The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-10
wHEELNG DAILY TELIIGENcER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER TO- 1881

he did the cutting with" This was the
same knife Officer Evans had got from
Eds brother Charles.
Charles Jones then testified that he
had gotten the knife from Ed on the
sixteenth OF July, which he remembers
ed as being Friday, and that he had Il
until Evans came TO him and got It.
He also said that on the seventeenth OF
July Thomas Adams, julius Adams
and himself had gone out towards Ros-
bV's Rock and had killed arabbIt, and
that he cut its throat with that knife
Thomas and julius Adams were call
ed and told the same story about the
rabbit.
Rev. p, z. King was then sworn and
asked concerning the conversation he
had had with Dr. s. NJ. Steel In re-
gard to the confession OF the prisoner.
Mr.. King said; THE doctor said that
he told Ed Jones that they would not
hang him n he would tell the truth,
and then he confessed"
On being eToss-examined, Mr.. King
said that he had learned that Steele
had not testified exactly as he had re-
lated the story TO him, and that he
went several times TO find Attorney
Ewing, and could not find him, but
that Ewing came to his house about II
o'clock last night and that he had of
fered to so on the stand and tell what
the doctor had told him. When the evil
dence OF the two men was compared,
though, they were found to be almost
identically the same. The only differ
ence brought out was that Steele rela-
ted that when talking with Ed Jones
he had said: "If you tell the truth they
will probably not hang you" King said
the word probably was not used.
A YOUNG WITNESS,
Sally Jones, little eeven-year-old
niece OF the prisoner. was next exam
lned The question OF her capsbllIty to
testify being raised, she was examined
by the court and pronounced all right.
She said she was with her grand faith
er and Ed picking berries the day OF
the murder; that they went out early
and came back at noon. She corrobor-
ated the evidence OF the other Witness
es In regard to her grandfather going
to town, but said she thought 1t was
about O'Clock. She said Ed was at
home except when he went out to pick
berries. She said her Aunt Rachel came
that evening and stayed all night. The
other witnesses had testified that she
left the same evening. She denied tell
ing Mr.. Rum that Ed was away that
afternoon and they didn't know where
he was (as Rum had testified she said.
She further said on cross examination
"Mr. Rum asked Ed where he was
that day and Ed said he was picking
berries. He then asked me where he
was and l said he was before the
door; then Ed turned around and said:
Shut your mouth; you don't know
what you are talking about
She said that her grandma had wash
ed that night, and had washed her
had worn that day. She stated that
day her Aunt Rachel was at Mr.. Simp-
sons all day and not at home.
Howard Edwards was the next Wit
ness for the defense. He had been con-
fined in the witness room with Jones
and others during the inquest and he
the witness stand they would hang
to cry. He said he told Mr.. Cox the
SAME lulllE anu WA Nblh nun NLsA-
wards) that he had better confess.
W. A. Kidder was called and said
Jones had been arrested but once,
Mrs. ]. C. Simpson testified that
Rachel Jones was at her home all that
day washing, and was not away from
the house,
j. VI. Roberts testified that the even
Ing Of the murder Ed Jones and little
Salle came 20 his house about O'Clock
for corn and were there fifteen or TWEEN
ty minutes.
S. NJ. Cunningham, being recalled,
said that Jones told Kidder Evans
and himself when he was arrested that
he had been working for Joe Roberts
all the day OF the murder. When they
said they would ask Roberts about 1t,
he said: mot that Roberts, but one
about two and one-half miles up the
hill" Witness knew OF no such man
in the locality indicated. Kldder and
Evans corroborated the witness.
Mrs. Jones was recalled and said that
she had told Mrs. Allie Mayors. three
days after the murder that Ed was
picking berries that afternoon until 4
o'clock, when she last saw him. She
also said that Eds father had strip
ped him CEd) some days before the
murder and tied shirt around his legs
and whipped him for stealing the brl-
die.
Mrs. Mayors next came to the stand
and corruborated the above,
d. Levi testified that Harry Jones,
Eds father, had come to his store
about Q o'clock on the day of the muir
der