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MADOCO 0Y JEJ-LOCaY.
A Coacs-a Ctrl State tier Aut,U
W MUl(XiTli
dcto t-iarmcuunty .Thursday abt.
tarn & moidif eoC-oaUt-d ky
1Uxf Wtiaoa.tbe haodaoma daux&lar
ox a rMctbi4 r area ex. oo ena oar
- 11 ! Kmifh th t-tLar ilk 1m
b-xiocD Tooof wonxt, wex both la
lor wiu. a wTl f &o yoonr frror
lx. vri ut T t nrari1 tta
W Uaoo. -XM- m L dhacm procrimrl
. . . i . t
Tvt am Ticpin-i u him
. aa4 L nua e tr cbotc. liar broO
. r. bo m pr-al. efUy bAddt
W m katf. wtu. tbi -
pr-af l Mum bmllh. woandlcf Imt
Lmaif mllH UM Anl ttrok or th rP-
th0 pJOBflOr tb KOI! OP tO
ls BUI laio wr aoionvntM n4
. tik- ( Kn liini n1 . ttl tOOBf
finMf tftro-. but wm Mizd and di-
f&4 brwr m eo w ora m
tu-rta. . T6 bfoCfcr ! tka murder
-. i,tHn tk frrLfat mam
mod mad c ud; to hladr hia aU
tr In tb a-cotnt-ibaaol of bar Urrt
hU dMd,btl. mftmr mil wu OTar.waJkadV
jKilr avay. Uar fatbr baateIard
hU tatmtloa to aatfrK-c ararr mt of
tela rartaoo to aara aia ainiuw iroa
LLa U(l eooaeqooa of bar act.
Xm4 m aa CM U Batt la WIk taa
pint mi Tmm MU IadirU f FinrM.
rnvx-xrttl- &n 1I Tbo Maatar
la caaacary la Lb m altar o Blno I"
KM acalaat t-v DaaTUla, llaxaUoa
aws TUteaboro Eailroad . Campvaj
mhich baa baa la UUialioa fuc oar
U yaara. bao atjUrad dc-o award
la Lb daraodaat ailQ.-.Si-M with la
lrral. TUa taaUaaoay la tba eaaa
foroa a rolmmm of YTml baadrad
pmgtm, Tbo DaU Utcrtio bmlof tbo
ailrf-i coot art alioa of Kaa wlti lit
atni of ibo lata Col bevU. Kaaa ad
uuud balox a ballarar la aplruaaliaa
aa4 clai mad ba bald a loaf talk wlUt
taa aptrll of Lba dapartad ax-railroad
lraWat la wbleh ba taikad pUlaly
u4 ciaarly of Uta aTaira oeearrlaff
darta bax lira aad aaaoaait ta ba eoo
Ttr-ot wtUi coattara davaJop. aOer
Lit dcaa. Kaaa roada tbaaa dacUr
tlocva UAdaroatb. !
Ta Waataaa latat faraa wita ta Otmtm
B-LTtxoaa.Ss 11 Today OrWa
prvcraxaoaa baa dub j-ji.pu-v
-wmlbmt. Abwat 11 a'elock UU morn-
ln a e)4 diaaxrvaabia raia act la aaa
ou to Ifaia bvur.3 p o.baa bra aataady
Tba BalUaiora aijal aarrlca
oCcawaa t-lfd la-daf aa4 li wii
laamad that tadteatloaa potaiM to a
uoitaoaAcaor raio oaUl to Burrow p
tawbaatlwUl probably claar off. A
i-.4 this nortilDf from
. it infflffldottj arrt
caaaU drtTtfl aloof Ua Allan Uooaat
aid baa rarra ora. v
A al igaaalTrr mirmftm
WAJWWOTUJf. 6pt 11 A womqil.
eUtt waa raeattad at tba Pwt-flea
I)parttaet to-day datad INmaaoola.
tvapt 7. fraca ruatxoaatar Uampbraya la
mmi ta aaar TM allow Tatar at
tba l-aaa-Ia aary yard baa aaaamrd
.f y aailraaat lyr. Fifty par aoC
f taaa bailee tt dia. iaaeola city.
b wv ar. Im aara U rata arkably piaaltby
at tbia aaaloo of tba yaar. llaapcloaad
a eopy of aa ardr from tba local baltb
board foaclala dlrrctlac bid U bara all
tba taall n attar f raaa tba nary yard
famiat4 bad aaka for Inatructiofta
bafwra prfona1nc tbU laportaat doty.'
I Detraction a war a today anl to blm to
1 omlf ata tba mall by parforatlnr aacb
Imltmr If It caa b duao without da
troylactb aaaetlty of tba aaal or .
poaiac tba aoolaola of tba lattara.
lajartd by U rail af a atata Trap.
Xtr To ax. 8pt 1L All tba par
una tajorad oa tba aoddaa g irtnff way
of a at trap at cbo 1 till bircat. tbaa
tra yaatarday durtn tba rrbwaal of
O-baUo, ara d-Ang wr!L Mrs Kata La
forraatatba oaly oca whoae lajurlea ara
itkaly to acwd fatalrr waa aald to ba raat
JacqaUtly a brraaldaaoa to-day. Uc
Ifrau I'rtoa waa faaod at tit Vlocaota
jxiapliaJ. aorrlc from a caaapoujjd
.dUlucaUoo of tba laft aakla. lio will
dm ba aala to aroand for aaraa
v. t- -.- Urr. rm1 Col T Ilia.
rlra pbyaldan. U aUaodlng tba lo-
A Cblaaaa M la Caalaa.
