Bartow County GaArchives News.....Charlie Jones Acquitted. February 10, 1891
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The Weekly Constitution February 10, 1891
Sam Jones's Brother in Peril for the Killing of Jim Young.
Cartersville, Ga., February 4.--The trial of Charlie Jones for the murder of 
Jim Young, a negro, several months ago, commenced yesterday.

This is a very interesting case, as Jones is a brother to Rev. Sam P. Jones, 
the evangelist.

Yesterday and today have been taken up with evidence.  So far, nothing 
sensational has occurred.  The trial will end about Friday.  No one can tell 
what the verdict will be.  Great interest is manifested, and the courthouse is 
crowded by both white and black.

The Prisoner Makes a Statement.
Cartersville, Ga., February 5.--The evidence in the trial of Charles T. Jones, 
for the murder of the negro Jim Young, was concluded here today.  Jones made a 
statement of two hours in length this afternoon, and it is generally thought 
that this statement will clear him, as it was evident from first to last that 
he was telling the whole truth.  He reviewed the entire case, telling 
everything for or against him.  The argument will begin tomorrow, and close 
about Friday.  The courthouse is packed with negroes and white people, and the 
excitement increases.  Public opinion favors Jones's release.

Sam Jones's Brother.
Cartersville, Ga., February 6--At 11 o'clock the jury, in the Jones case, 
rendered a verdict of not guilty.
Such a scene was never before witnessed in this courthouse. 

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