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VV- ' i J!' VOL LII.:X0. 121. - r t J, RALEIGH,, NORTH ; CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1376.. VPRICi: FIVE CENTS 1 1 THE SENTINEL THUKSDAT, JULY 6, 1878 THE IWEPSON TIIIAU f; Complete Iterrd of the Csmi. ,. ..... n ' t. n ;.i.ifc.J (xamiualioa wm taken, an from the toiut where he left off, when ihe 5tate troptMcd to prove by him the ln dec- larulioit oi Moure. no saiu : Tlie lall entered the piae end went thruturh nnJ through. It hit the back- tHMie on the left tide higher up thau it ciinifi out. The fence la front of Swep-' soil's lioue, where Moore w shot, Is ulioul fixir feet high. The bail went through ilia Koood'yiaBk "fronnhtf top of the l'uni'c. .. X walked up to the ieoce and looked over it. I could ' scarcely sec over it. . Thie waa owin to the fact that "'the road ia wafthedoatatthla point, leaving a bank by the tide of the fence; When 1 lint weutup I did not think the ball, which passed through the fenoe, could have hit a rnaa on the shoulder, I ut satisfied myself on closer examina tion that it would. Moore was about live feet ten inches high. I am six feet. I think Moore'a arm must have been thrown hack somewhat, nd elevated laterally. Here the witness took a po nitiou supposed, to be like that in which Moore stood when the wound was re ceived, aud holding a stick in hie bauds, aiming at a pottiv indicated, and sup xei t4 U 4he .sanift diiectioa from. inai one iroiu wmcn mo -biiois were tired wan fro n Moore, and said that the wouud might have bean received in that position. It seemed to him, the wHucss. however, that it would have been a strained position to shoot from a very uunatural position. lie could ot have brought hisgrra -to-the ehoulder lia vJteeiagalnat tue. iosula, oi . the I elbow. If ho bad faced any further toward bwerson's, the ball would not ' have entered as it did. The ball cut through the arm straight, at the same : angle which, it preserved in ita after wowert&e immimiM hecn removed from the body laterally. The flesh of the arm waa cut squarely. VioMftxamined. A maaould have had a gun to his shouldec by strainings That would not have been the ordinary position. Moore must have been a little stooping. If Moore had been pointing his gun at the window through the crack of the fence, between the top plank and " the second plank from the top, there - being obstructions between him aud the window, it would have accounted lor the stooping, strained position of hold ing the gun. I saw no bushes nothing but the fence. Moore could not have aimed at the east platform, in my . opiuioo, without putting his gun over his left shoulder. The ball entered about an inch or one and a-half inches below the shoulder joint. A man could not lay the lingers of the left hand on the shoulder of Moore with his thumb rtbe-arra-trtti rnd then 4h mouth of tho wound have been below the fingers. I did not see Long put his hand in the position Indicated. When I fin t got to Moore and commenced to probe, the probe would not follow. Long told roe I was not in the right direction, and took hold of my hand, showing me that the ball had gone to the front of the bone rather than to the back, as I at first thought. The ball went inward and downward, I could not say how a man places himself when he stoops to shoot. I examined the mouth of the wound and do not think the upper lip of the wound -had th kininvert6d. Xcalled .Dt Long and Dr. Murphy's attention to the fact that the side ol the wound toward the back had a bruised appearance. There was a bruised appearance above tho wound, a red scorched appearance, what we call "eccymoais. The same cymoaia ana MUHLlQaM Jttne axuia. or arm-pit. The ball went through -ihej-cntre of thefJth rlb. I found 'af terwards where it had gone through tho body of the spinal column. 