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VOLUME XXXI—NUMBER
PRESENT PLANS
FOR REBUILDING
POWER SYSTEM
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Power Concern Warns That
All Change* Must Be
Made At Once
STREET LIGHTS SAME
White Way Idea Is Abandoned; New
System Will Follow Lines of
Old One
Plans for the rebuilding of the light
and power distribution here were sub
mitted at a special session of the town
commissioners here last night bjr of
ficials of the Virginia Electric &
Power Co., with « direct warning that
aH changes desired be made at once.
A lengthy discussion pertaining to
street lighting, trimming of trees, and
placing of poles was carried on by the
power company officials and the town
authorities. According to the general
trend of the discussion, the distribu
tion system will remain practically the
same as it is now. This does not mean
that the old equipment will remain in
use, rather it was pointed out that
the lights will remain about the same
as they are now; no white way will
be provided for Main Street; the lights
will hang in the center of the thor
oughfares as they now hang, and the
number will not vary but little, if any.
A direct statement made by one of
the commissioners assured the power
officials that the Main Street would
' not be widened, that the new poles
should be placed on a line with the old
ones. The side lighting feature was
discussed at length also, but the ma
jority of the town authorities bitterly
opposed giving up the present loca
tion of the street lights. -
Pole placement could not be definite
ly determined in every case last night,
but a committee, Mayor Coburn, M. S.
Moore, and E. P. Cunningham, Was
oppointed to check the stakes and of
fer suggestions as to any changes that
were considered necessary. The con
struction engineer, Mr. Gates, is com
pleting his survey, and will mark pole
jrofitioas within the next few days.
To handle the tree-trimming situa
tion, a much-dreaded duty of every
electric or telephone company, the
town will have a representative to ac
company the construction forces and
make a check on that particular part
of the construction work. Power of-
K fidals stated that the trimming would
lie carefully supervised and handled,
I hat no unnecessary cutting would be
tuade.
Tl|e power company representatives
left a map of the town and the con
struction plans with the board mem
bers who will make a study of them
and offer any changes that they deem
necessary. Any or alterations
will be made within th 4 next few days,
according to an agreei tent entered in
to at the meeting.
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Water Line Beihg Built
To Fertilized PJant Here
A new water line to the river wharf
and the plant of the Standard Ferti
liser Co., costing approximately $4,000.
will be completed by the town the lat
ter part of this or first of next week,
depending upon the weather condi
tions. Around 3,500 feet of 6-inch pipe
are being placed in the ground, giv
ing fire protection to the wharf build
ings and the fertilizer plant, one of
most profitable industries to the
town.
A large number of men are working
on the line, rushing the task to com
pletion.
Jamesville Economics
Club Holds Meeting
With its attendance small as a re
salt of influenza, the Jamesville Wo
man's Economics club held a very
instructive meeting there Inst Friday
afternoon. Heme agent, Miss Sleeper,
taught several interesting lessons
and plana for work in the club were
S^TRANS
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'FLU' EPIDEMIC IS
NOWDECREASING
Conditions Are Gradually
Improving in This
Section
Lait year about this time, measles
threatened the section and in fact the
entire State was reporting cases" by
the thousands. Schools were closing
all over the State. This year the in
fluenza epidemic threatened the sec
tion and country and schools closed
down. The influenza epidemic has a
bout spent itself in this section, and
conditions are gradually becoming nor
mal again. There are many cases of
the disease at the present time, but
the peak has been passed according to
statement! made by several of the
physicians in the county.
The school is sched
uled to reopen next Monday after a
suspension of classes for almost two
weiks. Attendance averages in the
ether schools are said to be improving,
and are expected to return to normal
within the next few days.
Coupled with the measles epidemic
lust year was a number of smallpox
Cfcses. Around 40 cases of the disease
were reported in the count, but no
serious consequences resulted from the
milady.
FARMERS VISIT
• GUANO PLANT
19 Planters From Nash and
Edgecombe Are Visitors
Here Yesterday
That the "Gro-more" products of
the Standard FertiliMr company are
growing more popular as well at
growing more crops, is being evidenc
ed most every day now by the large
number of visitors calling at the
plant on Roanoke river hare. Yester
day nineteen farmers from Beaufort,
Nash and Edgecombe counties visit
ed hen, and *vith General Manager
Crockett inspected the huge plant's
operations.
