The Morning herald., 1878-12-12

of the prisoners at the bar. The charge is
brought and rests upon the testimony Of
this negro; have not feeling Of hsrsh>
ness against him, or his race; would
have you consider him as one Of the most
| influential men that could be brought here.
Treat the question without bias and In
humang way.of judging humanatransaet-
ions. If the prisoners are Of good reputa-
tion it should have all the weight 70 which
| 1t is entitled. ,-,,,,,f MI.
What is the chsrgei Who makes II
| against whom ia It madei am rot here
to urge that he is liar, but TO- ask you
what is the outgrowth Of this state of
| things.
Here is a quiet, well ordered home,
hard working father, and an Industrious
| mother and children, loving them and doing
all things to make their homes pleasant.
And here comes this negro, who is adj
| mitted to b. q liar, and tells the terrible
| story which is without csrroboration. We
| do not deny that he was whipped and shut
| up and we had no desire to keep the mat
| ter from you. We wanted to show you the
| fact that caused the shutting mp and thrash
ing. Now the action Dodson took when he
heard the calumny against his daughters
was simply natural. He did take him homo
and after he had confessed to lying, and
submitted himself to be whipped, he was
shut up, and that was simply natural also.
When this man turned out at o'clock In
the evening, he found himself at Andrew
Caulk's house at 3 or 4 o'clock the next
morning, and no one knows how he got
thore. Jones said once during the testi-
mony that during the ride, he united his
| hands, and when they got to the "Cold
Well'' forest, he rolls out of the carriage
bound hand and foot. ..,.te
Mr.. Gray then went on at some length
| to pick out certain discrepancies in Jones'
story, and alluded to the fact that whom
when Jones went to the scene of the alleged
shooting with Joseph Roberts, he pointed
out two different places,
Jones says he had never been In Dela-
ware before the shooting, yet Mr.. Rothwell
testifes that in 1874 Jones worked for him
within or miles of the place. He left
Mr.. Dodson's and came to the most likely
place In the world for him to come, to his
sisters house. He was wounded 1t is true,
but whether by marauding thieves, or by
farmer whose house he tried to break
into, or by some one else, we are not bound
to prove. a ,.nl.. ~ . tss .s.a l.ius
If you areIcharged with crime, you are
not bound to prove yourself guilty until the
failed to do, while we have proved reas-
enable doubt as to the guilt of the prison
ers. The testimony of all the Witnesses
was then reviewed.
In alluding to the testimony OF the negro,
William j. A. Howard, Mr.. Gray said, had
the cause to tell lie. he could have told q
much better lie than that, and one that
would have been mere to the benefit of the
prisoners. 0t ''''
When Mr.. Gray closed, Mr., Lore followed
him for the defence. Take the case as 1t
he'd come to you, he said in commencing,
one side from multitude and the other
side from ore man and decide between
them. Mr.. Lore In going on said that the
case was on anomaly In the history, not
only of Delaware, but of the land He
told the two stories and reviewed the testt-
mony on both sides at some length (Mr.
Lore during his argument took the hat
worn by Jones on the night of the shoots
ing. II had two built holes In it; one was
through the hat band and the other through
the rim. He placed the hat on Jones head
in the presence of the audience and should
them that the built hole through the band
was over the right temple when the wound
was on JONES' lett temple.) - D. NJ Er.i
He asked which theory of the shooting
was correct; the one Jones told or that he
had tried to rob some ones chicken roost Of
or pig-pen and then fixed up the story upon
the Dodsons against whom he must have
held some resentment. pE",.
home till about sun down; that evening I
went to church on horse back and did not
get back till 1899 O'Clock; it is Methodist
Episcopal church and / am member; went
into the sitting room; ma, pa, my two sis
ters, my little brother and Vincent and
Newcomb were in tUer1, ma was sewing at
the table which stood at the side OF the
room. (Dora Dodson had said the table
stood In the centre of the room. -REPoR-
vER.) l went to bed 10 about q half hour
after got home and did not get up TILL $50,
O'Clock the next day, / did not see New
comb and Vincent thst morning.
Owen Dodson:--I am Is years old; on
Tuesday, went to school with my brother.
After came home had my supper, ! stu.
died my lesson and then laid down on the
floor and went to sleep; it was twenty five
minutes past 10 when awakened and then
I went to bed, Mr. Vincent and Mn tNew>
comb were still In the room when retired.
The rest of his testimony substantiated
that of the preceding witness.)
Weldie Wallace:-I know James Jones;
he lived with Mr.. Ford, near Chestertown;
his reputatlog Tor truth and veraclty lS pad
very bad; would not believe him upon his
oath. aE.h a' i1a 81" '@H8|
i Cross examinen:---I have known Jones
for year; the last tims l heard of his un-
truthfulness, was in June. .8,,.
Here discussion arose bstween the y
counsel, as to the length to which this cross
examination might be carried, and author
tiles were cited by both sides. The defence
blamed that the cross examination could,
20 no further than general reputation
while the State maintained that the matter
could be gone into in its minor details. r.
The court decided that the examination
might 90 80 far as the cause of the CONVEX
sation On the occasion OF the witness hear
ing of Jones untruthfulness. "'As1@2
Gross examination resumed:-It was In