1 have no doubt that it cut the spinal chord; it cither cut it or pressed it so severely - as to produce the same effect as cut ,t'mg. The ball went through tha lower lobe of the left lung, i I thought it en tered tho 8th vertebra. I think the ball went straight from the 6th rib ' to the 8th vertebra without deflection. From the Cth rib to the 8th - vertebra showed that the ball was going down ward. I have no doubt about ita going through the lung. Moore showed no vmntom of a wounded luns. I thoueht t discovered a symptom of wounded lung at first but could not say upon further examination that I was right. The, ordinary symptom,? i or a wounded lung are cougnmg anu spitung uiuuu, attonrWl with PTst Main. " It is Possi ble for a man to be shot through the. lung with a Winchester. rifle and still live two days. ' The wound was not on the front of the arm. There ia nothing tnrnnsistenC with the elevation of the arm, as I have spoken of it, with the i.lna. that the left hand was raised suf ficiently to hold the gun so that it could have borne upon Mr. Swcpson's bouse. The ball entered in front of the arm bone; did not touch the bono. I don't think it noftsible for tho wound to have 4been received if the arm had been in the natural position bv the side? The wound was in front of the arm bone. Moore might have been nointim his cmn at Swepson's house. Bttlirectl do not iay what Moore could have done or could not have done, lint th nomtion of the iron must bare been an unnatural one if he had"leen noiutini- at S wepaon'a house. If Moore had been eoinz up toward Baker's.look ing towards tho factor; and at the same Vine watching.uie prisoner at me nouse he mtebt -have received , the wound m been 77 y'e-erot exawiaeJ -Taking the range of the ball, and remembering Moorq'a height, I think he must have been 10 or 12 lee t from the funce, .1 could barely see over the feuce. The fence waa about four feet high with a bauk below of about 18 inches.. The angle of the ball waa, I suppose, about 23 J degree. I cannot tell bow much the ball would fkii la idveanuniher -of iceter Inches. audi calculations are out of my line of Dusiness. ,, , , , t , KidirtclXt Moore had been retir in the direction of Baker's, with his guu on his left shoulder, he might have re ceived the wound aa he did. The ball did not go upwards but went straight across me arm. l Know mat, ror 1 ex amlned the course of It. Dr. R. W. Glenn, witness, for the $tate-Was present alThe postmortem examination of ' A. u. Moore. , lira. Mebane, Moore and Williamson were also present.' The bail entered not exoeeding 1 inches from the shoulder. The back part of the arm waa first cut. The ball passed through the spinal col earn. I could see a discoloration un der the axilla. There waa no-deflectlon of the ball until after it passed the back bone, afterwards' therO was a divergence. The probe would not follow the course of the ball when the arm was kept straight down. Holding the elbow four inches from the body the probe would enter,if the arm was thrown back a little. This satisfied us that the gun must have been on the left shoulder or held in both hands across thebodj,when the wound wal received. You gentlemen can judge about tha, position . aswell at raftedoutrfo measure it ; The ball cut the muscles of the arm' directly across in the same ancle at which it continued. ' I think it waa iinpoAsibfe that the gun was pre sented. The Instantaneous . effect of such a wound would be to cause the peMon-rioeiviuf.4t-tofall4mmediately lnjb$ctrj,,ck,s we supposed,; pot far from tUejize..pf an ordinary minnie ball. Croii-txamintd. So far as regards sensibility and motion below the point struck, a ball through' the brain could not have bben more instantaneous in ita the field. I have read in the books that a man may receive a ball in the brain and still iump some distance before he falls dead. When a ball is through the brain the spinal marrww is not interfered with. Tho spinal marrow is a continua tion t the brain. Bpastnodio action might occur when a wonnd is received through the brain producing instanta neous death. I have seen a chicken's head wrong off and the chicken flutter itemtla. -1 may V mistaken about there being no spasmodic action in cases like Moore's, but I think I am not There is a possibility of it v ' Question, la there anything incon sistent with the elevation of the arm, as yon have spoken of it, with the idea that the left hand was raised sufficiently to hold the gun so that it could have borne upon Mr. S wepaon'a house f Answer. " I do not know anything about the ground where the shooting 6ooiJrTedr If Moore waa stooping so as to take aim through the crack oi the fence or round a bnah he might have gotten into a strained and unnatural po sition. ' Redirect. I nover was at iawepson's house. If Moore had been standing fronting the house the ball would have gone directly through the shoulder. Dr. Moore ' witness for the State: Ia a practicing physician f ' was - present at the post mortem examination of A. O. Moore ; was no