The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1886-03-25

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| fiji idlSi On Mary te e 6zlaked Perrin
| Jo1c3 tGe th;f3 IaIn Perrin Joyce
iuistaa 5nt 81 bs {. 81 his ron shovel,
and ii |,ea assNs lhf Hs1e detsc-
ted i 59eai ae y lSiiL Perm
K e. ss 'Rzs I ss 'E'a sFS sFy
to kill all living witnesses What is the
first sensation Of young woman who sees
her father and Aflb her murdered? Like
Cesar when Aksa,i ed, she draws tile
striped covef5nk Of her Ebsd about her.
The same strong arm. however, which had
mukdered Joyce and AtRFX Rice, struck
Mafparet joyce. ana Dafied the cloth in,
to her bfaih1 7hkit s5H @dAs not killed.
After these murd deTF something. had to
be Done and the hesf Nnqst be destroy
cd; this was butfhe akRQEkA Of moment
TO lave it envelo ped a ahies.
Counsel forst efsnee insistWe haze
faile G ~ hN fact thal Adrdef
was coasnaits S ~ T say frankly +
you can find there was. no murder, then
you can dismiss further fnrestiga on, for
if this burning was the ressiiScf accident,
then there Was no crime Ekno am
talling to a jury of intelligent men. and
~
argue the question as to whether mur
.der3was committed or NOT. Bur, wiH
submit you a few thoughts snpon this
WAS THERE MURDER?
The structure of the house was impossi-
BILE for suffocation to occur. Ifthis be SO,
then twas just as Impossible for these peo-
pleto have died save BYE violent hand of
the murderer. If house had caught at fire
place as insisted BY counsel Yesterday, the
bright light would have fallen full upon
face of PerreHz Joyce. This necessarily
would have caused him TO spring up Peo-
pie generally go to sleep with mouths open;
first inhalation of smoke will arouse any
one and it therefore follows that the idea
of accidental burning and destruction of
that whole family falls to the ground.
Another circumstance which goes to show
murder, the shovel which ;hadIstood by.
replace for forty years occupying one
place until it had worn hole in the bricks
was away from its place and found FIVE feet
from its usual place.
If Perren Joyce had power to get out of,
bed while suffocating, he had power to get
out of his house, for it was but step from
his bed to the east door. You know PERI n
Joyce didnot die in his bed The gas
that the defense insist KILLED Perrin
Joyce must have been powerful 1t not
only killed him, but took him up and put
his head where his feet ought to be. Had
these people died from suffocation, Perrin
Joyce's body would have been found as
were the bodies of the two women, under
the place where the bed stood. His body
had been changed from its recent positions &
ard the right hand was near the shovel.
The gas must have move the shovel also.
The east door was fastened with tlip
bolt, the western door was fastened with
a knob-loek On this westerni door
were very long hinges. Straws
show which way wind blows. This west
door was opened, and entered, and the
nurderers forgot to close it in lsaxingss We !
say it was open because hinges were
found in exact position, one upon another,
door would be when half-opened, and the
lock in a corresponding position We say
this door was opened.
WHO OPENED THIS DOOR.
The men who went there to commi
and who did commit, that crime. Perrin
Joyce could not have opened it if he was
asphyxiated. These nlurderers did this
act. .s
There was another. circumstance, the
skull of Margaret Joyce. The God of
Justice permitted her skull to be pres erv-
ed that you might be satisfied murder |
was committed. = = 4ss s.s =
illustrates manner by which cloth |
could have been driven in skull by |
over hand. ssn 81 !
Continues: 1t took very severe blow |
with hard instrument to penetrate that
skull and drive in to depth of inch a /
81 al ! 49, HA1 II
I'd, which was found in charred brains.
The house was built of large, hewn logs. !.
rhe ioists were of large timbers, and the (
iooring on those joists were tightly nail
ed down. Nowshad this fire been accid-
entail, every piece of furniture and cloth
and every thing must have been cOnsum- I
I'd before the timbers could have fallen
% penetrate this skull. By time these
;imbers burned sufficiently to fall, the
heat would have so consumed the skull !
lsto have caused a crushing to follow
he falling timber instead of a hole.
The tracks made near spring, up and |
1own that laurel thicket, over in the hol- |
ow, were the tracks of the men who mur |
lered that family and burned that house.
After all these facts and circumstances
which must satisfy you that murder was |
,s then the question presents |
tselfto you, - - &&%5 %s~ a
WHO DID THE BLOODY DEED? ta4 |
And now, gentlemen, however painful
t is to say, or even to think SO, the be- |
ief foverwhelmsus like an avalanche, that |
THE PRISONERS AT THEE
ire the guilty parties. 1t sis not suspi /
lion, but it IS made conclusive by the |
strong and connected circumstances and |
acts which have been presented. The
)nly motive on Gods green earth for any |
one toiniure that family, has been traced, |
ana only traced to those prisoners. Now |
what was that motive?
1t has been shown few weeks before
he crime was committed, that I4-year
DID son of the defendant madeanindecent !
assault upon Mary Rice The penalty |
for such an ofense is, l think, from five
10 fifteen years in the penitentiary. The
elder Jones was, naturally anxious about |
ibis matter; the court was coming on;
Mary had been to Gambler and employ |
ed him to prosecute his son for this dis |
graceful conduct. Jones was oppressed /
by the idea that if his son should be con-
victed, he and his family would be for |
ever disgraeed. But he says, he hal I
long before the burning given up con-
or being annoyed by this affair. I
Then why did Jones dog Mary Rice evsl
eryWhere she went? Why did he hurry /
to Howard's by day one morning. to see
what Tiny Howard knew Why did he3
20 to Jonathan Morgan so. often and ask
him about what he, Morgan, would swear |
to. IN the matter, as Jones had heard
Morgan and his son saw the affair? Why
did he send to Gambler, to know if hej
had been employed? Why did he say