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A PRETTY MURDERESS.A HIGHLY SENRATIONAL TRIAL AT LOtISVILLf.CA.A BlfcElvlr.i Ivpjt Convicxart of Mnntl.iushter In Kill ng J.icktcn McC;iul*j---Clf • Cumstgncei Attending the CrJme-—Th© Sentence.ett.1ifci-atta►9t.bi.ifirr.?e!•1111r*AUire.Lorsmuc, «*., May 10 —On Thnnday morairgtbe principal caie on the docket o! the JeSV r- n Mt| ••r'.or Court wu called.This *« the cate of the titate v*. E rira 8.Ivey, charged with murder.The detail* of the olme appeared in the TcLcotArH ol December 15. IS'I, and are briefly tbeae: Mias Ivey li a pretty girl of about 20 yeari of age, well connected, and lived about ten mile* from Warrcnton.Among her acquaintance* wai Mr. Solomon Jones, a young farmer in Use neigh* borhood, who took advantage of hi* in-gagsmeal to her to aeJnoe her. The mult of tbl* Indiacretlon was a demand cn the I part of Mlu Ivey’a father to restore her good name by a marriage. Thla Junes re- {j|J® fused to do, and charges of seduction were beer preferred against him. *“**To avoid any anch remit, Jones onnflded his troubles to «n uncio named Norris, I llm who In turu enlisted the aid and sympv | blf * tbits of A. Jackson McCauley, who Isa !**' ins farmer. MeCauay. it seems, was a w, led man. witn tw j children, and who tutTheproplt;withflnalt; C*n lt;tcrdA Liu toJ. llltljm*d« Clafl! I*. 0*1Ulro*!AOCmorntomeT in with Me the Pear wereNr. J •#euwithrseatrttti IIIIUwas In lore himself wuh the fair Mias I intei Iv*y. The leHimony develops the fid that a plan was made by Norris am! Monai-Cauley to Induce Mbs Ivey to elope with | him. anti urn* n! ..*• t • *uu atrnii.-t Jon*30to tall through for want of prcucotjon, McCiuIey persisted In Lis efforts tj win . I Ms Iver’i con* . w.tlt pm !I one night found him beneath her window, ce j Th*s * as on a Sunday night preceding the y. * Monday on which the seduction ca-e •• against Jenee was to he cal lt;!. To escape \xe ! MoCaul(|jr.|t Is alleged, the flpdherfnilisre M house and went to that of her brother ag John, In JrfJers n county. On the night n, lo question (December 14th) McCamey at aroused her by cslllfg her name. t?hehe I got np and went to her window and foundMeOi __ ___er | M# told h t that he had come to take her I cityatJsnley standing only a few feet dis'nut.Z standing oniytr that he bad_________th | to Florida with him, and that if she Would | beel ,r- I go with him he would rite her llJXOin * -: i r* f . •• d an* I he i! . • ! .1 herthat if she penhtedln refusing that he would enter the house forcibly and kill her.Knowing his desperate character she Le-c.ime very ranch fr ghtcned and told him7-in•re■ceenThng that she would go if he would give herininrenger-betime to get her clotbin*. II© agreed to this, hut Instead, she pxKtaecd a shot gun which happened to be convenient andglsciogiton the window sill took aim andenload entering the left cheek and penetrating the bise of the brain. Grrai \n I excitement in the county followed tl e nn-iCe | noancementcf the tragedy. Miss Ivey wss arrested and placed under the ftinreUarce ofthesberilT for two months. Btsch was the sympathy cl the people for the unfortunate worn an9 that the sheriff, G. W. ■ KeUy, a kind hearted and very cf!ici«nt [ officer, sllowed her *U the liberty cl the jail consistent with security.When tbs case was called, on Thursday,Yley-UarlihMatAlb few SI a pi am aedr nN.Ihepeople docked from all pans of the countycoart house to get a glimpse of the ~~ I fair slaver. Interest was at white heat f during the entire progress of the trial, and \ the high character and ability of the array nit of invested the case with consider-hit importance.o?* The prosecution brought out the follow-log !• vrnrnnj: That McCauley atd wife lived in Warren county together for twelve rhri Th/ti MeOanley became acquaintedth2 w^ ^5aa Itij ai.d an intimacy eooned, Jlr That the wife knew of it and finally left hi r husband on atcouot of it. That from nanam!cruha/an*reqmlfroINnotSitofIV us lb. J IJtsw I1U1II n™ ! -%••• ’•»*« ‘m 1 M:.*rs i•’11 i;i« vidiu.ee • r.*»| tMlinxs belw«n McCaukjr nod th* e rl.— .............* mil In i- 1 I me-'.inxs N’w.