Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-12-25

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bring him under tho law, until the commission
OF this. which it is his sincere desire, freely 10
STATE, and tcithout any reservation tvhatever.'-
we would that IL were so. OF Jim's conduc,
before the commission Of this crime, we know
but little, and therefore have nothing to say abou,
that; but Of the part he acted in this matter, we
certainly have. Although Johnson may have
been the prime mover, jim was. the grand actor
In this helish deed.
/ An attempt is also made to cast stigma upon
the lady whose property Jim was, for not en-
! ploying counsel in his defence. We do not know
the gentleman who had the honor Of penning
this most extraordinary of all extraordinary PAM
phlets; but we must enter our entire disapproba-
ZION Of any allusion whatever to the lady, who
had the misfortune TO own such a reprobaie-for
her conduct not only deserves admiration, but is
approved by noble and generous public.
The whole pamphlet is evidently intended to
'mpeach the girls character, and extenuate the
offence committed by jun and his associates. Of
her character, it is needless for us to say any
thing. She stands forth as pure and unsullied
as an angel in heaven. The oft and repeated OF
deals that she had TO undergo in the Courthouse
are sufficient to testify 10 that-where the coun-
sci OF Jim was compelled to acknowledge that
there was no variation in her evidence, although
he heard 1t seven eight times. And now, the
question is, whether The girls evidence, or Jim's
SO called confession, is to be believed; par,icu-
girl has been verified by the confession of every
one OF the convic,s as to their guilt. And what
also appears very suspicious in this pamphlet is,
mat ut is not to appear Tin the language of Jim,)
until we are 10 more." The reasons for this we
know not, unless it is that there might be some
doubts as 10 the authenticity of the confession;
and measures taken 70 prove that it was not real
but written for the purpose of speculation.
We will now pass TO what occurred at the
house. "Aiter they had reused up the family
and demanded ddmittance, which was refused
we asked her if the girls were at home. She
said one OF them was, one of them was at Major
Poage's, and one was in town. We then asked
her to let that come to the door that we might
talk with her; that she need not be afraid; we
were not going TO hurt her." This bold PAM
phleieer or Jim has forgotten 10 tell where the
old lady said the other one was. ''Irhe old lady
sui insisted on knowing who we were and from
my recollection, think the girl was inclined TO
let the door be opened but the old lady refused"
jim might have said so, but we are inclined to
believe otherwise. Gould any human being UNI
der the sun believe that Miss Whitlock, who led
a life OF virtue, would be willing for band of
rufilans, who were then ''mature Tor the flames of
he'll, to enter the house of her mother?" We
have her oath to the contrary and the oath of her
mother substantiatlng it. He further says, 81
have no doubt the door would have been opened
but Tor one circumstance; |, in order to make
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had gone to the fence and brought rail, and
threw IL down before the door, so as to make
noise, and make them believe we were preparing
Tor so doing. George (Garher's,) picked up the
rall. firmly believe without the intention of
breaking The door, struck it with the end of the
rail, which Immediately flew OPEN" Here we
have the doubts and beliefs Of Jim thrust upon
the community, as the last words of a dying
man, which Tor that reason, it was supposed, all
must believe; when in truth, the facts and the
circumstances connected with the case, directly
go 10 prove the contrary. .'rhe girl, miss Nal.
vina) ran out Of the back door, George, Gar
ber's) having gone into the house when the door
was opened" The girl positively swore that
Jim was The first man that entered the house,
and when she jumped out of The back door he fol-
lowed. johnson had before placed himself at
the back door to catch the girl as she ran out;
followed George through the house. Johnson
missed her, and George, (Garber's) caught her;
l ran and stumbled both of them, and do
most solemnly say, thought had broken my
neck The TALL was so great, l knocked both
George and the girl down. and when recovered,
she was running oil by herself. / ran after her,
but being stunned by the fall, did not know un-
I'll run upon her, whether it was her or one of
the boys" We do not believe that there ever
was SO much Inconsistency, might say false
hood, contaiaed in as few words as is contained
here. Johnson standing at the back door; the
ing her altogether; CAREERS George catching
her; Jim running against them knocking them
both down he falling, almost breaking his neck
Jumping up with alacrity, pursuing and catching
the girl. George, (Garber's) we suppose, was
stlll sprawled out, from having come in contact
with Jim-but where was Johnson all this time
we now come 10 that part which we would,
from respect for the girl and the feelings of an
indignant community, like to pass over in silence,
VIZ, his representation OF the manner in which
he had communication with her. Every person
who heard the evidence, will bear us out in say
Ing, 1t IS false. Any person who knows any
Thing OF The girls character, will bear MS out in
saying, 1t Is false. He also speaks of the knife
which he carried, saying he carried it in his bo-
som, from whence the girl drew it the fact is,
he carried 1t in case at his side, and when he
first caught her, before he had taken her to the
woods, he pulled ii out, brandishing it before her
face, saying God d-n you, if you open your
mouth III cut your throat - and not as he repre-
sents it, most favorable to himself, and deroga-
tory TO the character of the girl. There are seve-
raj other Incidents connected with this confession
which we deem 1t our duty to notice. "rhe rest
oil Inc company being scattered, | wanted 10 find
my way back to the house with her and after
wandering long time with her on my arm,
discovered was lost, and could not get out of
the woods. l then proposed TO her as she was
better acquainted with the woods she might find
The way and | would follow her." Who can
Imagine that this poor girl, in the dead hour of
the night, would assist this arci-fiend Of hell i'm
hunting the way out of the woods, leaning on
his arm, and that too after he had forever ruined
her; and further, it is impossible that he could
have had the girl so long by himself when The
rest were at his heels when lie hrSt caught her.
Believing, as we do, that the contents Of this
pamphlet SO lar as above noticed, are false we
come TO the conclusion, we justly may, even
were we unsupported by the evidence of the girl,
that his statement in relation TO other alleged
facts are alike false.