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JACOB HODGES.
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shot was not mortal. Jacob, on seeing
the prostrate condition of his aged victim,
and reflecting upon what he had done,
was filled with horror, and being about
Jo go away, his accomplice ran to him,
and exclaimed, profanely, " He is not dead
yet; will you undertake a piece of busi
ness, and not finish it?" Springing for¬
ward, the white man seized the gun, and
struck Jennings several times upon the
head, till the stock was broken in pieces,
*nd the old man was quite dead.
The body was left in its blood, unburied
and unconcealed. Jacob returned to the
house of Mrs. T., and told her what he
had done. She appeared pleased, and
gave him more ardent spirits. Given
over to delusion and madness, she mani
fested no symptoms of remorse or contri¬
tion. It was not so with Jacob. Neither
the attempts of the murderous party to
convince him that he had done right; nor
the promise of large pecuniary reward,
with the power of stimulants, could quiet
the agitated mind of this poor negro. He
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