I ..DAILY EDITION.; ;
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
t i
f t
CITIZEN JOB tiFICE,
WEST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE.
BILL HEADS, ; V .
, LETTER HEADS, C1F3
POSTERS,
BLANKS, Ac
And 7 W0rk 0f mil iimds d witl
frmta mudmt Imw fries.
? , 3.00
s 3.0
. X.SO
1 t- Mos.,
1 Year,
i G Mos.;
ASH EVILLE,t N;,0. 1 1
0
TlNGe-MARCHy25M886, PRICE; 5 CENTS
1 VER TISING RA TES OJVi
''i 1 ' ' ',-
- --I .- (1'
"Hk . v.) j . i..
i Vf J iMr' I W 7" - i-
an
i ! ft A Ml-') il'.'fl ) fiuJ
v,..:..--
-?
. ' It''Ua .'v K
BESTiKinTUSIG?.
n
-
li i st-proof ;;Oats, 0 n-
. foil Sets, -
Early Sose,
Burbanks,
Peerless
Oar (Ton Soedsin
' ; Enllvaiul p'kag's
Sliorts. Rica Meal
i'eiy; ifrocenes
Vli(ieis'aje (jr lletail,
' f -V" - i
SriIDER:
DUUUUQ.-DOOU
. .-'.'... -----
OB. :&rv,t
SL, LH -
" 8;
" 27, V
- . w.-
I nrH r .'.i'.- Ian '
lum
GGllN; i
SfpM
INTE liESTING BEADING M ATTER
Off .THE FOURTH PAGE.
to
Will b.tf published every Morning (ex
cent Monday) at the following rates
Six Montiia,
Three "
One Week,
;y 3 .00
1 50
J, 50
. 15
ery wornin? in every fmn ui i!B j
ftnr.anlMTnVii-fi and iwrtiea ' wantin it
jvnf tleaafe calf at the Citizn Office. c J
-. ., : ' ' Departs 6:19 a. w.
TentfeMee-fAoBrit 9J5 X4v. " x ' S f : f-
1 DepAts 10:01 J ' -
; WAtSE8VJLiJ-Arrivo 4:89 p. K.
'.- DepartB :C8 a. v.
. The Waynes villo train reaches that point at
12:19 ; retarding, -eaves Waynesville at 25-
A" VORD . rb tHE GAittjEN ERS. '
Plant Landreth's reliable Garden Seed.
Peast. and Upans locts. IS cts. and cts.
Pint (ijd6zeid t. papetj JJeed, or 5)alf
dollar at 4relhams Drug Jtore. g str J
Whitlock is receiving tlffe handsomest
stock of spring goods ever shown in the
city. .Give him a call. ,J
' Boreas exhausted himself with his
Tuesday's carouse, and kept 'quiet
yesterday. In fact, Wednesday was
a very lovely da".
Dr. S. J. Noyesof . Newbury port,
Massachusetts, favored us - with a
call yesterday afternoon. Like oth
ers froni his.seciipij. he;.is inspect"
inp; the country with & very pleased
eyes.
,jSome of our., friends, both from
Swannanoa AnciH4m,ny, say- there
fs some peach blobm,"to be followed
probablj', . by a) iew peaches. But
our main stay is Jn J. B. Freeman
ihd Jasottfelik'Wth. .
OurWeeklyvwent out yesterday,
occupied almost wholly Avith the
report of the'-Jones' trial, which tjok
up 24i columns ouvof dz-and that
set in brevier. Typos will appre
ciate the amount of matter land la
bor. v.; ;
Brother Pollard of the Hugh is showing
U;r;y.'hti'
cks. dftS be- made wido fltraw1
in other words that he can fill three local
columns with a series of very livelv para
graphs. No w ,ve find ths right hard to
do in a town as large as -Asheville. Mr.
rouard appreciates tue labor when appli
ed to Marion not quite so large as this.
. The attir:lethe,is generally substitu-
tedtjrhen-applied to the antique by "y''
fTlooks so. old; But the worJ was pro-
nouncedthe" nevertheless, the ye com
ing into manuscript use by haste in writ
ing, h being blended into the character
y, lust as the dollar mark S was gradually
lormeu lrom the letters v. ts. lrom the
same cause. '
We have uncommonly few reports
of the wheat crop, on thia zide oftlie
mountain. What : ' we ; do hear is
very favorable. jA friend from Spring
Creekr Madison jdo.', writes that iu
his section it is looking very well,
better in fact than fern some vears.
Onrjawneyes have nofcTeen blessed
with the sight Of a green held since
March came'in.
