The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-23
JONES THE MURDERER.
Eight Persons Killed by Him.

The Shreveport Times contains a long
sketch of the lives of the two men, c. T.
Jones and Oliver Hill, who were lynched in
that town a few days ago for killing a young
Tennessean. From this we learn that Jones
has killed as many as eight persons, in va
rious parts Of the country:
| In 1861 he had difficulty with man
| named Hillman, near HillsbOr0, Texas
whom he
SHOT AND KILLED.
For this crime he was placed in Jail, but he
managed to escape, and eluded capture by
| the officers.
| During the war he deserted from the Con-
| federate army and fled to Mexico. He re-
manned there but few months, When, the
surrender having taken place, he again re-
turned home. Jones next exploit was the
killing, at Sherman, Texas, Of three Union
men. He was arrested for this deed by the
Federal authorities, made his escape from
| them, and left for parts unknown. He came
| to Shreveport in 1885, aud bouS ht the prop
| erty where the late horrible crime was COM
United. Onthis piece of land stood, at that
| time, brick dwelling, which was consumed
| by fire. Jones, for reason, suspicioned
| A 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 commanded her to
confess Here she pleaded her innocence in
| such loud, beseeching tones that u German
ramed Wolff, 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 thu 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 IL
SLASH WITH HIS KNIFE,
And continued to cut her in different por-
tiOns of hen body while it was horribly
lnangled. All this having failed, Jones
dlew out his revolver and
SHOT HER THROUGH THE BODY.
The other tiend then cut Oft her head, and
the trio carried the body away and conceal
ed it in the brush. Here it remained until
the buzzarhs had completely stripped the
flesh from the cass, when it was found by
some men who We're passing through the
woods On his return, Jones in some way
found out that Wolff had witnessed the
transaction, and he went tc Wolff and told
him if he ever divulged what he knew, he
would blow his DIN head off. Jones haI
kept up his threats ever since that time, and
for this reason, Wu II has never dared to di-
vulge the terrible secret. A German by the
name of John Swi ger was arrested, charged
with this crime, but he WIS released, there
appearing no testimony against him. About
a year and a half ago. young man named
sEBORN COLEMAN
became involved in difficulty 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 pc
ri"d OF the yellow fever epidemic, at which
time it is said Jones
KILLED A COLORED MAN
because he refused to do JoIirss bidding in
some trivial matter. There are other crimes
imputed to him of which we can say
nothing definite rs regards the time of their
occurrence. Jones was married III 1850 to
a very estimable lady, who has suffered
much and often from his abnse, and with