The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-21

I Mccoy ut the time, aud who was at
work in the slaughter house, heard her
aud went TO the spot. Seeing Jones
and the other men he remained quiet,
knowing ii TO be worse than folly to
attempt to go to her rescue. After the
woman refused to confess, one of the
men Is said to have taken big knife
and cut one side of her breast nearly
of. She still persisted in protesting
that she knew nothing of the burning,
when he gave the other side of her
person II slash with his knife, and con-
tinucd to cut her in different portions
of her body, while it was horribly
mangled. All this having failed,
Jones drew out his revolver and shot
her through the body.
The other tiend then cut off her head,
and the trio carried the body away and
concealed II in the brush. Here it re-
NAMED until the buzzards had COM
pletely stripped the flesh from the car
cass, when 1t was found by some men
who were passing through I. e woods.
On his return, Jones in some way
found out that Wolf had witnessed the
transaction, and he went to Wolff and
told him if he ever divulged what he
knew, he would blow his d-m head
OIL Jones had kept up his threats
ever since that time, and for this
reason, Wolff has never dared to di-
vulge the terrible secret. a German
by the name of John Swtzer was ar
rested, charged with this crime, but he
was released, there appearing no testi-
m0ny against him. About a year and
half ago, ayoungman named Seborn
Coleman became involved in u diff
Guilty with Jones, which resulted in
the death of the former. Jones is said
to have remarked after his trial that
he shot him for the purpose of seeing
him kick.
Next we come to the period of the
yellow fever epidemic, at which time
it Is said Jones killed n colored man
because he refused to do Jones' bidding
in some trivial matter There are
other crimes imputed to him, of which
we can say nothing definite us regards
the time of their occurrence. Jones
was married in 1860 to very estimab bic
lady, who has suffered much and often
from his abuse, and with whom she
has lived for fourteen years.
Oliver Hill was twenty-six years of
age Mt the time of his death, and un-
married. He was born at Albany,
Ohio, at which place his parents now
reside. His father, O. III. Hill, is said
to be one of the most influential citi-
zens of the county, having held many
offices of public trust. Two sisters and
a brother compose the other members
of the family. Hill came to Shreve-
port with the Atlantic circus, with
which concern he left his childhood's
home. Like many others who came
here with that establishment, he was
stricken down with the yellow fever of
last year, and was housed at Caroline
Whites, Mt which place he has ''board-
edn ever since.
Having no trade nor any certain
means of support, he drifted into the
society of men whose calling is to prey
upon the purse and person of strangers
and ''hats,n and he himself seems to
have attained proficiency in the way
of life-that of the fakir and roper-in.
He was possessed ola liberal education,
A man of good address, with pleasing
manner, he seemed to have faculty
for gaining the confidence of travellers
and strangers. With all his faults,
Hill had some good traits of character.
He was strictly temperate, was never
known to use proiame nor obscene
language, nor can il be said that he
was of a quarrelsome disposition. Had
he seen lit to have used his energies for
good, he might to-day have been an
henored member of society, loved and
respected by all who knew him. For
bad he used them, and to-day he sleeps
beneath the sod, in the grave of
murderer.