Daily Republican., 1878-11-23
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The no.lson Tragedies.

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the DOalson TRAGEDIES.
The fuller tiis iaptailsaf the Kent
Md, crime and which mas
identified itself with our own State. the
more terrible and cold blooded do they
appear. Had the cnlar-d man JONES
been shot dead and left lying in the
woods AS was intended, I q terrible
crime which now stands hefole tn" pnt'-
lic In such a CHASTITY form might have
been partially shielded, and the finding OF
Jones dead body whici, would probably
have been found in a week, month,
or probably a year, would only hav-
passed awaylas a seven days wonder,
"It's nothing but a Niger anyhow,"
would have been the sentiment In tire
neighborhood where these succession Of
tragedies occurred. The colored man
might have been ,missei from the farm
of the DodsoNs, but the same parties
who were the actors and ab-ttors in the
horrible crimes which have been re-
vsaled, could easily have invented a
plausible story to account for his alb
ssnce. Had the plot been carried out
asintended Jones would never have
crawled to the humble cabin at Van
dyke station with his head perforated
with bullets, to tell the terrible story
which convuls.s Eastern Shore society,
and shocks the public feeling all over
the country. Already there are those
who do not affect to believe what Jones
has told, hut tits hard to believe that
an nneduoatsd colored man whose whole
ambition seems IN hav. been to do as
he was told that he might please his
masters and ,mstr'ss-s, would on the
verge Of the grave ooncoct and tell the
terrible story which has heen revealed
The corroborating circumstances are
such as to back up and siren gth-u the
colorsd mans story. OF his own wrongs
there can b. no doubt. The bullet
holes in his head are proof enough O
the attempt to take his life.
That he lived with the Dodsons ther'
can b- no doubt, aud now that the eur
tain has been thrown aside, the sus
piciens Of the neig hborhooI in rega-'
TO SOME mysterious AMI strange action
in relation to SON. members of tha
family are fully verified. Jones wa
brought by sorn"body from that farm O.
Tuesday night ingo Black bird Hundred
where he was shot through the hea
and left for dead. He tells who brougll
him th-r", aud the intimacy of thos
men with the DodSon girls AM all tn
circus stances connected with the affail
shows that Jones' knew who brough
him 10 Those inho1pitabl- woods, an
also shows that jones' story is not a
untrue or even malicious ,ne. 1t
sail that the two men, Vincent an
Newcomb, strongly assert their innt
cenre, and say that they can prove a
alibi. The latter they may do, but tn
circumstances Of the case are such tn;
! it will be hard FIR them to make til
public believe they are innocent. tt
DodsOn family who could become a
c4ssories to the preparation of col
blooded murder, would not hesitate
swear falsely if by SO doing they cou
clear the two men, and at the san
time remove the dark pail Of gui
which hangs over their family. N
Dodsou about whom little has b..
said is not beyond suspicion Of beil
almost as much of an accessory to Il
plau to murder Jones as his wife.
he thought the latter was going in
that carriage to ne taken away out
the State that lie might not retu
again, why did he not pay the pc
negro the lutte stipend due to him.
must have thought that dead men won
have no need Of money. In all prol
bility Vincent and Newcomb will
delivered up by Governor Carroll
Maryland, to be tried in Delaware, b
Of this we are not sure. The jails
the Eastern shore are none of t.
strongest, and poor humanity is not |
yond the reach of temptation. We
not desire to prejudice tn" people
this case, cor to forecast the result O.
trial before our Courts, but we do no
that justice may be meted out regal
lass OF the color or standing Of t
actors in this terrible, but real and tr
drama of crime.
The Replevin Law.
A correspon lent, in another colum
while approving our views on t