The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
NOT GUILTY
HE WAS GUARD WHO SHOT Els
CAPPED CONVICT-OTHER
COURT SENTENCES.
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Statesville. May 22.-Iredell Supe-
rior Court has disposed of the last OF
the important cases on the criminal
docket and the civil lock- has been
taken up. The term has been Il rec
ord breaker in the matter OF criminal
business. All the week the attendance
has been very large and Judge Jones
and Solicitor Hammer have pushed
the cases through in a hurry.
In the case Of David Creedmore.
charged with m~anslaughter, which
has attracted much attention, q YER
diet of not guilty was entered by con-
sent after d few witnesses had been
examined. Last January Mr.. Creed
more, who is 4 chain-gang guard. was
attempting to arrest Tom Moore, an
escaped convict who had taken ref
u9e in the home of Anderson Gather,
colored, and when the convict made a.
break for liberty, after the guard had
entered the home of Gather. Mr..
Creedmore fired his pistol in an effort
to brighten the convict Just as Mr..
CreedmOrc .ired Gather teDped IN
front Of him and the bullet entered
Gathers heel. shattering h bone.
Gathers injury was not considered
dangerous just at the time, but within
three days he died from the effects
of the wound in his heel. and Mr.:
Creedmore vas consequently arrested
n pldcou uIlucI DoHd 1IIo SOU Ni@ii
manslaughter.
The trial of w. A. and G. NJ. West,
indicted for manslaughter for killing
Watt White, the noted chicken thief,
resulted in a verdict of not guilty,
the jury being out only a FEW MN
utes. This case has attracted atten-
ton far and near and there was a
crowd present at the trial.
White. who was black. was a con-
firnled rogue and a terror 70 the
chicken rOOStS of the community. ne
had been visiting the West roost every
night for some ana
had carried away all OF a f1ock OF
about SO chickens except w setting
hens and an old rooster, when the
Vests decided to lay for HIM. lney
chose a bad rainy Saturday night a
few weeks ago to watch the hen
house and as a result a negro who
proved to be White was shot on the
PREMISES. After killing the negro the
West came to town ana gave
bond for their appearance at court.
During the week many cases OF
minor Importance were disposed OF
as q result of which the chain gang
has many new recruits. Qute "a
number of retailing cases were tired.
A number of cases were q little out
of the ordinary and attracted atten-
Mary Bell Smith, a colored
girl about II a old, h with
her sister Nannle Lee STn1lll, Hieu
Mr. n. F.. Owings barn, recently
was given four years in the
n~enitentiary. Mamie Lee is still In
TAIL PRAYER for judgment having
entered in her case.
One surprised defendant was Henry
Rocyall, a young white man who was
poyau 2 Young white man who was
and fined SIS and costs. The
evidence was hat Royal and two
other young men were riding along
a nublic road when they saw a dos
along a path near the road.
had a gun and just for fun,
ont of the buggy and shot the
dog. killing it. The dog belonged to
. negro and when the latter learned
who killed the animal he indicted
all three Of the young men for cruel
ty to a dumb beast. and as a result