Visiting the plant for the first
time, many of the farmers in the
party yesterday ware surprised to
And such a factory in this
part of the Slate.' They were favor
ably impressed with the methods of
operation, stating that th e plant was
the most modem they had seen any
where.
One of the party attested the high
quality of the "Gro-more" products
when he washed his hands after
! handling the various goods and still
knew that he had been in a fertiliser
plant. While no orders were solicited
by the plant officials, this same mem
ber of the party stated after he had
washed his hands a second time and
still smelt th« fertiliser that he want
ed a ear or two for his farm this
spring.
Visitors to the plant are always
welcome, Manager Crockett stated
yesterday, and the operations are
always open to inspection.
Shipments are being made from the
plant by train, boat, trucks and wag
ons almost daily now, and with nun.
bers and numbers of orders comin*
in every day, the coiqpanV is expec!
ing an enormous increase over it.
big business of the past year. Stack."
of testimonials from all over the
State art in the office of the com
pany, in which the farmers stated
they were more than pleased with the
re salts obtained through the use of
Gro-more products last year and that
they were going to depend on the
brand for better crops this year.
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Farm Lite. School
News of Interest
The Farm Life iSigh School basket
ball team defeated Oak City last
Tuesday by the score of 87 to 16.
Staten Haislip scored all 16 points
for Oak City, while Lester Griffin led
Us team, scoring 26 points.
The Asa J. Manning and George
W .SmiUf literary societies combin
ed into one society last Friday aft
ernoon. "O Max", was decided as the
nam*, of the sodety in honor of oar
present governor, O. Max Gardner.
Joseph Griffin was elected president;
Hugh Daniel, vice president; Essie
Peel, secretary; Leßoy Gr.ffin, censor,
■nd Lester Griffin, reporter.
A large number of the people in this
community have bad th* iu. bat Hm
am recovering.
49 Burrels of Beer Seised
In Free Union Last Week
Forty-nine barrels of beer were cap
tured and destroyed by Federal reve
nue agents and officers last week in
the Free Union section. The capture
wis one of the largest made in several
weeks. The officers made a prolonged
search for the kettles, but the block
aders took no chances and hid the cop
pers beyond the search of the sgents.
No one was seen at or near the liquor
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Willi am st on, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, January 22, 1929
CONSIDERATION
NOT GIVEN TO
STREET PAVING
♦
Plan As Outlined Calls for
12,761 Square Yards of
Sidewalks
COST ABOUT $17,865.40
♦
Definite Action On Report of Com
mittee Is Postponed To Meeting
In February
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While more definite action was post
poned until the regular first Monday
meeting in February, Williamston's
tentative paving program advanced
another step last night when the pav
ing committee, Messrs. W. T. Mead
ows and E. P. Cunningham, rendered
it* report at a special session of the
town commissioners. The report was
made in detail, giving the yardage, (
sidewalks to be paved and approximate
cost. No streets were mentioned in
thr report.
Approximately 12,761 square yards 1
of sidewalks will be paved at a cost of 1
approximately $17,865.40, or $1.40 per i
square yard. The program includes
practically every sidewalk in town,
' that is, the most important ones, and
I calls for walks varying in width from
1 4 feet on the side streets to 9 feet on
I parts of Main Street. According to
| recommendations made by the com
mittee, the majority of the walks will
j be 4 feet wide.
It was further recommended by the
members of the committee that the
property owner be taxed with two-
Ihirds of the cost, the town bearing
the other one-third. This cost wilt be
divided into 15 annual payments, as
sessments being made and collected by
the town. Upon this basis, the town
Would actually spend $5,955.13, or a
traction over that amount when the
intersections are added.
When it was learned that the Ki
wanis Club is preparing a question
naire in an effort to find out just what
the people want, the board continued
its discuasion of the tentative program
until the regular meeting night the
first Mouday in February, when it is J
believed that more definite steps will I
be taken in the matter of paving side
walks and streets.