Lo.-Tos.Spt. 11-A dUpalca from
IIoox Kaor atatra that a C-doaaa mob
aft Cantoa bo road tba boeaaa of MvaraJ
aropaaa xaerc-utau aad alao tbalr
wbarraa. caaalaf sreat eoastcraatloo
taooi tba forawca raaidanta, moat of
wbom acmibt rafsxa oa board Trasala
ta tba clrar. Mo Ttoleoea was c IT red
' to paraoas aad a f area of Cbloeaa troops
waa eallad act wbicb quickly dlaperaad
tba hoUn. Oa taa re4p of tha la
taiUrcaea at LIooc Ko&x sarerml iraa
' baata wars laeoadiataiy aent to Caa ton
to afford protaeUoa la foraifn soar-etusu-
? , , i i i; 1 1 : .-. .
rawaa4 by. tba Capauaas af a
" Ta'oT.N Y.Dapt llUoward SUyans
-aad iao lirowa wara drowned la laka
Cbamplala aaar llaUaborg laat bUraday
by lam capsiiLof of a sail boat. A J
bxaltb. anotbar oftba party, drif Caa
-rtia Uw boat for; tao aaara, finallr
Uckdiaf oa aa lalaad.. lis -roached
llAUMburj List aTsator. - - ' k ,
i .
jaaaaaabaattTaari aCaa-tated
tm ilormooa wrra foand fnJJfT tcja
tnomlnit of potTry andawd eondact
-.XLJ.tna leader, was sentenced to
Taars La lbs booaa of cerrtcttoa, 'Tba
aaaUooa of lira Cobb aad MJaaAThlt
,y waa raacrrad. pacdlnf fur-bar La
Til' lftn m4 ao mem If -.taa womea
aU aajjjdaa tbalr Loiiaorsl UXa. i
t ' A DaatradaTa rraaC' '
Onc.oo,Septll Tba latest raports
f La froat say the dara-ss to the corn
4?ro? la WUec-aUa. UlebUsa, Juartbaro
li'iln-s It-1- - Iowa will ba at
iaas 1 par caaL. and - that tobacco,
aoya,aorshaa-,ara-t-rtiaa aad bock
mtbmmt ara aiatoat a total losa.' g .
. A D-fa-alaOs aUUa,
ST A1JUNS, VT.' Sept 1 1-Vfm Balsa,
m blackatnitbof llljr.caUtfprfnAeom
' ca-iUdsulcldsyaaiardray. Hsbadbaao
rraatad for UxifflT aad whlla awaltloi
Cila racooTal to Jail ba cjt t bis tiiroai
tillh a pockst knirs. j
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" : T Saw Hill Baraad. ' f f p
"P trsrroif. lf-i. Prt 11 ' tteaua
U t :l cX Jaa il 8cct i iwa
Jsxt ftt'i r' t stock.
1 ....red tor ,ZJX ' ...
" ' iTrrs. Cs-ailas F"aad - t .
" c;- -TN-aATLf-ert 11 Tbtt2!ns of
sarc -nri-"--' of tl Valnutatrewt
Cr v , jr.l to-rfiy. Tbta nmplet-
irnnl ci Dcrt-i. cf Tra
wiciiK0XDjrDDjrnx.
ttUMlMMitNa a.aa-i4.S3SL aa,
aimaaOOa aaaa 1-M.aa. 'j ,
OTJLEXJTTT, OOLCnil A.HD ACQU3TJL
lO.a-,aadrrt-aJWB-. .
.: ci . t. a x pmaios.
tM-a iM pk. aad antta at ia00 a. aa.
! ctao-ntx cxmu.
La af . aa. aad T-1 0 a at.'
-Mi 1-tM a. a-ulll am.
' 0. C- BHTUTT PrTTtlQJl. '
Vk. at- aad antra 1 a SO a. m.
Ladax ta Raw AdTarusaaacata.
a
a M
rr-- trua
M a i- a
w a law
IXICAX. HirrLM.
i ! -i-TtU U aald'to "ba tba'aqulaoctlal
storm, and a flaa old equinox It la.
; Orsrooats aad straw bats wars pot
aa psoommoa' cotabinatloa oa tb
nmu yeabaraay. , -
Tba Urarystablas ara crowded with
borxUa from tba coon try. 8-dalds' trial
Is tba caoaa of IL '. i : .
' Tba CbkilotUbasa ball oolorednla
plajed wllh tia colored ConconJ Bln.e
yeaterday la tba latter place aad scored
trtl-it 19 for Cooeord.
i Mr Zab Vaaea return ad bocoa yes
terday tram AibeTtna. lis uu not o-
Uraly racoTsrrd rxam bis woaods,birt
aaakinc satisfactory progreaa i ; -':'
i , Tba Eofon! 'iloasa bllllanl table,
bare baea orerhaultd aad nawly eor
arad, and new balls bare been pot oa
tba tables. Tba boye never let tbetn cat
cold.
i Mr. HO. VtUb0r7.au pariaKcdaiit
of tba Ualla gold mine, yesterday ex
hibited five cold bricks, wwrth 5.fioa.
theresalt ef SI work In u days at tba
HaiU.
! Mayor Maxwell yesterday appoint
ed Mr J B Booka sanitary polieeman.
too Mr Jsmea Crow Alaxaadar. wbo
was promoted to tba police foroa. Mr
EWuke's Laras of oflca expires Ootober
lat.
