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Ve are no admirer of . Sherman, who is a cold-blooded, self-seeking j partisan, but the con trast between him and Foraker In point of ability is so great that the" wonder is that the latter could find any respectable following in Ohio as a contestant for Sherman's seat. If his claims hinged on ability he would not have, but it does not. r ' O ie ofthe ' reasons given why he ."should be elected' is that he would "ram hot words down the throats of Southerners.", This is not a very . h';:h accomplishment and the fact that it is put forward as a meritorious distinction shows two things:' one that a portion" at least of the Re publicans of Ohio do not require a .- very high standard of representa tion, and the other is that the en sanguined garment which has fig- ured so conspicuously in years past is not yet entirely buried, and that Foraker will be expected, if he takes ; Sherman's pla'ceSin the Senate, to rake it out; from the rubbish and v spread ; it in the Senatorial gaze x whenever the opportunity presents. , And this is the year of grace, 1891, "and Ohio is one of forty-four civil f ized, enlightened States,, and has ' ' churches professing Christianity. - The presdmption is , that ; these churches are attended by Republi cans as well as other people, who go there to hear the doctrine of "peace on earth, good will to men," charity, - brotherly loye, and other good things -taught, andj then belie their profes sions and their Christianity by carry ing malice and persecution in their hearts and seeking the elevation of a small-honored, rancorous - hearted marlplot to! a high and responsible position because he is the most : effective tojl they can find to re kindle the fires of hate and stir op again sectional strife that good and patriotic men o? both sections of the country have been laboring for years ,'tp allay. -i : ; . - Of course these people- are not representative Ohioans,.' by any means, for there are some as noble, i liberal andj patriotic men' in that State as live on'the'earth, but they are representatives of a certain ele- ment, and a! large one, of the Repub- lican party of Ohio which always has been narrow-minded, proscriptive and rancoroius. They learn nothing and forgetl nothing, and some of them who didn't discover that there was'a war till it. was over, haven't - . . . i yet discovered that it is over. . As an evidence pF this it is said that Gov. Campbell lost a great . many votes' in the last election be causes Messrs. Mills and Crisp took H part in the campaign V and made t speeches for him, a circumstance ; which was taken advantage of by un- ; scrupulous politicans to appeal to the sectional prejudice of gullible people and make them vote on prejudice rather than on iudirment. ; Another ping is indicated ljy the effort to elect Foraker as a bloody , shirt waver,' and that is that this pro gramme will not be - 'carried 'out by Mr. Foraker alone, but that he will ber supported in it by other Repub i lican Senators. They1 are afraid of the tariff issue on which they have . been losingiground for several years, so much so as to have witnessed ' the revolutionizing iof some States which have! until the past two years been - overwhelmingly . Republican They feel With their recent experience . hat it will not be safe to go into the Presidential campaign next year on . that issue alone. They had hoped that they might make the free! coin age of silvpr an issue, but they have abandoned; that as there is no broba bility of the Democratic partyjstanck ing oh thai as an issue, and hence they will endeavor if they an to , stir up sectiorial questions and ex cite sectional animosities and play over again the game they have sue cessf ully played so often in past years. . Slandering the SouthJ "ratn ing hot words do.wn. Southern throats," and sirring up the prejudices! of their credulous or - ignorant following will be auch ,;V'f.' -J"'1 YOL. XXIII. easier to lo than defending' their wretched tariff monstrosity, and to some of them it will be a more con genial occupation, too... This will be the first part of the programme and if they succeed in that the second part will be bringing to I the - front, again the relegated force bill which Hoar, Lodge, &c.f have not yet given up in despair but will if they should recover the House of Representatives and elect their President next year be sure to pass in some shape and thus perpet uate the power which they are strug gling so desperately For, With them anything is fair . that accomplishes what they seek to accomplish. When power and plunder are at stake they scruple at nothing. - . - Mr. Bogy, the clerk in the Pen sion office in Washington who wrote a novel entitled "In Office,"" in which he talked too freely of things in that town, - was bounced by Secretary Noble at the request of Commis sioner Raum. His took is "In Office," and he is put. . It is reported that Rev. Sam Jones is suffering frpm nervpus prpstra tipn, the result of overwork. While no immediate serious consequences are feared his friends are apprehen sive that this is a premonition of a breaking down which may ere long retire him from active work. That Republican paper which says that Mr. Flower's election to the Governorship of New York cost him a million dollars puts a higher valu ation on Republican votes than Can didate Fassett did. