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was about ten o'clock st night. We sLai,
there until two or three O'Clock in tb
morning; when we went in, Issac was "
ing ontwo chairs ;laid 10y baby on the bed
Jones said be would not lie down as b,
was afraid the officers would arrest him foI
the Wilson murder; he said tho officer
were after him at bis fathers house Ii,
Friday night before thai; that bis fathel
hid him under the floor, and that il the Of.
feers had been sharp they might have
heard bis heart beat; MrS SBallou and Wm-
remained up during the night; Jones said
that he was afraid this White murder
would come out on him, and il il did be
I woL,ld have to hang; said 81 hope, Wm.
Won were no. IN that murder; he replied,
hYes, Tam he one hO.' "a ..a'a'rasred Vale :"
be said be murdered him, that .F9e ro65sd
the house, and Charlotte and Ma,..,.s.o ION
stood iR the orchard. Before this conTer
sation he asked me il would not 90 10
Canada with him; told him no, that !
could not leave McKinley's child and take
his, or leave bis and take Mckinley's; after
told him l hoped he was not in the
White murder, Ee said il / would hold up
my hand and swear before Almighty God
never to reveal the secret, lie would tell me
all about it; held up my band and then be
told me all abou! il; William and Mrs.
Ballou sat by the fire all night, aud swore
bitter oaths that they would kill the first
man that entered the house; William left
between two. and three o'clock in the
morning; said be could not 90 by himself
as big black dog with no head trotted
before him. Isaac then started with him
through the woods until daylight; told us
all about being afraid of the dog; William
said he was going to his fathers, to get his
old clothes to go to Canada; said he would
return to Hickory before going to Canada;
he was arrested the next day; this conver.
sation was on Saturday night after the
Wilson murder; William Jones is the faith.
er Of my youngest child; be wrote me
eight letters altogether; promised to mar
ry me: did not hear that Jones was mar.
ried until the Monday after bis arrest for
tie White murder; John Woods first told
me William was married.
Cross examined by Mr.. Hopkins-IsaaC
Ballou got up from the chairs after we
went in and crawled into bed; it was be.
tween ten and eleven o'clock, l think;
William, Katy and sat at the fire togeth.
er for about half an hour, until my child
got awake, when l laid down with the
child on the bed, be told me he would
have to oto Canada for fear the White
murder would be found out on him, aad
then he would have to hang; while telling
me he spoke low, We just whispered; we
had not been whispering all the evening;
we commeaced whispering when Mrs. Bal
lou went back to the bed; the room
suppose is ten feet square; there are three
rooms in my fathers house: one is kitch-
en-, and | occupied an adjoining room
no door between, but an opening for a
door; there is a door into fathers room
from the kitchen; the outside door opens
into the kitchen; when he came he knocked
two or three times no one heard him ex-
eept myself; we do not lock our doors; we
did not stand there over ten minutes; first
heard of the White murder about three
o'clock of the day it was committed; father
told me at home, in the presence of moth
er; l said it was a most dreadful thing;
never told about Jones having been at the
house until last court in Washington, when
| informed Mr.. Garter, the constable; was
examined before Justice Brice last May
not on the White murder, but in regard
to the Ba!lous; was examined in relation
to conversation had with defendant, but
in consequence of my oath l thought it |
would not be right to tell it; was under
oath before Justice Brice: was asked in re.
lation to the conversation had with Jones
that night, and told all Of it but that part
concerning the White murder; was asked
if that was all I knew about it, and repli-
ed that it was; this was after heard |
Jones was married; told Carter and Koontz |
the first day of last court that felt unea-
sy because | had not told all l knew of
the murder, aud asked them whether It |
would make any difference if l revealed it
they replied that it would not.
Mr.. Kconts sent for me afterward to
come to his office; l told him l had sworn |
an oath to say nothing about it, and asked
him if it would make any difference, to
which he replied that it would not; then
old him what Jones had confided to me;
old my brother Robert to send Garter up
o me; Garter lives about mile from my
house; after l told Garter I asked father
whether it would be wrong to tell what
lnew, and he said it would not; did not
axe the advice of any of my friends be-
ore saw Carter; am not married; had my
;lothes ready four times to get married to
be defendaut--twice last fall and twice be.
ore that; the reason he did not marry me,
suppose was because he did not want me;
he child | bad to Jones is now about
lineteen months old: wheI John Woods
old me Jones was married, I said did
lot believe any such thing-thst I did not
believe he intended to marry anybody;
lever believed it until / read il in the pa
per.
Direct resumed, by Mr.. Koontz-Char-
Iotte Jones and Henry Fife weie at our
house the evening before the White muir
Ier-on Sunday evening saw a man I be,
ieye to be the defendant. going over the
ill, while Charlotte aud Fife were at 0 ur
louse. ...... -..