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, 1 " ' - - - Y '0, s --1 .-' - , ' ' ' , , J V I (' 1 - - - - . - . , . 'J' t ' . - . - - uf v - . , f f , Devotedto the Industrial and Educational Development of Eastern North Carolina. ' EASTERN NORTH GAROIilNA'S LEADING PAPER VOL 2. ELIZABETH CITY, N. GM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1903. No. ''48; Sensational Tragedy at State Capital. WILL PLEfiD SELF-DEFENSF. Both Parties Prominent in Social and Professional Circles.- AVoman Sup posed to be at the. Bot tom of it. - , - . A Special from Baleigh sajs: The greatest . social , and criminal sensation Baleigh has ever known developed at 4:20 o'clock this after noon, when, on Fayetteville street, Ernest Jlaywood shot and killed Iiudlow Skinner; The prominence of both families is marked. Haywood is a grandson of the late State Treasurer John Haywood, and son of th6 late Dr. E. Burke Haywood, and one of Kaleigh's leading law yers. Skinner was . a grandson of the late Mr. Ludlow, of New York, and son of the Bey. -Dr. Thomas E. , Skinner, of Baleigh one of the best known Baptists in the South. At ; least?, a hundred per'sons iiiist have sflen the shooting. cer tainly that number saw the Ticipi of IJay wood's revolver as he reeled and fell upon his face on the car track in front of the postoffice and - the Yarmouth House and not forty yards from the Courthouse, v Haywood was taken by Deputy Sheriff B. E. Park to Haywood's law office, and was' there for about two hours, guarded by deputies "and in conference 1 with his attorneys, James H. Pqu and Argo & Shaffer. ILater he .was taken to the Court house,! -where Magistrate Marcam liad a preliminary hearing, taking S. E. Pa's testimony, upon which he committed Haywood to jail without bail for murder. Skinner's Trife is a daughter to the late Major John 0. Winder. ' Th j rumor here is that the " tra gedy grew out of a reported secret - marriage in the family " of one of the men concerned. , " Haywood, who is now in jail has as yet made no ; statement. The . testimony at the preliminary hear- iner before Justice J. C. Marcom this afternoon was as follows:' Earlier in the day Skinner called at Haywood's office. What occufed there is not .known. 'When he came out he started for the post- office. J ? . In the meantime Hay wood . went to theV Courthouse, As he returned and was near the middle steps of the postoffice, he saw Skinner, on the sidewalk, and called him, say ing: "Ludlow come here, I want to peak to ypu." As Skinner ap ' pfoached - Haywood fired point blank at him.' He missed,, and Skinner turned and ran. When he reached the car track Haywood fired again.-and SHnner stumbled on for a secondhand then sank; to the ground. He was talten : into James L Johnson s .drug store in :an unconscious condition and died within a few minutes. , . Later the 'bodv was removed to'hisihome. The wife of Mr. Skinner is pro -strated with grief. , - j - -; la Self Defense. . , A Haleigh special' says: v Ernest .' Haywood will contend ; that he shot J.-Ludlow i Skinner - in self- -fc - "Vi . ..... .. . . . ;- - f:' . defense. -. It is currently-; reported here and elsewhere that Haywood will plead temporary insanity, but this is denied by Haywood's coun sel. Haywood will allege that Skinner can e up to him and with out provocation knocked him down. As he arose both he and Skinner reached for their pistols. He was quicker than Skinner and fired before" Skinner could draw his weapon. The first shot, Hay wood says, . inflict the . second and thus he . fired f the - wound time because he thought Skinner was coming back to attack him. Haywood' sversion ; of the shoot in gwas given me shortly after my ar rival here this afternoon, 1 and I was told I at the same time that within the next few days Hay wood's attorneys would .ask for a writ of habeas corpus, in order that Hay wood' might be released from jail after showing that he had killed Skinner in self-defense. The fact that Haywood will make the contention suggested indicates that there will be an expose of the sensational incidents leading up to this homicide. In" an interview with friends of Skinner and Hay wood X asked the question if con cealment of the several elements involved in the tragedy was possi ble; and I was, told -that any , at tempt at concealment would be useless. After a . careful investi gation and adling under7 conser vative1 advice i havedesided - to tell the hidden and' rcal slory lha lies back of thB tragedy. But it will be better to give in the outset in detail : the contrast ing - statements relative to 1 the actual shooting. The preponder ance of the testimony thua far adduced is responsible for the story that was told in yesterday's Observer. It will be., declared that just after Skinner - left the postoffice Haywood fired at hinl but missed. Skinner quickened his pace, or started to run, . with his back to