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Charles Chancy. Postmaster , at Elk ton. i Called to His Door and Loaded "With I Duck Shot Fired by Three Assassins The Shot Still In Him. Chas. Chancv. postmaster, merchant, farmer, cotton buyer and shipper at Elk ton, Blaclen county, on the Carolina Central Railroad, was called to his door at 1 o'clock Friday morning and shot twice, and fired at the third time, as re ported in the Star. His left arm was perforated by several duck-shot and others entered his left side, between the hip and ribs. f A Star reporter visited Mr. Chancy at the Sutton House, in this city, yes terday afternoon, where he was resting comfortably after having Dr. Burbank probe for the shot in the forenoon. The shot were not extracted. Mr. Chancy gives the following ac count of his attempted assassination : About 11 o'clock Thursday night a man came to the residence of Mr. Chancy and called, but no answer being re turned the man came on the porch and knocked at. the door. He. then de manded who was knocking at the door. The man answered that it was a peddler who wanted to remain all night. Mr. Chancy being a widower without children and alone in the house, refused to permit the man to enter. After begging in vain for lodging, the man outside said there were two ped dlers and asked permission to sleep on the porch, or in an unoccupied out house. To this assent was granted, and Mr. Chancy retired and fell asleep About 1 o'clock Friday morning, he thinks, he awoke and not being able to sleep again, kindled a , fire. Then four men came to the front door and earnest ly ; importuned him to allow them to come in out of the cold. Their tones were so beseeching that he went to the front door and the light from the fire falling on the side lights to the door, he was enabled to discover three white men and one col ored man standing in front of the door. He unlocked the door and held it slightly ajar, when one of the men raised his gun and fired, the shot taking effect in the left arm and side, as before stated. Chancy immediately slammed the door, without locking it, when an other of the men fired through a panel of ' the door, and Mr. Chancy was hit in the other arm. A third man then fired, but the shot were deflected by the haired door plank and missed their mark. Mr. Chancy retreated to his Bed room, locked the d.oor and got down" his gun. The men who had come into . the hall way tried to open the room door, but were told by Mr.. Chancy that the first two men who entered would be killed They then left and he went to the house of his sister, where he spent the remain der of the night. " . ; He thinks he recognized the colored man and two others ot his assailants, and told their names to his sister and other persons in : the' house. -Next day all the neighbors calledjo see him ex cept those whose names were mention ed by him. In the early evening of the 28th of October, too dark, however, to distih guish a face a short distance away, Mr.- J. A. Jacobs was shot at in Mr. Chancy 's yard while he was unhitching Chancy's horse that he had brought from Eliza beihtown court, where Chancy was de tained aTl night. Two of the shots, hit Jacobs; one in the forehead and one in the ear. They evidently thought they were firing at Chancy. V . '-.;- Mr. Chancy's house is, a mile and a half from his store and postoffice, and he has the reputation of keeping money on hand with which to buy -cotton. Robbery was the evident intent of the would-be assassins, as the only man he can think of ho was mad with him was the colored man who had killed his cow and he was threatening him - with prose cution if the cow was not paid for. . Mr. H. U. Butters, of Hub, is in the city. The name of the place is derived from a: combination of the initials of the name of Mr. H. U. Butters.-'': -x :.". -x." :-;x-x x-':. GRAND COMING EVENT." - Tyrolese Carnival in City Hall December , ... ' leih and 17th.' . ' . The City Hall is to be the" place of special attraction on Wednesday and Thursday. December 16th and 17thi- On those two days the ladies of the Luther an Church will give an entertainment under the title of Tyrolese Carnival, in which there will be Tyrolese musicetc. In short, it will be one of those delight ful German affairs that have pleased so many of our people in times past." The hall will be finally decorated, and every thing done to make the affair an honor and pleasure to the city. Attempted Assassination, y s ; C '.x Report was brought to this city yes terday evening that Chas. Chauncey, a white man, living at Eiklosville. on the Carolina CenWal railroad, some thirty- five miles from Wilmington, was called to the door of his, house last Thursday night by . some unknown person, who fired at Chauncey three times with a jiistol all the balls' taking effect and caasing wounds that it is feared will re sult fatally. The assassin escaped, and there is no clue that will lead to his identification. ! . ; . Hunting in Brunswick. - V - ' The Southport Leader says a party pi four men hunting on Smith's Island last week killed nine wild hogs. A bear raided the Lumber Company's logging camp just above Kendal. The men were not aware.of his presence un til the mules began to act strangely and in a frightened manner and the dogs to bark fiercely. Nothing could be seen of the bear that night, however, but in the morning the tracks were discovered and from the size of them the men judge that it must have been a very large bear. The dogs were set upon his track, the men following, but after a chase of several miles the hunt was given up. ; - Mercantile Failures. Through the Mercantile Association of the Carolinas it is learned that Mr. G. M. Robbins, a merchant of Meares' Bluff, Brunswick county, has made an assignment, with liabilities of $5,000 and estimated assets $3,000. And through the same source, that W. C. Taylor, of Whitakers. Nash county, has assigned, with no informa tion regarding liabilities and assets. Mr. Taylor was one of the largest farmers in the county, as well as a mer chant, and was regarded as financially sound. He owned large properties. Stocks of Naval Stores. . . Stocks of naval stores at the ports at the close of the week are ' reported as follows: f ; .. .'-. Spirits turpentine Wilmington, 3,016 casks; New York, 793; Savannah, 11,781; Charleston, 1,040. Total. 