A brk In the telegraph wires laat
nhtht, aorth ,t Greenaboro, caused by
tba storm, cot short oar preas dispatch
er, aad amounts for tba non-appearance
oftbe bulk of our teleffrapio
taarkets,
I Capt. 11. CL Bowman, and old IUcb-n-od
A Dan vtlls eoududor, was at tba
Baford House jelerday,. Jo Is sailed
ibere, tocetber with a lot of railroad
moo, aa witnesses ta tba Kirk eult, to
coma op as soon as tba Sbtalda trial la
off. ; "" f '-4
i Yesterday was a big day for travel
aad all tbt LralDt passlof through tba
dty wars crowded, and snoub stopped
over to crowd our hotels. There were
00a boadred and twelve arrivals at the
Central op to supper time.
P4 Two new postofflzes were estab
liabed In this State Tuesday laat. . Del
phi la AUegbany, county, and Tyro
tibopaja Da-klteo. Jas AFowlkea U
postmasUr or Ua" former o files and
Richard B. Thompson, of the latter,
i A new lack for mall pouches will
iro Into use simultaneously with tba
new two-cent letter postafs stamp oa
Oat. 1. iJf-fiy thoass-nLevs bare baea
fttorit ta boaLmastara and' other! par-
socu aaUorizad to bare the aa. Tbay
vera sent la separata raziitared enyal-
opaa, and every one of them reached Its
destination. Two hundred thousand
ef tba new locks bare beta distributed.
Tbay are corrugated sleet, ad ara light
sr and ars said to be stronger than those
now la use. ;
JBxperLaieat la tlrape Celrare
I Mr. G. II. Wearn. of BsrrybUI town
ship has baea axperimeoUog la grape
culture and yesterday brought us It lot
of fins grapes of bis owa raising. Tbay
ware a cross between the Concord aad
Winter grape and bsve the peculiar
taste of both combined. ' la sUi the
grapes are a little larger than buckshot.
Tba viae upon which they crow Teeem
bio the wild grapa viae la arery reaps cfe
Mr. Wasrn secured: this ' odd .'rasutt by
grafting. This asw stylo of gripe,' Mr.
Wearn says, makes wine or a particu
larly flns quality f ( 1 ft i r S
I4 : . "'J Mllf J
A Teraede Kxjdadas la ti4 -UreeC
! As ths Southern Express Company's
btg wagon was on tba way td the depot
yesterdsf afternoon, Urta, oyer a xaii-
mA tnr-rsAn In the "atraat neap the
UW I W .wW , w
court houses nd f oommetioa was rais
ed. 'People, cams frothing out to sea
what tba trouble was. and a crowd of.
about tiro hundred bad collected In lees
than ve minute. The torpedo explode
aa with a noise,, uas wa i a aaupon,
Kttl It rMnlti wara harmlest. IIoW It
cams to ba lying In Ua street walking
for somo wagon to rfln over It U a iys
tary that perhsps soma pracUcal. jdker
who bad acceaa to the rallroau's supply
waa a. mi m a y f f f
j 1 - ' a-
Tba apte-sber aaa?
Tba September tooea falls 00 J ths
16th. at ifty-seveo m In a Las after 4
o'clock in th's evening. The new moon
mt tha 1st Is In conjunction with Uf an
na on tha Id a.d with Msrcnrj on tha
srd. 1 Tha full moon aS the lich la very
n'asr Neptuse on tba 10th, paaala la
sections aorta.' ua tns zxn sns is a
cooJan.Uoa with Sxtarn, baing;.l, Ctgl
14 sections south. Io some portions of
tbi f wthard Jjerxaiphara' Eaiiixn. is 00
rnltteyl. mtkJnz bis sixth cccuiucya
during ths jeax.but the .bsaaOXol pbe-
aoDBt baa not aooe baea vuiwa iroot
ooriraw Xo1sna'poInlSOf obserra
Uon." On lb 2.lh lha waning moon
pays bar respects to liars, en ths SStb to
JeplUr.aadoa the SOth to Uranus for
jb a sacoo 1 tlraal :
it
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TDE STATE'S EVIDENCE.
HIELvDa Oil THIS ' 1TAHD ' TVU
TiutEis mours in mtowif
DEf-Nlf.
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Tba State SesU with Its Ftfth Wlta
eparatiaa aaut Exelaaie ef ; Wtt
BeeeeeTbe UveJleat latcraat JSvtae-
ad by tha raalla.
. Before tb boor of 10 o'clack yester
day tba doors of the court room were
thrown open and the eager multitudes
who bad aasembled la groapa near the
entrance poured In with an evident de
termination on each 'man's race to
cure tne most comfortable seat avail
able for bearing the evidence lathe
case of Thee L. Shields. The court room
was filled Ur ita utmost capadtyja few
in In u tea and' Solicitor: Otborne,. W 0
Benet, Ba4 , and Ool JlsaUtoa O Jone.
couasel for the proeecatloa were prompt
lyatthe8UU's table. Judge Byuum
aad Messrs Wilson nd Son the defend
ant's counsel, appeared , later, As seen
as the court announced Its readiness
for business,' Solicitor Osborne
and announced1 that W O BebetZsq,
Of the Sooth Carolina Bar k was prseeatj
io assist the prosachUo-i ajifi? del auk
ant's connsel bad ; rrjr objection to .bli
assistance, may woaia maae aujuwn
In the outset. The defendant's counsel
made no abjection. The State then pro
ceeded to swear Its, wltnasaee when
coanael for the defense expressed de
sire to' bare all wltnsrres worn and
then excluded from tha court room till
examined. This reqieaf was granted
and as tha witnesses on' either side
were sworn strict orders were given
that they should ga oat and remain oat
of the bearing of the court till called-
. Mrs Annie 5aieldaalster of, tba de
ceased, was the first witness called for
the State." She said:'1; I lire In Hope
welL Joaeph O 81tton.waa my brother.
