The Morning herald., 1878-11-23

His face was pleasant and Intelligent, and a
smile Of recognition lit up hia face as Con-
stable Rose and Magistrate Wilson entered
st the head of the party. he was asked
how be felt, and replied quite pleasantly
that he felt much better. 9@ va" @'7'i ~
1o The -Attorney>Genera then took down
his affidavit, and the story he told of the
shooting, or Of the cause leading thereto,
does not vary much from the one published
in the H1RALD yesterday. Minutely and
without hesisancy he gave, the whole story,
and In away that impresses the listener
with o belief that It must be true; o. a1DH 1ss
That part of the story relating to the
Chestertown part of the affair Ia more full
than that which we have already published
Mrs. Dobson, the mother Of the girls, Is not
q widow lady, ss was first supposed, but
the. wife of John F. Dobson, well-to-do
farmer near Chestertown. The girls names
are Alice and Dora. Alice is the eldest.
Jones was sort of man. of-all work, and
servant In the family. He was quiet, re-
spectful and much confidence was put In
him. In the spring Of 1877 Alice approach
ed him one day when at work, and asked
him to bury something for her which hs
would find at certain place. He consent
ed, and going to the place found o we'll
formed infant hidden there. It had EVIL
IDENTIFY been strangled, but not before It had
become at least week old. W.. 9a' h9i
He did not bury the child then, but went
afterwards in the dusk of the evening" He
took 1t over In the edge of the swamp and
buried It. ~ didn't bury It very Deep"
said the negro in conclusion. .gn9J rdl
And why not. Jones IT, was asked. goT[
"Why, cause didn't want to stay any
longer den could help, TO- it was dark an
was afeered Of spooks." ''t s.,L'1O y
James, says he thinks the father Of this
child 10 Phillip Vincent. Sometime In the
fall Of tho same year, Alice brought an
other infant to him In basket with o cloth
tucked down over 1t to conceal it and asked
him to bury 1t sls0, which he did, He A.
terwards learned that Dora was the moth
er Of the latter infant. Phillip Vincent sp>
pears to have been particularly anxious 10
endeaverine to keep the matter quite, Al
ternately promising Jones reward that
after all imaginary and threatening him
with death were be to reveal It. When the
matter reached the ears of Newcomb and
| Vincent, through the colored woman, they
were greatly incensed and on the day that
he was taken away (Tuesday) they caught
and tied him and gave him terrible whip
ping. n I'll ~. -.~ -r .ad~, .,af a.
& Jones relates with rude graphicness
the terrible ride they had in bringing him
to the place where he was shot. Vincent
drove and Newcomb sat beside him In every
house they passed they, would choke him for
fear he would make an out cry. <t]y @' q
After Attorney General Pennington had
made out the affidavit during the visit to,
day, DR.. Ogle made an examination OF the
wounds. he probed for bullets bpt was
N unable to find any, and from the nature oi
, the wounds he thinks that they were caused
by one bullet; that is the ball entered the
forehead and ran around the skull passing
out ia the back of the neck or vice versa
Jones 10 likely to recover, having improved
much since Wednesday evening, when he
took 9 turn for the better p. "a ~ x!
Just around curve In the road, not more
than three hundred PAGES from Coxes
thouse, is the place where the shooting oc-
Ieurred. On one side of the road the woods
rise dense, with spongy ground, plainly
visible an1ongthe trees,as far as You can sst
and on the other nsrrow strip OF fed and
then the woods again. Right by the side
of the road, was where he Was shot snd
marks of the carriage wheels, made wher
the vehicle was turned, was plainly visible
next morning. e l.= o
Oply Vincent and Newcomb are In custody
90 far, but Mrs. Dodson, 1t 10 quite likely
be will arrested also. rsi
The parties are as has been said. well
know and highly respected. Alice Dobeor
Is now married to commission merchan
Philadelphia, named Prettyman. r,t
II THE oosDEN MURDER. g,
The scene of the shooting is only q few
rods from the spot wnere once stood an ole
tavern and crossroads store, know
through the country around as the "Colt
Well;" so called, because hard by there II
an unusually cold well of water, known tx
al passers bl. In this old house that wa