16.620 casks. Rosin Wilmington. 34,392 barrels; New York, 20,228; Savannah, 83.581; Charleston, 12,297. Total, 150,498 barrels. Tar Wilmington, 880 barrels; New York, 539. Total. 1,419 barrels. Killed on tne Boad. A colored man known as "Edward," employed on the Atlantic Coast. Line as car-coupler, was killed accidentally last night about 10 o'clock, at the old Union depot. He was on the ladder of ope ot the box cars of a train that was being made up, when he fell to the track and was run over ana killed, tnrougn nis own negligence or carelessness. The railroad authorities notified Coroner Walton and took charge of the remains. COU NTERFE.ITERS CAUGHT. Two Men Arrested at Shelby and Held : for Trial. Sptcial to the Star Shelby, N.:C Nov. 19. Pledge Wbisnant and Hugh Dillingham were arrested here to-day by . U. S. Deputy Marshal McFalls, for passing counter feit money. : Whisnant gave bond for $1,000 before U S. Commissioner Mc- Brayer, and Dillingham is in jail. orphanag"e"burned. - The Presbyterian Asylum, at. Barium Sprinxs Destroyed. By Telegraph to the Morning Star. Charlotte, N. "C November 19. The Presbyterian Orphan. Asylum, at Barium Springs, thirty-five miles above here, was burned this afternoon. The fire originated from' a defective flue. The children all escaped unhurt, and are being cared for in Statesville. ' Mr. Bruce Williams,of Burgaw, visited the city yesterday. Mr. L. D. Highsmith, of Wil lard, is purchasing goods in the city. Mr. R.' W. Ltvermore, of Pates, was looking at jobbers' goods yesterday. Mr. A. M. Williams, of Phoenix, is in the. city .searching for wholesale goods. Mr. W. C. "Porter, of Kelly's Cove, is in the city with wholesale deal ers. ; ; -: - - Mr. D. Hand, of Crpnly, is here for the purpose of renewing his mercan tile stock. .- - ;.. j x- Mr G. C. McDougal, of Rosefi dale, is bargaining with wholesale deal ers in the city. Mr. Geo. Mcfceithan, of Bruns wick County, is still engaged in purchas ing his winter stock x Major James Reilly, the popu lar Confederate veteran, was in the city yesterday. ; Mr. Hugh McRae, of this city, has resigned the Presidency of the Lin ville Improvement Company. Messrs. A. M. Williams, G. M. Robbins, J. M. Moore, and G. H." Can non, Brunswick merchants, were buying goods yesterday.' Messrs. J. W. Sidbury, of Edge combe,, and V.. Sidbury, of Peanut, Onslow county, merchants, were in the city replenishing stock yesterday. :' Mr. J. D. Gillaim, a prominent farmer ot Bladen county near .White hall, '"was. greeted by his friends here yesterday. ''...-- :- .--'.: x. .. .x WrLMIMGTON, N. C, FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 27, C0N0LEY MURDER TRIAL SECOND DAY OF THE COURT AT FAY- ETTEV1LLE. .- Interest Unabated The Court Eoom'Pack- ed' with Spectators Testimony of a Number of Witnesses for the State :. - The Trial Likely to Last All ot Two "Weeks. , - Special Star Report Fayetteville. Nov. 19. Interest in the" McDougald trial continues un abated, and there is no. diminution in the attendance -the Court-room being packed from ', morning till night, espe cially by the negroes, to whom the big. roaring stoves offer a paradise bT warmth and comfort during the cold "snap." " regard to night sessions, though such announcement is : hourly looked for. as with such a host of witnesses, and the multitudinous array of. counsel, all of whom will wish . to be heard, the trial bids fait to consume most of the two weeks. - ' ' " " Capt. Huske bad his jury out taking 1 constitutional" by sunrise this morn ing ; and, as they paraded around- Mar ket Square,- puffang their pipas, and meditatively eyeing the mountain beeves undergoing scientific dissection, they simply looked "cold;" and U they have "formed an opinion" about the lateiut matter ot whjch the issue is in their hands, they were as inscrutably as the "Sphinx," Speculation varies as to the bias, or rather complexion of the jury, but the preponderance ot opinion is that the delence picked and rejected with equal wisdom, and secured as fa vorable a jury as could have been gotten in Cumberland county ail this without the slightest prejudice to each man's impartiality, of course.x Judge Mclver. sits, stern and immo vable as Justice's self seeing nothing the law, and the sacred duty of in terpreting, applying and executing it. coi. j no. u. snaw, ot ; Kockmgham, mainly conducts the examination of witnesses on the part of the defence. His legal acumen-, intuitive knowledge of the workings of a witness's "inaer consciousness" and quickness in seizing upon a point, is admirable, He js, in your correspondent's judgment, a bril liant man. The examination for. the State is ably conducted by Solicitor Frank McNeill. THURSDAY MORNING SESSION. K. H. Cole examined: Is section mas ter on Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Kauway. . April 21st was at tank ahout 400 yards above the crossing; was there when the train passed; saw a man at the tank, did not know him (asked if prisr oner at tne Dar was the man; question objected to); has an opinion about the matter; thinks it was the defendant; the man asked witness what time the Fay etteville train passed; wanted to know if it would stop at the tank long enough for him -to get aboard; witness asked his name replied it was McDougald; lived at or near Laurinbure; asked if he was a relative of Capt. McDougald, of Laur inburg, he replied no; witness thought the man had a duster, valise and bun dles; the man went off toward the tank; saw him no more. Cross-examined Could not swear now that prisoner was that man; first ' saw htm coming from direction ol Cape rear and Yadkin Val ley R. R. Thos. Smith examined :- Is employed by Section -Master Cole ; was with him at the tank when he had a conversation with McDougald ; know that it was be fore Conoley was killed ; McDougald