My busbaad. David II Shields, is a
brother of the defendant. Joseph Sltton
was killed at my bouse on Tuesday tba
Sth of J una, early in the morning ba
twea 0 and 7 o'clock. 1 wsa in my.
000k room in a stooping posture with
ay beck to tba door, sweeping ashes
from my stove, when Thoe Shields came
to the door anssked me if I bad Unlab
el breakfast. I told him lebg ago, and
be smiled aad walked out to where my
brother was. I beard something Like
my brother getting a chair; for Tom ;
my brother aald something ta Tom and
laughed.' Tom said. "Let's gonp stairs."
They went up stairs, my brother going
before. My brother aald something else
and laughed.! By that time I was done
In the cook room. I beard the report.
I ssw Tom come out of the robot and
do something like pull at thedoor-knob.
I could see the door where I was atand
ing. I could see it when I beard the
report. 1 beard no talking or quarrel
ing In the room before the report. It
waa only an instant from the time they
went In the room till I heard the re
port. When I ssw Tom come out or
the room.'tometblBg told me "Buddie'
wasjdesd and Inn for my husband.
Tom came out to meet us and my bos
band asked him what be was frighten
log this child for. Tom answered, yon
need not be frightened anything about
It; I bare killed htm. Tom told my
husband to atand back or be woeJd
shoot him too. My husband told blm
be bed acted rashly. Tomjgsyf 'my
husband the key saying he'hsd locked
the door, but forbid, blm (my husband)
to enter till some one came. , .My hus
band would not haye the key, but Tom
aflerwarde threw It Le blm and it, fell
in thdlrt.' 1 Tom said be bad killed my
brother because tat brother had sedaeed
bis t later, and I said fOb Buddie loved
Mollis and would bare married her."
Toot then said he trad Just asked blm to
marry her, and be raTased. He asked
me why Joe'wss going to leave her, and
when I told tdm thai be (Joe) waa J net
going on a pleasure trip to Thomas yille
commencement, be bung his head and
walked off. I saw Tom on Saturday
before that and en Thursday when be
aald be wanted to, see Joe about that
account book of Jala Phillips. He bad
but gun ; I saw blm have nothing bnt
the gaou '-' He was at my house on a
gabbath before that after the burning
of Parka ginboose ; saw him on Mon
day at his. own house; 'be said he had
thought of going a P. to sea Joe, but was
sick. A Linen duster beinjr prod seed,
the witness isaid it was bsr brother
Joe's ; said she saw it In the window of.
her room where she had just placed It
after Ironing It. '- Coming down stairs
Shields would pass that window.; My
ferotber 'wsa reading a newspaper that
morning. My -room-was under, the I
Cross-ax axalaad by odge Bjiram wit.
nees said : ' The distance from the cook
room door to tba psssasjs Is only a Little
piece. I didn't sea themjenter the room
np stairs J I had fishhedthe stove and
ploi'tbrirooi'rTTenXl-W-td
the report I bad finished the floor and
was,' lat Site paaapt 1 1 aa w , Thomas
Bmlds as I look ad Up j be if as coining
out "I afterwards met him in the side
of the back yard, 8f yards from passage
door., I did not see Tom have any birds
with blm on Thursday when he caued.
I bad beard that Tom bad talked about
me, but I didn't care for that. I was
friendly with him. My bouse wss Joe's
home. It is about 190 yards fronuTom's.
I dont know whose, property It waf.; Joe
td Tom were friendly. 1 j
Dor II M Wilder, the second witness
for the State, said:'. X made a post tact
tern exaolnatlon of te body of Ur Sit-
too, but not an entire autopsy. ' I found
the body at onslXr Sblslds", dressed and
tn a coC3n. L.I have been a . practicing
pbysIoian for 12 years,' It wss -on the
ctii day cf J fez.3 X 'ciataei U-a body ;
fonsd a cot wo tmi la. Uis bt-i Just
above tba ear on the'rlht side.' JThe
Ctzeral,rin3 of t-S.a.ct Vr-t downt
ward enl-rcrwera. l txt.i.a tne
whole cf bit bead, end di'dnt ess where
iy act bid 'corns oat. Ula t-tca cf
the far- t'"s c.t1 f, -and bia niouLa'
eee- ; . 1 c f tr-.c t. :.b. There wts
.3
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1 C
Let.' -It f-rrtl t j Lava
one. and would produce almost instant
death ;' the wound on the race waa not.'
" Witness being questioner as to bis
qnaJificatlob as an expert, aaldr I can
give an opinion as to relative position.
The face of the deceased was, in my
opinion, turned slightly away from the
nartv flrinr run. and downward. The
upper edge of the wound -.waa smooth
and the lower edger ragged; shot came
from direction of smooth aide. ' I saw
traces of powder; on face, .some .not
buraed sticking Into nose.' ,
Cross-examined witness said: Jt was
about 6 o'clock In. the evening when
made the examination.' J just examined
the bead : fouad no wound on the fore
bead. I saw powder on the face. r" '
Mrs Annie Shields being recalled said;
My brother bad the paper in bis band
wberf ne went tft stairs. A newspaper
sfas aaown ber and she said that was
vom paper.. . ..