ROBERSONVILLE
SCHOOL OPENS
AGAIN MONDAY
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Believed That Condition*
Will Be Favorable By t
That Time
CLOSED TWO WEEKS
160 Pupils and 3 feachcrs Absent at
Tims of Closing; Poor Attendance
At Lilitys Hall School
According to the schedule announced
at the closing Thursday afternoon, Jan
uary 10, the Robersonville school will
reopen next Monday morning to con
tinue its work on the winter-spring
term. The school was closed there
when 160 pupil* and 3 teachers were
kept from their work on account of
illness. At that time, it was believed
that the reopening Could be effected by
the 28th, and as far as it is known at
this time, class work will be carried
on as usual there next Monday morn
ing.
Many cases of influenza were report
ed in that section, and it is believed
that the community wai hardest hit
than was the case with any other
the county. The epidemic isui\der
sood to be subsiding there, as it is
found to be in many other parts of
the county. While a normal attend
ance is not hoped for during the first
few days* of renewed operatioQS, it is
the belief of county school officials
that no great number of absences will
be recorded during the next week.
Other schools in the county have
considered closing, but it i| understood
that the conditions arc better at the
present time, and that work in all of
them will be continued.
- The Lilleys Hall school, in its at
tendance report last week, showed the
greatest drop of any school reporting,
it was learned at the superintendent's
office here yesterday afternoon. No
cause was assigned to the big'decrease
in the regular attendance, and it U
not whether the drop is credit
able to influenza, bad roads, or hog
killiliH*
BIT. C. H. Dickey left yesterday
for Washington where be had his
tonsils removed in a hospital there.
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Regular Meeting of
Kiwania Tomorrow
DM Kiwanis eh* will bold its
weekly nlaeting tomorrow at the
Woman's club, with Little C. D. Car
starpben ia charge of the program.
As there an Important matters to
come before the meeting, a large at
tendance lb f xpectd, it was stated by
the elub's president this morning.
PEANUT TARIFF
IS INCREASED BY
FIFTY PER CENT
•
President Coolidge Goes As
Far As Law Allows in
Increasing Duty
BENEFIT IS DOUBTED
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Increased Duty From 4 to 6 Cents
Pound on Shelled Stock; From
3 To 4 1-2 Cents on Unshelled
While many entertain doubt as to
there being any actual good in the
measure for the farmer, a fifty per
cent increase in the tariff on peanuts
was ordered last Saturday by Presi
dent Collidge. It was as far as the
President could go under the law, and
was made effective immediately. The
Tariff Commission recommended the
increase in its report submitted a
week ago. This means an increase
from four to six cents a pound on
ahelled peanuts and from three to
four and one-half cents on unshelied
peanuts. The bulk of the peanuts af
fected are grown in Ull3 State, Vir
ginia, South Carolina and Georgia.
Immediate imposition of the tariff
was growers so as to ap
ply to the first shipments of Chinese '
and Japanese peanuts, due to arrive
about February first, as delay would
have been an impetus to dump for
eign peanuts on the msrket .
Democrats urging the increased
peanut tariff did so upon the theory
that it is unfair to penalise pro
ducers of raw commodities while al
lowing manufacturers of finished pro
ducts to have protection. In other
words, in a tariff protected world it
ought to apply to all alike.
During the past several years, pea
nut growers in these states have
suffered loss after loss on the crop,
tuid reports from many of the sec
tions state that the growers are fac
ed with bankruptcy, and that more
adequate tariff protection was essen
tial.
"We have sold at a loss for the last
two years," says a prominent peanut
grower in Gates county. "It is impos
sible for us to compete with imported
Peanuts. If tho tariff is not raised to
a level where we can compete with
Japanese and Cliinese peanuts, the
farmra in this section will be bank
rupt."
There was no tariff on peanuts
prior to 1921, but importations had
then grown large proportions
that a tariff or three cents a pound j
was included in the emergency tariff
act of that year and in the 1922 act
was raised to four cents on shelled
peanuts.
Peanut imports were reduced to a
comparatively small quantity after
th« tariff became effective, but in
recent years have been heavy. It was
brought out in hearings that while
yields in North Carolina are seven
hundred pounds an acre, China can
produce three thousand pounds an
acre, while men can be hired for 40
cents a day and women for half that.
The present increase is a result of
an investigation ordered by the Sen
ate in 1926. The Tariff Commission
made exhaustive Investigations and
on Friday of last week submitted
tta report to President Coolidge.