boarded the train for Fayetteville at the water tank; had a duster and possibly an overcoat. Cross-Examined Could not swear exactly what day this was ; the man had an oil-cloth coat and dust er ; was a spare-made man, with only a mustache (don t know the color) ; had on a black suit. T.E. Phillips examined : Has known McDougald for several years; saw him in Mazton the day Conoley was killed, at the water-tank; bad a mud-colored duster, and what he supposed to be a. valise; bad only a moustache. Cross-. Examined Thinks he has known Mc Dougald" six or seven years; got to water-tank early in the morning ; saw McDougald; said "Hallo ! Mack, what are you doing here ? " Mack replied, "I am going down the road;" had a valise of medium size, with . duster lying across it; left McDougald sitting at tank; wit ness was on an extra, distributing cars; saw McDougald again on freight train, about 10 o'clock, when it overtook wit ness train, at Red Springs; saw other passengers on the cpach, but np pne pn the platform but McDougald. This freight train has an accommodation car for local travel. Reporter. W. O. Lockamv examined: Was con ductor on freight, and took on a. pas senger at tank near Maxton, but told him he could get to bhannon pn the mail train earlier, but the man said he was in no hurry; had some kind of bundle with a duster; said he was going to Shannon; had little to say, but look ed down on the floor; witness beard of the murder of Conoleyjiext day. Cross- Examined Did not know McDougald; certain he paid fare to Shannon, but did not see him after he left Wakulla. . Lizzie McKay examined : Has known McDougald since a girl ; saw him the morning before Conoley was killed near the water tank at Maxton, about 8 or 9 o'clock ; never spoke to him, or -saw what he carried. .Nothing new on cross-examination.! Charlotte Dumas examined ; Lives in Richmond county ; lived in Robeson when ..Conoley was killed ; remembers the killing i lived in the Shannon sec tion ; saw a strange man pass house after train arrived ; had a white looking duster; had a grip-sack; went in direc tion of W. C. McPhails'; certain that Conoley was,kuled that night; thought after the killing of seeing the strange man pass. ! Cross-Examined. Never had seen the man before ; no uncommon thing to see a stranger ; had a whitish duster, with grip-sack over his shoulder; was a fine-looking man; prisoner bowed; she returned the oow. J. F. Lypn examined : Live at Gibson Station; am a minister; know McDou gald intimately: saw : priscner after the ki ling of Conolay; on the way to the District Sunday School Convention at Rockingham, saw McDougald in a rear car at Hamlet; went up, and, putting a hand on his ' shoulder, . said "Where are you running away tor McDougald made no reply, but looked startled : I said, "I hope you are going to Rocking ham to help singr Had. conversation about his uncle'death about the tracks seen in the garden back of Conoley 's house; asked if none .of the. family saw the man, who called his uncle out that night. McDougald replied that his aunt and a little boy saw the man: be then told ' about the . position the body was found in;. I - asked if the family was not alarmed at the pistol shot ; . he replied that tbey were not j - specially . uneasy, when Conoley failed to return ; they retired as though nothing had happened; said he suspected Millard Moore as the murder er ; and to the question" of SheriffLiv ingston (who was on the car) why Moore was suspected, he said "that Moore wanted Conoley put pf the way pn account pf court troubles ; never saw McDougald again after getting off at Rockingham knew - that McDougald hadjled the country ;- Mct)pugald had not shaved for several days ; had only a moustache ; never wpre anything else. iTOSs-exam inaticn tailed to i. weaken this testimpny. x. .'xx"x, - . W.CMcPhail examined:" Lives at Shannon r remembers the day Conoley was killed i saw a man passing up the road after the freight train came in, with a long duster ; did not recognize him; was thirty yards off ; Shannon is the nearest depot to Conoley 'sbout eight miles off. ' - ,iS Special Star Telegram. - - -Jeff- Cobb examined : Am living a mile from Shannon ? was at work near the public . road April 21st ; saw a man with a' duster and packages about 10 o'clock ; the man passed before he got in road. . " . Henf Smith examined : Remembers whenCjpley was killed ; was at work on road ; . saw a curious-looking man ; had on long duster ; was all blacked up, with : white places on the hands and back of neck; never noticed whiskers only a mustache; tcld Cpbb I met the' man ; he looked as if painted. Jeff Cobb was recalled to corroborate the above,. v-v .. : '., : x -;- Mrs. Humphrey -examined : Lives one-fpurth pf a mile frpm Mr. Cpbb ; saw a man pass on the road; a black looking man ; slight built ; duster and bundles tied up in an oil cloth ; did not speak, nor look up ; thinks he had side- whiskers; had on green or blue glasses1; face glistened ; didn't look natural ; had long hair; saonjy his side face, x Neill Smith examined : April 21st, the day of the murder, Calym Conoley came to gate with the mail at 2 o'clock; hile they were talking, a man passed ; wpre a long duster and had bundles; long hair.; looked like a painted man; one side of his hat was pulled down;did not speak as he passed; knew McDou gald at birth; had not seen him since he grew up; the man was about ' prisoner's size; wore spectacles and whiskers; he went in the direction of Conoley's; saw prisoner at funeral; did not talk with him then nor since. Cross-examined Had some peddlers in that section ; did not look like a peddler; his hair, per haps, reached his collar, but I thought it a wig. Miss Humphrey recalled, and her evidence at Mill Prong read, when she said she took the man to be a ne gro.." '. !. John C. Conoley: The day