stand today at the
trial OF Mrs. Bowie and her SON, Henry
n In a voice broken by sobs told
the story of the leading up to
! the tragedy.
When she had finished her narrative
she was on the verge of collapse and
a large portion of the spectators who
crowded the court room were in tears.
Mrs. Bowie preceded her daughter in
the witness chair, and without hesi-
fancy declared that she and her son
fired the shots, one of which ended
Posey's life. She knew young Posey
for a long time, she said, because he
was a cousin of her children.
He had been going regularly with
my daughter for years." she contin-
ued, land when she was seventeen he
asked her to marry him when he be-
came p years old"
Mrs. Bowie declared she heard Po-
IEey himself make the promise. This
was after her daughters condition had
been revealed 70 the mother and last
Thanksgiving day was the time set
for the wedding, but Posey did not
appear.
The witness then told the story of
meeting with Posev ON the day of the
shooting.
I'VE went up the road to meet him
to talk to him." she said, and to adj
wise him to come and marry sis She
related how she first pleaded with Po-
sey to repair the wrong she alleged
he had done her daughter, even Offer
ing to pay all the expenses, her son
adding that if he wanted to leave his
sister afterwards he could get a di.
vorce, but that he must marry her.
Posey admitted that he had offered
to marry her, the mother declared,
but added that he dir not want tt
get married.
Il told him." Mrs. Bowie went 'on,
that if he die he; marry my da'lgil-
ter ! wou':i <n>r! MIN. He said he
was not going to marry her ant I
shot him Ne vas /. nning away wi II.
I fired"
A-number 81 letters. said to haV,
been written by yosys Posey, were III
trOduced as tes.iT ni,y in which it VA
shown that he hae declared his in
%tention of being married to the Bowie
girl.
Henry Bowie, the other defendant,
testified that he fired III of the shots
which ended PoseyEs fife.
"He ruined my sister, he said,
land me and mother shot him be
cause he promised to marry her AND
would not do it."
Priscilla Bowie, was in the court
room holding her infant. She cried
out: He did. He promised to marry
me"
Priscilla was the next witness.
did you know Hubert Posey'' ILL
CURED Attorney Of the defendants
tcounsel.
q 81 did," she said, knew him al my
3Iife.'
Where is he noH?' continued Mr..
Fesey.
There was a aus as the gil reach-
ed under her vel. and wiped a tear
away from her chCeF Then che be-
gan to weep.
Hes dead" she sobbed. Hes
dead now"
I'VE were engaged" she said. when
I vas II years of age. He said he
wanted to marry me and he asked me
wougd I wait until he was II years
old. We were to be married not lat
er than the middle of last October.
When that time cana he did not marry
me. He turned his back on ne ,heH
and he would not speak to me
Miss Bowie hen told CT her o
for young Posey and how they had
planned TO be maI1ied.