The Morning herald., 1878-12-11
ONE CENT,


On the night Jones came to my place and
before he came heard 5 or pistol shots;
they sounded pretty close; thought it was
some boys shooting coons; and seemed to be
back of my barn.
George Johnson:-I live near Van Dykes
station something less than mile from An
dy Uaulk;I saw James Jones lying in bed
at Caulk's house; on the night Jones was
shot heard three pistol shots; my house is
about 200 yards from the road and the
place where the shooting oc CURED IL be- g
tween my house and Caulks. t 4.s. 5.
I Joseph ROberts:-I am o surveyor ana
went down to the place of the shooting
with James Jones; took a measurementof
the place and found Caulks house to be
9S6 yards from the Maryland line and the
place where the shooting occurred 10 furs
ther from Maryland than Cauiks house,
Jones while down there pointed out two
different places where he said the shooting
occurred, which were 800 yards apart, both
of them were In New Castle county
DR.. Howard Ogle:-I was called upon BY
the Attorney General to 20 and see the
wounded man, Jones, made slight ex>
animation of the wound in his head; I pros
bed the wound and found that it ran around
the head on one of his arms were two small
wounds of no importance. - ~, ia .3.
u Truman Rose:-I am, Constable at
Townsend; went out to Andy Caulks house
where the negro James Jones lay; he sp-
peared to be wounded very bad w James
Jones' hat was given to nae at Caulks and
saw there were two bullet holes in 1t, one
was through the band and the other
through the rim. (The hat was here ex-
ibited and offered In evidence)
William Fl. Dlckenson:-I live In Appe-
quinimink Hundred near Van Dykes sta
tion; few days after the shooting | saw
Jones, as he lay wounded at Caulk's house.
Isaac Matthew'S live In Chestertswn
in Maryland on the farm adjoining that of
Mr.. Dodsen; William Newcomb is my
brother In law and works for me as also
does Vincent. On the 18th of November
last Vincent and Newcomb were engaged,
10 husking corn in the field which is abeut
300 yards from Dodsons house. Vincent
was absent from the corn field while and
one Of the hands told he had gone to the
house but when went home he was not
there, Newcomb also went away, they
came back about o'clock and after supper
they went away. They were not home when
ing at $50 when I got home they were
fire kindled, often found them there In
the mornings. "a ~" 2t5 9AA is"t
Cross examined:--It was not an unc0m'
mon occurrence for them to be away till
late at night. ''''' '' ~ '''''
The State here rested. the case. 'jgq. la
Mr.. Gray then opened for the defence, and
after addressing the jury briehy and ear
n neetly commenced to call his witnesses.
Mrs. Alice B. Prettyman;--I live in Phil
alelphia and am the daughter of Mrs. Dod-
son, have been married since the 30th Of
July. knew James Jones; remember
the Tuesday he was whipped; he had gone
away the night before and came back that
day with my father; he came into the yard
and then accompanied by several others we
went down to the branch and he was made
dig for certain things he had placed there,
he failed to find anything and he said he
had not buried anything; we went back to
the house and he said thatthe stories he told
were false, he asked my father to let, Vim
cent and Newcomb whip him., and they did
whip him with carriage whip; after that
he was made to go into the meat house and
was locked up. Vincent and Newcomb
went away and caae back about T. o'clock
and let Jones go away after making pro-
mise that he would never talk or lie about
any one any more and would never come
back; my mother, my sister, myself, Mr..
Newcomb and Mr.. Vincent went into the
sitting room, my father was in the room
till O'Clock when he went to bed; at IL
l'o'clock my mother, my brother and myself
| went to bed, my sister did not come to bid
| then. ,.o ~, 70, a-sr,... t.., .E,a,l ,.g4
Cross examined:-We had dinner that
day about 2o'clock; Vincent came to our
| house In the morning before 10 O'Clock and
did not stay long: he then went to Chester
town In carriage with my father and re-
turned about noon; after going to the
with plow line; Mr.. Newcomb and Mr..
Vincent staid at our house all night; they
live about half mile away, Newcomb had
an overcoat and Vincent had none.
Dora A. Dobson:-On Tuesday Jones
was brought to our house by my father and
Mr.. Vincent; he went down to the branch
with father, mother, Mr.. Vincent my sister
Eliza and Andrew; he said they might
whip him, that was after they came back,
he said he would rather be whipped than
sent away; they were talking of sending
him to the United States army; he said the
stories he had told were all lies, they whip
ped him and shut him up In the smoke
house; Newcomb and Vincent went away
after dinner and came back In the evening,
Jones was then let out of the smoke house
and Newcomb asked him If he would ever
tell any lies on any one aud stay away If
they would let him go: he said he would
and went toward the road, passing between
the house and meat house: (The rest of
the testimony the witness connected with
that of her sister.) t..G
Cross examined:-Vincent came to our
house between or Q o'clock and went away
soon af ter to Chestertown with papa and
brought Jones bsck;w when Jones was put
into the meat house, Mr.. Vincent lifted him
in, Mr.. Vincent left the next morning, both
ne and Newcomb left together In q. wagon
both of them had overcoats; they were both
at our house on Monday night and did not
stay quite all night, they came to our
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