The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-05-23

was near ut nanu, ran lDe luuZIle ciooc
to Elliott's breast and fired.
Captain J. X. Ashmore, chief ofpo,-
plice, Yesterday received II dispatch
from Scottsville from one of his force
now off duty, stating that elliott was
making his way to Jefferson. The chief
immediately replied, instructing the
officers to arrest him.
The trial was continued yesterday,
Deputy Sheriff Swearingen making the
return ms to the disappearance OF the
prisoners from the Jail. :,
Jake Duhr, the German lad arrested
with Jones and the others, was dis
charged, no evidence having been adj
duced showing that he was in any way
connected with the murder.
Thurman was required to give 81 900
bail, in default of which he was re
manded to Jail.
G.. II. Jones, or Doc. Jones, as he was
familiarly known, was born at Fair,
fax, Virginia, in October, 1926, and
was, consequently, forty-eight years OF
age when he was hung. Heenigrated
to Texas in 1919, living most of the
time ut or near Mckinney. There
were two brothers in the family-Doc.
and William. William enigrated to
California where he was prosperous in
business, and accumulated a large for
tune. He died some time during the
summer of 1878. In his early life,
Jones followed the profession of Oculist,
in which he is said to have been very
successful, and fir I'm hich fact he de-
rived the sobrquet of Dee. in 1861, he
had a difficulty with n man named
Hillman, near Hillsboro, Texas, whom
he shot and killed. For this crime he
was placed in Jail, but he managed to
escape, and eluded capture by the off
GERS.
The war breakingout about this time,
the subject of our sketch Joined Captain
ALE JohnsOn's spy company, which
was raised in and about Mckinney, and
the matter of the killing was dropped.
He remained with this company until
the fight ut Arkansas Post. He then
returned home, and afterwards Joined
Colonel Martins regiment, belonging
to Cooper's Indian division, stationed
in the Indian nation. With this COM
mand he served us n private soldier UNI
ill il was ordered to be dism0unted, and
to report ut Hampstead, Texas. While
the regiment was passing through
Smith county Jones deserted it and
fled to Mexico.
He remained there but a few months,
when, the surrender having taken
place, he again returned home. Jones'
next exploit was the killing, at Sher-
man, Texas, of three union men. He
was arrested for this deed by the feder-
al authorities, made his escape from
them, and left for parts unknown. At
forwards he procured stock of pinch
beck jewelry and travelled from place
to place through eastern Texas, reach
ing Shreveport in 1866. He then went
into the grocery business at the same
stand at which the murder was COM
mitted, but not in the same building.
After remaining here some time, he
removed opposite Mrs. Wards "One
Mile House,p where he remained about
eight months. From there he removed
on the top of the hill, where he kept u
wagon yard, remaining about three
years, at which time he bought the
property where the late horrible crime
was committed.
On this piece of land stood, at that
time, brick dwelling, which was con-
sumed by fire. Jones, for reason, sus.
picioned negro woman of having
fired it, and had her arrested. She
was discharged, when Jones, assisted
by two other men, carried her To the
rear of his slaughter house, and COM
manded her to confess. Here she
pleaded her innocence in such loud,
beseeching tones that "A German named
Wolf, who was in the employ of
Mccoy at the time, and who was at
work in the slaughter house, heard her
and went TO the spot. Seeing Jones
and the other men he remained quiet,
knowing it 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 |
off. She still persisted in protesting
that she knew nothing of the burning,
when he gave the other side of her
person q slash with his knife, and con- |
tinued TO cut her in different portions
of her body, while il was horribly |
All this having failed,
Jones drew out his revolver and shot |
her through the body. ..rav
The other Repd then cut off her head, |
and the trio carried the body away aud
IL i'm the brush. Here it re- |
NAMED until the buzzards had com
pletely stripped the flesh from the car-
cass, when il was found by some men |
vino were passing through {. woods. |
On his return, Joues in some way |
round out that Wolf had witnessed the
ra,s ~tion, a1G be gent 10 Wolff and
la lin, q, he ever dtyplged what he
,new he ,xou,, blow his n-n head
III. Jones had KEEP. up ms Wfets
'ver since that time, an '' ,h:s
eason, Wolff has never dareu w ~,
'ulge tie terrible secret. a Germs,.
" the name of John Switzer was ar
ested, charged with this crime, hut he
vas released, there appearing no tesii-
nOny against him. About a year and
half ago, ayoung man named Seborn ,
'oleman beca.a involved in difii-
ulty with Jones, which resulted in :
he death of the former. Jones is said !
D have remarked after his trial that I
e shot him for the purpose of seeing
i'm kick.
Next We come 70 the period Of the
elbow fever epidemic, at which time
Il said Jones killed a colored man s
ecause he refused to do Jones' bidding I
some trivial matter. There are =
Their crimes imputed 10 him, OF which
e can say nothing definite as regards q
ne time Of their occurrence. Jones
as married In 1890 to very estjmable