Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-03-11


creatures be forever hurled from the trusts
they have so shamefully abused. 1t pieases
the Standard to try and throw upon the
Democratic party the responsibility OF the
loss of the credit of North Carciina- LII Is
barely possible that any sane uan IN TINS
State can honestly entertain such belief,
and it would be waste Of time to refute
the Standards assertions. The bare1aceo
effronttery of it makes it seem like keen
satire of the Standard, intended for those
dear friends whom it formerly portrayed
in such glowing personals, ana SO re-
oantlv rapudiated in its famous :" Dill OF
indictment" against the Legislature OF
North Carolina. 1t will not be hazard
Gus to assert now that the Standard Will
be in August, and before, the stoutest
champion of many Of these same creatures
upon whom it has exhausted the vocabu-
Jarv of abuse. We shall not interfere IN the
ouarrel between The Standard and its guam
dam friends. Gu, remarks are only IN
tended to prepare the citizens OF
the State for the feats in political
acrobatism with which we are certain the
Republican leaders in North Carolina will
endeavor 10 entertain the voters before the
August election. It is not yet proper to
force the people into the excitement OF
heated political contest. We do not be-
lieve that the outrage all have received at
the hands of Republican otfice-holders and
Republican representatives. will permit
the formation of party under such lead
ers as have for the past two years CONTROL
ed political matters in this State. 1t IS I'M
DOS IDLE to realize that the citizens Of North
Carolina can, by omission or COMMISSION
set the seal Of eternal condemnation and
disgrace upon themselves Dy an approval
of the Republican leaders here. Satan,
however, is never idle, and it is but COM
mon prudence occasionally to bring be-
fore the people the deformity and the hid
eousness III political and social morality OF
his faithful servants, who claim the honor
of managing Republicanism in this State.
ONE OF THE MURDERERs OF Col. NEITHER
QUIT IN OUR COUNTY JAIL-HIs lDENTIFICA-
acknowledgements have recently tran
"
the gang CT brutal scoundrels who MUIR
dered Col Nethercutt in Jones county IN
the Spring of 1866 is now confined in our
county jail. He is no less parsonage,
that the notorious Pat Arts, with whose
crimes. convictions and numerous escapes
this paper has teemed for more than two
years past. The development of this fact
was brought about by an exchange Of pho
tograpIs of prisoners effected by the Sher-
if of our county with the Sheriffs Of Jones
and Lemon. From some conversation had
with Arts, Sheriff Sohenck suspected
he was concerned in that great outrage
which was the commencement and Origi-
nal cauoe of all those horrible subsequent
outrages committed in Jones, and Oh eX-
changing photographs, the Sheriff of Jones
ct once recognized Arts rs JAS. Patrick
Arts, the name by which he was then
known, one of the gang arrested for the
murder of Col. Nethercutt. Arts after
this arrest had his case removed to Lenoir
county, and while in Jail at Kinston await
ing tlial he made his escape and came to
this section.
The career of this scoundrel in crime
has been reckless enc. He committed
numerous offences of larceny after coming
to this section, was arrested and confined
in Jail several times and as often made his
escape, and always met with capture lin
gering around his old haunts. Finally he
was Sentenced to twelve months imprison-
ment in the county workhouse, but his
term had not half expired ere he made his
escape. He then went to Marion, S. c.,
and in connection with one Gamer Stea-
gall committed burglary and arson, for
which he was tried, convicted and sen
fenced to nine years Imprisonment in the
State penitentiary. He had been there
but few months when he escaped; but
was arrested at the depot in this city
while passing through on the cars by one
Of the Sheriff's officers, who saw and re-
cognized him and carried him to Jail. He
is now held subject to the direction of the
Governor regarding his transfer to Jones
county for trial for murder. Arts is about
25 years of age, black, thick-set, about 5
feet inches high, with a rather animal
appearance.