The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-04-03

tiers. and told her what had happen
ed"
YES.
ALWAYS THE SAME STORY.
The next witness was Sam Winters
who said ne lived about 300 yards
from Ella Jones. On the night OF
the murder he was walked bX Laura
Jones knocking nj the door
I'VE asked where were the rest OF
thenl-her mother and sisters. She
said they were. burned IN n house.
We asked why they didn't get out
She said Mr.. Preacher had knocked
them in the head with an axe.
WAS there blood on the faces OF
! Lanra and Sid2"
Yes. II wa not quite dry. !,
Did You 20 up 70 Ella Jones
house,
Not till next day.
The next witness. Mary Winters.
corroborated Sam Winters in his tes-
| timonv. How the children. Laura and
Sid. came to her house and the story
they told OF the murder.
:. asked Laura what the blood was
| doing on their clothes II faces. she
| said it came from Mr.. Preacher nit
ting her sister. Ida. with an axe.
How many children did Ella Jones
have??"
sShe had seven. The oldest was
| ida. IL Years of age; the next was
| Laura. :: then Jesse. >: Sid. 4: van
cy. 3: Cleveland. ?: a baby. month
old"
SKULL BROKEN WITH AN AXE.
The testimony Of Mr.. Davis was III
all its material details c~orroborated
by Mr.. =. Hobgood. who accompanied
him to the fire and assisted in the ar
rest Of Tom Jones.
How did the story told by Laura
that night correspond with the eVi-
dence given by her here today??'
1t was about the same.
Did YOU see the tracks spoken OF
by Mr. Dayis??'
Yes.
Were they Tom Jones tracks?"
They were made by the shoes he
had on when we arrested him."
This witness said he examined the
skull Of Ella Jones next morning and
il showed very plainly that it had
been broken by some blunt instru-
ment.
On cross-examination Mr.. Hobgood
was asked:
Did this boy live With you??'
"Ies. for some two years
Did he even tell YOU his name"
Not at first. | kept his account
for some months as Preacher Then
| kept it as Tom Farror; the last
year | kept it as Tom Jones'"
Did YOU take him to the free
YES.
Did he show amy SURPRISED"
NO just seemed to take it as q
matter of course.
HI MOTIVE FOR H CRIME.
Magistrate j. d. johnson said that
on the night before the crime Tom
Jones came to his house and said:
I've 90 in a little trouble with ella
1ones. This last baby she's got she
LAYS to me. | want to bring her up
here tomorrow night and have Il com
promise fixed up. I'm willing to pay
her So a month.
rs for the rest Of Mr.. Johnson's tes-
timonN it corroborated that of Messrs.
Hobocod and Davis.
You are the magistrate before
whom this man had Il preliminary
trial are YOU not?
YES"
Is the testimony given here today
BY Laura Jones the same that she
rave before you:'
about the same"
On cross-eNamination Mr.. BeckWith
asked:
Did Tom Jones have anything to
say on the triai?!'
"les. He said he didn't feel guilty
in the sight Of God"
Here the State rested its case and
court took recess until $50 o'clock.
IS TON JONES A CRAZY MAN?
Court convened again at 800 o'clock
and the trial was resumed.
The first witness put on the stand
for the defendant was Paschal Red
dish. 4 farmer. who lives eight miles
north Of this city. lie has known Tom
ICnes for about ten years. and for five
or six years Tom worked for him.
i never thought he had good
sense"
Why did YOU think that?"
We'll. YOU can look at him and tell
that he hasn't got good sense. lie
would never do anything like he was
old to do ii, unless YOU we're there
and showed him.
What kind of temper has hep"
He never showed n temper at all.
I've seen him treated in all sorts Of
ways and called all sorts Of things.
and be never resented any Of them
Did YOU think him capable Of doing
amy harm?"
No. / never knew any harm of
him. He'd try to carry out any order
I gave him. but upon his own motion
he never did anything.'
On cross-eSamination the witness
said he paid Tom $40 a month. or
about half what he paid some others.
Tom can read and write. can't he.
lie can read q little: | don't know
about the writing"
Don YOU think he knew better
than to have committed this crime?"
"Thats a hard question for me TO
anSNef-SeemS to me he ought 10
have known better. When | saw an
account OF the murder III the papers
| ould hardly believe it was Tom
A \ TALK WITH THE LORD.
! ne evidence of +. G.. Reddingfield.
eN-rallroad commissioners. was much 10
the same effect. He had known Tom
Jones ever since he could walk.
y You consider him brightly"