The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-17
IIGHT WATCHMAN
PLUGS HIS MAN
Walker Halted When
1t Was Too Late
AFTER F0RGER
,r0 Fellows Arrested for Catch
.n~ Possu;ns-Durham Odd Eel
lows OF for Sovereign Grand
Lodge-Druggist's Mis-
Take Nearly Fatal.

Lodge-Druggist's Mis-
Take Nearly Fatal.
.-...Iai to News and Observer
r1-.am. y. c.. Sept. 13.-This
.--.a- Just before day light Night
q .....nan Charles Hamlet, of the
-.-..r Belt Manufacturing Compa-
II shot and wounded a negro by the
s, anne az Bin Walker and as a result
Il la-rra. was arrested this afternoon
l. vii. nc tried before the mayor to-
o~~a. morning. The probability IS
49, very little Will be done with the
kstcaman.
n 81 just about 4 O'Clock when the
8, chr tatchman saw some person en-
Fl, H. the property of the cotton mill
5, oar,a and he called on him to stop.
u his dII not suffice and the Waterman
81 CafIef IL second time, telling the man
- haiti. Still he did not stop and
III he wajchman fired, the ball entering
r. thigh Of the negro man, who then
Serapped and called for help. An in
4|-esrgation showed hat the watch
Kman had wounded a negro who was
IA the employ of the same concern and
Il rho was coming to the factory for
StEe purpose of cleaning up.
The wounded negro was taken care
of and ne sail hat he did not blame
|the wdtChman and did not want any
Erame public, however, and the war
rant vas issued for the arrest of
IHamlet.
Hamlet says that the reason he
fred was that he feared the intruder
meant to do him harm. Twice in the
recent Past some person has shot at
Hamlet while he was on duty. One
time he was sitting at the desk in his
office, making out his report, when
There was a crashing of glass and the
Sound Of a pistol shot. Some person
had fired at him from the outside, the
ball SCATTERING the glass and burying
itself i'm the wall just beyond his
head. Then on a second occasion the
Waterman went into the boiler room.
leaving the door open, when he was
shot at and the ball passed close to
him. There was no arrest in either
of these cases, as no clue could be
Ifound. These occurrences however,
had the effect to make the Waterman
very careful and more or less nerv-
Gus.
Negro Passed Bogus Check.
officers today went over into Orange
county looking for a negro who last
i night forged a check for S26 on the
Somers & Daley Co, of West Dur
ham. As the officers have not return
ed, it is not known whether they were
successful in locating and capturing
u their man.
II Last night just before time for the
u West Durham store to close a negro
4farmer entered the store and gave an
q olGer for a bill of goods, including
III shipstuff, -four and other things. When
rhe order was filled the negro present
a ed a check for SIC that was drawn on
Inc Merchants Bank and signed by j.
~. Hutchins, a prominent meat dealer.
III ne negro stated at the time
#that he did not know whether
THE check would be taken or not,
Il but that he had forgotten to mention
II before the order was filled. He said
that he had sold a number of cow
hides to Mr.. Hutchins n had re-
ceiVed the check in payment, late
IN the afternoon. He said that If it
was not all right he would have to
leave the check and get the merchan-
disc on another trip, or else take the
check and wait until this morning and
have it cashed at the bank. He APP
peared to be so thoroughly honest that
the merchant agreed to accommodate
him. The negro received his change
and then left.
As soon as he was gone the mer-
chant became suspicious and telephon-
ed to Mr.. Hutchins to see if it was a
good check. The result was that the
forgery was discovered. In a short
while a warrant was issued and be-
tween one and two o'clock this morn
ing two officers, one of whom saw the
negro and recognized him, started in
pursuit. The negro lives seven miles
beyond Chapel Hill and the probability
is that it will be late tonight or to-
morrow before they get Jack with
him.
Enforcing Game Laws.
u The game laws are being enforced
here and the result is that
while there are not SO man arrests
the laws are being obeyed. Today
Game Warden Peasants, who is keep
ing in close touch with the violations
of these laws, arrested some yOGng
men on the charge of 'possum hunt
ing and catching these animals. 1t
is not generally known that it is a
violation of the laws to catch pos
sums u of certain seasons, but this
Is a fact and the warden is seeing to
it that laws are not violated. During
the summer season several have been
made to pay fer bat and martin
shooting and there is but little of
this violation going on.
Gave to Sovereign Grand Lodge.
HIS ltlOIlIuS MI l. vi olVpIlSI1S.
Grand Master of the North Carolina
Grand Lodge o Odd Fellows, and Mr..
W.. H. OverIon, another of the grand
officers. left for ST. Paul, Mimi, to
attend the annua, session of the SOY
ereign grand lodge, which Will con-
Fene Monday. The TWO from Dur
nam expected to join a party leaving
the State. although they were the only
TWO from this city.
Talk of s. T. c. \. Society.
There is talk here Of organizing a
society for the prevention of cruelty
animals. This has been talked
-.r some time and about all that is
-1W needed is for some person to take
me lead and the society will begin
WIN a large membership. Durham
needs such a society. AS it is there
hardly a day thai animals are not
oaa'F treated, simply because there
10 particular person to say stop.
81 course the officers look after the
.asrant violations of these laws, but
mere are poorly fed and crippled
IS ON the streets, especially to