Haywood, and then it was that Haywood fired .the fatal shot. All the witnesses fcxaiauied so jar state tnat tney Baw no evi dence of an altercation between the two men prior to the shooting and no witness except Charles A. Separk says that he saw Skinner make a motion as if to draw a re volver. He states that he saw Skinner faced Haywood, thrbw his left hand back, towards his hip. On the other hand, Willis Briggs, editor of. The Times-Visitor, will swear that Skinner raised his right hand and not his '.left hand and placed it on his ; hip. This testimony has an important bear ing, because ' Skinner was left handed, and after his deatn it was found that he had a , revolver . in his left hip pocket. mis ; sum mary of the evidence for m State will be corroborated by alhumber of witnesses who have not yet been called upon to testify. At the Hime the . homicide occured there was a large number of people onJFayette-salle street and probably 50 or more witnessede some part o the shooting. ; t - Q " - ' ' . '- ' , J, , J1TmTm ".' - i C -;tcv i .t-'-mmsm I I '7Tr: I B v vj '- V 1 J . Aft U-V U. w J law office of Burke '' & Bams as1 a clerk. Jn. 1886 he began to - prac tic law. on his n' account,' He was Bepublicau; city : attorney -v in 1889; he was elected to the Legis lature in 1895 and was re-elected. News and Observer. ' ' .- . - Paris, Feb. -23A-Doctors' Netter and Solomon attached to the Paris hospital claim to have' discovered anew silver treatment which will eradicate the most serious diseases if applied in its first stages and if not "Applied till- later 'assures a speedy ..... recovery The . , treatment consists of a special preparation ofj "colloidal silver mixed with vaseline. The preparation is rub bed into the skin thus entering circulation. - Already ' it has been successfully tried in pases ,of ty phoid diphtheiia scarlet fever cere- bro spinal meningitis tubercular pneumonia and other diseases. Wednesday Fire. A fire alarm was turned in from the fourth ward Wednesday morn ing the fire being in roof df a build ing - belonging to Mr, J. Xr Pritch ard.v The blaze was extingished before the - arrival ; of the - depart ment however, and.no damage was done worthy of note. License Issued. r'The- regiter ofv4eeds-has issued the following marriage liceirse this week: Joseph H Bundy of Pasquo- I tank County, to Cordelia Jennings; Wilson J. Edwards, of Norfolk to Laura A. Williams, of Norfolk. Har vey H. Overton colored, ; of Pasquo tank Countv. to Marv Overton, of Pasquotank (colored) , , - J Properly Transfers. rThe reffister of deeds this week i v I recorded the following Property transfers W. '. J J Morse and wife, to Judge Par&ef, of New York, whose picture appears here is one of the most Jotn Berry consideration $225; ' . - w n TknwRnn ' and wife to Jordan prominent men in the list of Democratic posibihties for 1904. He is a success- parker. Consideation $600; j.h. ill fnrmpr nnrl a lawer nf r.orJidftrflf1ft hnt ; Hft iirrni-tfr! Rpvnn fhmin-h Sawver. Trustee to J.S. Morris and - .T n. Brooks: consideration $300: did not swallow the platfotm's doctrine in the free silver campaign. F , Dunston and wife to Harriet Kinney; consideration $75, Will Raise More Potatoes. , ; Jlr. A; J. Forbes of Jittyisburg was a visitor this week. Jtie says the storm last week was tne most destructive that ever passed over ihis neighborhood, He sustained damages -exceeding two hunpred dollars ' The : greatest damage wasldone to timblo of the trucking interests.- - Mr Forbes says there will be fives c times as many, irish to ta toes - planted tnis year tnaa j -. , .. -. . ..... ever before, and that the awee potato orop Twill; be .in excess any previons season.- - . II Bishop Condemned to - Hard Labor.;- ' HErHEftRD SENTENCE GftLMLY His Council , Advised Him to f Accept Sentence i Without , Murmur.- Ac companied to the Court Room by His Wife.- 4 Charlotte, N.rC. Feb! 23' . Arthur L. Bishopi the slayer of T. J. Wilson, was today ' sentenced to"" five years at hard labor in the " State penitentiary. - The sentence , was pronoAitfexl by Judge Walter : H. .Neal this morning at 8 ? o'clo6k. ' Bishop was accompanied to 'tho-;, court room by his wife and & ' deputy sheriff When called upon J to "stand up he arose 'and did v 5 ok . seem to be.in the rleast agitated. His demeanor never changed ; one- ' iota when the sentence was pro- - , nounced. i ; " Bishop's councel gave notice of " an appeal, but this step will hard- s ' ly .be taken as your . correspondent learris thflt his ,cCnfibhay)"t.ad--n,' vised him . to accept 'ithout a . murmur the sentence of the court.. ; The action of the-juTy in bring- ing in a : verdict of . manslaughter;' 1 yesterday afternoon was somewhat of a-surprise; It was generally ur- " inised that the easel", would result is a mistrial. - ' Yesterday V' morning: i the three men who ! had held out for murder in the secOnd degree ; decided to . come over " to- the six who were in favor of a verdict for -w manslaughter. - Later-in the : day -' i the three who voted,' for .acquittal ' decided to agree toV a verdict: cf , manslaughter with' tho under standing it is presumed, v that the '- judge would not ' be hard on the ; prisoner.' The small v sentence . ; wpuld justify : this presumption. ' t A Button From Washington's Coat. A rare and curious coin was shown the news gatherer of the Tar Heel this week. It comes from the days, when the Indian bid in the Swamps and the white men dressed in knee breeches. Mr. Willis S.Jones,'of South Mills, is the owner of this curio, which is, according to that gentleman's firm conviction, a button from the coat of George Washington. Whether this be true or not the button, or coin, whichever it is, was actually found near the line of the original survey made by the general himself, only he was at that time ' a mere country surveyer. The ; button, which after all may be a y relic of Colonial days, was found in a corn field, by Mr. Jones, in I860, , while the gentleman, then in "his youth, was hoeing corn. Being too young, at the time, to read, Mr. Jones "put the button awav: and it came, to . . . V : I light again several days ago. Congress is said to Have appro priated money for a Presidential button and this -one really comes close, to a description of that but ton, as near as can be ascertained. It is made of copper alloyed with brass and is the size of a silver dollar. In the center i3 the mono- Between the in oer circle,, contain ing the President's f monogmm ana tne circle or Units, are tne words "Long Live the President." Though the coin has undoubtedly rested in the damp soil of the dis- r.al swamp section .for yeers, the metal has retained its polish and looks wonderfully newt Mr. Jones declares that $50. on ly would iqduce him to part with his treasure. - He also has in his possession a coin of Spanish make, bearing date of 1798. -This is also of a rare type. gram G. W Around .this is gronped thirteen .liiks each link containing the initial letter of one of the original thirteen states'. Geography a La Limerick. There oqce was a man from Nantucket, Who kept hs cash in a bucket ; f. But his daughter, namel am, Ran nway with a man, And as for th bucket, Nantucl:et. . Print setonTiger. Btit he followed the pair to Pawtuciet The mia and t lie girl with the bucket ; And tip said to the man H was elc time i o N i. But as for 'the bucket, Pawtncket. : !- . .hlcato Tribune Then the pa'r foUow d Pa to Manhasset, Where he still held the cash as an tmet ; But Kan and the man Siole the money and ran, ' And as f or the bucket, Manhajset. - ' ; New "ir ork Press They fled up through Mo'ne past Seboomook, Where their future assumed quite a blueiook : For they lost all their doi gi -And they never will kr ow - ' How much of it ChJmiuassaUmiook. I ' Then the runaway pair,- out of pocket, - - ' Dropped, back, like a stick from a rocket. As for this sort of Vei s ' . It is fast growing Ts one, ' Aid we'd I et let : his f na' fiquibnocket Baltimore .American.' . A Box Supper. There will, be a Box Supper at Salem School House Saturdav March ' the fourteenth at eig o'clock proceeds to be used in buy ing' a library for Salem Sunday School. Public invited. . It is Judge Aibertson , North Carolinians win place and honor .wherever they go. ' The lat est North Carolinian to be promot ed is Mr. Robert B. Albertson, of Seattle, Washington, wha has been appointed Judge of the Fifth dis trict by Governor McBryde. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer prints a handsome two column cut of Judge Albertson and an appreciative sketch of his life. He was not a candidate for the position and the honor was therefore unsolicited and more to be prized. Judge Albertson comes of Quak? er stock, and maay of his name have been honored in North Caro lina. He , was born." in Hertford N. C;, December 21st, 1859. He graduated from .the University at Chapel Hill and was licensed to practice law in 1888, Shortly there- atier ne wem xo oeaiue, men a - i The above is a cut of Hon. L -,M. Meekins, aizaoetn uity s new flourisfeinsr vounff ' citv.: When her postmaster. He is an accomplished and talented gentlemen, aDd the i.aai!oT thoro lift hKrt -nn mn-heTr nr Democrats are as well pleasecU with the appointment as the Republicans. j ' j v a t " i. In fact n mau utof the' Democratic rank could give'the party greater . , , - , . J. satisfaction Mr. eekins couicoln the- political arena has been a steady " .rr-y.. J . ' T one.' lie is a -bolti .would citizen, ana in tne event mat .nis -party re- assistant city editor of , the Daily gains contro -f 'ie district; Mr. Meekins wilLunquestionablfl, occupy Chronicle, and then "entered the I the seat now filled so acceptably, Jy the Hon; Jno. JtL.bmalL r J -.irr r 1
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