A number of representatives from
Williantston and the section attendee
the hearing In Washington last sum
mer, and at that time tho report was ■
said to be favorable to an increase. I
PROBE ESCAPE
OF PRISONER
Officers Lose Prisoner at
El Paso, But Take Trip
To California, Anyway
.A few weeks ago George Winna
ni»n, a self-styled preacher and show
man, was captured in Pitt County,
charged with the theft of an automo
bile. The thief was turned over to
Federal ' authorities. United States
Marshal K. VV. Ward's brother and
Deputy Marshal Edwards, of Raleigh,
were appointed to driver thf preach
er to authorities in California. All
went well until they reached El Paso,
Tex., where Winnaman eluded the of
ficers.
A visit to California was not to be
passed up, so the officers continued to
the Pacific Coast State without their
prisoner and at the expense of the
government, according to press re
port*. They remained in California
about five days and started their trip
lu>me. The United States Marshal at
Kaleigh refuses to comment on the re
port, it was stated. It is known, how
ever, that a Department of Justice
agent has been called off his vacation
to investigate the case and that the
marshal himself was called to Wash
ington.
Deputy Marshal Edwards frequent
ed this section often, serving warrants
and handling other business for the
Federal government.
Wtimaman had operated in Pitt
County, and about the time of his cap
ture was planning a show to be staged
in this county.
Bethel Policeman Is Killed on
Hamilton Road Saturday Night
TO PUT STREET
, PAVING QUERY
UP TO CITIZENS
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Kiwanis Club Sends Out
Questionnaires Asking
For Opinion
NO INCREASE IN TAX
•
Plan Would Be To Use Monty Re
ceived From Sale of Power Plant
To V. E. ft P. Company
In an effort to determine the wishes
of local people as to the much talked
about paving program for the town,
the Kiwanis club is preparing a ques
tionnaire to be mailed to the taxpay
ers here asking if they favor the use
of about $60,00 C of the funds receiv
ed from the sale of the municipal
light and power system to the Vir
ginia Electrit and Power Company,
| or whether they prefer the funds be
held by the town for the payment of
outstanding bonds.
During the past several years, and
especially of recent weeks, a tenta
tive paving program has been dis
cussed by many people of the town,
and it is merely to determine tho
will of the majority that the civic or
ganisation is preparing and sending
out the questionnaire.
As an explanatory measure, it is
stated in the club's paper that the
town has a ! eeral right, or can secure
proper authority to build sidewalks
and streets with the funds derived
through the 4>nle of the power am
light system, lhe committee making
an investigation of the matter states
that the towa tax rate is now $2.10
and that at this rate the retirement
of bonds can be effected and the
regular town departments be main
tained, that the paving program
could hardly increase the general tax
rate. In using the funds, it is pointed
out that the abutting property would
be scheduled to pay a certain per
centage of the paving costs.
The committee also found other
conditions favorable to a paving un
dertaking, as the questionnaire now
in the making points out in its ex
planatory sheet. It reads, "The Town
Hall bondp amounting to $13,500.00
mature during this and next year and
will be paid out of the $15,000.00
which has been deducted from the
$75,000.00 received from the sale of
our municipal lighting system. The
balance of our' bonded indebtedness
will mature in annual installments of
from $14,000.00 down to $5,000 with
the la«t installment of $5,000 matur
ing in 1900. Interest on all unpaid
bonds is paid annually. All outstand
ing bonds bear six per cent interest,
and are non-taxable, and cannot be
called for payment until the dates
of maturity. This being true, about
the only thing the town authorities
could would b* to invest the funds in
a way that enough could be collect
ed annually to pay off the bonds that
mature from year to year, or to place
them in a depository where they could
be drawn out for that purpose. It
would be practically impossible to
pay off $60,000. worth of bonds at
the present time."
With this information before the
taxpayers, it is hoped they will ex
press themselves so that reliable
recommendations might be made to
the town commissioners.
Boys Win From Farm Lite;
Girls Lose To Jamesville
Hie local basketball tennis divided
in a double-header here last night,
the boys wiuning over Farm life, 84
to 18, y»e giils losing to Jamesville,
II to 9.
. Both games were featured by hard
playing of thi teams, but that of the
girls was vciy exciting with such a
close score. It was the local girls'
ft rat defeat of the season.