Weldon'tfe Vaughan opened their
confectionary: yeserday I It is .very
neat, and would neyer f suggest the
fact that the "building had so recenU
lv been scorched by the fire. VaugH
h"an has been busy with a more
pleasent use of fire; -for the cases
are already filled with I113 toothsome
handiwork. ' -v - '
' Look out ; for fires. Insurance
records for the past year say three
country stores ' were . burned every
day, and ten hotels consumed every
week Witha total for the year of $4,
000,000 ; and five theatres burned
every month, and thirty court hous
ed during the year ; and, we wonder
after all lhi$ that there is a roof
over, ou.r heads
Thanks, ' " ' ,. '.' ,
-Mrs. J I Pleasant-desires-to ex
press - her heartfelt . thanks id the
kind ,-. friends who came sotimely
and Fo earnestl' to her aid in ex
tinguishing the flames which threat
ened her dwelling on Tuesday-. They
were friends' in need and friends in
deed,' whose kind offices wiiralways
be. borne In'; grateful remembrance.
Fish ! Fish ! U . , f , ,; - r i '
Capt. Prire last evening received
from the .coast- a , supply of fish, drip
ping. with tiie dews of the tbriny deep".
Go to him for Shadj Jlerring; jTrout L
etc. etc.
tjtx
. French, and , Opaque -jCJiina., Stone
China and O. waf e, Rock Ingham and
yellow ware, in -very .full assortments,
and at lowest i prices. - Jamp Goods,
Crvstal and colored glassware, in . great
variety? yDacorateffTea afidJTdilet Sets.
WsiVtf flilaraeindkoiWinei Oj,
Silver plated ware and our prices for
best grades f Spoons and Fprks are below
the market: - . ; .M:.-..
i v :liw's Silveu asd China IIonsx, , ;
t t y rc ..Opposite Eagle Hotel.
I For the neat fire weeks, we thall be 'receiv
ing ft.rhig Goods every few days. -; ;
If.(oL,ILJii:D IVOOIX& UVr
T-hrge arid Smatf T ' '' Jtihe very
tliiyg. iit.,:,;..., ...... . ; HixtlocitV...
VolorejFMkcri m ee Cord, at--..
Uich; f -
Whiti-ock.'s.
JOYCBIIURDER TSIAE
FOURTEHTH DAY'S PRP,-
AEGtTMEN'
ri continued;4
. i
1 Court met parsnant to adjournment.
-tXol. & Lu"a(fdredhnrt
and jury on befxaltp( ihqMtlej ji i!jW
May it please theOnrta) ontleeen
, of the Jury . V.-V:-; . -':
?: We regrej-ted very tmich toear Ithe
declaration made by the le arned cwnael
tor the prisoner yesterday afternooM that
the disposition, gt the -.prosecution was
Mood or not." Wefceta asaure vou that
the prosecution is instigated by no such
ieelings.' !The only desire wfc'bavit'is
uiu uiop;iwuj
k.ih jf.tf ,i,- im;-i .t, jo
brougho"j uSticft The criminal .la wUs
not losmded in a principle of vengeance.
It does not punish', That it may . inflict
suffering. The humanity of the law i'eeis
and regrets every pain it causes, very
hour of restraint it imooses, and more
deeply still, every life it forfeits. - But it
uses evil as a means 01 preventing great
er evil.- It seeks to' deter . from crime by
the example of punishment- This is its
true and only true objecj.-It restrains
the liberty of the few oftenders, that the
many who do-not perpetrate crime may
enjoy their own liberty. It forfeits. the
lives of those who commit jnnrder; to de-k'
ter others lrom committing like crimes
The law might open the doors of all the
jails in the country and release all the
criminals therein confined anil it would
be its duty to do so, if bv that means it
could be made certain, that no other of
fenses, would hereafter . be committed.
It punishes, not to shed the blood of
those owing allegiance to its mandates,
but simply to restrain others. When
the guilty are not punished, the daw has
so far failed in its object: the " safety of
the innocent is so far endangered. Ev
ery unpunished murder takes away
something from the, (Security of every
man's life. And whenever a jury.'through
whimsical ana iu lounded scruples, suf
fers the guilty to escape merited pun
ishment, they make themselves answer-
able tor the augmented danger or the
innocent. ...
Gentlemen, this is a most extraordina
ry murder, but it is still a muder. We
are not to lose . ourselves, ia trbiider fa
contemplating its atrocity, but detect
and punish it; and while we proceed with
caution against the prisoners, and are to
be sure that we do not visit on the heads
of these prisoners the crime of others,
we are yet to consider that we are deal
ing with a case of most atrocious crime,
committed under the most cruel and un
natural circumstances conceivable, befit
ting, in its enormity and dexterity -the
handiwork of an old and experienced
criminal. It is nevertheless murder, de
liberate, pre-concerted, malicious mur
,1Q- '. " ' ' :
'They who coin mfteff this crimed diaM
it in secret, and thought theirsecret safe.