Conoley was killed saw a man at 3 o'clock; wore a duster, wide-brim hat, spectacles, and something strapped to his back, going in the direction of Conoley's; he asked how far it was to Fayetteville;. was' a black-looking, curious man; had side whiskers. Nothing new on cross-ex amination. - - j Sallie Wilkes: On the day Conoley was killed sav-a man pass an hoilr-or two by sun; had on a duster with a strap across his back and bundles, going in the direction of Conoley's. Saw: the prisoner at Conoley's Wednesday night; heard him ask what time the murder was committed; said he knew Lunz Johnston, but he was not the murderer, because Lunz was at work; told of his trip to Wilmington; said the train j left him at Maxton where he slipped! off, coming from Wilmington; testified to other conversation of McDougald, j and said others heard the prisoner's sate- ment about the trip to Wilmington; prisoner said he was on his feet all Tuesday night; defendant said he went that day to. Alma with his brother : and back to Laurinburg, ' and then came right on, as he had just heard of the killing of his uncle. , . ' Edgar Gillespie: Has known McDou gald for five or six years; on April 22nd noticed a man on the road who said he wanted to wash his face; when he pulled off his hat saw he was a white man; said he was tip all night; said he was Dan McDougald; this was three-fourths of- a mile from Campbell's bridge; heard that evening of the murder; the man had no spectacles or wig. Hector Gilchrist: Heard of the mur der; found clothes near Campbell's bridge; found a handkerchief with lamp black, undershirt and pants. Don't recol lect what day he foundthe clothes. W. H. Herring: knows McDougald; saw him April 22nd at night; saw him next day at Maxton, but it was some time before he recognized him, as Mc Dougald at the time looked seedy; had on a soft hat and duster, and had a black valise in hand; noticed lampblack places under the eyes and op the neck. Cross-Examrned: Prisoner's shoes were muddy. - " '.- M. Greenwald: Knew the prisoner for fifteen years; the 22d of April saw him at Maxton; both eyes were discolored, the rest of the face was unusually red. J. C. Robbins: Knew the prisoner for years; saw him April 22d, and he asked for No. 9 slippers; prisoner said a man had died on his place; said -some dne had called him -to the door and shot him and gave the name Lunz Johnston; never said it was his uncle; prisoner bought ot him the wig and whiskers be fore the murder of Conoley was ever committed.. " Fayetteville, N. C, Nov. 20. Dr, P. G. Graham examined : Lives irt Laurinburg ; between March 17th and April 15th sold McDougald some lamp black, the latter saying that a friend of his from Rowland had written for it to black himself for a minstrel show ; gave the name of the person as Charles Wickers. ; Crosj-Examined Is a drug gist; keeps lamp-black for sale ; Mc Dougald had acted as a negro in con certs at Mason's Crossing, and Laurin burg; McDougald's character has been particularly good. . G.'S. McMillan examined": Lives at Laurinburg ; has known the prisoner for fifteen or twenty years , saw McDougald next day after the murder of Conoley ; came into MacRae's office ; complained of being tired ; that- he wentto Wil mington the day befofe-on the freight, and came back on7 the passenger train thatuight, remaining over night at Max ton, going -down to Alma, and" cpming back to Laurinburg that day ; I the day after Conoley was shpt Repprter. that he was worse than: tired phe pf his tenants - - bad : - been called - bat and shot the in afternoon, that he had-a mm I89i. Pte tp j that effect; ; twp pr three days alter defendant gave the outline of Ihe surroundings of the murder; thought. there was a place in the field where ,the' assassin might haye stood;, that it was. supposed that he went up to -the well and called Conoley out, asking - him to show . him the way to Wilkes' house, and Conoley told him to wait until he got his shoes; never said who the ten ant was who he claimed was shot; wit ness knew Lounz Johnson who worked on a freight train; defendant said the murderer was white: Cross-examined: Said up to this time defendant's charac ter was exceptionally good. Geprge P. Welsh examined:' Is pas senger conductor pn the Carolina Cen tral R. R and held lhat place in April last (gives schedule of trains at that time); did not see prisoner on the train from ikVilmngton on the night pf the 20th pf - April; has knpwn defendant six years. C ross-examtned: A special might; have passed over the road of which he had no knowledge; defendant's character was splendid: - - . ?;' ; x x ; . c, JNenmeyer examined ; i am an engineer on the GTC Jailroad; ran an engine with Cant. Welsh on the ni2ht of April 21st; bave knpwn McDougald fpr years; did nbt knpw he. was pn the train, but - did not go through train to see who was aboard. . " : Capt. Everett, pf Laurinburg, testi fied that defendant's character had been gopd. - xv'x :'' ,"-'P '-'"' - John Wilkes examined : Live a quar ter of i a mile from Conoley's; on the night of the murder heard two" pistol shots in the early part otthe night; first knew of the murder at 9 o clock next morning. (Witness testified to size and location of tracks.) Saw prisoner on Thursday, who remarked, on examining the tracks . that they were somewhat like his No. 8; delendant arrived at Conoley's at 11 or 12 p'clpek pn Wednes day night; spoke of atrip tp Wilming ton, and of being tired; witness com pared thejtrack with, defendant's track,, which measured about the 6ame; his daughter told him about seeing -a strange-looking man pass on Tuesday morning. Lross-jbxamined-r-axa he had been approached by insurance men as to what he knew about the matter. George Blue examined ; Found at Campbell's bridge the morning after the murder pants, handkerchief, lampblack. an old ; hat and