, 1873-06-10
THE VIRGINIA HORROR.

- THE VIRGINIA HORROR. j..
Murder OF Two.0ld Lntlios by a Negro.
Afe"e va v4"ys yey s ms1sa Of tho ''
Tho ntrocioua md horrible. nurlor OF Mrs.
Dempsey Jonos md hcr aged B'ster.ln.law. Mra'
was porpotratod on tho last Sabbath morning.
whom tho reminder Of tho family, consisting OF
Mrs.. Jonea' three daughters, tho oldest a, tho
youngest IL, had gono to BnndnY-schooi nt tho
Nobody but tho two oldcrly ladies' remained
at home. 1t was nbout 10 In tho morning |
whcn tho young. Indies loft for church, nnd
ut that timo MrB. Dozior Waa @ roauing, o. o |
on. Mrs. Jonos waa altttng noar hor, liatouilg
to somo religious romnrke Of hor companion. It
was shortly aftor this, when Mrs. Dozior had
taken on her epootaolos anu lald j. thoin on tho
place, etoalthily approached tho front door,
which ho expected to flnd fastened, his imprcB-
alon boing that tl1ero WAS no ono IN tho house;
ThB nogr9s nqo is 1 n1w .nd de Maa asra Me
that HRS. Dozier possessed considerable sum
Of money, which aho hcpt, In hcr, trunk ct tho
houao. Disappointed at finding tho old lad1ee
at homo ana Sonly baked in s dhsngn haasgn o.
conversation with Mrs. 1oneB, who WIS noaroBt
him. As tho negro knew his time to aot was short,
ho Bolzod billet Of oak wood and struck HRS.
Jones two terrific blows on the head, tho first OF
which shattered hor skull and scattered hor
brains on tho floor and walls, tho aooond broak-
Ing hor jawboIio, aud tho poor lady rolled from
hor chair corpse on tho floor. Following up
this Internal SUCCESS, the negro savage thon ad-
who By this timo had placed herself in m atti-
trdo Of dofonBo, though fortified almost to death,
and begging for morcy, whoro mercy was un-
knowp: As soon as. tho brute reaohcd her 10
Tsssd rea1 his w E sng bssnasrod Rf 5
tho brains Of Ills first victim, and, bringing 1t
down with ali his foroo, 10 stract tho old lady on
tho hand and head simultaneously, .bronlsing tho
This blow staggered her; eho fell forward, and,
as aho turnod il her fall, tho second blow came
with NIL tho infnrlato power Of the domon. On tho
b9ok Of her load, crushing in her; skull m ana
niture. Not satisfied with his work 30 for, tho
murderer repeatedly struck Mrs. Dozior until
.her. .head was bonton into perfect jely--unAl
all Bomblnnco Of her foatureB had gono, and her
blood md bruins mingled In n common and hor-
Tho murderer thon proceeded to rif1o tho por-
sons of his two victims, but, aa far as can be rs.
oortained tho only things missing aro Mrs: Jonoa'
pocketbook,, containing 2 small quantity y,,, Of
epoonH. Tho trunks aud bureau drawers. whore
tito yaluablos and money Of the family woro do
positod, remainod untouched, which showed TINT
tho murtloror must hayc bcen frightened and
Ho H. was % baresiooted I md bis footprints through
tho house arc married. by the blood OF the TWO
victims ho 80 mercilossly hurried into otcrnity.
Tho youngest OF the daughters Of Mrs. JonoB
left the church little before tho others, and, IN
| dosolato homo between II and u o'clock mid
day. She. jumped from the buggy and run to
tho house to tell hor mother that hor friends
Ind come to dino with her. Finding tho front
fnn1 hal rIn 711rA fS In
through which aho ontored, laughing in-
nocently and merrily ut tho BurpriBo in
storo for her mother and aunt: On through
tho first apartment sho wont and into tho Hcc-
manglod corpses Of both her mother and aunt:
At first tho poor girl did not roalizo tho awful
tragedy. she thought thoy woro asleop+ But
second glanco and tho torriblo truth WaH too
yividly portrayed to her. bhrlok after bhriok
| ront the mir, aud then came tho half-domcnted
| md griof-stricken daughter rushing through tho
yard, her face blanched, her eyes classy, and hor
| doncauor ono Of indoscribable terror mud ailic-
tion; unable to tell OF the HceneB Of horror Bho
had Witnessed, she had faintod in the front yard.
Soon after hcr sisters arrived and thon thoro
| wore sminr sceneB OF tho moBt Affecting and
hcartrouding naturo. Later in tho day ,ar.
Dempsey Jonea arrived home to find hin wife
md glBter dead.
Soon tho news of thla double tragedy was
widely circulated, and It certainly travelled with
| electric speed. Tho greatest excitement pre-
| Vailed Everybody clamored for Vengeance, but
| no clue to tho perpotrator could DO obtailled Il
| WIS not until tho day following tho murder, ond
after tho funeral had takon plnce, TINT suspicion
became attached to Jim Brown, who was then
arrested; but there boing no positive evidence
against him, ho was discharged.
| Singular to rofnto, the murderor still fingered
about tho scone Of hB critno, ns II thoro was
aome terrible, denoniao fascination IN It; but
1t was fatality, for again suspicion became
strong againss him, aud on tho aano day
| Wy he
oned, charged with this most torrible crime.
He was lodged in tho Jail, and, though to
a certain oxtent guarded, he succeeded
in making hia escape On Tuesday night about
o'clock, and mado for the woods where he re-
| NAMED until to-day. It then became apparent
to MI that Brown Was tho assassin, and when hia
actions and the finding OF Bomo tools Of his ut
Mr. JoneB' house were taken into consideration
1t amounted to certainty. The entire popuiaco
turncd out to capture him to-day, and by 1a
o'clock midday he Was surrounded In q tract oi
woods about one milo In area. Gradually thlH
Gordon was drawn In until It became comparn.
lively small and at laat the murderer waa started
from his lair. Ho endenyorod to esoape, but
being fred upon he quietly surrendered, md was
tsken to Suffolk, whero he has Rinco confessed
the double orimo with which ho stands charged
Tho most intense excitement etin prevails, and
it ia moro than probable Brown will pay tht
penalty Of hiB crime by tho summary process o
lynching ut the hands Of All outraged aud indig
nant people.
GHOuLS AND THEIR HOLOCAUST.
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