-cn Mi ('«u .1;, sccrst oorm-mm U'iu • and criminal r#Ja-O* tiotslontc That 0:1 the Kiidar»lter the fl.tt Boodajln December la^t «** McCaaley went to a particular win low at•z»htanThflTtheI iu m |’»iitvui, nu ut « netne house of John Ivey, where .Miss Ivey ?r!l WAf TWlio^ kil Hil. Mi- I Toy®i ‘ admitted tint ahe did the kiQbtr.11*.«r»:wnSaid she heard tome oue knock I at the window; went to it and op-nt lt;1U. 1 -orr.ecme then a d. 4 n-t ... rat* ami I wdlghre jmlUW.M you do not, I willbeihc akill joa. That *hc handed oat a pair o( iw ' shoa* and n small box; than ttrpr#u back, *» not tha Run end »hot and kUied McCauley. *’•ill a Ibeandwasmil,hi*.. „_______ JcOaulay.Tbe8tate pet iu evidence n letter which •as claimed'appointed this Ttry^rlail, described the very window MoCkuiWyamstcome to, exprested her wlllir.,nr.» lo ro with him. and said sh« would band lt;-uth«bar clothes and alluded to thaitparatl n b twe«n man and wife.dr.»km,hrofMm Ivey Admitted hAvir gwritten sr.mc of tlio letters Introduced, but saidtusy were writtra to Sc 1 Jones. 8'©te con-Naasnn4 the wilting wai aIJ the saius; that the letters showed oorclnsivrly from ihsir contonU thit they were notnr.’i'- if. n m nt.d j p.vr I 1 vJon* a th*t 11f* had never h11 UiEse Jeturs • State introdnce I a witn# w who swore ho 5 carried a totter froui Mo aoleyto Miss aero ivryawr©k before thekiiiiag. TnisMr-sitpp iTey dvnlod.rim- tuterost the cam? Inspired wss shownIn Him van crow.iof wnito and colored wso- pie that have been croadin,? the court ion. room for the three days consumed in the of a trial,the cast having bteo sounded oThursday morning ami submitted to thrum Inal- •» nooil PmIaV,tr«t IDC*•rEfothI by I 2rgdinlt;*tit b^gan I»»t night at g o’clrw k. It. U Gamble, Jr., for four the ableti. L*. u am Die, jr., tor tour jean the a hi# null tolWlMtttril for this circuit, making ™. f » tbs opening speech for thodsfrnae, an t.Ve line that the ta^evrai A con pirary bfitwrtoiccatcc01oxk,Mli w»«w ~ m . .^.. pirary\V Sol Jon«*» and Norris to ret 1u‘- 1— ..... the,fT\ ol SI It* Ivay’a U*tlmonyinrid easewIVagslnst Jones for t*daction; that no letter yIeihad teen written by her to McCauley I agreeing to elope with him and that her letalemsutas U» the trmnaactlpn was trutu,* end that she W LI rd him in »e f defeim*. t h* rhe m Able one and increasedthe sympathy of the vast crowd for the fair prUoner. He w.nft‘lowrd by llon.T.K Watson, of McDuffie, for the mate. In en I ingenue, logical and efcqnent ap;enlto IK I the jury. It was Plainly seen that Ms !?• argument had mads its tiled upon the I Z nZ Ut«ctatorf at leasu It was said by the u L'O I ^ . « tU .t I...I VI- ---t'U• I ?itPIi*Ikcrowd that had Mr. Watson the dosing s»(-'«ch the rlt; • lit * nUl bavaheciit’eatiy • “ (rarad by M— Iv»y'slri*olt;N.Coort Ihrn adjoumsd until 8 o'clock IhU.., .djwimsd----------.....Py*1 munilcg, wb*n Hon. W. D.Tnll, rl An-«a, loop ccUbr.t* 1 as an abl* criminal rat, mtusad th* ar«um«nt. maSdncthu chain* ip««ch, occupying fully t« boon. HU sppfal to lha jury wa» b#«tt-tifnl and touching, canting a psthetlc •cMWln court.Tha hour of noon having arrived, th*Swas charged by Jud.-:* Cars aril andrad.Ml** Iv«y, wbota cheeks showed the blaachtngof bet loee oooliurmentto Jail. . t» quite a har.d*lt;m* girl, drta-es in good ^ l!1 ta»te, and moved about the court room “•h*. with a grtce aaitrd to a drawing room.! ; Sae wm atoOttpaniad by her mother, ami IQ.C.1 a portion of the tin e the held her little infant in h r lap. The auaetade wa* a *ad oce.- ^ .:ha e.. - • Is keldotu witnessed in eat, a Oeorgia ooort of Jaa«ke.2:!W0 fl fl01 afI]1*'•tIIothe I I-ociaYiu.r,G4.t May If*.—Tlic Jury in ado-1 lkec*-eof (beBute vr. Miss Klvira fvty.a red kf Ibe »ord«r of A. Jarkson McC’auhy, I • 1 nf p. n!* -*l five hours r» tt.rr.r , 1 1r-**oati ^ theamiShy*a verdict of Yo troisry mamlsoghtar. Fhs MTiUeced toIfvyfars in 1\* niun-liary. Edaris are Uni iitade by lt;our.-«dnhtaui a „•••’ tr nlor tlS»* drf* r,M-i vn 1 mg the all y I* well by the MtbetttLlag the ntoiicn Mi^s Ivey will I ri b fje bailf d out. Tbs renti:twas tiitD\
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Macon Weekly Telegraph and Messenger
Macon, Georgia, US
Fri, May 22, 1885
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