The Morning herald., 1878-11-22
Shet In The Weeds.
SIN, SHAME AND CRIME.

BLooDY sEouEL IE TIE BLAcKhRDI
yoIIsrs-rwo nLIGITMA7E CHILD
REx KILLED, AND A coLoRED NAN WHO |
xxEw THE STORY, BRoUeHf OVER TIE
DELAwARE LINE AsD RIDDLED wITH
BuLLETs-uxPARALLELEp FERocIrY.
Across the country, about nve miles
rom Townssnd, through the Blackoird
orest going west, Ii the smih station
Known IS Van Dykes, upon the Queen
Anne ard Kent county railroad. A more
iesolats tract Of land than that stretching
for mile. around Is hard to imagine. The
country is thirly settled, and looks Wild
and desolste, and the land cc,ered with
dense growth OF stuntsd pines and water
oaks, IL In many places msrshy and vet.
Near this station 1t wss that, early Wed
nesday morning, 8 terrible crime came 70
light, the horror and vileness OF which ale
most surpasees belief. y 4.
A colored msp, In the early dawn, came
to house near there, occupied by colorsd
people named Csulk, and asked them tol
give him aid. as he was dying. Covered
with dirt and blood, be presented truly
terrible and pitiable spectacle. There was
hole in his forehead just above the right
eye, from which the blood was slowly ooz 1
ing, and another In the back part Of bis
neck from which the blood had run down !,
cnm nletaiv aatnrattnO hfR cnst
Nearly dead, he was taken In by the COL
ored people and cared for. The story he
told was ~. t.s 49, ,.t s-st
STRANGE AND TERRIBLE ONE.
Hs said tbst his name was James Jones!
and that up to the night before bs had been
IN the employ of 3 woman named Dobson,
living in Cbestertown, Nd. On the day boz
fore (Tuesdsy) be was taken by two young
men, Damed Thomas Newcomb and Philip
Vincent, and locked up. He was confIDed
until seven o'clock that night, ana at that
time was taken out and put in carriage
with Mrs. Dobson. The two young men
got in and tied his hands, 10 which he sub.
mitted without resistance, owing to pre-
vious agreement. They then drove of with
all four in the carriage. How long they
kept on he does not know, but 1t wasfor
hours, and finally, after trsversiDg miles,
they stopped. 1t must have been midnight.
The carriage door was opened by New
comb, who. slapped outside and told Jones
to get out. This he did, and Vincent fol-
lowed him. His hands were still tied, and
he was perfectly helpless. The night was
40 dark as pitch, and he knew they were in
the woods, but where, he had not the slight
est idea. Newcomb at once told Jones that
he had to 20. .,.,l- -.
PREPARE To DIE" "2>5 91f'
"Why do you say that (" asked the
darkey. @'7"" /,
"well, that's our business" was the
reply. - . @tr5 f. ;
81 don't thlLk you ought to kill me, ;.
said the negro. You promised to bring
| nae up to Delaware and let me CO."
"We brought you up here to kill you,
and We intend to do IT," answered the men
roughly. s', z.-@E s.,~
He was then gagged, and rope drawn
around him and passed around a tree, bind
ing him to 1t in spite of his prote stations
/ A momeDt more aud zach of the two men
drew q revolver and commenced firing ut
him, AID the reports rang out sharply on
the night air. The frat shot missed bin
| altogether, and the second passed through
his hat rim, dethg no injury Two more
shots were fired by each of the Would-be
assassins, and both of the bullets sped with
\ directness on the r erraLd. One struck him
In the forehead just above the right eye,
and the other In the back of the neck
Nearly dead, and unconscious, he eank
, down to the ground, The murderers, think
Ing their work com plFted, unbound aud
ungagRed the man, and getting into tie
| carriage which the woman, Mrs Dobseu,
had been minding all the while, drove
away, {
LEAVING HIN FOR DEAD. r. - {
They only went short distance when
the carriage stopped, and Vincent called
back to him in order, # is supposed, to rest
assured that he was dead. Jones made
no answer, and the carriage rolled rapidly
away through th, mist and darkness.
| As soon as the carriage was out of hear>
Ing the negro arose, and half dead, dragged,
himself through the dreary forest for hours,
without. knowing where he was. At last
| he reached the house of Mr.. Jacob Van
Dyke, at the station of the same name, and
asked for assistance, telling them that be
was nearly dead. Seeing that he was a
negro, and believing that be was an impos.
tor, he was told to 60 to the house of
black man named Charles Fisher. He did
not 20 there. He strsyed on until near
dsybrsak, when he came to the house of q
black man named Andy Caulk, who turned
out providentislly to be his brother -in .lsw.
Cauik, as coon as he saw Jones In COM
Portable position, started Tor the nearest
physician, who is DR.. Torbottum, over at
Sasssfras, In Cecil county, Md, q distance
OF about three miles. The doctor came and
attended the wounded man he examined
the wounds and probed for the bullets, but
was unable to find them. Both wounds
have downward tendency, and either may
cause death. VI.
THE CAUSE OF THE CRIME,
as related by Jones to DR.. Torboltu
and aftarw r1s IN tho