Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-21

! siVl nllen Jones was on the ground,
after he fell nothing much was said;
nothing was said what was to be
done with the body; / was there
with the body an hour or 80; the
next morning | went out and saw
the Indians trying to strip the body;
| stopped them; JOhes was disarmed
when they had him under arrest;
Hancock turned his head to the men
behind him and said, sYOu can slip
it to him nOw;o | went over to Pay
son next morning.
Cross-examination-It was my
brother, Lycurgus Wilson, of whom
L speak; L lived near my brother in
the fort; my brother spoke to Jones
first and hallooed to Sam Keel TO
fetch water; as coon as Jones
drank the water he dropped the cup
and rau into the fort; the party CON
sisted Of George Patton, George Ham
cock and Nelson; Jones stood in the
door with a knife in his hand, but
finally my brother brought him QUIT
| they were going to arrest hirl for
attempting TO steal some horses and
getting some boys to help him; |
think Hancock had 4 brass-mounted
government gauger; some Of the
party had these guns, | am sure; l
couldn't be positive what kind of
gun Hancock had; | am not sure
whether deceased was bound or
not; George Hancock had hold
Of Jones' right hand /; 1 don't
know whether my brother had hold
Of him or not: we were not armed:
there was no excitement till after
Jones left; after leaving the fort
they went one hundred and fifty or
one hundred and seventy-fiye
yards; the crowd that followed up
consisted Of about a dozen persons:
when Hancock said "YOu can slip il
Il him, " two shots were fred; the
man couldn't die till be cooled of;
he didn't die at once; two other
shots were fired while he was lying
there trying TO lie; the part eff his
skull above his eyebrow was mutt |
lated two or three inches; that /
wound could be plainly seen; the /
next day the wound in his neck 4
could also be seen; am pretty near /
sure that Mr.. Hancock fired the shot 4
that entered hIs lungs, three shots |
had been fred before Hancock fired; |
Hancock gave the order in an ordi- |
nary voice; | was about ten feet /
away; l think my brother was be-
tween me and the fort; l know OF |
nothing impairing my brcther's /
hearing at that time5 ii was 9 ]
or 10 O'Clock the next morn I
ing before the wagon came for the 4
body. The killing was between l2 |
and > O'Clock. l left Payson the 1
10Th Of the next August for san
Bernardino; / only remained there !
few months; l was fraudulently
convicted for a debt, it was for en- (
beESlemsnt; / was confined eighteen
months; was arrested in Salt
Lake City for Illegal voting; have
been arrested three shines; the
charge of illegal voting hrs been
dismissedi have talked TO n great
many about this Hancock case; l
have not tried 10 make some money
out of this; / didn't offer to leave II
they would pay me; l told Mr..
Thurman IL | could get away l
would do so; 1t wasn't TO get money.
The witness denied writing some
letters which were afterwards offered
In evideDce.l
Mr.. Arthur Brown, attorney for |
the defendant, outlined the facts +,
that would be shown by the defense.
He stated that the year of 1855 was !
very troublesome time; I'm those /
days desperadOes and Indians were I
about; guards bad 10 be kept; it |
would appear that Henry Jones, the !
deceased, was accused OF stealing |
horses, or being al.J.st 10 do so. and |
TO induce soine little boys to 20 with |
him; this scheme had been given |
away, and therefore guards had been !
placed out; Jones confe9erales had /
been caught mating preparations |
70 carry oft the scheme; Jones, when |
Be was about TO be arrested. resisted /
and fired upon the guard and e.
capped; sfterward, when about to be /
arrested, he fired Mt Hancock, and !
he returned the fire. Then the |
chase began; Price. NsisOn /
and Patton arrested the deceased;
that. Mr. Hancock did not shoot,
nor did he give any command to
shoot: the defense proposed to show
that the evidence Of Frank Wilson
was not to he believed; that defend
ant was now on trial for the killing |
Of Henry Jones only another in-
dictment is foHRd against him FOR
the killing Of Mrs. Jones; but they
would show he was not in the cabin
at all, and that Mrs. Jones was liv-
ing long hours after the death Of
Harry NJ 10 - Z, 1
death Hancock was at Salem, sew
eral miles away.
Albion Crockett, 5. r. Thurman,
Henry Gardner and A. Saxey were
among the witnesses called for the
defense. The statements Of Frank
Wilson were contradicted in many
particulars by these witness.
Thomas Wilson testified-I have
lived in Payson 80 years; was en-
gagged in teaming in those days; |
got into Payson the night Of the
shooting; We took our horses over 20
the bench; when we came into
town George Hancock came and
asked us to go with them, saying
they had arrested some prisoners;
John Saxey was under arrest; we
were looking for Henry Jones; we
received information Of the connec-
uon OF Henry Jones with the horse
stealing; We were asked TO 20 to the
eaoin, but We protested; We were at
MI hancock's house an hour or 50.
Then We started out. On our way
We heard some gun shots due west
from where We were; we heard +
some one running toward US. Ham
cock challenged him To stop.
IL was Henry Jones. He
stopped and called out TO George
Hancock; L got tie impression that
Jones was going TO shoot; / stepped
aside and Jones al once fired: the
bullet whistled by US Hancock
fired hack; Jones reeled, but gath
cred himself and ran over the hin.
we followed, but gave up the chass
before We got TO Pondtown; when
We got near we saw some men com
ing toward US; we then heard two
shots fired. and when we went IN
ne saw Jones lying there dead:
Hancock was not with us; I DON'T
lnow how far away We were when c
he shots were fired; after We ar :
lived don't thiak Hancock fired a
hot; several were there; / didn't