John Sample, third witness, aald:
went to the bouse of David Shields
about one hour after the killing ; it was
about 8 o'clock- I met Mrs -Nathan
Thrower on the way. and aba went up
with me. I a topped and talked to Mr
and Mrs Shields, and then ; went up to
the rocasUjI found It locked-: Came back
dowii anl asked! fbi the key but it waa
aot to be foandJ Tried key ftf another
door, but it would not do. Mr John
Sltton and I then broke down the door
and entered. I fuand Mr Slttoo lying
eh .tba bad with a wonnd: In bia head.
The bed was aiUing diagonally across
the room. The bead of it was fire feet
and four inches from the door and three
feet from the walL Sitton's bead waa
lying about half way between the bead
and foot of it, near the back aide. Hi
bead was farther from the bead of the
bed than bia knees." There waa a suit
of i clothes on the foot of the bed. I
found blood on the ceat. : There was
blood on the floor about eighteen Inches
from bis knees. ' There was a puddle of
blood on the bed around bis Jiead. : I
didn't see any connection between that
on the floor and that on the bed. After
other parties came in .we examined his
parson and took some things from his
pocket. I found a small memorandum
on the floor back of the bed. , ; - :
A book was abowa the witness, and
be said it was the book be found. hnd
bad same blood marks oa it now, as it
had then. i j
t Proceeding the witness said : I found 1
It ona footer eighteen inches from the
railing of the bad on the floorAnd prob
ably three feet from deceased s head.-1
f onnd a pistol In tba blp pocket of the
deceased. I waa not : there when the
body was moved, except aa to but ftSC
which were placed on a chair. I found
no money on bis person. John Sitton
alone went into the roem with me. I
examined the boose after the killing.
Where Mrs Shields stood the door of
the room in which SUtonwae killed
could be seen. " .'". t
Cross-exam Ined Uie witness said : . I
could see .be impression of the pistol
outside of tLer pocket, i Uf recollection
is it was loaded, and waa not Arid off to
my knowledge: X think I have, seen
Sitton In tny store with) a pisto on bis
person; saw him with his coat oC. My
atora" was 800 or MO yard .torn 'Mr
Shields' sbre4 Sitton was paymaster of
the Hopewell aad Charlotte mine, and
bad charge of the money of the .com-
m h ffl V ' '' ' " ' ? .
..Ths court then' took a reoees until
3 30 o'clock in tha afternoon, when the
iprramrnatfoir 'of the State's witnesses
was resumed by caUing Joto Phillips
colored, tb tbestand. 4 . t T I : .
Phillips aald be was sitting in front
of bis shop waiting for the Key In order
to go to work, and that old Mr Shields
came up and opened tba door; that Ur
Shields thenwentout-t-feed his
chickens and walked back and forward.
After the killing Tom Shields came
down and asked for Abner Alexander.
He called bia father np and after telling
whjat be bad done, asked Abner to go
to town with him. On being Cross
examined he aald Mr A C Shields usu
ally fed his chickens at that time in the
morning and walked back and forward.
Abner Alexander, the fifth witness
for the State said: I was at the black
smith shop that morning when I beard
a gun fire. A little after that I saw
Tom Shields going o roeet David
Shield and his wSe withT bis gun
drawn as if he was going to ahooW They
ware 163 yardi distant- He then came
down to the store and began to load hi
gun. lie 4 caued to bis rawer ana my
self and said be bad killed Joe Sltton,
He asked ma tb come to town him aad
I did. .He said ba wanted to aed Judge
Bynum and" wanted me to take him to
tha office.. He said be conldnt get away
if he waa to try. but sald.along the road.
that I could bide: Lira: la ray bam till
the excitement wonld get down; and
then be might getaway.-
nroaa-axamlnedL witness said : . I first
saw Tom at bis' Srether David point
ing the gun toward Dayld and bis wife.
lis cams trverao-wnere awns ana saaa
tbat Sitton had seduced t, his sister aad
be had killed him (Sitton) for it; want
ed me to take blm to town. Didnt say
be wanted to give himself up to the
sheriff. Jt wsa my horse and his fath
er's buggy we used in coming to town.
He talked about escape along the road.
Shields lived 11 miles from Charlotte.
It was 0 o'clock when we arrived here,
At this stage of the trial, the State
rested and the defense introduced Thos
L, Shields, tha defendant who said; , I
have not been well for a wee i or two.
tap; (be denUnt li thUcs J bav
known Joe Sitton about 13 months.; His
sister married my brother last Septem
ber 1 was Introduced to him soon ffter
and then did not see him tilt this year.
I knew blm while liting 'at my broth
er's. I was living in my own boose.
EittSiilwaiJiTirzin i DiTld's bouse.
which was owned by my ratner. 1 naa
fctnllTir jltiere since February was
farming and stayed in my fatbea's store
wt S3 ta. tri est tZ2uuUy ; yonr jest
trotT, Iealey, t!stst-and myself
. Ibe iii-. 'J I L". e. j junker.
tlzlzi who was not livi; with r9.'- Hj
El:!sr r n V -"-y t t cbool cri t:
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aisters room waa also down stairs, bnt
in a part adjoining the main building
There is a passage between the' rooms;
My room was np- stairs, but not above
hera By reason cf what X knew and
heard I webt to see Mr. Sltton' early in
the morning of the 6tb of June, to in
duce him to marry my sister and repair
her wrong. I started over to see blm.
aad as my general " habit, I took ray
gun Which was loaded as usual. ! I met
blm sitting in a room down, stairs.
said to him, "Joe, I - wsnt to see yon a
minute privately." and he said, "let's go
np stairs.".. We went up and I set my
run down outside of the door. I sat
down on a chair leaning againat the
aide of the" door, and Joe sat down on
the bed. Joe said: "Here's that book.