undershirt the latter blacked on collar arid sleeves; on Satur day mcrning prispner asked tp see the clothes witness had found; looked at them and told about the killing of his uncle. Chas. A. Purcell examined: Met the prisoner on the last day. of April; told witness about stealing of his clothes irorn a buggy; in answer to question. witness said that he thought that par ties were at his Uncle John Conoley's I after him; that his uncle John sent an escort with him twp or thTee miles in the neighborhood; appeared much alarmed, and confessed that he had been much frightened at his Uncle John s; de fendant went in the direction of Gil christ's Bridge ; witness was a magis trate at the preliminary investigation at Mill frong. Or. D. Livingston, deputy sheriff of Richmond county, testified about meet ing defendant on the train on 1st of May, talking about the murder, and asking defendant why he was not at the preliminary trial; said be was busy and couldn't attend ; spoke of a man calling himself Lounz Johnson calling his un cle out, and shooting him; had neVer had any warrant for the arrest of defen dant; at the time of the conversation the prisoner had only a moustache. .C A. Furcell recalled : taid . clothes were not produced at the investigation at either Mill Prong or Gilchrist's Bridge. . Adjourned for dinner. I AFTERNOON SESSION. R. M. McNair examined: Saw Mc Dougald board the train on the 21st of May, 'SOO yards above the depot at Laur rinburg ; saw him no more till to-day ; defendant's character was good. ; D. P. Johnson . examined : Have known prisoner since childhood ; saw him on the road the day before he left the country ; said he spent the night at his ancle John Conoley's and the family was frightened at the action of people after him ; said the clothes were stolen from his buggy. , W. J. Currie examined : Saw the clothes at Campbell's bridge that day; the shirt was marked on the collar and cuffs; -had seen the prisoner wearing similar clothes. : . ' '"'-' James McBryde examined : . Saw the clothes at Campbell's bridge April 22ud; noticed blacking on the collar ; on the Friday following saw defendant on the train to Wilmington ; spoke to him about the murder ; said Conoley was his uncle, but was not communicative ; de fendant asked about public sentiment in witness' section ; witness said Millard Moore was. suspected ; defendant con curred, and asked witness if he thought a man could be hung on circumstantial evidence; witness urged defendant to get the clothes, as they would form an impoitant link in the testimony. Witness spoke of Hamilton -McMillan of Red Springs staying at his house, and who promised to get all the evidence possible, and would see who had lamp black fpr sale at Red Springs ; fold de fendant he would communicate with McMillan; got off at Lbmberton ; re turned on train with defendant the same day ; went to Laurinburg Sunday, in consequence of a letter from McMillan, defendant told witness Buie had sold the blacking, but people of Red Springs thought the murderer was Purnell, and were Convinced that the man who went up on the freight Tuesday did the kill ing and his name was Purnell, a broth in-law; of Millard Moore ; that defend ant's father thought he had spotted the man, and was going out the next day to work the matter up ; witness told him it might not "be safe to needlessly ex- ppse himself. J. C- Mercer: Lives at - Laurinburg ; heard pf the murder April 25 ; saw de fendant on the train from Wilmington to Charlotte ; last ( saw defendant April 24th. ! 1 - ' D. C. Roper: Lives at Tatum's; re ceived a letter or postal from McDou gald: saw him at Phillip McDougald's store in regard to insurance of E. F. McRae's; has known McDougald ten or twelve years; after the murder first saw the prisoner at Albany,.Oregon; express ed his regrets at defendant's situation; if he could explain his, whereabouts the night of the murder all might be well said that wbuld be hard to do; he gave this account of leaving hpme: He sppke pf the! matter to his father that Mc Millan tpld him if he didn't watch Mil; lard Moore woujd fasten the. crime pn him; he thought he would leave and get rid of the whole thing and avpid a law suit. . His father : advised him not to leave. Then be-: ccnclued jtp - gp ' tp Rockingham, then on to Charlotte then concluded to leave the State;! prispner then described his trip out West to wit- ness remaining Wo. weeks add work ing one week in Kansas City, : pen- go ing on to Portland, Oregon, and finally to Albany. x When arrested prisoner was going under name Of D. H. McLaurin, nothing of importance on cross-examination.-- " ' I I ; E.F. McRae is a prominent citizen. and officially went to Oregon for the prisoner. '---.Jcxx ..' T" ,: ' '';.;: Fayetteville, N. C. Nov. SI. The fourth day of the trial of D. A McDou gald for the murder of Simeon Conoley opened with evidences- patent of the strain on all concerned. The jury is made'upof big," stalwart men, (but they are mainly farmers used to lout-door exercise and regular hours urion whom the confinement and the nei tessity.of long-sustained attention to o matter is telling perceptibly. THE PRISONER. .The prisoner only at time changes attentipn his manner of fixed, absorbed an intense nervousness sb swing it- self now and then at develo lents in the testimony; apparently as new to him as to the eager and breathless auditors. It is the unvarying course of the Star to give news without prejudicje; there- lore your correspondent deems it best to forbear comment on the effect pro duced on public sentiment, a3 the evi dence is drawn out. - j THE TESTIMONY. E.F.McRae's examination continued: In Oregon, prisoner inquired abotft Millard Moore, and Kelly; as to what had been done with them, etc. 