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called to tbe stand anil upon oath testi-[ lied as follows: “I was at my home on the night that Lieutenant McIntyre was killed. ~ unity is thickly settled, and 1 live.____________j from my brother’s houseI by the road. I had nothing to do with the I killing of McIntyre and knew noth-*•* I ing of the affair ’ until the next day when 1 was informed by two of my brother’s children, who came to my house, that I there had been some shooting at the hou*I on the night previous, and that a man lia I been killed. I beard the shooting, but paid I no attention to the firing as it was no un I usual thing to hear firing of guns in that lo-n- I rality. I never had any understanding with ed I my brother to kill Lieut. McIntyre or an ' I one else. 1 did not go to the house whe I the children told me what had occurred, te I but told them that I would as soon as 1 nt I could leave my wife, who was then quite he I iil. I told the children to teil Ayres to ge‘ in-1 up some men and have an inquest held ed I The children were quite small and for that iar I reason learned very little of the nature of vs-1 the difficulty. Mclnyre was killed upon a he I Saturday uight at.d I did not go to Ayres’s irl I house until Wednesday.”Ayers Jones was then sworn and placed I upon the stand. His testimony was as fol-| lows: “The night of the killing of Mcln-ae, I tyre I was at Euima Walker's house.I While upon my return home I heard the I firing and asked some men what it was all I about, and they told me that it was reve-I nue men. 1 then went up on the top of a I mountain and laid low. Did not go home I until several days after the shooting I Was afraid of the officers, as I had ed, I been , told * that orny a short i to I time previous they had murderedby the name a sheep-killing „______ ________» a bit of showing foring I his life. While 1 lived upon the mountain uet I I got my provisions from Mrs. Walker. 1 ty-1 lived three days upon the mountain upon ’ i food given me by Mrs. Walker. We n had all of us learned to fear the reve-e men and to avoid them upon all occa-its IWednesday morning ti e trial of the ci tne United States vs. Ayers and Thom Jones, charged with conspiracy.lr’; I suined in the United States circuit court be-,re Judge W. B. Woods. A little mo-e vidence was introduced for the purpose of Ivinga finishing touch to the large volumegedalready placed before the jury, after .’hich the argument commenced, which ,-as opened by S: A. Darnell, assistant dis-ic* attorney. V. T. Greer, for the defense,I followed consuming the attention of thi I court until the adjournment for dinner. . , I In the afternoon Colonel Abila Johnson I gued the case for the prisoners, and Colonel Farrow, the district attorney, conclmledjthe I argument of the case, after which the jury uat was charged by Judge Woods and allowed ;o retire.At a late hour a verdict of not guilty I rendered.*od,POLITICAL.The best evidence that General Han. mi-1 cock is a strong candidate is the fact that able I he has been Hooded since his nominal! Her- 1 with telegrams from all uuarters. eouirn the I ulstingliim and the cmdidate before the Cinpile, lias expressed i I faction at the result Bilow we give «I pressions of opinion from leading men I both parlies: The first is from the ilen^ for vice president, :actions and prosperity pie. William it. EnglishThurlow Weed.I do not think the democratic |artlt;r could hiI received with a greUcr degree of satisfaction, I lioth by the democratic party and the people geie rally.support of the party,'V democratic party has isual sense in nominating ..... ’’1 get the full^gladIltKii-nlght» ratify r ture because they wiltir banner, pleasure be. am sc the ___(__________ : minuted will be elected, andI it’^ right and proper that here in the capital of.anu . — -------- ------to rally under, .... ... ______________ember (cheers),e had I that here we should set Ute ball in motion that isblood I To Senator Baraun—“I congratulate you upon loose I this auspiciot ’* ”r .I.:. I John T. Clampett, the only survivi •tit for Mrs- Surratt, said la.-.t night that Hueock w?tt. With unph.t.-is, “and his part In the . execution will not affeet him. as the general only obeyed U-* —*---* *■'■-----*----iculton c0l£Jn I thcldeaffi sentence. Ynd It is the most painful act 1 ' ’ifa. 1 would rather take chainield, but 1 aiu a soldier and olayed irk led I they IPROMINENT DSenator Blaine: “It is a strong ticket” Senator Cameron: It is a very, very I strong ticket, and hard to beat”.'ooentOut of the many telegrams received by General Hancock yesterday upon liis nomination, tbe following from Major-General I Schuyler Hamilton, who served during the Mexican war on the staff of General Scott, id who was run through the body by a t Mira Fiores, sneaks for itself: l republican of the blackest stripe, but a*old friend I eH I fell bleed luinirer and fellow-aoldlery ofBy telegraph to the New York Herald. Utica, N. Y., June 24 —Aware of thi I value of the opinions of Horatio Seymou tioued repecting the Cincinnati nomination you d when I correspondent began search for bitn. H mumkm «« found at Senator Conkling’s residence I refreshing himself by sound slumber, ofc that ltvious to the political excitement wbic: I —about him. Mrs. Conkling, his sis , aroused him. He appeared smiling th apologies for his apparent lazines about I When asked how the nomination of Hat ed her I coc'i anlt;* at Cincinnati pleased hiter it on Itil she I “I consider the nomination a good oni iw-nirx’- made in a good way and in a good splriieeP!.vvhtu ------------- - ' — !---11in the Ithe ,aw in ^ Informant* of his ditlicut Ihas illustrated the force of the maxim with I is found in so many of the original const I tutions of the old states, that the militai h--n I should always be subordinate to tbe ci after- authorities. It is also strong because I gives the south a chance to show t‘ .* -rim* they will co dially support a northern ir ‘ „ 1 dier. when there are men who seek to k t of Mrs I a l*ve hatred of tbeir own com try men, t admit-1 w ho art; constantly using ^language itnd!e tbe auimositi between tbe north and the south, but w were careful to slay at home during t General Hancock, by camparisc•murder-1 brings to the public mind the truth that wants to fight now except those w - not when they had a chance.” “What do yon think of Mr. Englistogether. I V.Mann, ihn Wat-1tdelphia, I nomination7 ntry anu ..yjr English is a prominent democrat be woods Inii,ana. who hat had experience in « e dollars pr^ss. jt was proper to select a candid.e president from a democratic vind jhenyard, and five military companiiinstanta-THE TRIAL OP AYRES JONES. _Coutlnuatlian «r the Evidence In tbe federal Court.Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.United States circuit court before Jndge W. B. Woods, the trial of tbe case of the I nited States vs. Ayres Jones and Thomas Jones, charged with conspiracy, was resumed. Thecourt met in the new r—*---*“ *’----government buildingroom in tbe new____________ - - Marietta streeLThe government introduced ProfessorThomas iL Jones, one of the defendants,uid inwiiat part will you be able to take the canvass?-’ ,Mv health has been so broken dur thi past three or four years that I have i been able to take as active a part as I otk should Lave done, but I snail lt;1 that lean, with this drawback, to supp the political prir-'-* ---1______ pies which I believeand to support the piny to which I am der so many obligations.''Indiana’* JubileeAND THE V ICE -PRES I DENT SPEAKS.Indianapolis, J une 29 —An immensejdi oc ratio ratification meeting was held I last night. Ex-GovernorHeudricka presit Speecbei were made by ex-Governor B dricks. Hon. \V. H. English, nomineevice-presi-lent. and others. English i course of his remarks said be would act the nomination when officially tendlt; him, and if elected would perform duties in no bigoted spirit. He also ithat Hendricks' would stand high i confidence of the next democratic ad mi tration.
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Atlanta Weekly Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Tue, Jul 06, 1880
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