No eye had seen them, uo ear had heard
them. Such a secret can be safe no
where. The whole creation of God has
neither nook nor corner, where the guil
ty can hide such a crime. Not to speak
of that eye which glances through all
disguises and behold e,very thing as in
the splendor of t noon. such secrets Bf
guilt are never safe from detection, even
y man. True it is "that murder will
out." True it is that Providence hath so
ordained, and doth so govern things that
those who. break thegreat law of heaven,
by shedding man's blood, seldom suc
ceed in avoiding discovery. Especially,
in a case exciting so much attention as
this, discovery must come and will come
sooner or later. A 'thousand ' eyes turn
at ' once to explore every man, every
thing, every circumstance connected
with the time and place: a thousand ears
catch every whisper; a thousand excited
minds intensely dwell on the scene, shed
diggall thsir light, and ready to kindle
the slightest circumstance into a blaze of
discovery. Meantime, the guilty soul
cannot keep its own secret. It is lalse
to itself; or rather it feels an irresistable
impulse of conscience to be true to itself.
It labors nnder its guilty possession, and
knows not what to do with it..: The hu
man heart was not made for the, resi
dence of such an inhabitant.' It finds it
self prayed upon, by a torment, which it
dares not acknowledge to God or man.' A
vulture is devouring it, and it can ask no
sympathy, or assistance, either from
heaven or earth. The secret which the
murderer possesses, soon comes to possess
him, and like the evil spirits of which
we read, it overcomes 'him, and leadsj
him whithersoever it will. He feels it
beating at bis heart, rising to his throat,
and demandin? disclosure.' He thinks h
the whole world sees it in his lace; reads
it in his eyes, and almost hears its work
ings in the verv silence of his thoughts.
It has become his master. - It betrays his
discretion, it breaks down his courage, it
conquers his prudence. - When suspi
cions from without begin to embarrass
him, and the net of circumstances to en
tangle him, the fatal ten-el struggles
with all the greater- violence to burst
forth from the solitary confinement of
the human heart. It is like the curse of
Cain, and well may he exclaim that "my
mwilctt n-kAYit ia rtraafav tlion ' T nan Kan. "
uuuiiuUH ai huou ,4 V4ft
If he takes the w.irgs of the morning , or
dwell In tlis midst of the . sea, hc dreadful
secrtt is constantly lugging at Ids. heart
strings. . If he nee away, upon the sable J
wings of night, "beyond the penetrating rays
of light, and hide' in the midst of. outer
darkness, still ever present "is the still small
voice reminding him of his. crime. Unfitted
for heaven, and dreading ' the' punishment
of hell, he, wanders throosrr w miserable
life, and rejoices jif, vat ihe tad, oblivion
would him from his . relentless ". tor
ment. This is hell. on eartb, and for aught
we know this feeling of g ilfmay follow ws
into the spirit' world . and , constitute out
hell 'jifteV death.. jV, V' T?l: J-tw
Turn whithersoever he may, there is no
sunshine in his soul, and ho light ' td light
up tne recesses of the benighted heart, , the
unwilling home , of this dark and comsum-
mg secret, and none, bat His voice- who
stilled the tempest tossed-waves of Galilee
and naught but the radiance; from the crys
tal door left ajar, can still his aching heart
ano illumine the dark recess of his guilty
soui. i.:.,. ;-g.v,-.-" v'fiyj-
. One of the learned counsel for .he de
fense eaid, it would not do to find these
prioaers guilty. They say it would be a
dangerous precedent, by which yoft your
selves, might, at some future time, be con
victed on circumstantial -evidence,'. ' AVe
hope gentlemen it to-ill be a precedent, both
of candor and intelligence, of fairness and
firmness ; a precedent of good sense and
honest purposes, pur?oiii your- invest! t
tion discreetly, rejecting loose generalities,
exploring all th circumstances wgighits
in the true balances each and all, in search
of truth, and embracing and declaring . it
when found,
se
of
: to t . .11
Mary
flJC
T on
oy
nr
iron-stiore
-.-f3-:te
an
ted.
Joyf
tot
7 1 ti k ,i i'.-rr
ry
ry
to fcUl,aii living waxieaaefel What ;M tte
first sensation of ytigng -wwnan who sees
hei father aija-;-f.r"hei
strfned coveCui? 'Oi'ihefibsdlkbout he.
