Evening star., 1877-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.

TRIAL or THE NEGRO. CEPHUs 1oxEs

w tnt tNi1nlnal NOufi. Judge
oiin, the trial of Cephus Jones. colored,
charged with having. ON the san OF November
last, committed a rape on the person ol Flor
eRoe 7, smith. a Young white girl about IS
CLOSED
Maria D; Bntler testified that she had known
Jones Tor three yearS Saw him on the night Of
the outrage tseiween aud O'Clock when he
came a. her hack door She asked him what
m the name OF God was the maiter:' ne said
thai he Was surrounded. Soon after a party
came to the front door looSing for .IoneS
Jones told her that there VAS ''little he'll hack
IN the alley ;hiS coat wa> muddy. and his hands
aud pants also. ON cross Naminaiion she
stated that he had said % Margane' WaiSsn
that she did not know who had done H. but ID
y had Teen her own brother she world Try and
dencc.
Mary Newton testified that she had known
JOhrS lot hNe years saw him on November
about 6o'cloCk D. VA. iu font of her houS,, on n
street. near In street northeast be- was walk
ing; had ttick stick in his hand He fol
lowed her. aud She ran into a store % avoid
him.
This closed The ease for the government.
TO-DAY.
Ibis mOTniu- Mr.. 4. 4. kirrlcN. Tor the de
fendant made the opening argument. In which
De claimed that They would show that Jones
was ~ the time of the outrage IN Mrs. Norton's
house tin the same row with Butrr) Tor the
purpose of taking Mrs. N.'s two daughters
into the country: that there was a hue and cry
that the row vas Go I've searched and Jones'
not waiting 10 he arrested. left he claimed
that they would show concluSively that Il was
another man entirely Who committed the atro-
ciou> deed.
TESTIMONY TOR DEFENCE
DIR. y. A. iaIkiugtun was first called Tor the
defence. aud testified ON a technical point. ON
which ir Foster was also recalled and exam
incd.
Charlotte Norton testified thar She lived ON
i street near where the occurrence took place
and on The day in question james came there
about clock aud remained until the police
officers came to " aiSon'S. when some one said
that iheX were going TO arrest every one in the
row. and She turned him aud Anthony Poney
out Of the hack deor When the crowd was
there Jones was IN the hou>e and hr had been
there since I o'clock. Witness was locking
out Tor her daughter Matilda when she saw
the crowd. The police searched her house ON
saturday Tor ZONES shirt. hut did MOI find IL.
Witness never washed any clothes for Jones.
Emma Norton. daughter ui the preceding
witness, testified that She came home on the
evening in question nj >iN O'Clock; found
Jones. her sister Maggie and others there. and
Jones lett Nhcn the officers were searching
around and her mother sent him cut. Her
mother went Ia The door and asked What's
the matter. saying there was a crowd ON
every corner. and Jones got up and put on his
coat aud went out. and he returned in five
minutes, SAYING the police was looking for
Frank Jackson. lie then with Poney went
out az the back door. His clothes We're per
icctly clean that night. a. also his pants. Cross
eNamined-He Was nNed ap right well that
night. He had been visiting witness about
i've or SiN months; had heard that he was liv-
ing with woman. The crowd WAS excited
and seemed la he look ing for some one don't
know What time Jones left. except that IL Was
dark. Re-lircct-NiinesS heard Marie Butler
>ay that she was forced To call Jones name,
aud would not have mentioned il III they had
not arrested her husband Re-crosS-eNamina-
tion-Maria Butler said that Ceph. came i'm
her hack door aud looked suspicious, aud She
vs. forced Ia mention hS name.
Maggie Norton. another daughter of Char
lotte, testified that Jones was az the house
until after >iN O'Clock. and left when the police
were searching Ndt>ons house. Jones WAS
Wrapping her sister : hair and learning her 10
spell.
Anthony Poney testified that ne went i'm
Mrs. Norinn'S between 6:l5 and 6:2l hat eve
nlnE. and found Jones There with 4 man named
Williams. His moihcr-in-law called him. and
he went to ilc pump for her. when he saw the
crowd. and then went 10 Tilghmans :. and with
Jones lett Mrs. Norton :. Witness. however,
returned. and did not see Jones again. but
heard rap NJ MI. Buffers door crosS-eN-
amined-it was after the people commenced
to hunt for some one that hc saw Jones in Mrs.
Norton'S. and had told officer Block that he
could not do him any good. because The people
were around there before le saw him. When
witness started to 20 home he saw four men on
The corner. ana then went lnio Mrs. NortonS ;
where hg saw Jones. MiBeS> knew ID was ~
minutes past O'Clock Ia the clock. because he
had set II back 30 minutes because the old wo-
man did rot want il - faSt.
Margaret Watson testified that She lives in
GTupe'S row: Maria Builer lived ia the row.
and alter the Oii1rtrS had searched her house
she Went with Mrs. Butler and Emma Norton
down on lwh street heard Maria say la En-
ma. Il believe it Was Ceph: !" and 10 witness
She said She believed iI. because Ceph came To
the door and said that there was a party out
side who looked like they would mob some
one. She Said. also that when they took her
husband away She told Them that il was Ceph,
and that She said il 10 clear her husband. aud
that she was sorry that She had ever called his
name. About two weeks after the occurrence
Maria said that she hoped that they would send
him (Ceph) to he'll and wished God had struck
him dead When he came to her door.
Mrs. Julia PUmphreN testified that She lives
n the corner of and llth streets and on the
night in question. shortly after dark. a tall
colored man. wearing a blue blouse. came 10
the door and asked the way To 4 street. IL
was not Cephus Jones. On crosse Namination
witness said that IL Was near O'Clock.
Mr.. Henry Pumphrey corroborated the pre-
cecdng witness.
4. II. Iiay was called a an expert az Ia dis
lLguishing features under a lamp post, and
testified that he had made an experiment. with
| a man standing against a lamp post. and on a
dark night could see and make out the form
| but not the features.