relation of A. O, Moore. ' I have heard the examination of Drs. Mebane and Glenn. I concur with them iu the main, ia every . point with the exception of the position ' of Moore at the time of receiving the wound. Since the itragedy I have ex amined the ground where Moore fell and also the fence, and I think Moore was in a stooping position. The top plank of theJence WMinJp?ntoOtoore.s face, and he had to stoop to see Under itJopre was probably one inch lower than myself. .1 . examined the wound carefully and concluded t'.iat the elbow must have been about i inches from the body. The ball entered about 1 or lj inches from the point of the shoulder and went in a direct line through to the tpino. The witness here took a gun, and placingst on his left shoulder, with the arm from shoulder to elbow forward, and said that position would answer the requirements of the situa tion. The ball went in front of the bone just above the arm-pit, cutting the muscles straight across in the angle at which it entered to the spine, nothing diverting it until it entered the spine. i Croftxa mined. As to the necessity of Moore's falling when he waa shot, I have not expressed an opinion. I think It likely that the raare . huts iuuicu nun tu uuuu position, x js a fact that wheu the-spiual column is cut that all below the point cut is killed immediately ; but it does . happen that there is sometimes spasmodicaclion of the muscles after tho cutting. I hare read of instances of this kind. I have read in the . books of instances of the lips having been teen to more after the head had been severed from the body at a blow." "The books give an instance of a woman's face actually blushing after decapitation. It ia the same thing with the human frame as with a chicken. It is a well authenticated fact that spas modic action has occurred after the spinal chord has been severed. The mere motion of the. nerves might have caused Moore to move. I think it very Cobable that under the circumstances, oore did move. This necessity of a mahTfallffiflDThii track! :wheTrhot,8 Moore was, is purely a matter of specu lation. Bird hunters shoot from any position' so as to cover their game. Moore could have stood in a stooping position, with the gun pointed at Swep the way he did. lie renut have going backward, ; however. ' v, son's house, between the top and, the second plank. ' There are bushes in Swepson's yard, between the road and the door., Moore would have ' been forced to take an unnatural' position If ne had peen trying to aim at the door, on account or shooting through the fence with bushed between. . Prom the char acter of the wound, and from tho exami nation I have made o the ground, I think If Moore had been in a stooping iuiUon ainimg-jo. Jswepaoa'a, huue through the top crack of the fence, he might have received the wound as he did. - ' - 2r-dreef.'--'My science does not teach mo that the effect of . such a wound would be such as that the man would fall immediately la his tracks. What ever motion there was most have been Involuntary. As soon .as he fell he muKt have remained motionless. AUr.A IVuiiwiii wl 1!m ti TTaw I River: work at Holt k Moore's factory. I was at the scene of the tragedy, while Moore waa lying there. When I got there, about 4 p. m., there were several there. I have since gone and measured the distances from the north-east corner of the house and frara the door to where Moore was lying. From the corner of the house to the first bullet hole it is 61 feet, to the second 66 feet from' the corner of the house to the front door it is 20 feet The north widow is about half way between the door and the corner of the house. From first to second bullet hole in the fence, it is six f et two inches. - Both holes are on tho same plank; the second one from the top, from tha second bullet hole to where Moore lay, was twenty fact mak ing 86 feet to the corner of the house. I waa . twelve feet from, where - Mooxa aireciiou." perpcnmouiar ui me tence. I measured this last. Uno from about the centre of his body. Moore was lying right serosa the road, with his head toward Swepson s yard, fence. , His fact Were midway between the usual wagon tracks. Mr. Holt and I went up there together t several women-atnI-ihiUlrn the prisoner, - J UerwiuitM-4M asked if any of the prisoner's family were there. Objected to and lexoluded) I examined the holes iu the fence with a view . to ascertain whence the. balls making them had