Wilmington journal., 1872-07-26
C1AaNaIsSjSOSfs.I'i SOICr

. Is - Friday. ,STIy. 1872.
I. ,. vs.. ohadrOck jones, charged with
an assault upon Simon j.. CrAvuin, col.
ored, at his residcnee,-- AID -ll4.lt I:r, rl.
said ShadTOck JQuCs, did attempt to iMtiins-
date the said Simon y. Cfa,oiif. tnl.ful
from exercising the Iiall. of sntlracr ny
means of threats aHd Nalcara. lhn satt
right of suffrage being secured 10 him flr
said Cravom, hy The Constitution Of thr
United States.
Simon Il. CTaYom sworn:
l live on Caba!rus street, Eastern ward,
city of Raleigh. Was at home on 1lu
morning Of the iILh Of july, leTI. ~
about Z O'cioci; A. NJ, after myself ami
family had finished brcaaf,rst, wr,t tn
walk in my garden. While going dowa
the walk l heard some one coming in the
direction Of my house, cursing ard swoa.-
ing. / reCpCriZet the yCic" ut ,-itnrccz
Jones, the defendant. halted AMI r..a
attention 10 what lie was saying, and hra,a
the words d-n a Democratic negro, .u.d
continued cusiur Democratic i,c.i"cs. q.
the same time la1railin@ for Grant ana
Wilson. " IS thcn in a closet in fire "a
den, from Which l could see out by :.
broken piaul, on the side into the street.
/ saw ShGd Jones in front Of Iur Lol.r
with d stick IN hand. He called 10 lrv
wife H. know il tb@. Conservative GIer,y
gent TaU was a. ECmc. lie was Stant;lur
Immediately in front 81 uIy holsa. H..
says, tell him - como ouc lC.r. G-..
d--n Linn, ! want to see him / hoard hi
principles WcH toll iast night, AMI ] wGf
TO sec II he VIII oNu tGC7e principles this
rro,;oa.. Tel him ID Come I.ow, am
waiting 10. jIin, &id if be ca,.'L come i.o,s.
d--n him, 1 VIII see HIM I".t friday, Hua
If be owns these things lard abort la
nigltl viii tx Kim, &c g.. a!i!ilinn st"tt-
ed OF. l came l.Om the -t.GciI, H. saw nc.
] tprHcd Around aud saii ~ ia", '-C.,8r
/ Oh, Cd d--n you. ana wait.rc f.a tua
you may bIiJg on lOur stick, Ts'ol
| gun OK y llt you please, Viii bsHn powder
with amy OF you. lie Lad in las ilat'.a Il
pick and Al iron bar ani come lur"iiii,.
Inc. III about ton PAGES Of lie he tisuiYt-a
the bar from his left hand, Changed n.
pick to lH5 lett hand. aud put i4i5 Ii4Li
hand in his pocket. He says, nave been
waiting for you, and have bcau looking for
you this morning. | asked what did ne
want with ne. lie said he had come Ia
tell lne y hat a G-n rascal | VAS. 1 asked
him hal l intGI4GIel CitLer with him ur
lis family, had ! not treated both .tlwa}s
with respect. lie replied, l had. / thea
remarked, he WAS not treating me 50 t,lis
morning. lie said was nothing but
t---n DemJct&', ara was trying to get him
and lis race back into slavery by foolr1
them into this pretended Greeley Eepth-
lican party, and that he was lcan enough
to tell me | was q Grand rascal for it, a.4.l
il did not like it 1 ncci not take It.
l asked him If was no. +. co lnau H.
exercise my freedom rs suc,I. He said J.;
yo,l 90 In the way you are going you sll:ul
suffer for it.. Who viii make me suGcr,
! asked? lie ansWereG-you shall see. lir
said he was prepared then 10 Shoot, cut,
Knock down, and 10 s.:;ie il any way Is
suited me. | saidto him: IS far as ! am
/ concerned I would do rs ! rlsas:, AMI Il,
Willy me for my principles, I would see il
there WAS 10 law to protect me, and lcr
him. '
a rigid and th3ro1sh cross-exaniua,i5n
by the defendants counsel proved of no
avail for the defence.
The counsel for the United States stat !
that they had other testimony, but were
willing to close the testimony for the prose
cut;on with this witnoss.
The defence then opened t.oi- testimo-
ny, commencing with Lizzie Aston, cr'
who being sworn, said Sic lived on g.
barrIs stnee., in the city al I;aleieI,, ah-
joining the lot occupied 10y Simon l..
! Crayonl; was at home Oh the morning Of
the 1861: was in the yard about 7 O'Clock,
a. NJ, and saw CravCu come otlt ani ~
| into his garden; heard loi.l talking on TIE
street and some one asking for CravoIu;
Cravon's vile came out Of lLe back door
and seemed TO DC waiting for her husband;
| canlc step or JWo ana saw the dcicnG-
! ant IN front and opposite Crayom5 iuiis"
| He said tell Cravom TO COME out, / want 10
see the liberal gentleman, the liberal rr-
publican gentleman. lie is going around
! here tying TO fool honest colorcd men int }
|, lhe Democratic party, and then went ol.
| CrayOm came from the garden, passed
tlroug!th The house ana %cpt out 10 d."
front gate, stick IA hand, holding the small:
end. Defendant WAS % yards distant.
CraYom says, ''yOu have been 10 my hotl-
and cursed and abused my wife, from
which passage cf words eIIsurd, In wlici,
ACCORDING to tlIis " itnAAs, fihaI Jones .
stlmed the defensive and Simon Criyom
the aggressive.
Upon 3 cross examine i". il was sip"'
that the defendant and tI;s b. nuao b..'
consulted in regard In her testimony, t'.'
| she was not only biased hg ,artilan i..'-.
! in9s, but that She had Z Fou GjJII lrd."t.
and did not thcu speak tD iiuI. She "..
both willing and swift, htt was auhici"lft
cornered u the adri5 examination Il i.o
counsel fJr the prosecution.
Augustus Powell Was the lg;a " ..1i@~
! introduced. lie was i'm company Wit .-!dyi
Jones, the defendant, OF The morning y
! thc occurrence, and both were goa" -
rock quarry, on which route it was mo-
sary tol ass Simon Ora ,oin's house, llah'st.
| Shad Say something abOH; - i.Icrcn i't.
! lican," heard him cuSs, but did mot l@ae
| lie was mad; did not know lie was ,rls.-
! have ANYTHING to ID viii CraToIl, oiu ~.
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