The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-10-06
Prom the LoOgootee (Ind.,J Herald, Sept 2a.l
THE LATEST INF1M0Us INDIANA d.
VOICE CASE.

fOkCE CASE.
Husband Hires a RufIIan 70 Outrage
the Person or His Wife and then Ap-
plies for DiFOFce-A Minister In a
New Role.
The case is one OF the most damna-
ble that ever stained the records Of
any court OF justice, in any country or
age, and, too, in which a minister
of the Gospel played q very prominent
part. The facts in the case, as we
learn them from the testimony OF the
cOnspirators before the Court, are as
follows: Joel q. Jones, long a resi-
dent Of Lost River Township, in this
county, and well known to many Of
our readers, became dissatisfied with
the matrimonial choice he had made,
and began to revOlve in his mind
some scheme by which he might dis
solve the marital relations subsisting
between himself and Mary Jones, his
wife, that he might obtain one more
in sympathy with his degraded man
hood.
His wife being daughter Of Jere-
miah Tinkle, who resides a few miles
south of Shoals, ard who, when she
unfortunately became the wife of
Jones, was one of the most iEtelli-
gent, beautiful and VirtuOus girls to
be found in that vicinity, and WO-
man whose whole heart went out in
love and devotion to the man Of her
choice, and whose graceful demeanOr
commanded the respect of all who
met her. But the continued and in
human abuse of her husband soon
changed the dream of happiness into
the biackness of despair, which so
preyed upon her reason at intervals,
to such an extent that only for the
interference Of her parent she would
have been sent to the asylum. Her
father, well knowing the cause that
had impaired her mind, took her
home, when in her worst stages,
where, relieved from the abuses and
outrages she was subject to in her
own house, she would soon recover
her wOnted equilibrium, only to be
disturbed again as soon Us dOmiciled
in her own home. In this condition
she has passed the last two or three |
years Of her life, suffering as few Wo-
men have been called upon to, and as |
few have the kindness of heart or he |
rOic fOrtitude to undergo. With no |
hope for relief only in death, this |
noble woman-fOr noble she is in the |
sight Of GOd-resOlved 10 bear her |
cross and suffer on rather than abap. |
don the little ones God had blessed |
her with.
Jones, finding all hope of driving |
his wife to the asylum or the grave, /
determined to apply for a divorce. |
But this proved TO be no small matter 1
What charges could ne prefer against |
her character? she had always been |
a faithful and Obedient wife, and this |
fact was well known throughout the /
neighbOrhOOd, and he alone the trans
gressor. A consultation was heldwith 1
Jones' brother and a heil-deserving
scOundrel by the namo Of Barritt, !
who had imposed himself upon the
good people Of the Christian Church
as minis ter of the gospel, that he
might further the interests of the
devil. A plan was agreed upon: but
where was the man so lost OaII sense
OF honor as to be the tool Of such
wicked combination. The tool was
at hand also, in the person Of Cass
Crane, and ready for his devilish
Crane was informed that the husband
would pay him fifty dollars il he
would outrage the person Of his wife.
The proposition was readily agreed
to, and at the appointed time Jones
left home, informing his wife that be
would be gone over night. About Il
s O'Clock Of the same night--the Il
Odd Of July last-accompanied by
Crane and BarFitt, he returned home.
Jones and Barritt stopped a few rods
from the house, while Crane went i'm.
i'm the house a snort
time, and then went out to his accom-
plices. Finding them, he entered the
house again, followed by Barritt, and
his brutal purpose in the
presence Of Barritt, while the husband I,
remained at the window and Witness
ed his own shame.
They all left the house. Jones
filed his petition for di-
voice, on the ground of adultery. As
soon as Mrs. Jones' father heard of
this proceeding, he determined that a
his child should have justice, and ac-
fled a t'crOss-bill, p praying
that she have the divorce and all 9TH
er proper relief. The case was called
last week for trial in the Circuit
Court. Allen & Gardner, McCarty &
Holman, Rogers d Brown, and J. Z.
appeared for Jones, while
Cobb, Clarke q. MOser, and MajOrl I
Simpson, took the defense. A Jury
was promptly empaneled. Some two
Or three witnesses were examined,
when the petition for divorce was
dismissed by Jones' counsel. Mrs.
Jones' mind being impaired, prevent
ed her from obtaining divorce, and
her attorneys dismissed her cause.
As soon as this was disposed of, Mr..
DObbins caused the arrest of. ali the
Mack and Joel Zones
and William Barritt promptly gave
bail for their appearance at the next
term of Court. Crane failed 10 give
.he necessary bail, and was sent to
all. Thus ends for the present one
if the blackest crimes on record, and
me that calls for the most rigid en-
orcement of the law and the eondem-
nation Of all good citizens