The samestrengafOTiiWtfrwywhrcH had
murdered Joyce afi "Jary wce, stru
Marsret Jbvee1. anti boried thialoth ij
to her hSainOIhtn ea61uS)l Wle
Alter tiiesiftmurperl..(fit)tiptipin, naa to
ed;his was but t no i a moment
fciladL'tt ii i-' .La -fajfc tad iAardet
I'vr,i.BnVliHmfi further
I yf tRn awmiss tanner
Hrtherlnvefitiaatiori, for
if this burnirv? wasrii resiritftsf accident,
then there-was no crime." "'..IJkRor J ana
talking tp r 3gr pf.uiteUiggjir ;shu an4
do pot believe- it; searceiy-' necessary t
argue the-question aa to 'whether mur
derwcoimiiiffed or nbt-V JJtit,JX
submit you -a Jew; though tafnijion- this
r-"51,-' in Ai-Si r e s rii
v " WAS THEREMUROER? , "
ilie structure ot the housevras jinpossij-
Die jor-sunocai.ou 10 occur - li tuia ue . so,
then' it waS just as impossible foj these peo
ple to have died Save bvie violent hand of
ttne murciercr. -it nouse nao caugnt at nre
plaee'ias f Hsi stecTby- conseTTegt-eraayrrhe
bright light would' ' fallen- full upon
face of Perreik. Joyce j-.This necessarily
would have caused him to- spring up,. Peo
ple generally go to sleep with mouths open;
first inhalation. of smoke will arouse any
one : and it therefore follows that the idea
of accidental burning and destruction of
that whole family falls to the,: ground.
Another-circumstance which goes'- to show
murder," the shovel which had t-stood by
fire-place for forty years occupying one
place until it had worn a hole in. the bricks
was away, from its place and found five feet
from its usual place,
, J Perren Joyce had power to get out of
bed while suffocating, he had power to get
out of his house, for it was but ft step from
his bed to the east dooi.. You know Perrin
Joyce, didnot'diei in fhiS: bed; The' "gas
that 1 1 thej;delefs : insist kilHcd j Perrrn,
Joyce must have been powerful. It not
only killed him. but took him up and put
his head where his feet ought to be. Had
these people died from suffocation, - Perrin
Joyce's bodyi would have a$ fcgind a
were the bodieVof the two women, under
the place where the bed stood. His body
had. been changed from its recent position,
and the right hand was near the ? Shovel,
The gas must have move the shovel also. ,
The east door was fastened with a flip
bolt, the western door was fastened with
a knob-lock..;. :. On. ; this ' westerar door
were.' very- ioug hinges. - Straws
show which way wind blows.- This ' west
door was opened, and entered, -and the
ifturderers forgot to closp it in leYingts W
say it was open because hinges were
found in exact position, one upon another,
door would be when half-opened, and the
lock in a corresponding position.- ;We say
this door was opened. : -,; .
-" WHO OPKXED THIS DOOR. " ' ' '-
The men who went there to couimi
and who did commit, that crime. Perrin
Joyce could not have opened it if he was
- i 'mi . : ' 1 l j! a' 'a. it
aspnyxiaiea. inese murucrera uiu tins
act. . . ..'
There was another" circumstance, the
sknll of Margaret Jovce.' The God of
Justice permitted her skull to be preserv
ed that you might be saUsnea a murder
was committed a1 IH...'4.
i (Illustrates . manner by-; which v cloth
could have - been, driven .in . skull,- bv
handkerchief, ovej- hancL)! - t.. ;..
Continues : it toofc a very severe plow
with a hard instrument to penetrate that
skull aud drive in to depth of inch- a
piece of cloth, carried to the depth reach
ed, which was found in charred brains.
The house was built of large, hewn logs.
The joists were of large timbers, and the
flooring on those joists were tightly nail
ed"dowri. Now-'haiT this fire been accid
ental, every piece of furniture and cloth
and every thing must have been consum
ed before the timbers "ould'' Have fallen
to penetrate this skull. . By time these
timbers burned sufficiently to fa!l,,.the
heat would have so consumed - ther skull
aa to have caused .a crushing to follow
the falling timber instead of a hole. : , -
The tracks made near spring, : up and
down that laurel thicket, over in the hol
low, were the tracks of the men who mur
dered that family and burned that house.
After all these facts and circumstances
which must satisfy yon that murder was
committed, then .that, question -presaets
kselft0'yiifi
' 1.. t WBO DID TUB BLOODY, DBKD?
; And now, gentlemen, however painful
it is to say, or even to think so, the be
lief overwhelmsus like an avalanche,that
THEfiis6siiRs'ati;nK"B!iB1'"
are the guilty parties li not suspi
cion, but it is made conclusive by. the
strong and connected circumstances and
facts which have been, presented. The
only motive on God's green earth.forany
one. to in jury fhat family, has been, traced,
ana' only traced to those prisoners. IV ow
what was that motive r r .- , . ; ;
It has been shown a few weeks before
the crime was committed, that a 14-year
old eon of the defendant madeanindecent
assault upon Mary Rice. The" penalty
for such an onensa is, 1 tnink, lrom five
to fifteen years in the penitentiary.' Tbe
elder Jones was, naturally anxious about
this matter; the court was coming on;
jMary had been to uandler and employ
ed him to prosecute, his son for this dis
graceful conduct.' Jones was oppressed
by the idea that if his son should be con
victed, he and his family would be for
ever disgraced,' But he says, h.8 haj
long before the burning given np con
sidering, orJjeing annoyed bv this affair.
