Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-23
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TIE Gi22tto OF Ih1rsdsy last, ere giVea py '"o
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Eycnirg gives Inc following detailed Gcc)upt 9!
the horrible crime iayolvi0g family Ct tha'
CITY :--"IrGih IS scnetimea stranger lIi:
Gct:9r." TIE story Of The Gltanpted murder CT
TIC HecrG J ancs j Jones scc1ns like C;lsrter cuI
irc,., cnc 0i Eugene Sues Partisan fcmances:
READ hctwcIa the leaves OF yellow covered
nay.!, il ,soui.; v rccI.ontd wild flight OF somo
ever wrou2ha imagination. 1t is doubtful II,
u ben 81! ;h2 Circumstances arc cOnsl1cTcd thcG'
is Anything more startling ID ell the &prals CT
Crim:c,
"a woniau moving in The first sotial circles in
this arstocrato old county, VIM has been locked
upon as model wife, g kind leigEbOr, ard
possessing J. mid and benign disposition, anc
two apparently simple farmer boys, whose lives
i.al been even in thrir tcr0r--thcSe orc toe
ae'crs in rs c3ld tooaed end deliberately p'ann
cd attempt az murder IS ever Was chron!otod.
Yesterday at bis s!stcr'e house, WHARF the
hard b! 40 overrr!iaE Providence seemed to
have led hIGl, prcpred up IN bed ii one co!I-
CT Of The regfo shaEtT, Babe slumEeIcg
quietly aDd caitrly at bis feet, vas James y onca
as be gives his raluc, 3 stalwatt, wei! Luil, ra
bust ..eera, probably thirty i've years Gid, OF
rather c0mc!g Appearance ard COED uGuuit.
! uancr ilG told his story with cAFciuincSs a-&
il 6 nl:nDcr which carried coc7ictinn will! 81
nnSt Irresistible force. TiiGru vas lille EGio
liz bis t"!ehead just eyer the tsc, }rGm which!
the blood coed out at times in sckenlnC sort o.!
way. There wac another wnnEd from pistol
Guile: beck OF the siGht car. II did not saeuj
;hat either bullet had rcGctfa.td the brain, IS
probing Elycdueei Eu c0nvaisoos. His back
waa CT. 10 terrible :EanreF rs with WHIP lash
:!Dd his arms WIRE wounded; severely. What
he :aiI was given with ctfcrt onG slowly; at
short Intervals he changed positions on the bod.
Without iuc& u!rg TO quote his language,
s;eI! present hs narrative as nearly exact rs
can ha danc with Justice IL propriety.
"Joncs began by saying be had lived upon the
aud bali i5Im Chestc! to;sD. since his old II al.
Ter died, some years ago Ia the family cl
DadSon we're tw0 daughters tho eldest,
and Dora, the youngest, both rather pretty
ei,ls, and much admircd and sought alter by
o! man of all work, Jones was The recipient Of
the conEaeuca OF all members Of the family, Sod
raracit3 OF tie two young ladies'. Early in
The spr1g Of 1877, open an aIte.ncoo, Alice
caEnc 10 .:!El dozen. ia the branch hack Of the
she wanted hin. to bury child which he would
!inG at The ,,laao losgasted-a pile CT stones not
lar away. He vent to tho spot, where nc found
full formed l9tant Child, about as large IS the
average newly bern inGu;. with pretty good
spriokIilg OF ha;r upon lis head As directed,
he took it and buried ii 10 tho braoch, lie
understood the chd's father to be Phillip Vim
cent, ytuag farm laborer, who worked upon
the land CT Isaac Matthews. tGjoiUing Mr.
D5d.ob'5 place. Atterasrds Filcaut, who was
about % or % years Of age, caElc to him ant
asked him I'll hl:c, had had il, ard he replied
that h9 "gucssci SC; for he bad buried child. y
keep il 10 yourself, and | will pay you" said
Vincent, hut nothing Vas evir paid. "Ffoa3l.
sea were plenty" remarked Jones, hut thay
did not a:aCuot to l1CcH." AterT ards Vincent
specifically promised So; but tic money vas
Eever paid.
- bout this cTcumsa1c3 or3s kept his own
coucse, ard nothing further Was said u2il the
fall, when Que day be YES was5iog the dishes
u the kitchen, when Alice csmo in and said
that sIa wanted him TO bury this" handing
him :. bucket which c3stsloed another dead
iotant wrapped il 81 old apron. This was dis
posed Ct as tho other had been. aud he after-
wards ica.ncd tba: it was the child Of Dora,
he sister Ct Alice, and that Fincsnt was also
lis f:incr, Ia faGt, Fincaat W2ot away about
this ;GIc - Talbot c3u1ty &c his brothers,
fearing al exposure, ard when no:hirg IVES
said cane back again.
":5cino tinlc latc 10 TIC !sil FiGotut carl3 to
Jones and again promised him money, aud
Threatened to kill hin it he told. 1T another
tin: NloCcGt gave hin! = pistol, aud a razor
aGt srop, tui subsequently :ook TIC II 5tcl
hwsy.
Some time 10 The sp!idE Ct The present year
q ocg:o woman aamed Eliza, wac lived upon
tac farm, told him 0! strange stories Inst we're
goiGe about coEcernIng the two young girls,
and s-lt that she had seen bones OF battles
buried ~ The swaGjp, and hlnting ysry broadly
that she kuow ilat he was III the secret. A.
ibis ho tell her the eGlira story, under The
strongest iiaoetiaps OF secrecy, which she Oh
served ualI Friday Of last week, Whau she be-
cllac augEy With him Ter having her boy rep,l.
lianicI aid punished fer negligence Of lis
wotk ia The coEa husl,ug. Then Ella went to
Mrs. Dodsou ard hGr husband, to whom she
rc7caiaa tlc story. Ga Monday Mrs. Dadson
asked him il i was true, aud he said, i e.
SHOW Hyt tic place where you buried them,
she demanded, and he took her dcWa 10 the
swamp but they icana nothing except an old
rag, which he supposed Taa part ct the old
apron. The hAu:s werO I'll gone, ald the places
Ct burial dug ur, AZ by hcgs or dogs, or posi-.
lily. by human hands. Mrs Dodson thcl said
hat s:lo cid pot hei!ave the tale, aud sent fer
F!Gcaar, tut what passed bctscca them Jones
CID not know.
''Oa Moulag night IF this wa:k "Meste:
Phil" game 10 him and said shat M had better
90 away or he woi,id be killed, "Bnt how arI
70 get away? [ Eagcn'i Any ulonoy," si,!
Jones. ''iit Get Die 10 morrow Tuesday, tight.
ard vii! rive you lncucy." llo appointed .
place If AcetIos. and The rCxt morning Jones
went ir!o Ch2S'cltof7a, wht,o be met Mr.. bod
sou, who asked him about the buried children
and talked with him aorne time, aud said that
be had better 20 Away. (which would you
ra,hyr do. 90 away or be whipped and keep
yo;.r toneuc?' .Ioaes replied that hu would
nrc!tr to re whipped, but that lie would 20
away AMI prnnis, not to come back again IF
they wanted biz, tc. 1t this Nj. Dodson ltit
hrl, aud lie went Gu. TO the farm. When he
rot there he wa3 oaught by Vincent ADD VIM.
who lied him securely with ropes.
They whirael him until both of them were
completely tired out. They saia that he bad