'Had heard from home only through his brotheiL and had seen no paper but the North Carolina Presbyterian. X O. b. McMillan testified as t defend- ants handwriting. Dr; A. W. Hamer examined Identi for in- tied paper produced (applicatioj surance) ; saw Conoley sign t paper never saw Conoley before Septll2, 1890; was introduced by- D. A. McDougald ; sent the policy to Koper at Tat um s. JJ. O. Koper examined : Hap conver sation with McDougald in the; Summer of 1890, about a policy oi insurance on Simeon Conoley, in favor of iis sister. Margaret, for $5,000 ; in consequence of correspendence went tp Laurinburg, met defendant, and talked of insurance ; left Killabrew and McDougald; together, and when he returned found part of ap plication written ; a postal card was identified, reading as follows: "LAURINBURG, N. U, Sept. Dear Sir: You can send 13. 1890. me the policy, and I'll remit to you. Mr. Con- oley arranged it with me to pair you, so you can send or bring it when! you get. it approved. . j Very respectfully, - ; D. A. McDougald." The policy was issued abou ten days alter medical examination ; Killabrew delivered the policy to prisoner in his store, and receive $2.39 onf hie same,--;tG. S. "McMillan was "recalled to make a point clear in identification! of band- writing. , D. ii. McLean : Received the letter through the mail in regular order. Cross- Examination Had conversation with defendant in relation to land hnd other things ; there was a controvert between Simeon tJonoley and Millard Moore ; didn't know of Moore's shooting Len nox near Conoley's on the j disputed land ; had only heard . of it ; there was bad feeling between Conoley aid Moore, but it had been settled ; after he letter introduced had been written, Moore told witness the trouble had been bridged over. .1 J. A. Currie : Talked with cetendant at Conoley's burial ; defendant said he was worried had been ttt- Wilmington the day and night before thqi murder, and was at Conoley's the previous night; he concurred in the opinion of witness that it was the worst murder ever done in the county I said it was certainly premeditated ; j said that the Conoley place belonged,! to him, as he had taken up the mortgage of Mr. Thomson in Fayetteville; delend ant said he had heard that Conoley paid 500 pounds of lint cotton for) the Car ter place, but the mules and gcano were his that made the cotton; witness heard that the Conoley and Mooref difficulty was adjusted. Cross-Examiried Mrs. Margaret Conoley bad a child! 12 or.13 years old; defendant's mother had other children besides him; had heard of Moore shooting Lennox. I ohn A-IWUkes. recalled ; i-ast year Conoley was taken suddenly sick, about the last of November or the first of De cember, at witness's house; j shivering and shaking; fell across a 'chair and made a noise like a man eying in a struggle; seemed perfectly stiff; laid him down on the floor and sent lor ur. cur rie, who assisted Conoley to get back to his "mother s. Cross-Examznea Conoley had candy in his pocket; three round red pieces and others in the shape of shoes and shot; gave witness some, who ate two pieces and gave a little boy one; his wife threw the rest in the? lire; wit ness nor child was sick; knew of bad feeling between Millard Moore and Conoley; three ; or fpur years preripus had heard Mopre say he wpuld shppt Simeon Conoley or any others he found on his land; saw a wound on Lennox, and was present when Moorei was con victed. -.- 1 George Currie (colored): Lived at Cpnpley's when he was killed em ployed bv McDpugald : went fpr a physician for Conoley when he Was sick at Wilkes' ; saw McDougald at Conoley's that day ; came there the day before saw him when he left with Conoley in a buggy ; it was 8 or 9 p'clcck ; defendant was there about once a month. Dr. Currje : Was called tq see Cono ley about 1st ot last December ; found him trembling and lerking ; did not have a chill ; his lower extremities were not convulsed; had been at practicing physician fourteen years, but not in ac tive practice for ' the. past foot or five years. - x . . .Adjourned for dinner. . ) - Special Star Telegram.' : AFTERNOON SESSION. Currie's examination continued Dr. Was never before the 5tate aociety; am a graduate of Edenboro College, Robe son county; ! gave only an emetic.- ' Dr. D. N. Prince: Graduated in 1871; the symptom testified to by Wilkes and. Dr. Currie. indicated irritation above the spinal chord. The defendant spoke tp him about Cpnpfey being poisoned by candy, given him by defendant; said he had a letter to'that effect; brought witness a bPx pf the candyf'with .the powder in the box; it looked-fike strych nine and witness - advised timTto see Everingtpn about it. Witness asked to see letters, but the' defendant cculdn't find them ln-his pocket. "Witness made a test of the powder and found it to be strychnine; if relieved by . an emetic it would, indicate ppiso to the spinal chprd. - Cross-examined: Menincretia , - 0-vsttr will produce similar results; a small quantity ' cf strychnine will ' produce death In fifteen minutes if it weuld take effect; adults are rarely thus affected - by indigestipn. x ..'