Then why id Jones' -dog Mary Rice ev-
ery where Bher went.' , w ny did he nurry
to Howard's by day oneniorning. to see
what.Tiny Howard knew? :? Whv did he4
go to jonaman .Morgan so, ouen ana ask
him about what he, Morgan, would sweat
to- m the r matter, as Jones had heard
Anrgan d his son saw. the affair? Why
did he send .to Candler, to :know if, he
had been employed? -J Why did he say
rao Morgan and to Taylor, '"Mary : Bice
iever should steetityagainst pie or my
Son? lie was anxious, justly anxious,
and here comes in the motive to remove
Mary Kice1 rather than let her prosecute
his son, and: bring : disgrace .upon . ; his
family, -.w;.; ? i---"-':'
i "i ;,- TlIK- TRACKS. .;.- ,v,'.
tThere wa3 a broad ahd neat track' "at
spring house. , The same, tracks were
found at the Chestnuts; and at the . gap.
Tracks are 'said "to -have gone toward
Haywood; but it is in'proof that- the
tracks seen going to Haywood were old
er than the tracks at spring or Chest
nuts.' - Tracks were swn ' at t'io biard
pile; similar Irackg .to"? the board pile
tracks were ecn ,iri the valley' and in
- the' Crooked vnirow. ' AH these tracks
Correspond in fresh naasV with tracks at
spring and at Chestnnts and all of these
fresher thn" the tMCk'g" goin ' toward
Haywood The' prisoners aay.- made
the track.t .theJLbdhPiie;T.anrX we
inadeith tracks in the.yaljey and in the
crooked fucrow,7' .There'; we; have, the
urieqvli viral tefetfmony that the tracks at
t'ie board pile and in too furrow were ex
actly similar iii all respects to the tracks
at the opting house and Chestnuts. The
coT.cluaffw.-iiF forced upon - s ' that the
men wlvi iwlmit they made the tracks at
board, iile raud , in furrow, made the
tracks at tlm. spring, and whoever made
thesetrack.-coinmitted.the murder. '
' ' ' FB AfcK IicS t SVVTS 'Otlt HIS TUCKS
In the crooked furrowj That plowed
prroond- was the : only place between
Jones' aud Joyce's where tracks could be
tade,.as thought by Jones; and It was
known that on Monday the people would
sary these tr&ci. should be put out. Four
witnesses wureuey saw a man in mat
furrow monday morning, two of them
swore positively that it was Frank Jones
who was there. Now Frank Jones swears
he made the tracks in the furrow' Friday
night, -A man was seen there Jbndav
charged to have been Frank, walking
over this course.' Shortly after seeing
this man there, Cling btarr.es and Judson
-Aorgan went do wnaw these fresh tracks,
anu mey correspondea identically with
the tracks which were there before, and
which Frank Jones swears he made
Friday evening. And, the tracks at the
end of furrow leading toward Dillard
Gudger's, were stepped squarely into,
reversely, wntcn could , not nave been
done ry , accident, ana witnesses swear
that the tracks ' made Monday morning
were menucai wun tnose made r riday
ning, and Frank .swore himnelf he
made the tracks there Friday.
An attenrnt :s made to urave an - aliLL
-tins is testified to by - the immediate
family of the." prisoners the wife, the
daughters and sons." i will say, can say
nothing. unkind about these people Mr.
Jones' family are good, people. I have
. i . i ... .,
expecieu since my connection wnn me
case that the - members of his family
would prove an alibi. A noble, true
wife, could not go into '. Court and . give
testimony wmch would convict or with
hold declarations which would tend to
acquit: 'I cannot complain of this good
woman. JSo one could expect her to
coma into court and 8 wear that her hus
band and her son did not get home until
9 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 tellinc a
iaisenood to save the lite ot her husband
Abraham; nor should any reproach be
attached to this good wife and these
loving daughters for their testimony in
behalf of the lives of their husband and
son, father and brother. I admire them
1 ... r - - .
dot n, ana commena mem ior ii. uut 1
do believe the boys have sworn falsely
lacluated-by different -J0j,iv8and.im; I
muiouc. ....
