The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-10-19

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4 *aThescase aa-sne-sfuti
most damnable that eyer .staiHeda}
records of Rng eourt Of sjustce,jnal
counfry, or ,age,rand zone, tool
which .minister efthe gospeiplaye
n prominent paTt--The facts Z
case, 81 We Learn them from the test
mony tcf the consplatSrs. before II
court are as follows: joel c. Jone
long Rfesident Of Lost River tow
ship. IN TINS county md Well know
to many of our readers became di
satisfied yith the saatfi'poni.
volveIin fisl mind ksomeDssdhernes
which he might dissolfes thea maEti5
relations subslsting Htween shiinss
and MasF@Jo8es, his~wffe,-th
he might ohtafn one mpre in sympa
thy with hisf 1egradedshanhood.
His 0ifes&assa91hightsF of Befem|
nh Tihkle sHhoS Teside4 q few mile
south Of Shoals, -andsE When sh'
unfortunatelyssbeeam the wife 0
Jones, sFas one rofstheAmastziRteh
gent, beautiful, and Eirtuous gals teb.
found m-that, vicinity, and woman
whose whole heart went out ina low
and DEVOTION 10 the of hel
choice and whose gracefulsdemeanol
commanded the respect of all who
met her. But the continued and IN:
human abuse Of her husband soon
changers the dream of. happiness inte
the b!acknessn Of :despaig which
pleyed~upon- heFrTeas6D at ~intervals,,
to such an extent that only for The m
reference of her parent$s she ewouid
have been sent D. The asyiumHeF
father, well knowfpg the scat1ss that
impaired her mind, todkSher home'
when IN her worst stages,ss#hefe res
heved from the nseszanarAeatFages
she was subject to in he own house,
she wodld@seoni recoFerx her wonted
equilibriumsAsenly&atozhG aistirpaI
again as soon Vas demc1ed Ia hefl
own home. 1nthis eonditfon She has
passed the last two years OF her life,
suffering a 8 few. women have been.
called upon to, and a few 1haye the
kindness of heart or heroic fortitude]
TO undergo. With no hope for relief
only in death, tfis noble, woman-for
noble she Is IN the sight Of GodAret1
solved to- bearahereross and snfarn on
rather thanaebahdene The little tones
God had hlesSed her with. sssSA7 es&
Jones,zl1sing7 ALI hope ofVdisihs
his wife tosthe asylumr6r sthetTgra4e,i
determiRedl ta.apply f6eSnSdiporees-
But ths proved to be MOI smalE mat
ter. What charges couH+he1preferf
against her charscterH She hadsala
w wigs . 81 - &C. cd 'ss isSsssss.
throughput the neighhorho6ds-and he1
ton was held with Jenks brothers
and a helEdesreving .scouhdrel by the
name Of Barritt, who Dad supposed
himself upon the goodrp&pH d
Christian churehsas aminhstsr u die
gospel, that he might fufdher the in
terests OF Sthe devil: plan was
agreed qpone but whefesHas the man
lost tb1allissuseroE hsnbrs asoto be
the fool of spchdwicked combination
The tool was at hand, also, in the
person Of Casa Crane, -auds realybf6ff4
his devilish work.. Crane was in
formed that the husband would pay
him fifty dollars if he would outrage
the person of his wife. The PROPOSE
ton was readily agreedfpSa IND at the
appointed time Jones left home, in
formingiisyhifs fhatlhe : woaldeBe Il
gone over night sAbeps& O'clock of
the same night,-the 22nd efsJufyis
last-accompanied bv Crane and Bari
rift, he returned home, Jones' and
Barritt stopping a fsMAods5ffotn the
house, while: Crane vent in-{s He re7b.
manned in the house a short time. and1t
hen went out to his accomplices.2
them, he entered the house
again, followed by Bastitt and &C
,omplished his brutal purpose, in the
presence of Barritt'W while The kus
band repainedSE ate the window andE
his ownshame.ate15 4isds
They all left the house together.-
Jones Immediately filed his petition
for divorce, on the 9fohhd6f8hltery.
AS soon as Mrs; Jones father heardh,
of this proceeding, he idetefmined
his cfdlds should have justice, !
and ACCORDINGLY iiied q ecrosssbilfotF
praying that's she have the diverse sandl
all other proper relief. The case was .
last week for trial in the Cir
cult Court, Alien & GaFd1er, McCar-
& Holman, Rogerd &gBrown,
and j. z. Dromgoole appeared, for
Jones, wkils Oobb,s gIaFkI g Moser
and Maj. Gimpson took the defense-
A jury vas psomptlyzempaneled.4
Some two o. three witnesses We're exc
amined when the petition for divorce
dismissed by Jones couusel.-T,
Mrs. Jones' minds beine ifnpaired.
prevented her from obtaining dil
vorce, andzheratforneys dismissedh her Z
cause. .sbsn yI1 L9A3 Ea@1i
As soon as this
Mr.. Dobbins caused theaifestT of all
the c~onspirators. MACK and Joel
Jones and William BafTitts promptlg
gave bail for their appearances at theA]
next term Of the court Crane failedt1
to give the necessary bail, and Yasf
sent to jail 8Thds ends for TIE Tpres1P
emit one of the blackestscrimss oarec3l
ord, and one that calls-for-the-most
rigid enforcement of the Law and the
condemnation of all good etizeh4-
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