Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1857-05-28

Tr6, ,aur4k SssDrn IN PENNSYLVANIA.
iYa~Ssly esguiresdslt tntsssi0" Of the Pr''-
4ipM.-fRe Pittsbdfa Dispath, after stat
Ing thae teiAn motives for suppression
iaw now ceased toextt. publishes the fol-
1Sy14g esntSaordissa Particulars of the con-
fessNa1a HilfsJ sJs6es, now confined on
charge 81 having murdered Mr.. White in
Washington county, Pa. twill be remem-
bered that this Jones was arrested on the
testimony of his sister, Charlotte, who, with
Fife and another, is accused of the murder.
of the old couple, Wilson and his sister, in
the same vicinity The Dispatch says:
Shortly after the re-arrest of Bill Jones
and his confinement in jail there was an ap-
parent change in his personal demeanor. =
He seemed to have lost all relish for life,
and was evidently weighed down by an in-
tolerable burden. He was nervous, restless,
and besought the jailor and sheriff to permit
some one Of the jail inmates to sleep with
him. His request was granted, and he
shared his cell with a prisoner named Hutch
inson, awaiting trial for burglary. Soon
after Jones made confident Of Hutchinson,
and narrated to him the particulars Of the
White murder. and confessed himself the
principal actor in that bloody affair. Hutch
inson reported what Jones had told him to
the jailor and one or two others, who would
not believe him, circumstances at that time
strongly pointing to another party, in their
opinion. as the perpetrator. Hutchinson
then told them that if they would so arrange
the time and place as to overhear the con-
versation, he would induce Jones to repeat
for their hearing what he had himself heard.
Various ,expedients were tried to secure
auricular communication with the cell from
without, but they failed. At last an arti-
fetal ear, fashioned after the human ear,
and admirably adapted to magnify the faint
est whisper to audible articulation, was pro-
cured, and SO arranged that every word was
distinctly heard through an almost imper-
ceptible aperture in the wall
Everything being arranged, Hutchinson,
at a favorable moment alluded to the mur-
der, and desired Jones to repeat the par
ticulars, which he did, the substance o.
which is as follows: - s. s
The Saturday prior to the murder O.
White, March %, Bill and his wife Saral
were at the house Of Mr. Fleming, in Col
umbia, where they stayed that night, and
next morning proceeded thence to the house
of Bills father, near Dunningsville. Ar:
irving there he despatched his brother Madi
son to Hickory, to tell Fife, (who resided
there with Charlotte Jones till the 9th O
April, according to her own statement be.
fore Mayor Weaver that he (Bilf) woulo
be there that night. In the evening, abou,
nine o'clock, Bill left his fathers and pro.
ceeded to Hickory, where he arrived abou
one o'clock in the morning. Fife and him.
self then started for Whites. When they
arrived there (Monday morning, March
.30th, } they spent some time in examining
the premises. They did not intend to com
NIT murder, but rob White of money which
they had learned was in the house. While
near the house they heard footsteps, and
supposed that White was awake. They
then went to the wood pile and Bill got the
axe, and entered the house. White was in
bed at the time, and Mrs. w. seeing them
fled. Bill proceeded to the bed room, and
with his own hands committed the murder,
while Fife searched the house for money
Bill stated to Hutchinson that he did no,
know whether Fife found any money or not
as he had never had or seen any taken al
that time Having committed the robbery
and murder they fed, Fife returning te
Hickory.
This statement confirms the particulars O
the White murder as given by Mrs. White
thou gh she did not know the murderers.
i ,PoTAro-D1aG1Na BY MACHINERY Every
sone who has dug potatoes, and felt the back
breaking, head-aching trials which accom-
many the, tedious nrocess will feel a bounc