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
conclusive proof that such testimony is
not true.. JLaw writers lay down this as
a rule. These ladies each knew every
act and incident that occurred on the 3d
of April, where they were, and what they
did. and the kind of weather. This testi
mony 'doye-tail' top well. The defense
says i t, was Decanse .rerrin Joyce was
murdered that night. 1 say it was because
of that too; and if these men had done
nothing to create suspicion of the family,
these circumstances would not have been
fixed""in"'their "minds. Greenleaf says
such testimony is very unreliable, and ill
ustrates by the fact that the four apostles.
Matthew, Mf.rk, Luke and John did not
give like statements of the crucifixion of
our Savior. . -
Pending the argument, court takes re
cess until 2 p. m. '
AFTERNOON SESSION. -
Court met pursuant to adjournment
Col. Lus resumed his argument in be
half of the State. - . . ,
. I now propose to anticipate the de
fense in their efforts to discredit Judson
and Sallie Morgan in their assertion that
they recognized 'Frank Morgan in the
bottom on Monday morning. I call your
attention to the fact that two witnesses
offered by the defense, sustain the State
witnesses. Two of these witnesses swore
'they saw Wm. lone Monday evening at
the same placejour witnesses said they
saw Frank Monday morning; and to sus
tain these-witcesses in their declaration
that they saw William Jones, Miss Hat
tie Thrash, a witness for defense, savs
she did "meet Wm. Jones at the very
point the other witnesses said they had
seen him;nnd it ' follows if Wm. - Jones
could be recognized on that evening, why
could hot Sallie . and Judson recognize
Frank, in, the morning. - 3r. Buck Thrash
puts t meh on l railroad, and sends my
biother'-in law around-1 by Morgan's to
see if he trould identify, them. The dis
tance5 M rf Candler was from men on rail
road was GOO yards; but from where Sal
lie and Judson saw Frank was only 217
measured irds off. Why did not Jfr.
Thrash put' his men to be recognized
near the foot log where Frank is alleged
to haye been, and then see if they could
be identified.JJMrr John Jtict,5 another
witneus for defense, says i saw W. ri.
Jones in this bottom afterwards,-and be
recognized him at a distance of 250 yards.
Now, if Mr. Bice could identify William
Jonerf 250 yards, why in name of com
morf sensa could not; Sallie and Judson
recognize' Frank at a distanee of 217
yards. " T Wo . witnesses ot the defense
thus -sustain the State witnesses, and
only one witness. Mr. Walton, who had
I worn bis eyes out on. a railroad, "throws
aouot on ue evi'ieuvB ui iw okw.
One , month after tradegy, the neighbors
again collected at the scene, ,where the
goods an J chattels of the old victim were
to be sblA: Capt, Howell and Dr. Thrash
among a large number were there; and
among these also ,was . .Wm, Jones., Mr.
H6well, looking at the scene of desolation,
remarked to Dr.. Thrash, s"Dr, if there is
not a-bell there ought to be." Dr. Thrash
repliedjes',, and it ought ;' to come right
now.'. lAnd these , remarks fell upon the
ear of the unfortunate prisoner at the bar,
and doubtless he" heard the . screams of
Mary Rice, th groans of .old'manr Joyce
doubtles---tamiiti ; upon the - vortex of
hell Itself, ,r who can be Surprised that he
rubbed hi hands, ' and trembled," and like
Macbeth of old, gasped In his very soul,
'out. out. out, ' damned spot. "When Da-
,'vid had outraged Uriah and Nathan had
said "thou .art -the man," he exclaimed,
"my sins have found me put." No wonder
SIi. Jones sa'd by his .condnc.,' ? my sins
have found me ooK"- - .- - ''
If you believe a foul murder has been
committed, and still doubt that these
prisoners are etiilty, I call your attention
to what transpired In the jail, after the
prisoners'were put in; this mnst conclude
you upon, your conviction of their guilt.
IfCantrell,Teagne and Orr told the troth,
then how can you conclude otherwise
that they are guilty of this horribla
crime. The defense attempted to break
down the character, ot Cantrell; they
maae no attempt to attack the character
of league and Orr; Now Cantrell makes
the following statement: ' (Beads what
v,nbreu eaia iron, me Uitizkx report)
uw um vuireu aear mat statement
jtt said cantrell told him the next
morning what He had heard. . Now did
Cantrell tell a lie ? I care not how mean
he may be, he could not have told a lie
in mat instance, now did Cantrell
know there was a board Dile on Hnm.
inpr xeagueawears tie beard thein sav
a m . r -
if we had gone by the- road we would
not -have been susrjected" Hnv AA
league know anything about a roadway,
or that the prisoners id. not go that
wayr Again Jones attempted to talk to
r. 4uww ana wep--ianer aoout this
consuming secret. An ? baa in ha bnahtvl
by Mr. Thrasft who commands him to
keep ma montli sftut-i ' 1
Cutting an this testimony toeether. take
all the tracks, the recognition of Frank
putting oat, the tracks, the. c.mduct of
Jones so from time to time, the . statements
testmed to by Cantrell, Teaeue and Orr.
