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BRAXTON PUMHH TMAL.
Pwdle Claims Self Defmme
Purdie wont on the staw# in his
own behalf Friday momihg and told
a story of self-defense, claiming that
the fata! ahot waa fired when Metco
Horn waa advancing on him with an
axe.
He told of arriving at the Horn
home early on the morning of Feb
ruary 13th, and telling Mr. Hom
that he waa going to move and that
Hom told him he would have to pay
him what he owed him before he
moved. After a few words, argument
about the 40 cents which he said
Hom claimed he owed him, Hom
went into the house and upon return
ing began cursing and reached up in
the tree nearby and took down a
trace chain, with which he struck
him several times on the head and
elsewhere. These blows knocked him
to his knees, after which Horn grab
bed him by one foot and started drag
ging him toward the wood pile to
get the axe, threatening him. His
severe kicking freed him from
Horn's hold on his foot. Then Horn
got the axe and started on him,
when he shot twice. Purdie said that
he had heard of Mr. Horn's reputa
tion as a bad and violent man and
that he was terribly frightened.
After he had shot Horn he said
that he waited a few minutes to see
if he had hurt him badly, that he
didn't think he had. He stated that
he had placed his pistol in his pock
et the night before when he) was pre
paring to move. He returned to his
home, told his wife that he and Mr.
Horn had been fighting and that he
had shot him. From home he went
to his aunt's and his fathers. From
his father's he H^nt through the
woods to where his grandfather was
cutting wood and was going to his
grandfather's for dinner when he
had to retreat on account of a posse
fifing at him. Part of that night was
spent in the woods hiding. He stated
that he told hia grandfather that he
wanted to give up to the officers.
About 1 o'clock he went to the home
of Heman Floyd and told him of his
trouble and told him that he wanted
to surrender to the sheriff. This was
corroborated by Floyd, who gave him
a place to stay that night, gave him
breakfast the next morning and who
walked to Lumberton %or Sheriff
Lewis.
The cross examination began at
the point where Horn struck Purdie
with the trace chain. He was asked
why he did not run away from Horn
instead of shooting him, to which
he replied that he had been hurt so
badly and that he was so frightened
he was nearly senseless and did not
know what else to do. The next
evidence showed that Purdie had his
pistol in his coat pocket when he left
his house early that morning, he
stating that he had placed in his
coat pocket the night before when
he had to get up to see what was
wrong that mad. MsdoyBMTHCW
) his way to Home * home he took
the pistol from his inside coat pocket
'and placed it in his right hand hip
pocket. According to his testimony,
Horn was about 15 feet away when
he fired the shot. He could not ex
plain why one of the shot took ef
fect in Horn's hip, the underclothes
' worn by Hom at the time of the
shooting being exhibited..
I After he returned to his home fol
lowing the shooting he testified that
i he left the pistol there, and said, "I
hope ! never will see another one",
{when he answered in the negative, a
question as to where the pistol is
- now. When asked why he fired the
second shot he replied that Hom
had not stopped advancing on him.
In Heman Floyd's testimony it
was shown that Purdie saw Sheriff
Lewis three-fourths of a mile before
he got to the house and that Purdie
asked the sheriff if Hom was dead.
Bfaxtoa's Father on Stand
Fletcher Pnrdie, father of the de
fendant. testified that he saw Brax-j
ton soon after the shooting and that
he had a bad cut on Ms head and that
Braxton told him of how he and Mr.]
Horn had a fight. He also testified
that he had heard that Mr. Hom was!
a dangerous and violent man and
that Braxton had told him before
that he was.
Needham Robinson, grandfather of
Braxton, told of Braxton's coming to
his house and about the posse shoot
ing at him, the wounds on Braxton's
head and that Braxton was going to
give up.
Tel! of Wound and Blood
Others testifying for the defense
relative to the wound on Purdie's
head and the blood on his clothes
were: Sheriff R. E. Lewis, Roxie
Purdie, Hattie Robinson, Nathan
Robinson, Mary Robinson. James
Robinson and Ernest Gaddy. Mr. C.
M. Barker testified that he had heard
Metco Horn was a dangerous and
violent man, and told of the condi
tion of the ground when he arrived
at the place of the killing. Accord
ing to his testimony the ground
showed signs of schuffling and a
fight.
Others testifying that they knew
of Metco Hom as a dangerous and
violent man were W. 1. Linkhaw, H.
J. Sawyer, H. M. McAllister, R. McA.
Nixon, T. J. Davis and Kramer Mil
ler. At this point court was adjourn
ed until 2:30.
The state offered a rebuttal, pre
senting a number of witnesses who
said that they knew Metco Hom a?
not having a reputation of a danger
ous and violent man. These were A.
E. Paul, Abner Paul, F. A. Prevatt,
C. N. Prevatt, J. H. Powers, John
Rowland. K. M. Biggs, N. J. Page,
W. D. Hayes, S. O. Willis and H.
Floyd. __
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To The Editor of The Robeaonian:
Thursday, July 26th, will bo ob
served as Baraca-Phi!athea Day at
the U. S. War Veterans hospital at;
Oteen and every Baraea and Phila
thea in North Carolina, along with
friends, are offered this opportunity
to help give the patients at the hospi
tal a real good time.
Baracas and Philatheas were
among the first to begin worlt among
the soldiers as they came .back from
the war sick and needing our help
and encouragement, and it is very
fitting that we shouid honor these
gallant heroes who are now making
an even more gallant fight fo win
back the health and strength lost in
the world war.
Remember they Were our substi
tutes; they went for us; they fought
and suffered that we might live in
peace and happiness and the least
that we can do is to honor them and j
express our appreciation in some ef
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Plenty of watermelons.
Please send your check or P O.
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N. Buckner, Asheville, N. C., who is
planning an appropiate program and
will serve watermelons, more water
melons, ice cold Georgia water
melons.
Money is preferred as we can pur
chase the melons at wholesale
prices and make your gift go further;
but cake, candy, fruit or flowers will
be gladly accepted.
Remember July 26th is the day.
Please send your message of appre
ciation to Oteen heroes as soon as
possible so we can go forward with
our proposed plans.
Yours to "Do Things" for Christ
in North Carolina,
MRS. N. BUCKNER, General Sec.
Asheville, N C., July 13, 1923.
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V*9!T Of LONG BRANCH BUN
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To the Editor oi The Robeaonian:
The Raynham church and Sunday
schoo! wish to thank the Long Branch
Sunday schoo! through your paper
for their visit to ua on iast Sunday
evening. We had invited them to
give us a program, and it was worth
going miies to see and hear it. Be
sides the good singing rendered by
the choir, a piay by five young men,:
entitied "Persona! Work in a Schoo!" J
and "Four Comers of the Earth," by
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inspiring as we!! as instructive.
We bid these active young Chris
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!ike this one.
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Raynham, N. C., Ju!y 10, 1023. <
Rennert News Items. i
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Miss Luci!e Batten has returned to
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We are very sorry to hear that a!!
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ieft him with 100 acres to tend
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himseif.
Mrs. John Carter and !ittie boy
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Mr. W. R. Gray was a visitor at
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Correspondence of The Robeaoniah.
Maxtor. JaLy !2—On Friday night,
June 1. this community was sa<By
shocked by the death of Httje James
David Lockiear. He was one year, 5
months and 23 days oM. He ieft to
mourn their toss a mother, father a
sister and brother. He was Laid to
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