I haven't bad much time to do anything
with it." It was the book of 4ny black
smith and I took it and stuck it in my
pocket. , .' ,. :; . : -2 " 1
1 I then said : h I want to see yon on
more important business ; I hare heard
yon are going away and I want yon to
marry I my , sister before yon go ; yon
bare seduced ber and yon must marry
her. He said be would die first, arose
ndmde a move for his pistol. iAshe
did so X reached outside of the door for
mr (run and shot immediately. I went
around to his bead and .attempted to
move him and got my band in blood.
The account book ' dropped out of my
vest pocket and ! picked it up and
placed it on tba mantle-piece; then
went ont and locked the door, j Went
down, met my brother and his wife and
told them - what X bad done. -, I went
down, called my father and Abner Al
exander and told them what I had done
and asked Abner to take me to town.
Ia the room my chair was nearly half
outside ; I could reach my gun. He wai
sitting on the bed 6 or 6 feet facing me.
When be rose up he said, in ah angry
tone: "HI die first." I knew be ha
bitually carried a pistol. ' I took no aim.
1 did not see where I had shot him until
X saw ' blm lying on ' the bed. I first
knew of anything wrong between Sit
ton aad my sister on Wednesday before
tba homicide.: I had worked hard that
day.fc.lt was 11 o'clock at night when
the barking of dogs awoke me and I
went down. In passing the window of
my sister's room I heard somebody in
there: was so shocked I couldn't speak.
( sat down on the step and heard her
aay "Joe" and that he oughtn't to go
away. X went up stairs and sat on my
bedside. Thought of going down and
having a row about it, bnt coneludsd if
mes later would throw - herself away
she might go. X saw blm go out of the
window, then out of the yard; I knew
him very' welL Xsaw him again : on
Saturday night, but be didn't come in
side the yard. Monday night X saw him
again, about 11 o'clock, but he did not
coma in the house. . On Thursday, the
day after be bad been at my house Sit.
ton said to me. "xou had better have
ma to kill that d-d old dog." I told
him X would not have the dog killed. '
On Tuesday morning at breakfast.
my aister was nearly , through . eating
when X asked her when Sltton was go
ing away. She said: "To-day- "When
is be coming back," I asked; md she
said the didnt know for be bad told 00
many stories about it. X told her X was !
tb see him. and aha said she didn't care
what I did ; if he married her aha reck
oned she would not be ruined." She said
SitUn had promised to marry her. My
sister wsa 10 orll years old. -
Crosaexamlned the witness said :.,Ii
saw Sitton leave my sister's reom at a
quarter to 13 o'clock Wednesday night.
On Saturday aad Monday nights I dont
know what time I siw blm. I carry,
both barrels of my run half xocked. X
dont know what be was doing while I
was getting my gun. I dont know how
many steps he - made forward.' I left ,
blm lying as be fell; dont know what i
made the wound on his face; dont
know what he had in hia hands. ; We
had talked about Jule Phillip's account
before. I bad an interview, with him
about it a lew oaya oeiore. iwn 5 re
member that I aald X would pay it if X
lived." A, book, containing tables for
computing interest was shown witness
who aald be did not remember seeing
the book, bnt knew of nothi ng to pre
vent bis seeing it If it bad been in Sit
ton bands. $ I never aala anything to
sister about tha matter between ber
and ; Sltton ; f tLU breskfast 'Tuesday
morning... X didnt . say anything, on
ett-ter night he was at my boose. At'
the time he talked to zne about killing
ibe dog I said nothing about the seduc
tion. - Sitton was not far from the muz
tie of the gun when I shot; I do not
know from Ms position whether blood
coald have run on the floor in front of
the bed.. There waa clothing on the
foot of the bed. : The mantle piece waa
near (be bed.": i
Sitton did not reply to anything that I
said to him in regard to tha seduction
Whea l am in the ; country I always
carry a gun. ,1 started oat In the morn
ing with the gun with, the intention of
killing crews, or do ves. The reasons I
did not tell of seeing Sltton in the room
on Wednesday night was that X thought
they might marry. X did not know that
Sitton desired to marry my sister
that he evBrpTOpos-d. Sitton asked ma
two or three times early in the summer
to go off and spend the summer with
klnou .- X r do not know .: whether X bad
blood on my bands or not when I met
David and bis wife.- I told David not
to go in b room' because -X did hot
think be ought to go in until some one
came, I do not know why X locked the
door.vl; got blood on my band, bat do
not kno w Jklw j: got it off. ; B ere Col
Jones s produced -a- linen duster and
asked witness if ha erer saw it before.
He itated that he did. not know. Did
you not wipe your gun and the blood
from' your5 banc, on thi$ dnster when
yon came do wn stairs ? asked Col Jones.
