The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1911-04-11
THE KILLING OF JOHN M0REE.
His Daughter Tells. at the Inquest.
How the Shooting Occurred.

Testimony Of 0mmie Moree, be-
fore coroners jury, March Is;
Last Sunday evening Mr.. Simpson
came to our house and | opened the
door. lie said, Hello, 0mmie, "
and | said, Hello, Miller" He then
said, Where is old man john" lie
threw out an oath and said, Il am
going to kill him." | said, NO,
please don't, Miller. Go on off, lie
says, Give me drink Of water. :"
Mr. Sellers got tie water and gave
it to him. After he drank the wa.
ter he asked where is old man John,
and told him did not know where
he was. lie asked which way to 90,
and | told him to 90 back the way
he came. He had not been gone
more than ten minutes before |
heard cursing. ! ran to the door.
Mr.. Clarke was getting out Of the
buggy and Mr. Simpson was pulling
up pistol from the buggy. Papa
said, Boys, | have told You all to
stay away from my house time and
again Then they began shooting.
When Mr.. Clark shot he ran up the
road. Mr.. Simpson stayed until he
shot out and then he began to drive
of as fast as he could. Papa came
to the house calling for gun and
cartridges and he took the gun and
went back and made one shot with
breechloader after he got back. |
carried him to the house and he told
me he was killed. This was done at
my house in this county last Sun.
day, March 26, this year. Father
and Mr.. Simpson shot together Mr..
Clark, Simpson and father were all
shooting. Mr.. Simpson shot my
father, taking rest on the buggy
top. Mr.. Clark shot towards father.
do not know how many shots were
fired, but there were lots Of them.
Father said, Boys, | have told you
to stay away from my house and |
know it for a fact that we had told
them so time and again. There had
been some trouble previously be-
cause Mr., Simpson and Mr.. Clark
had come TO our house and had been
some shooting. Fussing several
times and shooting once before this.
Mrs. Goodwin was in sight when
| looked out, but was running and
hollering and there had been no
shooting done. Father loaded the
pistol but did not shoot it, however.
He shot a gun, lie had not been
hit when he came back and reload. |
ed his pistol. He fell in the potato
patch. When Mr., Simpson took
aim and shot, father fell. Then he
came back and got shotgun and re-
loaded his pistol and went out and |
shot the gun. When went to him
be was coming towards me and said,
"0mmie, | am killed." and threw
his arm around me.
Father did not complain Of being
shot until after the shooting was
over, but fell on his hands during
the first shooting. There were lots
of shots fired while Mr.. Simpson had
aim on father. There had been ang.
ling shots before by both sides.
Simpson took aim. Those angling
shots were not fired at any one d.
rectly. got to the door before the
shooting began. I do not know
where Mr.. Sellers was. | did not
60 out on the porch with MIR. Sellers
when he handed the water to Mr..
Simpson. | tried to keep father
from going back when he came for
the cartridges, He said he was 60
ing as he had told the boys to stay
away from there time and again
and he was going to see il he could
not keep them away. The buggy
had just turned into the neighbor-
hood road when the shooting began.