While the local boys almost doubled
the score on Caach Talley's Farm life
boys, the gnn» was well played by
the visitors,
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Wounded Negro Re/uses
To Give Assailant's Name
As the result of a quarrel follow
lag what w»s said to have bean an
unfriendly crap game, near the river
here late Saturday night, a negro
known as*"Sheep" returned to his
home in the Mackejr's Ferry section
with a gun shot in his eye and sever
al other mino.- wounds caused by the
scattering bird shot. While the loss
of the man's eye is almost certain
it is thought tiiat the several other
shot hitting he face caused only
slight injury.
The negro refused to give the name
of his assailant, and nothing was
done in the ease. He did state, how
ever, that he would get the man who
did the shooting.
TEACHERS WILL
MEET SATURDAY
Discussion of County Com
mencement Plans Is
Scheduled
t Postponed one weke on accouflt of
the influenza epidemic the January
meeting of the Martin Comity teach
ers will be held here next Saturday aft
ernoon at 2:00 o'clock in the Methodist
Church, it was stated this morning. A
representative attendance is expected
at the meeting, Superintendent Pope
stating that the majority of he Rober
sonville school teachers are expected
back in the county by that time and
that general conditions are favorable
for a splendid session at the 2 o'clock
hour.
Besides the regular routine matters
coming before the teachers, a discus
sion of the county commencement will
t>» held to determine whether or not
one will be held by the schools this
spring. A review of the budget shows
that no provision was madcMor such
an event, and very likely the annual
commencement will not be" held this
year. Superintendent Pope was not in
a position to offer comment on this,
stating that the matter would he set
tled at the meeting Saturday, accord
ing to present plans.
Finishing their work in the open
session, the teachers will continue
their reading circle work in the vari- |
pus rooms of the school building, it ;
was stated.
The meeting scheduled to lit held !
list Saturday was postponed when it
\?as learned tliat a number of the !
teachers were suffering attacks of in
fluenza and that several of the Rob
crsotiville teachers -had returned to j
their homes when the school there was i
closed down for two weeks.
BIG DECREASE
IN ABSENCES
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50 Per Cent of Those Absent
From School Last Week !
Return Yesterday
a
1 hat the influen/a epidemic is fast
subsiding in this community was evi
denced yesterday by a large decrease
■in the number of absences recorded in
this community was evidenced yester
day by a large decrease in the number
of absences recorded in the local
school. According to Principal 1.. 11.
Davis, a 50* per cent decreased in the
number of absences was -recorded yes
tirday, approximately 75 , niore pupils
attending than there were in the class
rooms la>t~\Kriday. The weather is
likely Jo bring aluout a number of ab
sences, but aVTar as the influenza is
lolicerncd, it has about spent itself,
and attendance recohls are expected to
iiach normal in a shorn time, Mr. Da
vis stated.
During the influenzajepidemic, the
number of absence* has reached
(.round 138, the number varying as to
the prevailing weather conditions, it
was. pointed out by the professor.
STOCKHOLERS
TO MEET HERE
m
Roanoke Tobacco Ware
house Co. Annual Meet
ing Tomorrow /!
1
Holders of Roanoke Tobacco Ware- ;
house Company, Inc., stock will meet
here in the courthouse tomorrow, ac
cording to au announcement made by
the officers of the company a few -days
ago. At the last annual meeting held
;.bout this time in January, 1928, the
company declared an M per cent divi
dend and carried 3 per cent of its earn
ings to the surplus fund. While the
amount of the dividend to be
at the meeting tomorrow is not known,
it is certain that one will be paid, ac
cording to an oftictr of the company
yesterday.
Since it* organization, the Koanoke
Tobacco Warehouse Co. has paid ex
actly 100 per cent in dividends, and
at the meeting tomorrow this percent
age will be increased, it was stated.
During the past year, Mr. Henry D.
l'tel has served as president of the
company and Messrs. S. C. Griffin and
Roy T. Griffin have acted as vice pres
ident and secretary-treasurer, respect
ively.
Many New Model Fords
Shipped Here By Boat
Shipments of new model Fords over
the Norfolk, Baltimore & Carolina
Boat Line have been gradually in
creased until now practically all the
dealers in this section are receiving
from 6 to IS cars weekly. The first
shipment of the new models was made
•bout thit time last year, and recently
special boats have been bringing the
cars up the Roanoke for delivery to
dealers all over this section.
