, 1873-07-15
THE CALLOWS.
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Blood for Blood---Lifo for, Life!
Execution Of Thrco Negroes for
Niurder.

1natantanoOi1R}y. The Btory Of tito crime for
little moro tfnn Nix voeks ago thoro dveit ID tho
County Of Nanaomond, w.. hbont ten miles from
the small town OF Suffolk, 4 respectable md wol-
to-tlo family Of six pernona Thoae woro Mr.
Dempsey Jones. hin wife, three dnughtera and
namcd, In common with her Bfater-fn-lnw, Mrs.
Jonos was vol advanced In soarH: rho family
dwelling 10 hituated ina pleasant but isolatod
spot. well beyond earsllot Of tbs nearest noigh-
Tho lat Of June boing mild aud beautiful
Babhath, Mr.. Jones ,BolZo1 tho OCCASION for =
distant rfdo into ono OF the adjoining countieB
Of North Carolina, and later during the foro-
noon his tnreo daughters drove to tho moetng-
house, about one milo and half liat6nt.
Thus an unhappy fatality ordorod 1t 30 that
tho two venerable ladios, Hrs. Jonea and Mrs.
Dozler, wero loft alone.
Tho Subsequent contosBion Of tho ,murdorer
supplies us hero with connected story.
From sunrise Of Sunday morning Jim Brown
watched tho promises, aud instigatod, M 1t ap-
peara, BY cupidity alono vaitea patiently for tho
save by thetwo aged aistors. It may not be
that his purpose aforethought waa murder AZ
| vol aa robbery, for evon he could hardly have
bought with doliberason tho lives of two females
their favor and indulgence.
When the young ladies' had loft tho premises
he orawled from his concealment In wood-shcd
and s1 entered q tho h9qse sq By eide door door! -
tion interrupted by this singular intrusion,
turned. and regarded with mutual instructive
terror tho black; threatening countonance Of the
hidooua, mtashapen negro, He promptly made
zier, though inwar1lly shivoring with foar, con-
fronted him and said, "Loave the house In
Btantly or NO shall havo you punished Severely"
10 ansRorod nothing, but instantly soizod tho
]IIo thon, sotzed = billet Of wood lying On
| the hearth, and with two heavy blows from his
powerful arm Hterally broke hor skull to pieces.
Horror-stricken at tho wretched fato Of her COM
panion Mrs. Jonoa, losing all her native dignity
prayed, -" Jim, ploaae don't kill mo-"
Only m instant he hoBtatod, till tho death
| atrugglos Of :hiB' first Victim had eoaaed,
then ngain, tho huge club descended md
g,linod door. The bloody work finished Tue
black demon went rapidly through the rooms,
unlocking and searching oYeTy drawor or other
found d pockot-book containing 81, and elso-
whore quantity Of family jawelH, which he loft
untouched, oitller through ignorance Of thcir
value or sl1rewd fcar that thoy might bosrny
him., Thon he fed through tho woods to his
shanty, first hiding tie pookct-book In; an oak
buBh by tho roadside -.
Tho novs: Of murder unparalleled in the
aarkeat annals Of Nansemond, wont, M ii by IN
electric flash, all over tho reighboring country.
A torriblo cry for vongoance responded, and from
Suffolk to tho last hnbitation on the dark con-
fines Of tho Dismal Swamp tho poop}o with one
accord rose up to search for the nlurdoror. Tho
young mon Of the district seomod suddenly
endowed With tho Instinct OF tho blood hound,
OF the keen insight of the trained sdetoctyo.
They got on tho track and pursued 1t unceaa-
ingly on tho second day aftcr tho bloody decd,
and the day after tho burial Of tho victim tho
murdorer, was brought to bny in tue wooda.
Being quickly surrounded, he was .taken. with
slight resistance. pinionca, thrown into q fish
cart, and the Same night WAS safely deposited in
found him crouchod in tho corner Of -hte coll,
shtvoring with horror. He then declared that
he had just walked from . dream, in
which he SAW, :. himseK with ropo
excited ho Was easily led to make = full and free
| confession Of hia crime. The Week following
the trial was begun in Suffolk. The Court fur.
nished counsel for the prisoner, who pleaded
the proceedings The trial was concluded in
! two dAys-a yordct rendered of murder In the
frat degroo, and the cnlprit sentenced to be
hanged on tho 11th July-giving him 4 littlo
moro than three weeks for preparations
.-- Albert Saunders.
Prince Frederick "a x aI ~, t;a GeTrt'po"dtnee ottas
On Saturday, Doc. % last. tho body Of Eugene
Archie PurdeQ WAS found near tho public road to
| Upper Marlboro, aome twelve miles from this
| place. Tho marks OF violence upon hin head
| mado It evident that 1,o had boon murdered.
Durdoll was Fronchman by birth, and had boon
| On tho 2Gth solno two days before his body was
found, he had called ut Mr. .IIowe's store, about
sunset, and askod him IL ho could give him
| nights lodging, bIr. Howo informed him that
| l,o had but ono spare room and that had alrondy
| boon promised to some civil, euEiuoora who we're
| employed in locating q railroad route through
| Tho neighborhood; that, however, ho had no
| doubt, Mcdowell, who lived not very far OF,
f11,
sation thorc was present in tho atoro colorod man
nanod Albert Saunders, who volunteered to show
him the way. They loft tho storo together, and
nothing wns acen. of Durdell until two days at-
| which run into dcop gully, and in the pursuit
of the game thoy onme upon the body Of tho
unfortunate man, 1lloy at onco notified tho
peopls at the nearost honse At the Coroner'a
inquest, before which Saunders. who had to-
mnincd in tho neighbo1hood, WAS summoned aH
witnoss, the ciroulnstantial evidence pointed so
plainly to him ss the murderer that ha was ar
rested and brought down here to jail to await
Tic action Of the Grand jury, which, at the last
agafnst him. Doforo the trinl chmo OF 8aun-
dors made full coniossion to Mr. Hindry, tio
County Jailor. he said that aftor he loft the
store h he picked up - heavy oak stick or club,
dHtance lie struck him blow: with nil hia
strength on theleft aldo Of the hoad; that tho man
fell In tho road, but just then ho hoard man COM
Ing on horsoback ana ho ran and hid In tho
wooda; that, after the horsoman passed. he camo
back, aud aa tho man waa still kicking ie gave
him another blow, and then he did not kick auy
more Ho stoopad down to search hiB poclots
and get his monoy, whom he heard another horse.
man coming, and 10 ran again into the woods till
this aocond mnn passed. Then whom lie cnmo
back the third timo ho dragged him into tie
woods md threw him down into tho gulley,
whore he waa found. j, Tint he took tho WOODEN
scnrf Or comforter Of hiB neck, but that was all
no brought away. Tho money which he found in
ono Of hts pockets was a big roll Of bills, and
TINT, with a eilyer watch ho had on, ho hid unlor
aome small bushes In the g,,lley. The satchel or
nmall bug which Durdoil had With him he left
in the rond. It had nothing in it but his clock
tools, and they wero no uso to him. This
satcllel was found in tho road the no1t
morning after tho naurdor by a colorod man.
Tho comforter, which WAS recognized as bolong-
Ing to tho man. was found by The jailor at the
place near Saunders house, whore lo said no
had hid 1t, but the watch md money llaye mover
boon found, though dilIgont. search has been
mpLo at Aul In tla vicinity Of thh 1lacng hn f,n.