come. I sighted AhrMglfeihffttj where it struck the fence on the opposite, side of tho road. I think that, that was fired from the front window, the window between the front door and the north east corner of the house. The fence on the other side of the road is a rail fenoe. iced my pencil in the second hole and sighted through it and was satisfied it came from the same window. -1 waa satisfied from the examination I made that ftlut Hll jwml'1 twt b.a vm f mm the east porch. A diagram of the yard and house was here introduced and the witness showed how he made the measurements above stated. The road is about 30 feet wide where Moore was lying. I never measured it, but suppose it was about that wide. Moore waa lying about in line with the east fence of Swepson's lot. From the east bullet hole to the window I do not think there waa any bush to obstruct the view. From the first hole to where Moorewaa lying waa -2 feet . Supposing Moore to bare been in line with the first shot, ho must have moved 12 or 13 feet east, that ia towards Rakers, to have got to where he was lying. I was satisfied from my examination that the object shot at through these holes if he had been in line each time, must have been moving In - the direction of Raker's. ; The defence here admitted that the road was a public road.) My diagram represents- the poiuts I have been speaking of correctly. The ground falls off considerably from the fronTgateno where - M oore was- lying. The roadbed has been washed out at the point where Moore lay. It was I suppose, 70 or 75 feet from the front gate to where Moore lay. I did not hicasure it and only speak from my re Collection of the ground. When 1 first gbTthcre-trermained some- fiveer ten minutes, l ho body was not moved whihr I Tras-ihcre.-Some-flfty-people were there, women, children and all. Crots-trumiHtdl measured from Corner oi house to nrst hole, irom Cottier to second hole, from each hole to where Moore lay, from fence in a fierpendicular liue to where Moore lay, roni the south window to the corner of the house and from the window, to each hofe. I made two measurements. both the tame day, Thursday or Friday text after the shooting. Colonel Holt asked me to go and make the measure ments and I went with the sheriff and made them. Swepson's house stands east and west. The road ia north of Swepson's house. Moore's feet were north, hts head south, the body lying on the back. If his face had been toward he must have turned partially; he could not have been in the position in which I found him without turning somewhat, he had to change poailon. I took no measurement from the body on the day of the tragedy ; my recollection now is that the body was in a line with the east fence of the yard, but It is mere recollection. , I do not know this for certain. -..' i- i Redirect. I measured from where I supposed his body was to the fence; my recollection is that the body waa in a line with the east fence. The change of position of the body after receiving the wound was away from Swepson's house, i- , . Re-crot examined, Between the noics.in me ience and the north win dow there aro no bushes that I know 1 Joii?ilaQwwhcU3ctlhere are any bushes between the holes aud the east platform. - "7 - Mcculloch Whitsell : I am going on 15 years old; live at Haw River ; know Mr. Moore. , :r-. .- . Moors often before this time, .and was le in the habit of carrying two guns! .. . Quistion objected to on the part of the nrtwwr end not JowL . I now Sam Oliver : saw him on the evening Moore waa killed, about 4 or 6 o'cloti; saw him next morning again about ? o'clock. ' I was at the wood pile at thai boarding house. I talked over the matter of the killing of Moore with him. He Btffi) be and Moore-rent hunting thaW evening, and hunted round and came out as Joe Baker's, and that they bdhght some ducks there ; that they then -went on in the direction, of 1 the factory and bought more docks at Andy Baker's, and they then went on by Swepsou's to the factory. I can't recollect what he said about it; I forget Ha said Swepson was out on the front porch. .. I can t re colpyst hat he said that Moore said he would not fight with him, nor shoot with him, in his own yard, bnt that he would fight or shoot with him if he would come out in the open road. Here the prosecution proposed to re fresh the witness' memory, which was objected to by the prisoner on the ground that the law only allowed a witness memory to be