.. x" , , G. D. Everingtpn: Live at -Laurinburg; am a druggist. Abput last De cember McDougald inquired for Dr. ' Prince at my store; he afterwards found Dr. Prince; defendant walked to the candy; stand; called for brandy drops; called, for an open box and went tn, Prince's office; witness followed, and found: them examining the candy. Asked what was the matter; defendant walked -out, - Fpund powder in the candy box; It proved to be strychnine powder; had strychnine powder in the ' store on the upper shelf, but it never had hjeen ppened. Defendant's charac ter was good. J ' Powell Hill, a clerk in the drug store, testified: Defendant called for brandy drops about last December; two; weeks later called for more; witness offered . tp wait on him; defendant said he would wait on himself; said he would take two nickels' worth of candy out Of the show case, and did so alter fumbling in the brandy drop box some time; saw a white powder in the box;' never saw the ppwder in the bpx. before; sold candy out of the box on the pre vious Saturday. Cross-Exqjnined : Was not paying particular attention tp' $rs onef "lvwasjie same day Drs. Evering ton and Prince made t"jg,xarnination. W. S. . Graham testified : Measut-.d. the tracks leading from the spot where Conoley was killed ; followed the tracks from the fence to the public crossing at the ditch, arid to the swamp, wheie was evidence of a halt. Saw defendant at Conoley's funerai ; Conoley's financial condition was poor; had been driving wagon ; didn't know whether he vw;rki.ri on wages "or not. Cross-Examined : Didn't know whether he owned the farrn or land ; heard he had bought a piece of land ; didn't know about what property he had; found a ball six inches in the ground under Conoley's head; the ball was wrapped in hair. x A. F. Bizzell : Knows defendant ; heard of thejnurder ; received a note from : defendant by J. A. Roper last April, saying "Millard Moore would be at McBnde's that night, carry some picked men, you will be. met ; grand mother is in a terrible condition." It was a sealed note ; defendant's character was good.. K. R. Roper : Remembered the note. McDougald acted the' part of a negro in a concert at Laurinburg; had a slouch hat, wig, false whiskers, a little budget on shoulder, a stick run through the package. Have , known defendant for years, but could not tell who he was at the concert. Defendant's character up to the murder was without blemish. . McKay McKirinon : Saw defendant at thejiouse April 25 ; he came from the direction oP Laurinburg r said he was going to MCKmnon s mm tor some clothes he heard were over there that might lead to the detection of the mur derer ; defendant returned with the clothes gray cassi mere pants, a new un dershirt, a box of lamp-black ; asked witness if he didn't think a man who wore the clothes was a ploughman ; de fenfjanr thought ISie man was Mtllaxi Moore ; the cotton shirt Adjourned till Monday. was soiled SPIRITS- TURPENTINE Mount Holly News : The wife of Taylor Means, colored,, while at work on the farm recently picked up an an- , dent coin. It is a one-cent piece bear ing date 1738, consequently it is one hundred and fifty-three years old. It is i well preserved and all-inscriptions and i date are perfectly legible. : Concord, Standard: Mr. B. F. Allen, son of vfernon Allen, of Forest Hill, met with a sad death on the G., C. & N. R. R. He was wprking in the capacity pf fireman, and the cylinder bursting scalded him so badly that he died a few hours afterwards. He was just 23 years of age and the only son. Morganton Herald: Last week a stock company was formed in Mor ganton, and an outfit was purchased to manufacture brooms in Morganton. The story which has been going the rounds of the newspapers that Judge Bynum was driven from the bench at Bumsville by a drunken youth armed with a shot-gun, is a fake. A young fel low named Bis; Kay raised a disturbance in the town, defied the sheriff and shot at several people in the streets, but he - did not enter the court house. Louisburg Times: On Sunday . night fast a fine yoke of oxen was stolen from W. H. Rudd, who lives about two miles from town. The same night and -by the same persons an ox and one cow were stolen from Matthew Eaton, who lives near Mr. Rudd. And on the night before a fine cow was stolen from Kemp Hill, proprietor of the Louisburg Beef Market. The thieves were traced to Henderson on Monday and Mr. Rudd's and Matthew Eaton's cattle were found in the possession of W. W. Reavis, who had purchased them from two negroes. Thinking that they were stolen Mr. Keavis paid one ot the negroes 5 and promised him the balance whenever he identified himself and proved the own ership of the cattle. The negro went off to get the proof, and at last accounts was still going, v Kinston Free Press : Mr. Chas. Holland, of the Briery section of this county, died suddenly yesterday about 1 o'clock, while eating in Geo. Sparrow's restaurant. He wa? about sixty-five -"years old, and served during the war with Mexico, for which he drew a pen sion from the U. S. Government. We are told of a case in Wayne county where ' one person inquired of another the price of a second-hand road cart. The party - owning the cart tpld the would-be purchaser that as long as he knew his father and mother 'and broth ers, he would sell him the cart for $12.20. The party who wanted to buy happened to know that the cart had been offered for $10, and asked of the would-be seller "what the d 1 wouldyou have charged me if you had known my grand-father?" Raleigh News and Observer : George Washington Baldwin Utley, who plead guilty last June in the U. S.j Court to illicit distilling and who was t permitted to go until this court before sentenced, has-been surrendered by Mr. G. B. Alford," who was his bondsman, and is now in jail. Utley is suspected of being Implicated in the murder of Simeon Atkins, near Holly Springs, on Saturday night last, and for this reason Mr. Alford refused to stand bail for him any longer. Mr. W. A. Myatt was painfully injured yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock in a runaway. He started down-tpwn frpm his hpme pn BlPunt street in a buggy, a colored bpy driving, when the hprse took'Tright and started tp run. The driver dropped the lines and jumped put tp reccver them when the horse, plunged forward and left him behind. Mr. Myatt was thrown cut near Dr. Lewis' pfhee, and his face was terribly cut. Mr. Myatt thcught he had broken his cellar bone, but the physician who examined iim thought that no bones were broken. His in- juries, however, are quite serious. .XX- x V '. " . ';" . " - : '. ": .., - N r 'X- '. XT-- xcx;