The Morning herald., 1878-11-25
ONE CENT.
THE CRIME AT "coLD WELL

NO NEW DBvnLoPMENTs-MRs. DoBsoN's
"vIs1T."-Is JONES' STORY TRUE s-
TEE REQUIsIoN.
Special Correspondence of the HERALD.
CHrsTERTowN. Nd, Nov. "a.
The parties figuring in tho wild midnight
tragedy in the "Cold Well' forest, near
Vandyke's station, by which the negro
James Jones was almost shot to death, are
widely separated. Three hundred yards
from where he was shot, the victim Of the
tragedy lies slowly recovering under the
treatment OF skillfnl physicians. Thirty
miles away, in the Dobson farm house, are
the two young women whose alleged indis-
creetness lies at the bottom Of the whole
affair. In the old county iail. under the
surveillance of Sheriff Davis, lie Vincent and
Newcomb, while Mrs. Dobson is--where
She has gone visiting."
1t has been remarked by many persons.
that Mrs. Dobson's mysterious disappear,
anoe, and that on the very day, or night
rather, that her two accomplices were ar
rested, eclipses whatever shadow Of doubt
there was of her guilt. How or where
Mrs. UoDson went Is q profound mystery
no one, perhaps, outside of these figuring
In the drama can tell anything further than
that she is gone. Ga ti
Mrs. Dobson is Cecil eountian by birth,
and has numerous relatives living at what
is called the Levels,". q level region
stretching hayward from Chesapeake CITY.
Here. most likely, Is Mrs. Dobson, stop
ping In fancfed security from the clutches
Of Delaware or Maryland law.
Chesterfield has thrown off it's mild de-
neanor and staid secrecy, and many, vague
ana conflicting are the rumors relating to
the crime, the news of which is still max
Ing the average Chestertownite hold his
breath. There are but one OF two theories
by which the attempted murder can be ex-
planned James Jones either falsely scauda
lized tt Q family till they would endure no
more, and meted out to him terrible
punishment, or the stories had foundation,
and the murder was to silence him forever.
When you look into the matter closely.
and learn that Jones told stories about Mrs.
Dobson ahd the girls which he afterward
denied. the former idea seems plausible
but Jones' straightforward story told now
and the disappearance of Mrs. Dobson
makes the other the most likely and terri.
BILE. ~a ss..
More persons than one say that the car
riage In which the ride was taken that dar (
Tuesday night, was covered with mud 4 .
next morning, and rope was found insid,
Eliza, the colored woman that made publ,
the stories Jones told her about burying th,
babies, says that she saw the whippiD !,
and knew he was to be taken away thfs
night. A boy, who says he was hired to- =,
with the eparty on the night of the shooti Z
and hold the horses while Jones was ma e
away with, and yet who didn't 20, has al i,
disappeared, and his whereabouts are rs
much mystery 90 is Mrs. Dobson's.
All this and much more is what the pfns
pie here are talking of In relation to ths
tragedy. a~
Meanwhile the requisition in Consta ,'s
Truman Roses pocket, and half do
handcuffs and leg irons, are travel
toward Chestertown. Constable Rose
almost worn out; he has not had SOU q
hours sleep since he rode over to Caui.,'s
and helped take Jones' affidavit, and Gs
he will not sleep until the would be mut rs
ers are behind the bars at New Castle. lis
cannot be done before Tuesday, unless ne
Queen Anne & Kent railroad run sp. al
train.