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WrrjtRSBORO. N. C. THURSDAY MAR. 14, 1895.
NO. 49.
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THURSDAY, M ARB H 14 185.;
Twenty Years in the Pen. J
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MURDER IN SECOND DEGBEEJ
Terry Coffey is Found Guillyof Kill-
. ";' ingr his Brother Drnrj, on the
; 29th of December 1894 ''.j
'The trial of Perry Coffey for
mrderAf . his brother Drury
Coffey was: 'begun Friday
morning. The evidence: was
completed Friday, and
'pleadings of the lawyers
the j Judge's . charge
up the most of the
the
and
took
day
Saturday. The case was given
to the Jury iabou t 5 P. M. Sat ;
urdy,.ahd they .did not agree
upon a verdict till Sunday
morning about 9 o'clock.,; ; A'
bout that hour the court house
belL rang" -jand the prisoner
was brought out- to ..hear '-hi,
doom. The prisoner ; sat erect
and uh moved , : and ; no :. on e
could have discovered the least
trejoidr or twitching of his
muscles; .and what thoughts
were passing through his mind,
none could guess from his
"looks: Sad when the verdict
was rendered, there was no
phange in his appearence. The
verdict' was that : the" prisoner,
' Perry. Coffey, is guilty, of the
rnurder and felony charged, in i
the second degree, - ' :
llonday afjbernortn the prison
cr was v brought- out and the
3 ii d ge sen ten cecl hi in !to t w en t.v
years in the penitentiary. !
. CoUey is a raaa j3 medium siz
and is about 35 years old. l f
will be over a half k century oidTi
- if he lives out his " sentence
He has a wife and some chil
dreu. '4;
The following Jurors vv t? re
chosen from the regular jury-,
men and the special venire; J
E. Blackburn, W. A Hubbard,
Wesley Joines. VV, S. Hall, J.
Jli. Johnson, A. P Eller, R
Yates, L. E. Phill'ips, . L
Hamby, L. ,M.; : Baugiiss,
Mathis and u. E. Smoak.
P
A
; The following witnesses
were examined for the State1
' MrsDrury Coffey, V wife of
4eceased, Zack Roberts, A.
T?dder, A. . B. Wyatt,
F.
Dr.
UP
White, Vm. Brown an,d J.
Roberts. The defense put
Pr. Turner, Dr. Doughton,
Porry Coffey, (the defendant)
Mrs - Perry r3offey D r.-,: B urke,
: FrankHutcbJnson Dan Hall,
; EJder' Wm. Hall; ; and ; Lundy
-Owens. :': -;' ',. 2 ' , '
. , ; Sjnopsis of the ETidence j
The wife 'of the deceased, "was the
.larfit witness examined. " Perry and
Drary had " been 1 chopping' wood j for
Zaek Eoberts arid came" home abbnt
dark' Perr y's - a n.d ' " : Drury's
houses are some 200 ; or ; 300 yards
apart. , She heard 'them, talking down
" at Perry's, and -went out and listenr
: ed for some 8 or10 minutes. Heard
: Drury "say he Ijad been accused 'ipf be
ing ioguish.v Heard Perry's -wife; call
out 'oh Perry,PerryV' Soon : after
they called to her to come down there
as Drury had fallen . and nearly I killed
. -himself. She went downir ' Drury ' was
' lying on the ground,; with, blood all
nvpr hi h pad And fuco.. ' lift finn m tint
-' speak; tried to carry hiiii in the; house,
but could not and ran after Alf : Tedder .,
Tim
- to help. When she got back Perry and
WHO naa gonen mm iu me nouse. one
; asked him several
questions bit ;he
could not answer. f Perry told him .if
' he would talk" three. ;word8tohijnj he
would make him a deed to the "land."
Ferry said he would not have had it' to
happen for anything for people might
- r - l :! -n. t
iiccueft him of hurting Drury. Drury,
was taken to his home about midnight,
and Perry . staid about ten 5 minutes.
