The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-15

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the further developments. The fact
set out below were gathered shortl!
before 4 o'clock this morning:
The Woman in the Case.
1t was nearly 2 o'clock when tn,
woman in the ease was arrested, Mrs
William r.. VERIFY, who was fount
] with her husband, who is a salesman
for a clothing firm on Wilmington
street, the Globe Clothing Store. a
their home, corner of Cabarrus ant
Person streets. 1t was on informa
lore he was shot. She said hat tn,
man shot and got away at once; tina
Blssett cried out I'm dying, I'm dy
ing,' and with a strangling noise
made a u for the roadside where
he fell, his feet impeded by his under
wear.
= was frightened nearly to DEATH
she went On, and ran too. 1 die
not even stop for my clothes. / fel
IN some grass and cut my left hand
l got to the hack and had the drives
bring me to- town. / told some womeI
when l got back. 1 don't know tn
driver name. He is a negro and hi
morse is a reddish looking one.
would know the driver if l saw him
l don't know who it was that sho
J. B.. l had told him my husband
was at home in bed drunk"
Questioned closely by Chief Of Pc
lice Stel1 in the guard house she one,
SAID: IF you want the man you ge
Norris and on his Norris was ar.
rested. Later she denied having sait
this but said hat she meant to sa,
that Norris was with them and could
tell what he knew. She denied tina.
it was Norris who shot Bissett, ant
time and again said She did not know
who it was.
Chief Stell says it was Norris wht
first came and told him that Bisset
a been killed, and it was Norri:
who gave Coroner Separk a pisto
which he said had been found in the
woods, when he later went there with
others. 1t is not thought that this
was the pistol used. Search is nov
being made for the driver of the hack
but at an early hour this morning ht
had not been located. The police are
holding Will VERIFY also, but there
has been nothing so far developed
to connect him with the murder.
Mrs. William r. Yerby is abou
twenty-five years old. small, a bru
nette wearing a big lot of hair, .he1
eyes dark. She was dressed in {
white sailor looking dress with blu
facings. She talked freefy and wher
she did not like questions said SO
She was formerly a Miss Ada Pool
and when fifteen years old married
LI"ii wv l. d UOy dhS
a girl, being born to them. Later sht
and Austin parted. Austin died som,
time ago and about five Month ago
she married Will VERIFY. Her repu
tation, Chief Stell says, has beer
known to be bad, and in telling O
her acts she showed no shame, bu
was defiant in her attitude whe1
pressed with questions as to the kill
ing of Bissett. Told that she hersel
might be under suspicion she cried
out, Il did not shoot him. l coulC
not shoot him. | don't know who did
and I'll hold up my right hand anC
swear to that. 1t might have beer
some T who rode out on the back
Of the hack"
The mar Norris, who is held or
suspicion, is a stout, pleasant-faceG
young man. He denies absolutely any
knowledge Of the shooting, saying that
he and BiSsett were friends and tina
he left the hack in the edge of the
city. Beyond this he says hat he
told him that Bissett was killed, anG
that later, with others, he went tc
the place and there found the pisto.
he ave Coroner Separk. The woman's
husband, Will VERIFY. says he does
not know anything about the matter
that he was at home in bed.
There is hoped to have further in
lOIIndllOI from Tie negro TldckH1dI,
and the police are trying to locate
him.. His testimony is expected tC
supply the missing link in the evil
The Hickman Found.
After 4 o'clock this the
hackman who drove the party to the
wood was found. He is Haywood
Penny. He says he heard a shot blu
| did not see any one. He confirms
Norris in his statement hat he lef,
the hack in the edge of the city, or
Lane street. He says that he had
been on the roadside for some time
before he heard the shot, that the wo-
man ran to the hack only partly
dressed and he brought her to the
city. He says that Norris had a pis-
toll when he was in the hack.