Daily Republican., 1878-11-23

A.-Thsrs wsrs tso. Thsrs hat
bean tI,rSs but sns ~ Dad, havinI
> l'asn grouud up Ia soms machinery
The other two are Alice and Dora.
Q.-Whsn we're you told to bury th.
childf
A.--About two years ago from next
Spring. was washing In ths kitchen
when Alice [no~ married 70 . rssps, ia.
bic business man In PhiIsdelphia 10
came to ms and told me she wan.
ted me TO 60 take away Q baby
that was In pile Of stone and bury Il.
Ibid. buried on the edge ofthe branch
back Of the house.
! o.--Who did she say was the father
,fiti ..# F9 at5$
| A--Shs told ,ns that its father was
Philip Vincent. He lived there with
them and worked by the day ~ farm
laborer. He 10 now working on the
next place to Dodson's.
Q.--How came she 10 tell you THAR
A Because he had told me himself
TO 60 and bury It for her, and told me
to keep 1t TO myself and hs would give
me 15.
Dwell, did hsi ..a.. .4
A.-No sir. Hs gass mo . sssor and
. strap and pistol; but he Stsrward
took the pistol from me. =
Q.--Wsll, about this second childf
Alt WAS this time last year, l WAS
In the kitchen when Alice again came
to me. She had . bucket In her hand.
She told me It was dead child, and
ordered me TO 90 and bury II. did 50.
Q.-Wh0 was its fatherf
A.-Philip Vincent. Aud Dora the
other daughter was its mother. Dora
never said anything to me about it.
Philip Vincent went away about this
time for fear that he might bs exposed
Q.--Who was the color.d womani
Alt was Eliza. She lived in an
clubhouse on the farm. She got hold Of
the affair somehow, and as she accused
me, | owned to burying the babies.
The way she came 10 tell on me was
this: Her hoy was working in the field
with me and as he was half doing his
work, | began to talk with him, and
finally told "Massa' Dodson, who
chastissd the boy This made Eliza
mad and she told "Massa" Dodson all
about the babies. -...
Q. How deep did you bury the babies.
A. buried them about half foot.
II was soft mud right along side Of the
branch.
Q. What did you dig the holes WITH
A. | dug them with my hands.
q. Why did you dot at
A. Well, to tell you the truth, sir, |
lidn't half like the job anyhow. was
afraid Of ghosts. It was getting dark;
and ! was afraid they would come out
II the branch after me, and so threw
.he babies in hurriedly. [S.eing the
'mles Of incredulity upon the faces of
ais auditors, he laughed quite heartily ]
The account Of the terrible ride and
midnight scene in the dismal forest I
that which has already
'esi published II
Al We we're about leaving he sat up
traight in bed aud with eyes bsamiDg
With intelligence, said, "Gentlemen, Il
I had not been Gods will l would not !
rave been here to-day. He meant that
should live to testify in this csse!'
Mr.. Pennington, good ratursdly- q
why Jim you're good Presbyterian I
they believe what's to bs will be-" I
John replied good humorsdly and I
'ads us all 'tgood day."
About fvs hundred yards from Caulk's /
'ouse is where the murder was att.rnp- L
I'd. The spot was little of from the .
Dad, and was dreary and wild. Push. |
ng our way through the dense under I
rowth, We after walking about fifteen Z
ret, came to . couple Of large trees. L
round on sveryhaad we're evidences a
I . struggle. A solemn stiffness per. =
AIDED tho place. At the sound Of our a
Dotst'ps . couple Of cotton tails started
rom the thickst and sped across the d
pening In the distance. ii
Gum trees shot upward in close Il
roximity to each other and the briars I
nd brushwood, luxurisnt and matted y
lung TO the worm-eaten trunks and u
ormsd a barrier almost impossible. '
From the road to the above mentioned Q
rsrs there we're evidences as Il q body Il
ad forced itself through the thicket. o
his path was made by the entrance Of Il
|swcom and Phillips who were cad /.
ng by the rope the trembling form ofth- a
oomed negro. Between the trees
'ers marks as ifmads by a fallen body. p
rom there In another direction We fol- q
WED a path which was pointed out to il
as being that over which the body OF f.
ones was dragged. Il
The hriars were broken and crushed. u
he negro had been pulled by . rop,
hich was tied around his neck, ,throug h 81
lis brushwood over the road into the U,
'pse on the other side, then up an c'
nbankmrnt and over that Into a shal III
w ditch. This oorrohoratsd the tss. ,m,' ~
mony Of the negro who stated that he "a
sd been dragged all this. distsno.; "a
at he was conscious at the time but 'n
'pt perfectly still, suffering untold I"
'ony, for fear that the men would :.
lnplet. their undertaking. nv
The Attorney General being satisfied '.'' u.
lth the investigation We returned to ,'s
u carriages. As | stepped in made ou ".
remark calling attention to the dis WI
Al appearance Of the spot. eyes," re- h'
led Mr.. Rose, it IN dismal, hack th.re uu Nv
the forest are scores ofcaLins, inhab- VI
ID by both white and black, who ia
W lived for years without doing a "a "a
oke Of work. | have now Stata pro. ~
'ses against all Of tn sm: but II 10 al Oh
,st impossible to come mp with them. va
From other information from Mr.. Rose "
learned that Cold we'll forest was
It around which cling memories, hor-
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