can you Hesitate to believe the prisoners
guilty.' io whom do any circumstances
point so unerringly as the euiltv parties as
to the prisoners at the bar. If you find this,
these men are guilty. You are told you must
De satisnea oeyond a reasonable doubt the
pnsunauie are guiuy. wnat is a reasona
ble doubt l It is that yqu must be satisfied
tnese ..prisoners are euiltv. If you have
- J l- : . i i i . " , . J
i uuuui, ii urjst dc a aouDt mat you can
give a reason ior. ou may doubt X am
talking to you, but that ia not reasonable
Can you have a reasonable doubt that these
people were murdered ? I think not If
reasonable to say tracks at spring and chest
nuts are tracks at, board pile and. bot
torn, then these men are guilty. You must
nave a couDt mat you can give a reason
for, one tha: ycu can give a reason for to
your conscience which is always with you.
An Entecprlalns, Reliable Uoase.
Mr. H. H. Lyons can always be relied
npon, not only to ca ry in stock the best of
everything, bat to secure the Agency for
such articles a: have well-known merit, and
are popular wi-h tbe peoyle, thereby sus
tabling the reputation of being always en
terprising, ana ever rename. Having se
cured the Agency for the celebrated Dr,
Kings hew Discovery for Consumption,
will sell it on a positive guarantee. It will
surely cure any and every affection of
Throat, Lung, and Chest, and to show
our confidence, we invite yc u (o call and get
a l nai uottie r ree.
Thi: Augumkxts Yesterday.
Col. Lusk occupied most of ye8'
terday in hi argument :n behalf of
;he State in the Jcvce case. He
was followed by Mr. II. 'A. Gudger,
for "the defense,- who concluded near
six p ciockr iatne eveiuns:. iiotn
a .m . . ' . . -
sjieeciics were oi great lorce and
ability, at times eloquent.' We could
only get in our report of Col. Lusk's
speech; Mr. Gudger's will follow to
morrow, with toda) 'a proceedings.
A CARD.
xo an woo are sunerin&r lrom the er
rors and indiscretions of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of man'.ood.
&&, I will send a recipe that will cure
vou, rKEK Ui? ciiakuk. This ereat
remedy was discovered by a missionary
in aouiu America, oenu a sen -a luress
ed envelope to the Bkv. Joseph " T. Is-
man, Stattoni V, Aee 1 ork Vtty. '.
no 10 waeo.llv
Lost. "
A VALISE near the Coal Siiute be
ween Morganton and Icard Station. A
liberal rewa:d will be paid the finder. Ap
ply at the Citizkn Office; - sr.
Warranted Shoes from. toUowiug makers:
Zi'gler Bros., J. A. Banister, Morgan Bros..
Merriam & Tula; Packard it Grover ($2,50
and $2.99,) and Thomas Stokley.
eodtf H. REDWOOD & CO.
Big Buttons
and
Little Buttons to
Whitlock's.
match, at
Handsomest and
Cheapest 'line of
Wiiitvock's.
Gents Neckwear, at
Celluloid Collars and Cuffs, at
. Whitlock's.
Full line boys Linen Collars, at
Whitijock's.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Eureka Meat Market.
I7E WILL OPEN,'-1
on 1st day jQf April;
in a part of Zachary & Jordan's store, on
Patton Avenue,
A FltESII MEAT MARKET,
where, and alter vfhich time, we shall
endeavor, - in accordance with arrange
ments already made to keep an am pie sup
ply of the best meat" the country will
afford. '
We expect to buy and sell for cash and
thereby be able to , accommodate our
customers in the most efficient manner.
Our slaughtering shall be neatly done,
and a rural, polite and ' skillful salesman
will always be found at the block. -
Meat delivered free of char. All or-
deis shall receive prompt aCmtion.
1 ' Most respectfulK
' J6HN AND DAVIS ZAVARY.
mch 23-d tf
THJOTICE. '
FINS PLYJfOUTH ROCK CHICKKX9 AND
EGtiS for sale at ZACpAUY JOBDAN8.
mch 24-2t Patton Avenue.
SUGGESTION TO .
FINE TOBACCO GHEWERS
X I have in stock a full-line of
S.GraYely'sExtraGhsw
: ' "cnjiis chiit" am "rait iscs"1 . ;;
Fine Fig Tobacco and Lucy Hunt, (a lead
ing brand of line 0 inch plug.) ' lhese goods
are all made of the beat Henry Oountr Leath
erwood leaf, and mannfactnred by 3. H. John
son A Co., Danville, Va., and are guaranteed
to be finest on the market. . ' - -
v ; Frank Lougliriin,
Main St., Z door al ovp V.nnlt of Askeville.