refreshed as to what he himself might have said or written on a fomerocoasion. - The court refused to allow writing recollections to be refresh ed as to what Sam Oliver bad told him. I don't know anything more that Sam said. We were not talking more than five minutes. The State here proposed to refresh witness' memory as to what Sam said about what Moore was doing at the time.. -,'! ' I'risoner objected. , ' , J . ,. ; 'fccflrfrfpveTroleiH Swepson came Out and asked Moore, "Are you ready r" and Moore said " Yes.1' Sam told me nothing about what Moore was doing when the shots were fired. Ho said Moore was going up the road,looklog towards the factory, with bis gun on hut leu snouiuer. j -tr. r.H m I A II1IU..4'- tfcln7anaotd:m about this matter at uraham ; have net talked It over since I have been in Raleigh, nor -since Saturday. I have not talked it overtoauy of the lawyers. Benton and I were not hero in the court lOuwH-oifc.gal orday-Wev- were..- here 7ursa v"r: Tfcou We didn't talk over this matter. I am certain Sam told me nothing more than I ha.verepeated here. Ho didn't say anything about Moore's cursing.. Said nothinsr about brick walls ; nothing about Moore' dogs' jumping over Into Swepson's yard, nothing about MoOre'e taking a dnuk at Swepson's gate.. 'He said there was a man at the gate t that n"wCI the ourks & mngrnnt son's house. Told m Moore's sinking. He said they went around the house 5 told me nothing about Moore s cursing on the leuce. He said Swepson came out on the front porch that looks toward the horse-lot. There was where Swepson was standing when ho asked Moore it he was ready. He said Swepson had a rino. . Did not say whether it was a long or short one. Did not say where swepson snot trom. I am certain he told nothing eke, very certain. I was examined t-Gralamr and told this there what Sam told me about Moore. t : Redirect. I was. examined in th court-house iu Graham. Was not allied, about w hat Sam said about tit shoo tug, in tho court-house, Sam Said it was Che front porch. I am certain Sara said it was the front porcu bwepson came out 00. Sam did not say Swepson shot front 4he front porch.- - James Harris : I live at Haw River ; lived at Andy Baker's last year. I saw Moore on the day he was shot. He and Sara Oliver came to Baker's and bought some due ki they had some ducks when they cafue. I went aloug with theiii U help carry the ducks ; we Went on down the road towards the factory, paet Swepson's house. Moore commenced cursing hU dogs as we were going down tho hul tuts side ot the house, uot mora than iilyards from the house . He hollered at one of hii dogs and the dog4)ayipgoattention to him7bexommenced Ttoxursohim; lie cursed next in flbnt of Swepson's house. He was cursing the ducks; two of them got loose there; we stayed long enough there to tic the ducks; I heard him call nobody's name A wagoner passed along while we were there. I did not notice the wagon till it had stopped, ' We then went on, to wards t!.e factory. When we got near the store we saw a man at the lank. Moore said he be damned if he musn't see who that was at the tank. I went on and carried the ducks to ?Moore's office. I passed Swepsou on my way back home. Saw Swepsou; he came round the house from the side next to the factory, lie said howdy. I said howdy., lie said hold .onJL vnnt to talk to you. lie asxea me idww! r t . -mm - . l-W-?-I ducks, and then he took out his "count ing book" and asked me - my name. 1 told him Harris, tie said what warns is it John? 1. never told him. He asked mo if Moore was cursing him, Swepson. I told . him I did not know . whomv . ho was cursing; I heard nobody's name. He told me if I was summoned to court to recol lect all Moore said, i Ho reckoned I would ted the truth, and I told him I would. I thought he put down some thing in bis book when he asked me my name. I saw t hree negroes in the kitch en as we passed with the ducks. 