06/12/1900. Charlotte Observer. MURDER IN CRAVEN Mr. John Manning Killed By His Nephew and Son. Greenville Reflector, 9th. A brutal murder occurred near Vanceboro Thursday night when John Manning was shot and killed by his nephew, Nile Manning, in company with John Manning, Jr., the son of the murdered man. Mr. John Manning was visiting near Vanceboro, and John Manning, Jr. and Nile Manning, who had previously had some family troubles, left Hanraha Thursday morning and after walking four miles below Vanceboro, they met Mr. John Manning in the road and got in a fight. Nile Manning shot Mr. John Manning three times and then both walked back to their home, leaving Mr. John Manning, as they supposed, dead in the road. The defendants were arrested Friday by Mr. Jos. McLawhorn, the Constable at Ayden, and brought here this morning and put in jail for safe keeping until the sheriff in Craven county can come and take them to Newbern. Nile Manning, who did the shooting, is a desparate character, having served one term in the Newbern jail on 1 or twice in the jail here. John Manning, Jr., who is a son of the murdered man, claims to have had nothing to with the killing, but walked to Vanceboro with and allowed Nile Manning to kill his father without trying to prevent it. All parties live in Pitt county, but the murder was committed in Craven. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/27/1900. Charlotte Observer. MURDER IN PITT Special Police Officer Parker Kills Alex Litte in Coold Blood Greenville Reflector, 24th. We do nor believe Pitt county has had a more cold-blooded and unprovoked murder than one that occurre at Falkland Saturday, when John Parker wilfully slew Alex Little, both parties being white. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------