Accidental Shootisu..: :". ;."
; A correspondent from Ivy informs
W tliftton Taesdaj, Logiui Morris,
a colored man ia tho mpioy of Dr.
Wti I.. Reagan, accidentally shot
himself with a rifle, the bail pens
inngs. iiue wrarf is
thought to be fitaL .v.-t v-
A New Buncombe Towit. r..i
A correapondent, once a typo in'
the Citizen office, informs its that a
little town is growing up at Ownby,
across the French Broad lrom Here,
and five or six miles distant, of the
fortunesjof which he is a proud arch-1
tect. He says there . are now Ivrn .
stores at the nl&ca with
which he is DrosDeroiif.lv
All of whicn we are glad to hear",
hopetoO. of the continued
growth of OwenoyEverything in
Buncombe grows last andJarge. '
Acctdental Poisoning.
Sunday evening a Mr. Hutihens '
from Chapel Hill reached here;
stopping at the 'Arlington -House.
He was in bad health and came
here for trie benefit of his health.
Tuesday afternoon he was suffering
very much with his head. In his
room were various medicines he
was in the habit of using. . lie took
from the mantel a vial of what he
thought would relieve his pain. It
proved to be carbolic acid. He dis
covered the mistake almost as soon
as he put it in his -mouth; but he
swallowed enough to throw him in
to violent agony and endanger his .
life. Physicians were hastily sums
moned, and such remedies applied
as saved his life. His condition for
many hours was verv critical i but
the danger is believed to be over. ,
A Captela'a Fartaut IHvrjr.
Capt Coleman, schr. Wevmouth. ol vino-
between Atlantic City and N. Y., had been
troubled with a cough so he was unable to :
sleep, and was induceg to try Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption: It not
only gave him instant relief, but allaved
the extreme soreness ia his breast.'' His
children were similarly affected and a sin
gle dose had the same happy effect Dr.
i.utci7 is now me stanaara
remedy im the Coleman household and on
board the schooner.
Free Trial Bottles of this Standard Rem
edy at H. II. Lyon's Drug store. ,
"III attend to it soon." Don't cheat
yourself in that way. . Your hair is grow-- ,
ing thinner, dryer and more' lifeless ev- ''
err day. - Savw it and restore its original ":
color, softness and gloss by luting Parker'i. "
nair aiaata wmn? yon mar. - -
Children's Lace Caris at 50 cts wnrtl.
from $1 to $2 50, at
mcn23 Bt : WhitlqckV
The very latest Bhanes in Soft an Stiff
Gentlemen's Hats, at
mch23-(it . Whitlock'.
We respectf Tlly announce to the
ASHEVILLE PUBLIC
that we will open on
Wedneaday, Ufareh 94th,
IN THE
OLD MONCURE DRUG STORE,
First Glass Fancy .Bakery
ANI)-
Manufacturing Confectionery.
OUR MANUFACTURER,
HI r. C4. K. Vanglian.
' "-""IS THE same WHO ;
manufactured for J. J. Desmond.
WELDON
mch 21-tf
'& VAUGHAN.
Col. Connalljr Represented
' By WhlmU Ketll. .
Commodious quarters for the porchMte ol rhoir
Potted PUnu, Roos attd riowerr. -
Also ClassA for tba study ot Pitau-n's Syitera
of Phonograph and French. T; ' . '
Sole agent tor plants and flowers from Fernl
hurst, oader the charge of R. G. Milford, aa ex
perienced English F lor Int.
Prices at Feraihunt aud Asheville wlUtn all
cases be unif jrtn.
Cabbage and Tomato house and bedding plants
A Sp6CaAlty '
Appiy y vo to W. WARD, Arent,
uiu 1 1 uswu
Box 13, AhvlMe, N. C.
A TTENTION.
J - - AU penons havtnf In thir ios-
se88ioil any equipments or other property be
longing to the Ashevilie LI (rat Infantry will
ph aso deliver same at once to me at the Express '
office. Partiea failing to eoraply with tbii notiev
are liable to-indictment. 4
... ' ED. WCDDIN, '
mh 19-2t ; ' . Lieut. A. L T.
JJ03T-BRKAST PIN. . . ( '
uold bar pin set with pearls and th ree jt ball
peudant. A reward will be paid if left at u re '
Ot . ' . M. JL Wlvl'l.KH. -
mch2S-d3t " ' ... ---
yATTER' W. VAN DIVER,
Attorney nt Lawi
MARSHALL, K011TH CAR0L1XA.
- OflP.ces a! at Anli'vi'le and Wex tr'"i-
Prx"1'!"! ttt'ntiori((ivea totheoolieHion (tt . u
n WeMfrrji North Carolina. j , 1 1-
1