Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-10-26

,iay afternoon iu;lnd Ralph Ihiiiaii
.,;,ty al assault with = deadly YEA
,on. Sentence VA, not passed lit
nirdiairiy.
With no hint Of recognition III
either :ace. Ralph innlan ana AZ
nuld Jessup met III superior court
Monday mJrniu. lur the first lihie
since the ShoulIng which occurred III
heir funeral :nIDilIahrc IN .feIi !"
lry 3rd OF this J"ar. ~
Imam was cuIrecd with assauiI
with a dr:d!y weapon with nIten 10
XIII me 90 = : .>.:r Witness. Afh"ii
JeSSup.
The grealpr part Of Monday was
spen, in the ~rnriin2 process OF Sc
Letting jury:ncn and il was not I'M
Ill lac .Mumday afternoon that the
State put Jessup on the stand.
Jr<sup dcscri1rd the beginning Of
he assault as Il turned my head
and heard this av-ful explosion.
Jessup went on TO testify that the
explosions continued as the amblt-
lance went into the ditch. atl:r
when he got on, OF the ambulance
and ran down the road some nifty
yards where he fell.
The States witness continued by
swearing that lDman followed him
and beat him over the head with u
; black jack as he lay wounded III The:
road.
JeSSup was unable 10 account for
! The assault and denied in the cross
examination on Tuesday morning
, that he owned or carried n black-
jack Unde. questions of h q
/ defense attorney. JeSsup denied that
! he and Inman had ever had any
/ serious differences or trouble.
I Later on in the trial, 1nmaa swore
that an accumulation Of differences
and numerous threats of bodily
harm led to the shooting and black
jack attack in the ambulance.
inman testified that family trout
hles and troubles between he and
Jessup had proceeded 1nman's NOV
,n;u new home from the funeral
house apartments which the Imam
md JeSSup families had occupied
together for more than two years.
1'ae defendant told Of trouble lie
and Jessup had had nj fiWrral and
stated that Je:sup kept g .22-calibra
pistol in the apartment
Imam stated that the argument;
between ne and Jessup caused him
considerable worry and lack of sleep
and that J'Siup always ended Up
y saying something about beating
my = Il brains nu'" aud STOMP
ing me in the ground"
Inman testified that The assault
on February 3rd beGG,: after leav-
Ing n chHrrh which both had Wis
tied when .JrSsrp asked him Why
in the Hell do You think ! ougt;
to pay you: !i%hi. water and taIc-
phone bills" n" said .:essup kept
getting more n"ivnr- aud finally
.wunH u blackjack.
II was thea hat Inuan admitted
he pulled y 2j."aihrr pistol f:oui
his pocket AMI started shooting.
''lIc sw.. j.. at ::Ir with Il Jlark-
jack and | shot him"
Ownership and possession of the
n.LCk Elck wa charged To JrsSup
by lnman. though Je:,sup denied
r.er having seen ;hc Instrument
JaCl: Stanley. states witness. and
10. mrr employee OF the defendant
and JeSSup. testified thai g.! o.
casiUn Inman had told him that
he had the blackjack and had pur-
chscd il for $40.
-Four Witnesses linked the black
jack with Jcssup in Wednesdays
testimony. Charlie Ray. u 'j'yrar
Did farmer, and Herman Ja' obs.
Ia Tabor City resident who lived
across The street from he funeral
homa owned by Jes&up and ln:n;' u.
were among those who sworc they
saw Il blackjack in Jnssups auto
mobile y. ior III The shooting.
Ray testified that the weapon
%as IN 4 pucN"l On the i'Eht """E
If Je*S,tp's car The prosecution
hcn put Jesaup 0n tn stand and
= S.aicd that ne ilr" owned i
1913 ChrvroIr, which hls no pocket
q, the door.
Mrs. .1essup. on the stand Tues
day. corroboruted the relating %
the assault ms iold by Jessup as
Icing the same account ii" he told
her the night Of the shooting as be
Jay in the Colun:hIs t"un'y HOS
Dital. ,,
Mrs. Inn.an. wife of the defend
ant, explained The family t!oubleS
prior to their moving from th:
funeral home as being fuses ~ q
ouar:els between The children OF
both families. She also test silra
that on one occasion she heard
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