When Perry was up there he shut up his
st and asked me if l ; thought ; he did
jt. He leftmiB by; myself that niglrt.
e cr me back next -morning", and came
upo Ciiiiionally.- Drury was hurt, the
29tii of Dec. and died on the ' next
Tbjursday.
; Perry had sent Drury a notice to get
off of his-land by the 1st of Jan. They
soiaetimes had cross; words, but never
foi glit and were noon in good ! humor.
There was a rock near Drury's head
VV it-re he lay, and an ax between his
lei. v :; -.--rrM ; f.v''-
Zack. Roberts was next on the stand.
Pc -ry and Drury had cut wood for him
thj t day. ; They eat dinner at 2 or 3
o'c lock: ' Drury got him to read the
no ice be had received to : get off of
Pe -ly 's iand. Driiry and PeTry got into
a t jas and passed sev eral words, but h
wciild not let them fight. ' They ; made
tri snds however and went , off ' home
tot ether seemingly friendly. '
: A. F. Tedder sa.ys he was called that
night to come over .that f Drury had !
fallen and nearly killed himself.. He
went and found Drury on the -floor.'
H beard Perry tell Drury if he would
spoak he would give lum tsome land,
au J Haw Perry show hia fist and ask if
thoy' thought he had -done it. ' Perry
ha 1 told him that Drury must get off
hin land by the 1st of Jan.
. L B. Wyatt- had 4 talked to Perry
abiiit and inquest and he had said that
it night stretch hia neck, but he was
clear. ". .
)r. White, county physician, who
mi.de the .post mortem examination,
found a fracture of the bone in front -of
th i left ear, and wound on back part of
head; found clot of blood on top .of
br liri on right side of: head; did x not
th nk that a man could fall and produce
su 'h extensive injuries as; he found;
co ild have been produced by some
blunt instrument; falling , might pro
duce the fracture at ttiej temple but ' did
not think it rould . nrodnce such exten
sive injuries. The two " wounds cout
nop have been produced by one fall, in
his judgment. . : - '- -;v
VVm. Brown and. J. A. -Roberts, on
Tuesday saw blood near the rock and
also some 5 or & steps further down
jt -
the
'he - tlefence- then reintroduced Dr.
. , . -. --t ...... .-v . '-jr--.
Turner a graduated physician ofl4year8
practice, Judging from J the description
of ithr wound on the temple he thought
iti )ossible tobe produced, by a fall, . but
hardly probable; a blow' " that
would produce the wound would
prbl ice the blood clot too; did not
th nk that the two wounds could be
pr xluced by one fall. v ;
! )r. Doughton, a graduated physician
of 10 years practice, thought it possible
th it the wound could be produced by
fa ling; judging from the description of
thtf extent of the wounds he thought it
barely possible but not probable; did
net think one fall would have produced
both wounds. ; ; r
The defendant Perry. Coffey was then
put upon the stand ! He and Drury had
been to Zack 'Roberts' to cut .wood.
H il eaten dinner about two J o'clock.
Di ury told him and Zack, he wanted to
se s them privately, andlthey got up a
di scussion about Drury 'getting off of
Pt rry's land. He told Drury it was
bad weather and he could stay as long
as he wanted to. He had got I mad at
D iiry for a little while; for the. way he
ta ked about his wife; btA he had soon
gotten in a good humor, and they4 -went'
notne togetner. we were irienaiy ana
did not hive any cross , words at all.
