Waco evening news. (Waco, Tex.) 1888-1889, 1888-08-24
PRELIMINARY HEARING.
JIM JONES ON TRIAL FOR KILL
LING ENGINEER MOSES
On August 9TH, BY Wrecking the
Central Train.

morning nj ten O'CLOCK IN the u1StrlC
court room, before Justice Sleeper. TIL
defendant was represented by Cicer
jenkins, and the state by county AT
tornty Blair. The defendant is n col
ored man of favorable appearance
tawny in color rather than black; 81.
feel tall, with Caucasian face; higl
forehead and high cheek bones an,
with clear, shap and restless eyes
His appearance indicates more thar
usual intelligence. Defence admit
ted the killing.
The first witness examined was A
J. Cartrell, fireman on the i'll fatet
train on the occasion of the wreck
The examination was as to the details
of the wreck, full particulars of which
were given in the NEWS ut the time
and which did not vary from wit.
ness's testimony. j. NJ. Lee, engin.
Ger and superintendent of the Texas
Central road, who was on the train at
the time of the wreck, testified also
to particulars of the wreck.
Tim O'Neil, for the state, also testi-
flied to circumstances of wreck.
J. w. Miller, witness for the state,
testifies as follows: II am not per-
sonally acquainted with him, but
have seen him few times. 1 take
that to be the man. do not know
where he lived, but understand from
the neighborhood that he lives on
Mr.. Battles Place. 1 know where
this wreck was, and this negro lives
about seven or nine hundred yards
from there. do not know anything
about his having colt killed on
that road. / was on that road that
evening, and it was about shutdown,
or little after, about 7:20. 1 was
going from Waco, and passed over
that cattle guard where the wreck
was, and it was in good condition, and
the timbers were in place and 1
walked across some of them. I don't
know of any trains passing just be-
fore that or not. Live about u half a
mile from the place where the wreck
was. 1 saw man they called the
conductor placing torpedoes on the
track, and he stopped at the place
where the light signal had been
placed. suppose that the light was
placed about three hundred yards
above the wreck, that is towards
Ross. have been living about there
for about twenty years, and before
there was railroad there. I don't
recollect when the cattle guard was
placed there, but it has been kept in
good order every time have seen it.
The negro lives on the west side of
the road. In"going from this place
where the negro lives, it would be
nearer to go through the field to the
cattle guard. In going from Jones'
to the post office he would have to 90
across the railroad to Ell Mott"
Cross examined by defendant.
ut was about shutdown that went
across the cattle guard going towards
Ross. There was no distractions at
either cattle guard when 1 passed.
The nearest point from the dsfen-
tants would be between seven and
nine hundred yards. There are no
paths leading by defendants house
TO Geneva, but there is one north
,fit.
Con McIntire, witness for the state.
as follows: live on section
}, five miles north of here. I know
Jim Jones by sight; that is him there;
10 was at the section house once on
sunday before the wreck; he first got
drink of water and set on bench I
ma said that he had got some letters t
rom Mr.. Cary, the stock agent of the t
i. d I. c. r. r., and asked me if I t
'ould read them, and could not; he +
ald they were about a colt he had
lilled; don't know anything about
he colt; he didn't say anything about 9
he colt being killed except that he t
lad some letters from Mr.. Cary and t
'ould not read them; think he stay- '
~ there ABOUT half TN hour and he !
lidn't talk about anything else but {
lis colt. He was there about half +
'ast IL q. m. q
Cross examination by DEFENDANT
This was on Sunday before the wreck.
j.. j. Woodward for the state testi.
led as follows: ~ live at Geneva.
know Jim Jones. I have known