New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-24

| The Shreveport Times of Tuesday last
gives the following sketch Of the two sup
posed murderers who were taken out OF
the Jail and lynched in the courthouse
square, in that city, the Saturday night
previous by a party of masked citizens:
r. r. Jones, or Doc Jones, as he was
| f.m;l;arlv known, was born at Fairfax,
VIRGINIA. in October, 1896, and was. conse-
| uuently, forty-eight years OF age when ne
was hung. He migrated to Texas IN Ie4s,
living most OF the time at or near Mc Nm
| new. There were two brothers IN the lam
;iyyDoc and William. William emigrated
~ California where he was prosperous in
business and accumulated large Tor
tune. He died some time during the SUM
Tn his early life Jones followed the pro-
| fession of oculist, III which ne Is sald 70
have been very successful, ana Iro DIV WIFI n
! fact he derived the soubriquet OF doc" IN
| 1861 he had difficulty with man named
| H,llman. near Hiilsboro, Texas, whom ne
shot and killed. For this crime he was
| nlaced in iaii, but he managed TO escape
and eluded capture by the officers.
The war breaking out about this time,
the subject of our sketch joined Captain
| Alfred Jones' spy company, whlcn was
| raised in and about Mckinney, and the
matter of the killing was dropped. He re-
NAMED with this company until the fight at
| Arkansas Post. He then returned home,
and afcerward Joined Colonel Martins regl-
ment, belonging to COoper's Indian dlvl-
| sion, stationed in the Indian Nation. with
| this command ne served as private sol
| der until it was ordered to be dlsnounted
! and to report at Hampstead, Texas. Whue
| the regiment was passing through Smith
| county Jones deserted it and fled to Mex
| leo. He remained there but few months,
| when, the surrender having taken place, he
| again returned home.
Jones' next exploit was the killing, at
| Sherman, Texas, Of three Union men. he
was arrested Tor this deed by the fedora!
authorities, made his escape from them, and
left for parts unknown. Afterward he pro-
cured a stock Of pinchbeck jewelry and
travelled from place to place through East
ern Texas, reaching Shreveport in 1866. He
then went into the grocery business at the
same stand at which the murder was COM
mltted, but not in the same building. After
posite Mrs. Wards "One Mile House,"
where he remained about eight months.
From there he removed on the top of the
hill, where he kept wagon yard, re-
naming about three years, at which time
he bought the property where the late no T.
rible crime was committed.
On this piece of land stood at that time
fire. Jones, for reason, suepicioned re-
gro woman Of having -ired it, and had her
arrested She was discharged, when Jones,
assisted by two other men, carried her 20
the rear Of his slaughterhouse and com.
manded her to confess. Here she pleaded
her innocence in such loud, beseeching
tones that German named Wolf, who was
in the employ of Mccoy at the time, and
who was at work in the slaughterhonse,
heard her. and went to the spot. Seeing
Jones and the other men, he remained quiet,
knowing it to be worse than folly 10 at
tempt 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 off.
She still persisted in protesting that she
knew nothing of the burning when he gave
the other side Of her person slash with
his knife, and continued to cut her in diff
ferent 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 iend then cut of her head, and
the trio carried the body away and con-
cealed it in the brush. Here it remained
until the buzzards had completely stripped
the flesh from the carcass, when it was
found by some men who were passing
through the woods. On his return, Jones
in some way found out that Wolff had wit
Wolff and told him if he ever divulged
what he knew he would blow his id head
Oft. Jones had kept up his threat ever
since that time, and for this reason Wolf
has never dared to divulge the terrible
secret. A German by the name of John
Switzer was arrested, charged with this
crime, but he was released, there appearing
no testimony against him.
About year and a half age, a young
man named SahOrp COla,nop h..oo,ra
vOlved 10 difficulty with Jones, which re-
suited 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 colored man because he
refused to do Jones' bidding in some trivial
matter. There are other crimes imputed
TO MIN, OF which we can say nothing deti-
mite as regards the time of their occurrence
Jones was married IN 1860 to very esti-
mable lady, who has suffered much and
often from his abuse, and with W hom she
has lived for fourteen years.
Oliver Hill was twenty-six years of ACE
at the tune OF his death, and unmarried,
lie was born at Albany, Ohio, at which
place MS parents now reside. His father.
~ II. HUI. is said to be one of the most in
huential citizens of the county, having held
many Offices OF public trust. Two sisters
nHu q piotbeL compose The other mpmhprA
OF the family. Hill came to Shreveuort
with the Atlantic Circus, with which con-
Germ he left his chldhooi's home. Like
many others who came here with that es-
he was stricken down with the
yellow fever OF last year, and was housed
at caroline Whites, at which Ilace he has
boarded" ever since. Having no trade
nor any certain means of support he drifted
INTO the society of men whose calling ia to
prey upon the purse and person of strangers
and Hats" and he himself seems 10 have
attained proficiency in his way of life
that OF the fakir and roper in
lie was possessed of a liberal education.
man OF good address. with "A pleasing
manner, he seemed to have a faculty for
gaming 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
pfo1ane nor obscene language, nor can it
De SAID that he was of quarrelsome dis
position. Had he seen fit to have used his
energies for good, he might to-day have
oeen an honore2 member of society, loved
ana respected by all who knew him For
oaq ne used them, and to-day he sleeps be-
leath the sod in the grave OF a murderer.
The Health of Senator Ferry.
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