The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-19
COCAINE D0PED
! GAIT TELL TRUTH
Earl l}tton's Dose Thirty
trains a Day
.MuRlA TRIAL GOES OVER

Nitne Causes Delay in Trial For
NurdtSof DIR. I. W. Smith Which
Costs &c County Nearly "A Thousand
Dollai and For Failure to Ask
ContD snce Sooner~ !ge Lyon
Lays Responsibility on Cotton.s
Coun
Urge an Gus the use Of co.
caine ope, whiskey added to this.
and til fence of a witness held to
be me- the trial of Earl Cotton,
Tim + field and Red. Hopkins.
for the elk quarry murder Of DR.. f.
w. Smit of Richmond. wa not held
yesterda but it was postponed until
the Mare4term of our
This u1t was obtained yesterday
morning fter the $50 Veniremen had
assemble. on an affidavit made by
Tim Hoaarfield that Jones Z. Caster,
Of Lee ounty, a material witness,
could no be found for this trial. and
on h stement of counsel for Earl
Cotton Il of physicians that he was
cocaine ped, had to be almost fed
on this, -irty to a hundred and TWEEN
" grains day having been used, and
that hbould Save to be freely doped
20 go kugh the trial 1T also de
velope,k bat under its Influence men
becam Visionary and untruthful.
ThesEicitor held lat il cocaine
was clnued to be used for Cotton
that h ould be no better off in
March sut was told that the doses
were bnga reduced and would be cut
off alto ther in a few days and that
in Nal the Indications We're that
Cotton ould stand the trial. Judge
Lyon eed to the continuance, as it
would a. hardship to put a man on
trial f his life not in shape for it,
but to. the counsel for the defense
that t were to blame for not hay
ing sofia continuance earlier, with
out pr. ng the county to the expense
of hang a special venire. This
veniresf 250 Will cost Wake county
from i004to $1,000 is the estimate.
WIN the court assembled yester-
day rrrng the Veniremen were in
+ court ldTR number of witnesses We're
being He'd when Mr.. w, L. Watson,
couns fof Earl cotton. read an a fiji
davIt IA Tim Holderfie1d III which
it wa It out hat an important Wit
ness. L. Caster. of Lee county,
who la not be found now, would
swea,tna h was in .KeIy's cafe on
the gg1tyn which it as alleded DIR.
Smit al killed, that DIR. Smith came
in ar vent to sleep, awakening about
$50 N. and asking a drink Of whis-
KEY. e1rTe had any and Smith
lpullt jut a ten dollar bill. giving it
- TC GenshaW, negro hack driver,
to r. him get Whiskey, CrenshaW
is s.; I'd have gone for il and later
cam Id without any whiskev, that
Ken -nen changed the ten dollar bill
and >uitA left the Kelly cafe in COM
ran til Fred Miller and Tom Cren-
1 FIaGa. .-a n 100 tinnc a ~. Lth9 +
Smia vas in East Raleigh at 2:30 a.
m...suuday morning November 8,
viii ne evidence in the preliminary
Ftria aa Shhat he was doped and killed
hervaeaF 50 and 500 p. IN. Saturday
nigh
T4ra Ewas muc argument after
his 4 sdurine it the a 6 that Earl
ron ne use of cocaine and WhlskeE
vas .roueht out. Counsel for the
fefel Sd that he was not in condi-
-ionIr tIial. tina he was addicted to
.he b cecaine to such an extent
rna+'t times he took 120 grains q
aav. nat the county physician had
gfvea lin as much as so grains a day
ffndag him in Il condition which de
marjetfit. as Cotton had dreams and
I~1f-.ras, Imagined himself up in the
a1auf~. and could not be relied on to
give $ counsel any assistance, that
n- .a5 been in the insane asylum once
mp zee, and hat the definite charge
az murder Q been made for but 9
~..ut1,} mot giving his counsel time e
r.asare the case,
solicitor Armistead Jones stated
.. he defendants' counsel did not
~a.--eSt TO him the condition OF o
..u when the prisoners were %arraign-
.E m the Gfth of January and ne
:. saar-ht the defendants were ready for
GiawA said that If Cotton contln-
led. 4exnsaasef cocaine he would be
I r@+ffr eS&5se- itiofIn March as hg
81 is NyortA t. b. in now cottoH NJ a-
4 heeA,a r krrest since NoVember -
=, and\n i, tad been ample time 5srt t.
: dose WI Ecaine were continued h,s
Womb ~ a worse shape in Marcl
aan nol The special Te 9das. ' ma
per of.rfr the term nearly = no.
I sana ~ II He did not thjnE IN.
49, 4 90 over because OF an ap-
SOM III. IS who cou1o not he lo.flro'
Mr. n ". Hinsds ie, Jr., OF e".'"-
sci r., IS defense. s. 4 ne had d-<"'
Nr Ian. for a continuance, bdl .'.l
aecn sed. Caster the neeoe"
ness, p said, lived m Lee o"'--
but c..t not be Lated. - ne"
been -.l in Raleig4 ABOUT TN
~ ~ He df not know
CAST, pu!d not be Louno "he" -"
80 anire was He'd.
Tr ". Niece IF, the c,...
80 Who had Jeen sent Tor @.-
ri.. 81 his test tony was TINS. H.
-a..t 81 IN fr.f tWo days after IN.
"a" - IL .. lty jail and f"t3
n NaS -. rvous, owing t. TIL
j. .--i -. slim liant that n
q . - t,.-on told him He 2
-."n ME i'm ne city guard house
g. r..a ..gre b. .ug in Jail. He io.H.
'el l". r.f.ssary and prescf 'H"'.
l urge 1... Cotton had been
. -" ..,. ma daY and wins
81 .tal described cocaine
., mad decreased tn '.-
his Grains a day and a n"f-
on Saturday Cot"
u 9.GL .. an increased dos.
, #are. .-.aI and he had .u-
"sri .-.S to II grains "a f'"s.
".ra .# ... f.. eIsd the @iTiuE al
lt IS t". ..af-E1v this week -aat
"aoa -r.r will beg for 1'-
~ " .., -hat he viii be- li
in ..-.f condition and .E
% --.re is d ~ea9oi-7"lV
A8l . 4- viii be free Al.li'
VI Joss. .
. -aa #. wan. Dr.. NcGee said
' FepI ...r could go taT2d3L
he -... up by d stimp-aht
3 the - .-Fetner or not ms