They walked together all f!ie way 'c and
w ten they. : reached home he . asked
D iiry to stay all night with him but
D ury said he must go on up home ; and
asked him to go aleng with . him" lie
st pped up the steps and set his ax,
dc wn at the door, and about that ; time
D pry who was 45 or 20 steps away go
ing on home fell. He ' and his wife
w ' jrjt out there and found him' bleeding
al about his head. His head was near
a ' bck and his ax which he carried on;
"hja shoulder.was lying against his head.:
Drury was unconscious, and could not
spUak They hollowed for 2 Drury's
wife to - come qnicK.v- viney tried to
ry him into the house. They then
hollowed for Tedder. . ; Drury. S3emed
to revive a little and Perry and his
w fe took hold of his hands and led him
into the house"' He said he did say ' to
Drury if he would ; talk ; he would give
him a piece of land, because he liked
his brother and would do any thing , to
' t
t him revived His wife never called
1 tt.
im "Oh! Perry, Perry," ?bufr did
if:',
JOord, Perry, has he killed him-
He had sent Drury a notice to
i crof. nfF a a T)rni"t7''H'aYl trA him Vo winld
r f
- ' - tu t u'
iyv . aissc auutiici ,u up;, tucic auu iiu
wphted to get some one else. He had
i sent for the Doctor and don e evervthins
could for Drury." ', He never said he
, . . , ... .' ,
said if auv one suspicioned him he
wanted an inquest held. He r never
tried to dodge the officers , but was at
h me all the time. - ; ;? -
yirsl Coffey wife, of the ' de
f$n'dant.. stated: about the same;
concerning the fall- of Drury.
She and Drury. were always
friendly, except when Drury
f was drunk. . '
i Dr. Burke had .visited Dru-.
' ry on Tuesday and.had .admin
Jistered to the wounds. He
saw the rock; thre , appealed
scratches on the ice as if some
one had sli pped and fell, an d
the head would have about hit
the rock. There was blood
there Thought it possible
that a fall would produce ; the
wounds. ; - . . ; . -.f
Frank Hutchinson, Esq; Dan.
Hall, Elder Wm. Hall, and
Lundy Owens,' who had. known
Perry Coffey and wife, nearly
all their lives testified that
their characters were good.
Th s closed the evidence.
Solicitor Mott assisted by Fin
ley & Greene! prosecuted, and
Beubow and Benbow appeared
for the defence.
Court Proceedings. . i
State Docket..
Grwaltney Nance, affray,
guilty 4 months in jail.
Caynor. Owens, a and b, judg
ment suspended .on payment
cost. . -
Mattie Jones, Laura Redman,
Mary Redman, affray, Guilty,
judgnent suspended
. L. H. Carter and Lundy Car
ter, forcible tresspass, not guil
ty ias to L. H.Carter, guilty as
as to Lundy, judgment sus
pended. ';' : '
Benjamin Sparks and Char
lie Sparks, a and b with D. W.,
plead guilty,. $5 each and cost.
A. S. Preston, tresspass, sub
mi ts;dgemenlrBuspended. -
John Roberts failing to work
rokd, guilty, $10 and cost.
Jesse Fairchild, failing to
work the road $2 and cost.
; A. B. VYyatt, James .Wyatt,
John Wyatt; ; Z. Hw Roberts,
affray plead guilty, judgment
suspended.
L. L. Laws assault with d w
guilty judgment $20 and cost-
W. A. McNeil - bastardy,
guilty i - defendant pay Ma
tilda Rector, ; $50,. and cost of
this action. .. - . ' l
W. C Rector, D. R. Rector,
assault, judgement suspended
V. C. Rector, ' asault - with d
w judgment' suspended
W. A; McNeil, seduction 1
pleads guilty judgment to
pay Matiidizi , ,Rector $0,and;
cost , ' ':' V'--' ''
;i James ; McGrady, assault,
w i t h d : V7 , gm 1 ty ; j ud g m e n t
3 monthsi on public " roads of
Iredell. ''';;- ' :'" " '" '''
i Caleb Churchl manslaughter,
pleads guilty, 6 months in jail.