Advertisers Win Find Our CoL
umna a Latchkey to Over
Homes of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1898
BELIEVE SLAYER
IS HUGO PULLEY;
STILL AT LARGE
' Dead Man Was Found in
Middle of Road at
Butlers Bridge
RIDDLED WITH SHOTS
e
Officers AH Over East Carolina On
Lookout for Alleged Slayer;
Once in Jail Here
♦
While officers in Martin, Edegcome
and Pitt counties are making a dili
gent serach for Hugo Pulley, accused
murderer of Eugene Jones, Bethel
night policeman, no arrest had been
effected at noon today. The murder,
committed early Sunday morning at
a lonely spot near Butler's bridge on
the Ilamilton-WiUiamston highway,
ranks with tho most brutal acts oc
curring in this section.
Last Saturday night, according to
S. H. Martin, Bethel Chief of Police,
officer Jones caught a man ste&ling
automobile parts from a car there,
' that the man was tried and placed un
j der a sl'H) bond. In default of bond,
! the man who gave his name as Wil
j bert Jones, asked the night police
| man to accompany him to the Rober
j sonVille section where he might se-
I cure bond from a relative. Mr. Mar
| tin further strted that he warned the
night officer not to go, but that he
j said no more when the policeman stat
' ed the prisoner to be so clever that
|he hated'not to accommodate him.
I They left Bethel about midnight in
i the sttahger's 1928 model Chevrolet
j coupe. Mr. Martin said that was the
| last he heard from the officer until
j the following morning when he leani
j ed that he had been murdered.
After leaving Bethel that night, ths»
whereabouts of the policeman were
unknown until Sunday morning about
7;UO when S. E. Pope, operator of a
local Standard filling statipn, was re
turning here from Hamilton and saw
the body in '.he fork of Highway 125
and the Hassell road, near Butler's
| bridge. Mr. Pope stopped his car near
i the body, sounded his horn, but re
ceived TTO response. Seeing that the
body was lifeless, Mr. Pope drove to
the home of a Mr. Rouse, nearby, and
j had him witfi others to go to the
scene. When the party learned that n>
had been murdered, officers and the.
county coroner were called.
Coroner H. H. lliggs summoned a
jury of inquest, Harry Waldo, H. S.
Johnson, F. L. Gladstone, p. H.
Davenport, and J. A. Davenport, all
of Hamilton, and T. W. Spruill, ut
Williamston, and an investigation
was started. After hearing evidence
from four sources, the jury returned
the vardict, .UHting that Eugene (I.
Jones was murdered at the hands .of
a party unknown to them, ■r
Dan Pritchett, a farmer living a
quarter of a mile from the scene of
the killing, stated that he heard the
report of several shots abo»ff o'clock
Sunday morning in the direction of
the spot where the dead body was
found. He was not sure, ' but Mr.
Pritchett stated he heard sor 6 or
probably 7 shots fired. O. L. Burnett
testified that he and Officer E. (i.
Jones caught an unknown man steal
ing parts from a car ntai a filling
, station in Bethel, the man giving his
name as Wilbert Jones. Other evi
dence given by Mr. Burnett substan
j tiated that offered by Chief of Police
Martin.
Upon exanming the body, it was
I found that tl.e officer had been ahot
| with a 88-calicer pistol. One shot en-
I tered the center, upper part of the
breast, ranging straight to the back.
Another sho:. struck the man in the
lower part 01 the stomach, a little to
the left, and came out of his back.
A -third sl.ot went through a left
hand finger, another was sent through
the' wrist, and still another through
his-left irm w iich broke it. The crimi
nal continued his firing and sent still
another shot, this time in the back of—
the left sheulder, and a last one
struck in the hack near the laft hip.
Apparently rcven shots had struck
the victim, but according to the
opinion of the coroner, the ahot that
hit the finger probably continued and
caused an additional wound.
With his l oay riddled with bullets,
th e wounded man walked about 95
feet in a straight line, spitting large
quantities of blood every ten feet or
more. At that point the trail turned
at a right angle and continued across
the road for 80 feet to the fork of
the Haisell ; oad where it turned and
crossed to the other fork where the
body was found.
A review of the scene indicated
that no struggle took place at the
spot where the body lay face down
with considerable blood under the
wound in the hip and stomaali. A
cigarette that had not bam lighted,
was found on tto b*w w tlx
(Coatinood on the back page)