The defendant answered, X - do not
know. v Tba re-nJ XcaTe to Days
Shields. and bis wile fcr ths kill2 wsa
that Sitton bi-d aeducad iny ai-ter.- X
nertr tc!4 "ey one except my counsel
t:ilt!ll:l tfm.trsatirs ba ettcrpti
t3 :1'-L;j' T'tzVl'l tzl cunber cf
f v 1 ! :-i i -: -:at3
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father forbid my sister to visit my
brother's house. - i
;; The Court adjourned about 0 o'clock
to meet this morning at the usual hour.
when examination of witness Will be
continued. -- - 1 '
Killed by a Fall fraaa a Barry, t .. '
; t A distressing affair is reported from
Cabarrus county, resulting in the death
of a young child of Mr. and Mrs.' J. C
Sossamon, on Saturday last Mr. Sossa-
mon and wife. With their young child
had been to t Bocky Biver church to
have the child ' baptised; and after the
rite was performed, they got into their
buggy to go home. On the way the
buggy wheel ran into a deep' rut and
Mrs. Sosssmon was jerked backwards,
her bold was partially released from
the child and it fell from ber. arms to
the road, receiving fatal injuries. Its
skull wsa crushed and the unfortunate
Little child died soon afterwards. v-";
k Thief Oraagkt ia by a tadeau
Mr S P Telfair, a atndent at Darid
son College,' arrived in tb dty yeatsr
day bringiag with hiss a prisoner in the
person of a negro, man named George
Caldwell, jabo was placed in the jail in
tbia city en charge of larceny, f Cald
well had entered Mr Telfair's room at
the college and was detected in the act
of walking ont with an assortment of
Mr Telfair's clothing. Other charges
against him are that he has stolen cloth
ing from colored families about Darid
son College, and on one occaalon last
summer forged Mr Ed Carson's; name
on an order. He is what is ordinarily
termed a "bad nigger," and his capture
gives satisfaction to tb people Of Da
vidson College. f
- - -
A I-hrely Caart.
Testerday morning two colored men.
Frank Orr and Sam - Moeeley, became
engaged in a difficulty, la the course of
which Moeeley pulled out a knife and
attempted to butcher Orr, giving him a
savage cut on tba throaL Orr caught
Moeeley band and pulled it away, pre
venting him from getting a good: lick
at bis throat. The cut was v not a very
serious . one and wss sewed up by a
pbyaician. The two men were arraign
ed before the mayor who put them un
der a bond for their appearance for
trial by the present term of the Supe
rior court, and failing to 1 give bond,
they were sent to jail, I ,-.
Bob Hasty, McSmith's musie bouse
porter, whose arrest for stealing, an
overcoat, pistol and pair of spectacles
was noted by us yesterday morning, was
arraigned before the" mayor for a hear
ing and placed under a bond of 9100
for trial by the Superior court. He was,
Jailed- -, . '- ; ' ;!
Jeff Smith; colored, for ; beating ' his
wife, waa sentenced to twenty days
bard labor on the city rock pile. ;
Addreee by the K. aV D.
. ISxeewtive
The executive committee of the itich-
mond & Danyille Uailroad Company
bare Issued the following address to
stbckholdersAndfrom its tone we infer
that the coming meeting will be a Live
ly one: "The undersigned members of
the board of , directors, comprising tb
executive committee, and owning and
representing more than a ' majority of
the capital stock of the company, ask
yonr proxy for the general meeting of
stockholders. We shall oppose the pro
posed issue of additional stoek,believlng
the asset of the company under vigor
ous economical management sumcient
to. protect and develop ita valuable
growing properties. fvWe propose t to
elect and confirm at this meeting the
following board of directorWal.1
axtaus nntu tne annual meeting in De
cember next: " George S 8cott, George I
Seney, H O Fahneatock, Samuel E
Thomas. O S Brlce, George ; F Barker.
John McAnerney and W Clyde."
Qaera Ileaae Last H IghU J '
The weather was decidedly against
theatre going last ntghVyet a large au
dience greeted Miss lizzie May Ulmer
on her first appearance in Charlotte, as
Carrots, in '49, and in , this character
she was1 the - bright, particular, star,
scoring a decided auccees and winning
the favor of our people, n The play is a
clever and interesting production of
the playwright's art. Jit1 action la
brisk, its development continuous and
its situations effective. It had the ad
Vantage last night of being ably acted.
In the role of Carrots the red-headed
waif of the mountains. Miss Ulmer has a
part which fits her like a glove, and her
piquant, spirited, intelligent acyn g was
the meet important feature of the enter
tainment. The type of character to
which Carrota belongs is well defined,
bnt.' .Miss Ulmer managed, ' by almost
imperceptible touches, to differentiate
ber heroine from Mliss and the rest,
and to give her ah Individuality of her
OW-U-i-iyir?-!?". -?ri- '.v . ' : : .
The Colored Peeple'a Railroad. I k
i, t We mentioned , yesterday that a col
ored man named E F Martin was in the
city in the interests of the Wilmington,
Wrjghtsville and Onslow Uailroad, an
enterprise set on foot by the colored
people. ; Martin is the general manager
of the road, and at the meeting at tbe
mayor's office Monday night snccseded
in raising 9750 in atock, a part of which
was paid cash down. An organization
Waa effected for . Mecklenburg county,
With H B Kennedy director and sub
treasurer, and J W Brown, W C Smith
and T B Weddiegtoh financial commit
tee. Speeches were made ' by E F Mar
tin, N W Harlee, n B Kennedy and
others.. The following resolutions were
adopted:; . . : . t
" Jieaolved, That we, ? the colored citi
zens of Mecklenburg county, pledge our
moral and financial support to the con
plation of tha V, W & O Il-llrcod, and
we call upon all good citizens to aid us
! In this grand and noble enterprise.