"jdhntGarlandJ bigamy, guilty
judgment 12 months in jail, v
; fWraWatta kssaujtwith d
w., submits judgment suspend
ed.; :;,;'',.' ;-;v4 ': '
P. E. Revis, Wni. Revis, for
cible tresspass not guilty ;
;Enos Anderson, Cal. Ander
son, Li la Adams, and . others ,
breaking in' house, not guilty V
Wesley Shores, J ames Shores
a J and b, guilty,, Vesiey $10
James $5, and Jialf cost each.i
John Idol, Dave Mink, a and
bwith dw guilty Mink $5 and
cost, Idol'lO ahd cost. !
Jack Mabe,: - c c w. guilty,
judgment suspended f
Rich Wellbornlarceny, guil
ty 10 months on roads of Iredell
V Benjamin Brooks and Gord
Nance; a and b with d w guilty
60 days" in fjail each;-?
J. H . Adams, retailing guilty
$75 and "cost. , ri. " ::i,:;: :r
Nath Tidline, larceny not
guilty.. ' '?r:';A:V J;;t
' .Frank - : .Jo h n s o n- a'n d
George Curtis,," affray 'guilty r
j udg'ment suspended as ter. Cur
tis Johnson 60 days in jail with
leave to hire out. : ;
. J, H. Adams, retailing, 10
cases, judgment suspended.
W; A. McLean, retailing 7
cases, guilty judgment sus-
i pended on payment of cost. ,
Wilkes has made a court re-
t cora. tnis time ..ueretorore ; un
knownwithin -our memory,
not a single f and a aase (forni
cation and j adultery) on the
j docket. - There is perhaps ? not
another county in the State
that can say so much.
It has not been our pleasure
to see the list of H ilkes county
Magistrates yet, out we are
confident that if our man Hen
derson has done his duty, Gen;
Charles Williams, colored, is
one of the. most prominent of
the list judging from his
valiant service in the cause of
tiision, and the way they have
reward ed "negro healers" in
other counties with the office
of magistrate, over intelligent
white men.
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Grand Jury's report.
Jail, They visited the jail
and found it kept nice and
clean and the prisoners well
cared for. They recommend
that sewers be placed in the
jail to run from the upstairs to
the ground and that some re
pairs be made on one of th up
stair windows. '
; Home of Aged and -Infirm;
They found the home of aged
and infirm in good condition
and the inmates well cared for.
, Clerks Office: They found
this office in good condition and
the papers and books well kept.
j XRegister?off ice: This office
they found" in good - condition
and the books and: records
neatly kept .
Court i House: The Jurors
recommended that the court'
house be enlarged by extending
upper:and lower floors- to the
outside wall and running steps
up on the outside of the bouse.
So Simple.
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YNine times
f out of ten-
I whenweare
II out of sorts
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our trou
bles can be
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J medicine,
roiirn 8
Drors BsttocG9
which for: more than 20 years
has been curing many people
j of Dyspepsia, B iliousness, Ma
laria, Impure Blood, ; Neural
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ney troubles. It's the peculiar
1 combination of iron, the great
strength-giver, with selected
vegetable remedies of true
' value that makes. Brown's Iron
Bitters so good for strengthen
ing and purifying the system.
It is specially good for women
; and children it makes them :
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' Brown's Iron Bitters Is. pleasant to take, .
and it will not' stain the teeth nor cans ,
. - constipation. See the crossed red lines
on the wrapper.. Our -book. '-How to-,"
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free for 9c. stamp. . - , Co
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iiiers; For
STOVES AIP TlKWARE.
v I have opened ur a full line.; of Tin
ware of every description, and Cooking
and Heating Stoves of all kinds in the
new Frevette Store house on main st.,
where I will be glad to wait on my cue
tomere.' All kinds of Tin work done at
reasonable rates. r - j"
:As a specialty Ihandle the "new Lee"
cook stove, the leading stove on the
market. Give me a call. v
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TVilkesboro, N. C, Jan. 12th 'DI.
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Will quicken business.
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