1 hey were Uilt Trollinsrer. HiU's son, 10m, and John Richmond. They were doing nothing, only standing in the kitchen. I saw Moore gun ; it waa a double-barrel shot gun ; it was about 12 o'clock when I passed going home 9teHrlMccrs right smart I don't know what he was cursing about Fifty yards from Swep son's gate he hallooed at the 'dog and cursed him. . - Sfftlwstif 8S1 WlniwensS 1 saw Moore take a drink all the gate 5 he took it out of a small, flask which he earned in bis breast Docket . . - Croit-examination resumed. Moore eursed right smart when the ducks, got loose. . I don t know the words be osed; I never beard him call anybody's name I don't think he said anything about thief," put your head out " "brick walls," 'revenge;" nothing about "grab bing roots," "damnod eoward." I don't remeaiber-a iingl "word thai was said at the gate except to eaten the ducks. I told f Swepson - I - didn't . want J to have nothing to .i do. . , with l it, when he took out his counting , book. I don't know what Moore was cursing : don't think he was cursing Swepson; There waa nothing in his language to Indicate that h -meant Swepson, I don't think, he said "by God, I am have my revenue, and I'll be damned if I don't.'! cursed some more in front ot Swepson's gate than he did elsewhere. I don't think he said damned thief, damned coward, nor that he didn't (ear the devil. He had his gun on his shoulder, cocked I think.) I told the magistrates at Uraham just what I tell you, that I did not think he used the words you have asked me about I am pretty certain me gun was cocxed. 1 think I told the magistrates the gun waa cocked. 1 told - them 1 did not know whether it was cocked at Baker's or not. Moore said " Damn ; it, catch those ducks." I can't repeal any other words he used. ' When a roan is curs ing . and another man js busy I ' can't understand what he is saying. -Moore said he be damned if he was not going to eoe who that wan at the tank, It wa a whitemsn. ' y ' '" il&tf : I gave" tny evklence Iu jFttham jnstas I have ; given , it here. The reason Moore cursed most in frout of Swep son's was that the clucks got loose there and we stayed theftlbrurest Here "the guns tycre produced aud .the witness called upon id identity Iha 'one .Meore camejiJIaJhjjgjihMhehort one was aijuiuu IJluJli!.!.;JL5, "'' pwllcula1otiice ioXTfla'dhl J."TI Hunter, sheriff of Alamance county, testified: The guns here pro duced are the same that were delivered into my custody at the magistrate's court in Graham. I got the two shot- rifle from Swepson's,, the day after the shooting. . They were used iu the trial before the magistrates, and. then turned over to me auui. These are tho same guns. 1 The long shot guri was uuloadcd at tho trial la Graham. I have Hie ffhot with me ; Ihey are large sited bird shot or small squirrel shot. The shot were here produced and handed to tho jury for Inspection. . T m .... ,,! muw whether tha charge U n large or, small one. The loads were also taken out of the ride iu Graham. I have tho cartridges six of them. (Tire balls were produced and handed to tho jury. 1 do not know what sort of a gun the rifle is never saw one before. The short shot guu has the same loads in it that it had when turned over to me in Graham. The long gun Is the one they call the Seawell gun. The short gun was here taken by the sheriff, the loads drawn, and the shot taken there from and exhibited tothe jury. J- t" Sheriff resuming; The shot are large sized squirrel shot ' ! " ' Crvs examined.l got the guns from Holt & Moore's office on Thursday, 1 don't undertake to say that the shot taken from the 'long gun at Graham were the same that were in it when Moorohadit. ; ': - ' Redirect. i)o. TOM flolt was present whealotihegune out of the office. I think Dr. Glenn was also present . .. ; N. W. West : I am in the hardware business ; am somewhat acquainted with funs. I don't know much about rifles, -know the rifle, exhibited-liere is the Winchester rifle ; can't say exactly what calibre it is ; suppose it to bo about 42. It was here admitted by the defence that tho gun was an 18 repeating riflo. Witness after examination of the short shot gun said it was a fine gnu ; would sell bow. for. $3ja,oxS&L. JJJfe bp exhibited, as hiken from it were a large sized squir- relshot.Thejrun with such shot would would be good for 3 to 35 yardSr-The long gun being examined was pronounced by the witness to bo tho better gun of the two. It is good for 30 yards A. T . Benton : I am book -keeper for Holt & Moore, at Haw river ; was so in in Jauuaiy last Moore waa. shot on tho 2rJth of January, died on the evening of the 27th. ' I saw him a few minutes after he was shot ; he was lying in the publio toad ia front of Swepson's, No one was there when I arrived. f Question. What did Moore ' say when you first arrived ? ' ; The question was objected to on the part of tho prisoner. The Shite hero propiwed to pffer what Moore said, on this occasion, andj to this