The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-04-24
ONE THOUSAND KILLED
IN FIERCE BATTLE TODAY

| went again 10 see his daughter and
remained with her some time. He was
! seen by a News reporter in the court
house coming from the Jail, hurrying
to the train on his return to his sad
dened home.
Mr.. Jones, in a talk with Jailer
Giles, said he had taught his daughter
the ways of religion, to read her Bible
and to say her prayers. Though a
poor man, Mr.. Jones showed his af
fectionate care of his daughters well
being and happiness, and speaks for
itself, when it is known that at
childish age, before she was fourteen
years of age, he sent her to
school at Bay Springs to be properly
educated.
1t was at this tender age, while IN
the schoolroom that G. L. Crosby
met her. Crosby was a widower with
five children, but he courted this
child until he had prevailed on her
to become his wife, and but child
herself, to become the step-mother of
five children.
When the werd reached Mr.. Jones
Of their intention to marry he posi-
lively refused to consent to his daugh-
ter's marriage; but that woman" TO
use his own words, told him that it
was too late for him to stop the mar
riage, as it was the intention of Cros
by and his daughter to run away and
get married of the girl could not get
the consent of her father.
Learning of this state of affairs, he
wrote an order to the court clerk TO
issue the license. He thought it would
be best for the girl to have the mar
riage to be performed regularly.
Before the marriage Crosby told Mr..
Jones he was going to take a place
near by and settle down as a farmer.
Not hearing from the couple in some
time he decided to visit them.
When he went to Crosby's suppos
ed place he was not there, but was
told that Crosby had said he had
$4,000 at Smiths Ferry on Bouie
river. The old man then started for
Smiths ferry.
'T rode all over the woods out
there" he said, "and I could hear
nothing of Crosby, nor could 1 find
any one who knew him"
Then the old mans anxiety began
to tell on him. He knew not where
she was nor what had become of her.
With dread in his soul, he went back
to Bay Springs to again see "that
woman" the one who had prevailed
on him to let his daughter marry.
'T said to her." he said, 'you ought
not to fool an old man like me;
you ought to tell me where my daugh-
ter is
Then the woman, he said, told him
that his daughter was living at Petal.
He then decided to ride to Petal,
but when near Ellisville he concluded
to telephone her. Arriving at Ellis
vile he phoned the McInnis Lumber
company and learned Crosby was
there, but he could not come to the
phone, as he was in the woods. HeI
then called for his daughter, who was
at her home, and some other woman
answered for her. He told her, think
ing it was his daughter, to come home
as quickly as she could.
Crosby and his daughter shortly aft
erward paid him a visit.
During a rambling talk with tears
in his eyes and mouth, the old gen
tleman incidentally made a remark
which attracted instant attention. In
speaking of the effect the news might
have on the girls mother, he said his
wife event crazy at times"
Another remark he made was to
the effect that he wanted the law to
either turn his daughter loose or 'let
me have her to put her in her grave
The old gentleman's grief was such
as to win the sympathy of all who
heard him.