The Gallows Birth
The Noose
2 Trials In
By ROBERT L. WILLIAMS
Wednesday, December 21, 1988-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 7B
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the Employment Security 15,072 of the openings. In November, the greatest
Commission of North Carolina. number of jobs listed by employers
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The witnesses moved across the courtroom scene
with great speed and efficiency as the trial progressed
with alarming rapidity. Quickly the court heard
testimony that Caroline Shipp had asked a man to buy
her a box of rat poison, but she reportedly said that the
poison was for her employer.
Called back to the stand, Solomon Holland testified
that he had not at any time asked Caroline Shipp to buy
rat poison for him. Miss Shipp was then asked to take
the stand.
She did so, but she refused to be sworn in.
She said, that on the day of her son's death, the child
was well when she left to go to the bam, but when she
came back to the house the baby was very ill. His face
was swollen, and he was unable to keep food on his
stomach. When she found the child ill and vomiting,
she said that she tied a dish cloth around the boy's
throat to keep him from vomiting.
The most damaging testimony was again provided
by Solomon Holland, who stated that the previous
March he had one day left for work at the nearby
factory and that the baby was well and hearty. When he
came home the child was ill and near death. he added
that later that day he had been chopping wood and
when he returned to the house the boy was dying.
Testimony about the partially empty box of rat
poison was provided by several people, all of whom
agreed in essence that Caroline Shipp had obtained
poison and that immediately afterwards her child
became ill and died.
Testimony was repeated that she did not want to see
the body of her child and that she gave away his
clothing immediately after the burial.
One witness testified that he was chopping wood and
that he had to go into a small stream to retrieve some
wood and that he saw a box that had been partially
concealed near the bank. He pulled out the box, saw
that it was rat poison, and sealed the box and turned it
over. to law enforcement agencies.
John Farrar testified that he was present when the
box of poison was taken from the hole near the stream.
He stated that the poison was "Rough on Rats," an
arsenic-based poison. The brand name was the same
that Caroline Shipp had reportedly obtained earlier.
Farrar testified that the box of poison had been
opened and that a small quantity of poison had been
taken out. The box appeared to have been opened with
a knife, he said. He told the court that he had found the
poison about two weeks after the death of James Shipp.
However, during all the testimony there was still the
fact that the coroner's inquest report stated that there
was no evidence of arsenic anywhere in the child's
body. If James Shipp had been poisoned, as evidence
indicated, by an arsenic-based compound, there would
have been traces of the poison in his stomach, heart,
liver, or other organs. But the medical examinations and
subsequent tests had revealed not even a trace of
arsenic, according to reports submitted.
The noose that had been tightening steadily from the
time of the first complaints against Caroline Shipp
suddenly became her death warrant as Dr. W.B.
Henderson appeared to testify.
Henderson, a graduate of the University of
Maryland, stated that in view of his reading and
experiences he would be able to form an expert opinion
as to the symptoms prevalent in the death of the child.
"I made an autopsy of Jim Shipp," Henderson
testified. "I examined the stomach and liver some two
months or possibly a month after his death."
He reported that the body was well preserved, a
condition that often accompanies death by arsenic. He
described the conditions that are expected in such
poisonings. He then told the court that he took a part of
the child's stomach and liver and had intended to send
these tissues to the state chemist but did not do so.
Instead, he made the analysis himself.
The witness told the court that he had studied
chemistry for two years at Davidson College but that he
had not performed the test in question before. After a
lengthy testimony, he indicated that in his expert
opinion the child had died of arsenic poisoning,
although the testimony was not consistent with what he
had stated in the coroner's inquest report.
Next: Verdict, Guilty! Sentence, Death!
Drivers To ‘Tie One On’
During the holidays Revco truck
drivers will be "tying one on" in
support of "Project Red Ribbon," a
national public awareness campaign
sponsored by the Mothers Against
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six-year periods, establishing
"express" driver license renewal
offices at shopping centers, and
other ways of making it easier for
drivers with good records to renew
their licenses highlight a report by
the Governor's Task Force on the
North Carolina Driver License
System.
The task force also recommended
that new standards be adopted that
would upgrade many of the state's
driver license offices. Those
standards would include improved
access for handicapped citizens, :
requirements for adequate seating|
and other office amenities, and an '
increased emphasis on placing:
offices in locations that are safely
and easily accessible.
The report has been received by ;
Governor James G. Martin, who has
said he will support many of its
recommendations. The governor
said that ideas contained in the
report - along with administrative :
changes already made by the state |
division of Motor Vehicles - will do !
much to improve and to streamline
the driver license system.
"The task force and the DMV
have worked together to produce a
much improved license system,"
Martin said. "I applaud their efforts
to make improvements by cutting
red tape and striving to increase
highway safety. The combined
efforts of the task force and the
division will serve to develop a
license system that provides better
service to the public."
The governor said the Division
of Motor Vehicles will make some
of the recommended changes
administratively, but many of the
suggestions will require action by
the General Assembly before they
can be implemented.
Administratively, using available
funds, express renewal offices have
been opened in Asheville, Charlotte,
Fayetteville, Research Triangle Park
and winston-Salem. Additional
express offices are planned for
Greensboro and Wilmington.
The report suggests that
eventually an express renewal office
should be located in each county
with 100,000 or more drivers. The
offices will serve people who have
safe driving records and do not have
to be retested to have their licenses
renewed.
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Drunk Driving to promote safe,
alcohol-free driving.
According to David E. Lynch,
Revco's vice president of
Transportation, approximately 125
tractor-trailers bearing the drugstore
chain's blue and red logo will be
adorned with red ribbons as a
visible reminder to all motorists to
abstain from drinking and driving
during the holiday season. Lynch
said during the upcoming three
weeks, the trucks are expected to
log more than 700,000 miles
transporting merchandise from the
company's eight distribution center
locations to more than 1,900 Revco
drugstores in 27 states.
"As a drugstore chain, we are
promoters of health and well-being,
and we support programs such as
‘Project Red Ribbons’ that stress the
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"Revco's drivers maintain strict
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past 30 years, our drivers have
logged more than 225 million miles
and Revco has an outstanding safety
record," Lynch added.
A privately held company with
annual sales in excess of $2.4
billion, Revco performs an
important role in this country's
health care delivery system, filling
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