Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-12-06
STANDARDIZATION.
4 Farmer Ch0kes His
N5fie 60 Death.
A PLEA OF SELL DEFEsSE.
The Stranger demanded without
BaiI-His Examination Set for
Monday.
sTRANGULATI0N.

fhafsiaf liaht Coroner Naasau WIS sum
mqHed to 3 house, situated about two miles
from the "a Dog schooihoHse. ia BalionA
tsWnahip. to hold on Inquest On lhe body %
an Old woman Arriving At the place he
found The dead body Of ars Julia Joncs. a
woman So years o. see, laid OFT ia one Of
the Ia1ms. a Jury was impaueIsd and The
following testimony wa taken r. w. jones
being sworn said. J know The body n the
isdg lyiaF in Tho nrSi room she has becn
~ wife We lived together as husbana ana
aifefor thlny-ffa years ! eetsed % be her
husband about two aud oue.ha1 Yean asa.
Since that time We havs met frequently
When we Grstmet everything would be pleas
ant and amIeabla but u would soon change
Into Hauble and discussion. I met her this
Thufsdayl afternoon, snd was with her
most nf the day. helped her % move iaio
this house la the evening about go Or
O'Clock / came and raped at thu door
aid wac told 30 come IN. I ala 80 aud sat
down On the rocking chair while she sat on
the bench our conversation had continued
about forty Eve minutes when she
ordered me W lonye the hoa5e / GOT
Up thHA ny Arai hhA sffe also tul
Mp with Ratchet 10 her hand.
/ walked backward 81 The back room and
gdi near She 0ntcf d0nf Sire hen ified To-
strike me with the nsfchef l defended my
self ahe gQi bold Of ms and thn
hAiehei ielI from her haun b seuining
tssethor we threw over paii
ID water md hold 81 ner
thf8st with my let hand ] threw her
down She struck the ilooi yery hard,
still kept het By the throat When on tho
nj a half "a T o.,
relapse 1 lot 70 her throat aud tfied 20 raise
her up and sa8 thnf me Has dead ! then
went over 60 my son'g honse sud told him
did not strike her She Wha aity three years
Of age and bora IA New YORK ahe vas not
"a good health. J had no dlfiaaHg with hgr
during the day only al night Ny idea in
struggling with her was . defend myself ]
was alone with her rs thefimg Of the trouble.
MfAi Z Jones testified thar she was d
daughter iuiew OF ihe dead woman, Her
mglhafin.laW Waa M poor health had so
we're cough aud complained d pHin 10 her
side Size saw lunra and his vile together
during the day. aud lheg took supper 10,
getaef az O'Clock. Mr Jones 1ifne % Jnf
house aud said 10 10Y husband 1 ma afraid
have Killed. yUni mother speu 4 have
known J pueH and his VIE thef have had
some fuses, bul thgy neyar eame to blOws.
/ never heard him threaten herthai he.wnuld
Kill her ! heard her many times say that
she would XVI him " che could She tried
70 drive wagon over him unee.
8. r Jones .estlled shat no recognized The
body a. thet % his mother NJ father came
over % my house this evening and said he
was afraid he had Killed ms mathsr went
baek with him and hund het On thg iioor
dead
NJ father and mother had great deal Of
tfonbla together I often card Der SAY tina,
she would put him out Of the WaJ il SHE
could ! never slw anything daneb by her e.
that effect except giving him medicine that
nearly Killed hin ! don't know whni the
medicine wasi she TOOK il away with Der
She has TOT the lost year Or two shown de-
rangemen. Of The mind At certain times
sac Wes Of worry high temper I spoke 10
her 0nce to-day and she said fhut she wodld
have nll hands (mcuuing father myself aud
Wllei Cd o. the place. Afterwards aba Told
rae tHat she NHa RuinE 10 town u morrow 70
mike nae deed TO twenty aefes o. land
Ter tliis testimony ans IN the Jury re-
tired ana shortly brought in t0H following
verdict. 'sFangulaiiDn tn the hands VI y
". Jones, but nut with mufternus intent
At helf-past ole O'Clock yesterday after
noon the Coroner swdre plt a complaint
ageinst Jones Hnd he was arrested ne was
taken before Justice Linz and his exatnint.
ton was set ipr December she sh at o'clock
=. n. In thu mouutime Iuues Was fem ludud
70 jail without bonds
tha whole AFFAIR has o very ugly look, and
10 DOUBT It will bc siited to tbe bot
tom. Jones, the mau accused ai tnHrarr. Is
about sixty years of age sad las lived ut the
neighhorhund Whcrc the crime was commit
ted iar e long time.
since the separation 81 Jones aud hts wife
she being possessed of muGh property sold
about sio.00e worth 81 iand and Invested
considerable portion Of tha nlnnhy in Los
Angeles real estate Mr. 1nnes had Two
children 30 whom The properly viii g0-E
+. Jones, her sNu, = witness as tho inquest,
aud married daughter living in the north
eru portion OF tho sfptc