The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-04-24

and oil the committal of job Perk. and M
last u reached the ears Of Martha Stead(ast,
~ lenglha visit OF coincidence, made by an
intimate friend, unsettled her disbelief. She
leit her home--she rushed to the dwelling of
Joo. lie was gone--the man was gone. and
(, me door was locked. In answer 10 her
thought Where can he be ? the nrson,
! forced itself upon her mind. She drove Il
: from her fiery brain but the dark suspicion
came again. ltwoud not be wholly banish-
I'd. The jail was not far distant, and thither
; she went to hear, she felt assured, that Job
was moi there A turnkey was standing out.
= sids the colossal door. She timdIy asked
I job Perk were in his custody, and he re,
| piled that he was.
~ lalse. screamed poor Martha.
lis traem retorted the turnkey.
bnl the heart Of Martha acknowledged
what her voice denied, and she tainted in tie
arms "l TIE astonshed turnkey, who now re-
sfefied that he had replied to her so harshly,
lie had no alternative but to take her within
the PRISON, and summon the female attendant
70 her ald but the poor glr was many hours
beiute sic again returned to consciousness.
20 deeply affected was she at The danger
. winch menanced her lover. The first words
J lshe uttered we're:
!" Job-Job Let me see Job If YOU
deny me this, my heart will break. Let me
but hear from his own truthful mouth that
he's sliitless. will live uncomplaining un-
III his lnnncence is proven"
I, ~ pite0us were the supplications of poor
Nartha, that the jailor was induced TO allow
. Job to be conducted from his lonely cell to
z tue turkeys lodge. He was not told the
INJECT oi thls removal; and when he entered
ihe aPpartment, and saw Martha, he could not
advance; !; but The poor girl, the instant her
= hail closed eyes alighted upon his approach
ing form, leaped from the chair on which she
Masfeeiinlng, and rushed into his arms, which
were ouistretched TO receive her.
i - Job = she exclaimed, one word want
: to hear There is word on which my life
or death depends. You know it, Job.-you
know il Can you speak il :"
d Martha" said Job, liam innocent-Iam
d sholly gniltless y
s II an instant, Martha pressed her lips on
his with almost maniacaI ardency.
! Job. bless you-bless you Z she exclaimed.
y Those words OF sweetness are already in nv
heart. | feel them there. establishing tran
u guilty and lie, where all before was fear and
al horror, approaching death. am prepared
y, ior anything but guilt; and to me, your as.
e.
IS py, Job, II my love will make you SO. Joined
u to your own pure conscience and will has
4 ten TO the town and endeayor to procure YOUR
Y release, or, at least, speedy hearing
u This devoted pair had soon intimation that
4 the period assigned TO the interview had
o. transpred. They uttered no complaints.
y The kindness Of the jailor had relieved their
q aching hearts, and they separated more in ioy
ID than in agony and job returned in smiles 10
u the solitude OF his stone cell The jailer,
ne turkey, aud attendant present at this affect
ug meeting were deeply impressed with
&c the innocence of job, notwithstanding the
A. evidence that they had heard.
4 But an other incident had occurred since
the imprisonment Of Job, which tended still
4 further 70 impllcate him in participation IN
y the trighttnl tragedy. On depnsiting Job ia
= iaii, Taken had returned, with another off,
Ger, u Jub's apartments. in order to make a
thnra1gh search Of all his property. They
mlnately examined his clothes and linen but
ni lelnl no stain Of blood, nor anything Of a
" ,I.p.ethu> nature, upon them. But, in a
- - earaer ol the room, and ingeniously secured
Z 1rufath The iloOr, they discovered leathern
= bag containing one hundred sovereigns. Il
v precisely answered the description of that
saul II have been in the possession Of the de-
" ceased; and when submitted to his relatives,
y Il vas At once indentihed. Ii was tied with
. red tape, and an eminent chemist afterward
discovered that spot upon the bag was one
q dl human blood.
ls Those Of the public who had withheld their
e Judgment or who believed in the innocence
d ai Job, we're compelled to yield TO this testi-
!. mahs. seemingly 10 undeniable. Still, Mar
y tit steatllast, relying more upon the prOtesta-
J. iinus pt iii Than upon any ether manifesto.
t,na--and who had gwen snne explanation IN
= reference IL this hidden gold. which was rot
v; ctcdiird--Mas unaltcrahle ia her feelings.
Ani whilst her friends admired her ipr her
Y can.tanry. they piiied her for this indulgence
II ~ au iolitu1tUn which closed her eyes to the
Is Possibility Ji job being 80 heiDous an oflen-
der.
n tli' rnmmis.ion Of assiLe was held. The
e name ui loh Perk. for murder. appeared upon
The calendar aud day was appointed for his
d trial. That day arrived, aud Job answered
MI guilty 10 the challenge, IN d firm yeice.
The evidence proved the murder OF John
q Smith i; that lie had been stabbed il Tie
!. breast with a shoemaker's knife that on the
: night d the murder, Job pcrk had remained al
!, Martha Steadlast's till nearly eleven o'clock;
c and that although the distance from his house
to hers was not more than five minutes walk.
he did not reach his dwelling till after mid.
= night; that, at a little after eleven. he was
with John Smith, who vas intoxicated. ap.
parently leading him toward dismal locali-
/. y, called Rilolph Lane. where there was 70
! house but merely garden walls, and which
Z vas darkened by Oserhanging trcesi that
I about midnight cries 81 murder were heard
0 10 issue from this lane and soon aitersard
man was seen to proceed from the lane. and
/. run of in the direction Of the house of job
c perk and that shortly after this, the body
+. uf the deceased was found that on The fol.