; Z2eolped, That a Tots cf ts be
tendered to bis honor, ths mayor cf the
city of Ct-rlotta; for bis cencreus rr 1
nf naciocs f ltOTrr. tLs Izz
able entBrFr?,"V. " . - .
sllesoi:e: '.tt thsa yrccr: .lnrs I
r;t to L3 Jcrr::Ai. Orc-r.vE.t f;r
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A iforth Carolina Diaiaoad that le Ac
; taalahlag ; the New YorkereOor
; State's Itef ttutioB aa a Ucux Vto-
. daeer.
Mr. J. W. Sescrest, a wealthy New
Yorker who operates In gold mines in
this section, arrived in the city a few
days ago and in the course of conversa
tion with the reporter msde an interest
ing statement about a curious mineral
recently found in Noith Carolina, and
which has been described In the news
papers as a diamond embedded in
emerald. It is in possession of Mr. J.
D. Xerrington. of New York city, end
Mr. Seacreataayalt la a crystal of emer
aid, an inoh by an inch and a half face.
What has . been called a diamond Is
merely a piece of quartz crystal, which
Is embedded firmly in the emerald. The
erystsl is about two-thirds the size cf
the emerald, and appears to have been
driven into It. Neither atone, is very
pure, and they are only valuable as
mineralogies! specimens. This sorto
crystal is com c only called a diamond
in North Carolina, but as yet no real
diamonds have been found here, al
though various kinds of precious stones
have from time to time been discovered.
Many of these, chiefly emeralds of rare
color called Hlddenlte, in honor of Ur.
Hidden, the discoverer, are found in a
small mine at Stony-Point, which was
opened about two years ago. and baa
been worked, more or less, since that
time. The emeralds are found in pen
cils of vailous sizes. Some are of a dark
green color, but most of tbem are pale
green. Some of the pencils are very
large, the Largest being 8 Inches long.
In the same vicinity have been found
garnets, rutiles, aqua-marine, topaz and
other precious atones. There is some
reason to suppose that the Dewey dia
mond, the largest diamond ever found
in the United States, which Wss cut by
the Merse Diamond Cutting Company
In 1882, came from North Carolina, al
though it was found by en-Irish laborer
In Manchester, Vs.. When found it was
embedded la a curious stone known as
ita eolumite, large quantities of whicb.
in ledges, are found in North Carolina.
It appears that a load of this stone had
been taken to Manchester for assaying,
and it is conjectured that this piece in
which the diamond was embedded bad
dropped from the cart on the wsy. It
weighed 234 carats, and when cut
11 11-10 carats. The cutting cost &IJD00,
and the stone Itself may be . roughly
estimated as worth $10,000. A curious
peculiarity of this Ita eolumite is that
it is a flexible stone. - The stone
is a coarse sandstone, aad may be used
f or. Jtuildlng purposes. Mr. Derby, a
native of New York, and a graduate of
Cornell University, who is employed by
Dom Pedro as geologist of Brazil, visit
ed the mineral district of this State,
and said that If he bad been taken to
the place blindfolded,; and then, on the
bandage being remove". -
where he was, he shou.
hMftHnrlv that ha WSS I. mmia ua
district or Brazil, no aii i h0 W9TT,.
..... .. .... V M.HMUMJU
And any diamonds in Norti eroiioa.
The Sqalaaetial Gale. j
; .The wires oft the Carolina Central
Railroad were blown down beyond
Hamlet by tbe storm yesterday, and all
communication with Wilmington was
cut off. Judging by the severity of the
blow here, it is to be presumed that
Wilmington continued to bare a small
aized cyclone throughout yesterday. At
Smlthyille tbe maximum velocity of the
wind on Monday was S miles an hour,
and the steam tug boats being unable to
anchor at the warf, had to move up the
river to Wilmington. - The wind was
iw severe In Charlotte ytsttrday, the
little cuSia signal once uescriDing
a perfect cirft-Uines. Th- greatest
velocity of tbe wind, as reco3""tVCr
3at aesa-thUclty yesterday, was
SO miles an hour. The. wind was ac
companied by a slight fall of raid.
A traveler wbo vtstted Errpt aad tba Holy Lund,
eaye ha beard bt. Jaooba OU, tbe anal pa-i-sur.
pralaea aaa bleeln
Herat's Chanrion Safe.
Send to the manuiactrirers,
Farrel & Co.; 631 Chestnut
street,: Philadelphia, and get
testimonials. ' -
Scarcely & day passes with
out receipt of testimonial o
from, somo quarter of the
globe . of .the wonderful' suc
cess of the Pat Dry Chemical
Filling, which generates car-,
bonio acid caa under the ef
fects of , the fire itself and
saves the contents of the cafe.
Julius O. Smith, Greenville,
S. O., Wright & OoppccI:,
-STewbury, S, C, tho ovmcra
of four safes in the Kimbzll
House, Atlanta. Ga., and Cloa
seus Bakery, Charleston, C. O.,
--all having' had recent fire 3
givo nothing but prairo for
tho CnAtiPloiT. Salca in Au
gust by Farrel & Co, do ah! a
those of last year, and crdcra
to replace new wet llcdcf:3
are pouring in from G corgis,
Alabama, and all C or.4. v : ra
States, all of which 13 p : !
tire evidenco that good r;ozZ ,
together with tho bczt lillir
on which ccicntilic men h o
spent ycara of ctudy, r.:
which thouand3 cf do!'. :
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