The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-25
ONE ONLY BOUND OVER
HE GAVE A STRAW BOND FOR
HIS APPEARANCE.
THE PARSON WAS NOT ON THE STAND
Nor Was His Chief Disciple, CorneIa Grant,
But His Second Lieutenant, Triphenia
Afford, Did Her Best to Make
Th;pre InforactinU
Things Interesting.

The Rev. Jacob d. Jones, the Holiness
preacher, didn't get much consolation out
of the trial of the Oberlin white caps
yesterday.
Three of them were discharged early in
the proceedings, and the fourth, VIII
liam Grant, was required to give only a
straw bond in the sum of $3.50 for his
:appearance at the next term of court.
The trial was held before Magistrate
J. C. Maroon in the court room, which
was packed with people, principally eltt
zens of Oberlin. But most of them were
disappointed and went away before the
trial was concluded. The occasion was
robbed of most ef-its -spice-by the refusal
of the prosecution to put on the witness
stand the Rev. Jones and his paramour,
Cornelia Grant.
But Triphena Afford, who lives at
Cornelias house, was put on the stand,
and she did the best could to make the
make the occasion an interesting one.
Her cross examination was so spicy that
the prosecution concluded to rest its case
on her evidence, and so the Parson and
his chief disciple were not put on the
stand, greatly to the disappointment of
the spectators, who were anxious to have
the Doctor expound his peculiar doctrine
to the court.
Triphena Afford, who lives at Cornelia
Grants, was the first witness. She re-
lated the circumstances Of the white
Gaping on Friday night, August 9th, as
she, Cornelia and Rev. Jones were on
their way home from one of their meet
ings. The assault she said, was commit
ted in front of William Grants store,
and in the "scrimmage' she recognized
William Grant by the light of a pistol
shot, and recognized his voice. There
were three other aSsailants of Jones be-
sides Grant, but she didn't recognize
them.
The witness said she and Cornelia
tried TO defend Jones. They called for
help and Jones yelled ''Murderw The
beating caused Jones' head to bleed.
She said one night during the month of
February William Grant and several 9th
ers came to the house and called Jones,
out, and threatened to lynch him, but
nothing was done.
Triphena said William Grant was Cor
nelia Grants son, but that since Jones
had been there William had refused to
live there. Jones, she said, had always
stopped at Cornelia's, though he has a
wife and family in Durham. She ac-
knowledged that Jones knew that Will
liam Grant didn want him to stay at
his mothers.
"How many members of your band are
there besides you and Cornelia Grant?'
asked Mr.. j. G. L. Harris, attorney for
the defendants.
''There are three: Amelia Holden, EN-
ma Baker and Easter Shepherd"
"Then there's not a man among your
"No, sir; men don't like u.s."
"Jones does, doesn't hep
"Well, he breaches for u.s."
did Jones stay at Cornelia's last
night?'
HE has not stayed there all night
since they beat him."
Doesn't the doctrine he breaches to
you teach you that as long as you do as
he says you'll live forever"
'Yes, sir. I've got no death in me. !
never expect to die. I'll live as long as
God and Jesus. Mine is work of
faith"
"Why doesn't Jones' wife come here|'
81 don't know; we've invited her, but
she hasn't come"
'Was it necessary for you to carry
Bro. Jones home after they beat him
Couldn't he go by himself?"
''Well, I'd a-carried you or anybody
else, if you'd a-been beat up and bloody
that way"
Ibid you ever hear Bro. Jones curse
IN the pulpit?'
"No, sir. / never heard him say any
10 -, ho
Ibid you ever hear him call people
damned hell-cats' and damned sluts and
puppies?"
81 heard him read it out of the Bible.
Here the State objected to these ques-
ton as irrelevant. The court didn't take
this view of the case and the examina-
ton proceeded, after a lot of sky-scrap-
ing oratory about religious liberty.
'Were you not one of Loney's discl-
ples?" Uoney wa sanother Holiness
apostle)
~ was. I went away with Loney and
I'm glad ! went"
"Didn't Loney preach that when a
woman becomes Holy it is her duty to
leave her husband and live with a Holy
manW
and Bro. Jones don't preach mat klnd OF
doctrine"
THE witness denied that she had seen
anything improper between Jones and
Cornelia.
Triphena said they put her in Jail in
Norfolk for being with Loneys crowd
and that they gave her certain time to
get out of town, and she got.
Here the State rested its case, and
Mr. Harris asked that all the defend
ants. except William Grant, be dis
charged, there being no evidence against
them, The court thereupon ordered that
Peter Williams, John Hester and Bud
Scarborough be released.
Robert Rogers was the first witness
introduced by the defendant. He saw
William Grant leave his store about ten
minutes before 8 o'clock the night Jones
was beaten. Grant was alone and Rogers
spoke to him. Rogers lives about $50
yards from the store and he heard the
l;cturbopoa Iatar Tho witness went