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

pile; similar tracks 10 the board pile
tracks were seen IN the valley and In
the crooked Sfilrrow. All these tracks
correspond in freshness &with tracks at
spring and at Chestnuts and all of these
freshet than the tracks going toward
Haywoo The prison efs say. I'VE made
the tracks, at the bqaTd pie, and we
lnadethe tracks in the valley and IN the
crooked furrow. There We have the
unequiyical testimony that the tracks at
the board pile aud ihthe furrow were ex-
actly similar in all respects to the tracks
at the spting house and Chestnuts. The
eonclusionsis forced upon us that the
men wh3 admit they made the tracks at
board pile and in furrow, made the
tracks at tire spring, and whoever made
these track, committed the murder.
FRANK JcNrs PUTS CIR HIS Tricks
In the crooked furrow. That plowed
ground was the only place between
Jones and Joyce's where tracks could be
niade;.as thought by Jones: and it was
kilownthat on Monday the people would
begin to hunt for tracks, so it was neces-
sary these tracks should be put out. Four
witnesses swore they saw man in that
fIrrow monday morning, two of them
sxore positively that it was Frank Jones
who was there. Now Frank Jones swears
he made the tracks id the furrow Friday
night, A man was seen there Monday
charged to have been Frank, walking
over this course. Shortly after seeing
this man there, Cling Starnes and Judson
Morgan w ent down saw these fresh tracks,
and they corresponded identically with
the tracks which were there before, and
which Frank Jones swears he made
Friday evening. And, the tracks at the
end of filrrow leading toward billiard
Gudger's, were stepped sQuarely into,
reyersely, which could not have been
done by accident, and witnesses swear
that the tracks made Monday morning
were identical with those made Friday
evening, and Frank swore himself he
made the tracks there Friday.
TIE AL!BI.
An attempt IS made to prove an abb.
This is testified to by the immediate
family of the. prisoners-the wife, the
daughters and sons. will say, can say
nothing unkind about these people. MIR.
Jones family are good people. have
expected since my connection with the
case that the members of his family
would prove an abb. A noble, true
wife, could not go into court and give
testimony which would convict or with
hold declarations which would tend to
acquit. cannot complain of this good
woman. No one could expect her to
come into court and swear that her hus-
band and her son did not get home until
O'Clock or afterward, for then would
the chain of circumstances but be absolu-
tely fastened around these prisoners by
the testimony of the wife and the mother
Rachel of old was justified in telling
falsehood to save the life of her husband
nor should any reproach be
to this good wife and these
loving daughters for their testimony in
behalf of the lives of their husband and
son, father and brother. / admire them
for it, and commend them for it. But |
do believe the boys have sworn falsely
actnated by different motives and inn
pulses
The testimony of the three women was
identical, the one with the other. They
almost used the same language, they all
testified to the same facts, and this is
proof that such testimony is
nottrue. Law writer's lay down this as
! rule. These ladies each knew every
act and incident that occurred on the Sd
Of April, where they were, and what they
lid. and the kind of weather. This testi-
nony sdove-tail' too.well The defense
'ays it.was because Perrin Joyce was
murdered that night. l say it was because
If that too; and if these men had done
nothing to create suspicion of the family,
hese circumstances would not have been
ixed in their minds Greenleaf says
uch testimonyis very unreliable, and Ill
lstrates by the fact that the four apostles,
datthew, Mark, Luke and John did not
i've like statements of the crucifxion of
'ur Savior.
Pending the argument, court takes re-
ess until 2 p. m.