The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-03

have gone" He, however, pleaded not guilty at
the trial He wns tried at the November term
OF the New Castle County Court, for which trial
about fifty witnesses had been summoned for
both Sides The following is the testimony of
Mrs. Mary Meredith
Lived at Henry McCrone's on the nth OF Septem-
ber; was his housekeeper; lived with my husband
and two children Carey Streets and his wife, neigh
bors OF ours, were working at McCrones on the 18th
of september they left about 10 O'Clock to go home
there none left ut the house but myself and two
small children William Moore and Lewis Carpenter
per; they went away about O'clock did up my
work and took my little boy up to his bed; after
went up stairs ana laid down on my bed
with my clothes on and put my baby TO
one burning in my room; door was left unbolted;
Mr.. McCrone had not come home; Intended after
ters in Mr. McCrones room being tired fell asleep;
was awakened by some one on my bed; the lamp
was ou teache1 out my ad ana 81 IVunu m oy ba s a ya
OF God, is this you 2" sad John, is this you z? put
his hand over my mouth; ] screamed for my h1s,
home; l called for Carey Streets and Mr. McCrone;
my children were both crying; they then left the
room.
Witness then testified while she was cropping
around two of the men returned, and that ehe
was seized by the throat, choked until insensi-
BILE, and the outrage perpetrated. Her evidence
| thus continues
| When came TO, heard my little boy screaming
and saying, 80, mamma where are you? Are You
dead 2" The baby also screaming; took my
children in their night clothes and fed to Gerry
Streets; they the nearest neighbors; it wanted
| them all about it; staid there until morning; know
| by the light OF the moon shining in my room that
Joshua Jones was one OF the men; knew him by his
| light pants, with patch on the knee.
Moore, the accompllce, who is allowed to go
free as States evidence, testified that after leav
| ing the house, in company with Carpenter, they
| met Jones and spent the evening with him. On
| the proposal being made to commit some devil
| ment, all three returned to the house. entered
and blew out the lights, and then the two prison
ers only entered Mrs. Meredith's room. When
| Mrs. Meredith screamed, witness and Lewis
| Carpenter ran; Joshua Jones came after them,
| cursing them for running, when he and Carpen-
ter returned to the house, witness refusing to
accompany them. When they came back
Joshua Jones admitted committing the crime.
The man Lewis Carpenter made written
confession, duplicating himself and Jones, but
it was not admitted by the court. He now tells
different story altogether. He says that he
did not enter the room at all, but that Jones and
Moore were the offenders.
On the conclusion of the trial, the jury, after
an absence of an hour and half, returned with
a verdict of guilty. They were sentenced on the
The following is the sentence of Jones' the
principal culprit-
And now to witness on this third day Of December,
A. ID. 1863, 1t is therefore considered by the Court
that you Joshua Jones' be now taken from the bar Of
this court to the public prison OF New Castle county,
the place from whence you came that you be there
fourth day Of February next; that on that day.
between the hours of 10 O'Clock in the morning and
o'clock in the afternoon you be taken to some con
| cincts Of the prison enclosures, and that you be
then and there hanged by the neck until you be
dead, and may God have mercy ON your soul; and
you are now committed to the custody Of the Sheriff
Of New Castle county until this sentence Of the
| Court is carried into execution.
The sentence of Carpenter is similar. Though
he is only an accessory and proven to be such,
the law of Delaware holds him to the same
penalty. He is to be hung tomorrow, in COM
pany with the other.
The Woman.
Mrs. Meredith is a plain, hard-working
woman, wife of a laboring man, and is undoubt-
edly virtuous, but she is rough and uneducated,
as many in her situation of life, which fact will
account for many things which have been noticed
in connection with her conduct. The prisoner
Jones atfirms that the thing would never have
happened If she had not, at various times, said
things calculated to inhame his passions She
herself said that she would not have prose
cuted Jones If he had not, at a previous time
struck her on the head with bucket, and made
her head ache. From this it would appear that
the desire for the punishment of the men arose
not so much from an adherence of the crime, OF
its consequences to herself, as from revenge.
The Mother.
The mother of Joshua Jones visited him fol
the last time yesterday. She is a resident o.
Wilmington, and has lately been married tC
another husband. Her present husband accom-
panied her. She did not say much during the
interview, except to reiterate her assertion Otter
made before, that it was always her opinion thai
that boy would be hung. This, by-the-way
seems always to have been the opinion of al
who have ever known him. He certainly does
not have very good record His mother left
the cell with her handkerchief to her eyes, an(
appeared to be weeping profusely. But on tn,
road home to Wilmington, il was noticed by he
fellow-t travellers that she was anything bu
deeply affected. Life and gayety were her chic
characteristics as far they could be discovered
But such is human nature. Like the drawn
bow, the greater the tension, the greater til,
rebound.
A Reprieve Asked For.
Some of the citizens of New Castle, includin!
the jail physician and the visiting clergyman
are interesting themselves to procure respit
for the prisoner Carpenter, though with wha
success is not yet known. The ground for tn
request is not the fact that the man was no
directly engaged in the offense, for any com
plicity is punishable by the law, but that he i
not of sound mind. He is undoubtedly not a
bright as his fellow, but TO most persons h