The Morning herald., 1878-11-29
SAst In The; Woods
SIN, SHAME AND CRIME.

,xr,Iux TRIPLE TRAsKDY-AS AWFUL
.yrArR II caHsTERToEx, AND. Ifs
sLoopr sleuEL IN 1n HAcKhRD
reLIsrs-Two nLIsITINAfs CHILD
Rsx KILLED, AND coLoRED NAs WHO
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: pxLAwARE LIxT AsD ETpDLHD WITH
su.LxTs-UxrARALLELEp FEEocIfI.
Aeroes the country, about i've miles
from Townsend, through tae Blsckoird
forest going vest, Is the sm,n station
kuown IS Van Dykes, upon the Queen
Anna ard Ken; county railroad. A more
desolsts tract Of land than that stretching
for mica around 10 hard to imagine. The
country is thisly settled, and looks Wild
and desolste, and the lard covered with .
dense growth OF stuntsd pines and water
oaks, is In many places msrshy and wet.
Near this station 1t was that, early Wed
nesday morning, terrible crime came 70
light, the hgror and yileness Of which ale
most surpasqes belief. III sE
A celorsd man, In the early dawn, came
to house near there, occupied by colored
people named Csulk, and asked them 70
give him aid, as he was dying. Covered
with dirt and biood, be presented truly
terrible and pitiabIe spectacle. There was
hole In his forehead just above the right
eye, from which the blood was slowly ooz
| ing, and another in the back part Of bis
| neck from which the blood had run down,
completely ssturasing his coat.
Nearly dead, he was taken In by the col
ored people and cared for. The story he
told was sE 4~ 49, Es-'
STRANGE AND TERRIBLE ONE.
Hs said thas his name WAS James Jones
and that up to the night before hs had beet
In the employ of . woman named Dobson
living 10 Cbestertown, Md. On the day be
tore (Tuesdsy) he was taken by two younI
men, pamed Thomas Newcomb and PhflhI
Vincent, and locked up. He was con6net
until seven O'Clock that night, ana at thA
time was taken out and put In carriag
with Mrs. Dobson. The two young mel
got in and tied his hands, 10 which he sub
mitted without resistance, owing to pre-
vious agreement. They then drove of with
all four in the carriage. How long the,
kept on he does not know, but 1t wagfo
hours, and finally, after trsversing miles
they stopped. 1t must have been midnight
The carriage door was opened by New
fcemb, who. stePped outside and told JoDe
to get out. This he did, and Vincent fol
lowed him. His hands were still tied, az
he was perfectly helpless. The night va
as dark as pitch, and he knew they were
the woods, but where, he had net the slight
est idea! Newcomh at once, told Jones tina
he had to ri. s.:,.. .-.....,..
PREPARE 70 DIE" - 59f
| "Why do you say that % asked th
darkey. @@%r"
4 "well, that's our business" was tt
reply. 70 = -tE5g
81 don't thiLk you ought to XIII me,
said the negro. You promised to brln
nae up to Delaware and let me CO."
"We brought you up here to kill yor
! and We intend to do IT," answered the me
roughly. az - 'ss~-
He was then gagged, and a rope draw
I around him and passed around tree, bint
, ing him TO 1t In spite of his protestationl
A mouent more aud zach of the two me
? drew a leyolver and commenced firing
him, aid +he reports rang out sharply o
the hight air. The fret shot missed hi
. altogether, and the second passed throug
his hat rim, defbg no injury Two MOI
shots were fred by each of the would-t
ass ssssins, and both of the bullets sped wit
directness Oh ther erraLd. One struck biz
in the forehead Just above the right ey,
=, and the other In the back of the necl
Nearly dead, and unconscious, he can
i down to the ground, The murderers, thinl
Z ing their work completed. unbound au
ungagged the man, and getting into u
carriage which the woman, Mrs Dobsel
had been minding all the while, drov
= away, -.
et LEAVING HIN FOR DEAD. r. ~
o. They only went q short distance whe
: the carriage stopped, and Vincent calls
: back TO him in order, it Is supposed, to re-
assured that be was dead. Jones mac
no answer, and the carriage rolled rapid
away through th, mist and darkness.