The record-union., 1897-08-16
BARBER JONES WAS KILLED.
WAS 1T AN ACCIDENT, OR WAS
IT A MURDER?
Del Gomez Says the Pistol Went
Of While She Was Struggling
With Him.

Edward c. Jones, the wel-known
barber of 529 K street. was shot and
killed yesterday, but in what way IS
not clearly known.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon
a woman named Del Gomez made her
appearance at the police station and
stated that there had been a shooting
on J street, between Fourth and Fifth
streets. and that Z. C. Jones was shot.
The patrol wagon was sent up and
Jones was found unconscious on the
floor of room at No. 410, where ne
and the woman had been keeping house.
and was removed to the Receiving Hos
pital. City Physician Nichols was
called and did all he could for him,
but he never regained consciousness
and died about o'clock. A bullet had
entered his left temple, just back OF
the eye, and passed back into the head.
Officers Maley and NIcManus arrested
the woman, who was alone with Jones
when the fatal shot was fired, and
locked her up in the City Jail. She
stated that the shooting was accidental
Jones. having drawn the pistol. and that
she caught his hand to prevent nm
from shooting her. and in the scuffe
It went off.
On the person of the wounded man
were found two nickels, a pocketknife'
some keys and a razor with two mcKs
in the blade.
Jones and the woman have been nv
ing together over a year and have ire
ouentlv had trouble, as he was Of a
very Jealous disposition and often ac-
cused her of going with other men,
More than a year ago she managed 10
send a note to Chief Drew, saying that
he had locked her up in her room and
would not let her out, and the Chler
sent an officer and liberated her. Other
parties say that he has frequently beat
en- her
HER STORY.
AT first she utterly refused to say
anything to the reporters, but later sig
nified her willingness to tell her story
to a Record Union" reporter, and did
so as follows:
I'VE have had a number Of qua1Te1s
lately and he has frequently beaten
me. and BACKED my eyes and choked
me. I have been steadily ar work as
Officer Douglas and other officers know,
and he had all the money 1 earned
gave him as high as $50 at one time.
He was awfully jealous, however, and
accused me Of going with other men,
which 1 did not do. He was very quick
and violent tempered, and I often had
to reason with him TO calm him.
''Fe has beaten me nearly every day
for several weeks, and last week L told
him that there was no use of our trying
to stay together as 1 was tired OF ms
abuse and would go home to my folks
He replied If you leave me you VIII
go to the Morgue' He carried a razor
and drove me out of the house with II
one night and kept me out nearly al
night. I wanted him to give me money
to go home with, but he refused.
went TO my landlady and asked her il
she would let me have $50 ON my watch
and she said she would, in order to
help me to get away from him. The
next morning I told him she would lei
me have the money ON the watch, and
when he got up from the table he hid
my watch and then laughed at me be
cause could not get away.
Many times when he has blacked
my eyes I have laid it to something
else, and tried to screen him. The
people where I worked told me I mus
have lots of fights, my eyes were 81
often BACKED Look at this eye nov
and this lip; see how it is cut. He die
that this afternoon He told me thi!
morning that he was going out to th'
ball game and I told him If he die
that I should go out to see female
friend. 1 asked him what time h'
wanted supper, and he said about
o'clock. I went and spent the after
noon with her, and when 1 came hons
I found the door locked on the inside
Then I knew he had got home first
and was angry because he had no
found me there
IT got a chair and looked in ovel
the transom and called him severa
times, but he would not answer. The1
I got through far enough to reach th'