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The Jewell Trial.

The trial OF tewell, Tor the shooting OF jas.
+. Clarke, in the Jail of Prince William county,
few months ago, is now going on in the Cir
cult Court Of that county. Muck interest was
manifested during the progress of the trial, and
a number Of witnesses examined, among them
Miss Fannie Jewell, sister Of the prisoner, and
whose wayward conduct was the occasion OF
the present unfortunate trial. The following
is given by the Alexandria Sentinel as the sub
stanceof her testimony:
Miss Fanny Fewel was then placed on the
stand aud testified Was sixteen years old
last June, knew James +. Clark had known
him about TIVE months before she went Of with
him. Left Manassas at 8 o'clock on the morn
ing Of the Dist July, on the freight train ; met
Clark in Alexandria with hack was driven
to BlSdensburg, supposed she was going to
Washington, and Clark had promised to mar
~ her there cot to Badensburg about three
o'clock in the morning We told her it was too
early then 10 get married, and went on to Bal
timore; stopped at tho Rennert House; he
then said be would be put in the penitentiary
if be married her. She reproached him for de-
ceiving her; she was distressed aud wept, and
he said as he was a married man they would
not receive her said they could live as man
aud wife, aud that he woald take care of her,
and that she must cling to him, as she could
not go back home, because her parents would
not receive her went from Baltimore to Roch-
ester n. Y, staid there several days. went
then 10 Detroit, then to Chicago, then to Pal
myra, No, and then Hannibal Mo-, then to
Louisiana, Mo-, town on the Mississippi river,
then to Mexico. Mo; here they stopped at the
Rngo House aud staid about three weeks !;
Clark registered as John X. Lee and wife
Mr.. Dudley, his friend found him out, and in
explanation he told him he had registered so
in order to take him by surprise. He told her
if Mr. Dudley had his wife's photograph then
to say she fanny was his cousin Mr.. Dud-
ley had not seen his wife, aud she was intro-
duced to him as his wife. Clark then left her,
for ST. Louis, and promised to send her money
to jain hial took $50 from her which he had
supplied her with before the elopement, got
letters from him stating that be had to 90 to
Cincinnati, and telling her to come there Mr..
Riuge and another gentleman made up enough
TO buy her ticket; went to Cincinnati and
got of the train told a policeman, Mr.. Kinny
WHO saw her at the depot, that her husband
was to meet her waited all day at the depot,
aud was taken by Mr. Kinney t. his home :;
received 4 message from the telegraph Office
that Clark was there went there twice but did
not meet him; received from the operator
S3l, which he had left to be sent to Mexico,
aud on getting the money she left for Washing
ton; saw the statement published in the Gin
ciuEa,i papers, that part Of it which stated
that they had met was mistake found Clark
at Boyle's Hotel in Washington went there
because Clark had stepped there before; ar
rived there Sunday CLARK stayed ill Thurs
day, and left for fredericksburg received
letter from him there; was found by Mr.
Merchant there, and came home
The letters were read, and are very affec-
Tomato in expression.
On crosS-examination. Miss Fanny stated
that she knew Clark was married, but was in
formed by him that he was separated from his
wife, which she understood to be divorce He
wrote her note soon after his wife left telling
her so, and asking to be allowed TO wait on
her; then another asking her to 60 of' witk
him. Mrs Hynson also told her Clark and
his wife were separated Hrs. Hynson gave
her the $50 which Clark sent The conduc-
tor on the train asked her where she was 60
ing. She told him she was going to get mar
ried. He asked her if she was not too young
to do that, and she said no, that her husband
wonld take care Of her. She was asked if
she had ever written any leve-letters to Clark,
and replied that she had written notes, before
the elopement-they were affectionate notes
never wrote any until she thought he was sep
arated from his wife.
p. s The trial Of Lucien ~ Jewell for the
murder Of James f. Clark has been concluded,
and the prisoner acquitted.