The Morning herald., 1878-11-28
rHr ooLp,wELL SHOOTING CASE.

|rHE ooLD,wELL SHOOTING CASE. |
WIS popsoS BEHIND DELAwAIE PRISON
n.s.-rHE MArrKR OF sAIL-AEs.
nonsos's COUNSEL ATTORNEY .eExxh>
A., prysIsGros's, CONTEMPLATED
ymIT. .r--
The Maryland part Of the nov wideiyI
celebrated crime in the 7Coldwell Forest
ended att o'clock TUESDAY night, WOen
constable Truenan Rise met {. b. DAVE
the sheriff Of Kent county, on the Della
ware State line, ju-t parallel with and
mile from where the shooting took place
and took charge Of Nm. Dobson- |
Aspeeial despatch to the Baltimore Sun
Of Yesterday, de-cribes the serving Of thel
| varr.u, on the authorities Of Chestertown,
and sayE Il
The people of Kent county hsve no.
bean SLOW in denouncing in the ssverss'
,srms the murderous whipping and shoot
ing Of Jones. The only way the Dobson
lean justly themselves before this commu>
uity will be to show that Jones 10 . viz
/ l.landersr. If they establish the innocence
and purity Of their household, the lswlsss
manner of Jonsss punishment will still be
Observation-Disclosures his crime the man
ner Of his punishment is felt 70 be an out
rage on the countv. 1t must not be denied,
howtv.r, that the ststements Of Jones are
generally credited in the Dobson neigh
borhood. .-.ts..
Hal Mrs. Dobson been arrested under Q
warrant issued by an officer Of Ken: coun-
~, the States attorney would have taken
, bail, but the warrant Of Gov Carroll
placed her in possesion of the sheriff, TO be
Q delivered to no one save Trusman Rose,
!, the messenger Of Delaware mentioned in
0 the warrants, and was therefore NOT bail
D able case here.
b When Mr.. Donson found that his wife
. would have to 70 to Della ware, he inquired
the time of bystander, and there being
!, yet time, went on to draw the necessary
: funds from bank TO defray all expenses
d contingent upon the removal Of his wife
e Immediately preparations were made fol
Is them 10 ride in carriage with Sheriff
!. Davis to The Delaware line to meet True
Is man Rose, the Delaware messenger. The
u party sat oat abons three o'clock. 1t Is q
singular coincidence that the woman anc
' her companions should have been taken by
! Sheriff Davis in this ride over the very
e sane route which Wa ,.ken by the party
v that conveyed Jones to lhe scene Of the at
y = tempted murder, when there are so many
!, other roads leading to the place.
Nl Qnite crowd attended the removal O
!, Vincent and NeWComb from the Jail to tn,
train. .a -
They seemed to fail to appreciate thsi
q position. Had they been tried in Mary,
= land the defense would have been an alibi
= which they would have sought to establisl
- by several friends who would have sworl
'fi hey saw them in and about home at hour
- that would have made the Delaware triI
:, impossible, Now, being carried to Dela,
o ware, they will probably admit the whip
= Jag and shooting of Jones, claiming tina
81 they did not intend t, kill him, bDt oni,
10 punish rim for defamation of the char
er acter of the young lad ;es, whom they hel,
~ i'll high regard. Had hey been tried il
oe MARYLAND they could have been witnesse
lS In heir own defeuss aad iJr each othe,
o. But in Delaware The common law prevail:
:s anu the mort.rs a-e closed, whether trie
d. separately OF indicted tage.her
1f, Dobson said before leaving here be ha
;ct no counsel u Delaware, but expected t
les employ Col. Wn, G. Thiteley, ex-mayo
&C. OF Wilmington and ex Congressman fror
Delaware, one Of tue best criminal lawye,
in that St3te.
e J 3. Pennington, attorney general {
Delaware, hiss written Ststes Bttorne
Vickecs, OF this place, saving that be wi
ey be here On Thursday next, snd asking hi
assistance il un~esyisg the thread, Of thi
=, eolnplica ed case"
REBiND THE BAEs.
-. Constable Rose brought Mrs. Dobson 1
y" New Casle on he train reaching ther
about noon. They at once went to III
es. Gilpin house where Mr and Mrs. Dobso
remained nearly the whole afternoon, ,desir
ing to come to some urderagnding abou
bail. This was not defnataly fixed and ,
4 o'clock Mrs. Dob>on was delivered int
ire Sheriff Pyle's hand, land she y as locked W
Orders we're issued that no one was to tai
Y with her. .4--..r
''I One curious circumstance is that no,
ay told Of Mrs. Dobscn's where abouts. eve
since her disappearance on the day follow
er ing the arrest of Vincent and Newcoml
=. She has yer been awav from home at al
Ut and ell the while has been concealed in th
garrett though under the eye of one
he Sheriff Davis assistants.
h. Last evening a HERALD reporter calle
on on Col. Whitley and asked bin If thel