wilties. as dying declarations. On tha evening of the 24th I made an arrangement wun Moore to go punting next day and renewed the arrangement nwt morning to go in the evening. I did not go. 1 did , not see Moore any more until I saw Lura iu the road, in front of Swepsou's. Moore fas lying about opposite the cast Tcnco df Swepson's yard, about the middle of tjtt! road, parallel across the road, with bis feet from . Swepson's. . The muz ale of the gun toward his feet, three or four feet from his feet; the breech was towards the factory. I don't know which one of the guns it was. It was about 4 o'clock; he was lying on his hack; there was no appearance of his having moved; be could not move him self. 1 stayed w ith him about two hours. He was , not under the influence of tlauor at anv time during the whole of imt-dayrI saw-the iKitlleJlLjyaa a seltzer aperient bottle, not quite lull. I have frequently bunted with Moore; have hunted with htm -back of Swep-; ous. I have fouud birds between 1 Don't remember ever to ImVe ftnmd them when hunlirg with ddoorf j';' I have found them there frequently wtien by mysclL" : ttttt rr ,1 : T I u. . ..CrMt ejeaainxd, The zun was either, cocked or hall eockeds The cape on 'tt Redirects Tl guns were carried to the offlcer that erfmng tUto farpHtime that the body waa taken down. 1 saw .1 -II .1 ; - .i ., . putthcniln-a "particular comer of the office myself, and saw tltem every time I went into the tootn. I-waa oolf ab sent one yenlng, Wednesday "tvpnijig They were not, interfered with in any way that I know of. Court then adjourned unl4 o'clock ?l):wm .i out v - MONDAY arrxasooN. . Col. JThomas M. Holt witness for the . State- examine the guns; aaid the short -gun was the Sewell gun. The long one is my own; my sou carried it over to the r. . office and Moore used it hunting. v I saw it up in the road the day of the shoot ing and had it brought down. .Some ten or twelve were there when I arrived. Benton was there, I did not notice the gun at Moore's fct; they were brought to the office with tho body. They were after that in our business office. I was there all the time until Moore died. They were under my rye all the time I have 00 idea that they could have been discharged or interfered with without my knowledge.: I gave ' them to the sheriff myself, , Nobody but factory hands were at the body. When 1 reached there' Moore was lying, as near as 1 -could Bee, about the middle of the road, AotttoppitaiLemvt fuBtt . .,.,.,. gun ' Moore earned, that veamVSii)ii7 V know. which grid it was, at , his feet 1 1 didn't take his pistols from him that morning. Ho gave me his pistols. I went to Lin wood, and Wm. Scott came while I was there never but onoe, that wiul Inni. vaar . T navo f.tl.1 him Hw.tf. y4jars-I-ttad kept. -wBB my-iniuer-in-iitw7-r(tation'wrT intimate. Question.- What were me1 Mate of Moore's feeliugn toward Swepson. Ob jected to by State. . Court adjoiimed to Wednesday moru- J i- MISCELLANEOUS.' LOOK, LISTEN,' READ. Just received JlKM) yard J'A C'iFC L A U'JWS, in short lengths, at 10 cents per )ard. These LAWNS are' .good styles, fast colors and ae worth eighteen cents. They heat , tU,7''u SPECIE ' I1 A YMENT I all tofPtcsrat lctTTtMilTjief yard. ft 11 ,! r f . TJt t ' t Come io OHHEVirs. may 4-ditawlt r-r ESTABL1S1IKI 1841. -- i.i. mcflf nu j-vImU-i 'I"'" :; . Patent ; Champion;; ' !burglarkd!;Fie!:;peoof' SAFES, Bank Vaults & Doors, also 251 & 252 Broadway," New York. , Gt'-CO SalliiryvlSt., Dostoii. 1 an 18-cod-2m - r .. . TRIUMl'lI TRUSS CO., 834UOWKRY, N. X., to whom was awarded the t'remium lf trial forthebcid KJnolic Tkm and 8apxrtr at the last aciuiuu of the ... GREAT AM EK1CAN 1NST1TUTK AIK, cores a mpture In from. JO to 90 tl aul oiler 1,110 dollar tor, 4 cae Ihcj cannot cure. Thry employ a j . , .. , .-!,! 1 FIRST CLASS LVX SVRUEOX. ! Terms moderate Cases taarasterd. or ders filled by malL Examinatiuu tn c. The usual dlscmmt to patron. Send 1 cents fordescriptlve look to . Ymt. W. IL BCKNHAM, M. D., saar 23-d ly ' Chief Surgeon. I U IJni IwtM-w. ltni.li-.lt.HMtnMettl Arm rw W U " J.-WOUTU COSt. tWoIi.Uu.- AGENTS for best chance in the world to crrfn money Address V. V, BArtTX l"pOKETl:lJH Newark. M.J. 5- 1 m'. , a l.'i. ! fi: v r. .' H i. - 1 1 u V U ";r , n4 J. - i - - -
Daily Sentinel (Raleigh, N.C.)
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July 6, 1876, edition 1
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