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FIGHT FOR a DAUGHTER.
lsioux city Tribune, 12th,l

Jones, Of Red COAX, Ia, to recover her
from Miss u. Emma Jones, his sister,
Will be taken up. Good lie al talent has
been engaged on both sides and stub
born contest will no doubt result. p. A.
Sawyer and John r. Carter will appear
for the plaintiif and T. G. Henderson
and G. u. Joy for the defense.
| 1t is claimed that the plaintiff will
try to prove that the guardianship Of
Miss Jones does not legally lie in l..
Emma Jones, altho the latter claims
to have been legally appointed, as such
by the court The father OF Miss Sylvia
Jones will attempt to show that he was
never notified Of the appointment.
hence it is illegal. It Is said also that
an effort is to be made to show that
Miss Sylvia Jones has not had the
proper training under her aunt, Miss L.
Emma Jones, who has had her since
she was II years old. She will be Is
years of age in the spring.
The defense it is claimed, will try to
prove that B. o. Jones went to Hornick,
Ia, and to Red Oak, Ia, and made dec
larations in crowds on the street that
he had a 16-year-old daughter who was
In bad hands and about to be ruined in
Sioux City and the police department
and the mayor were protecting the per-
BON IN whose hands she was and he
asked for donations of money to prose-
cute his case to recover her. He re-
.ceived several dollars in this manner.
so 1t is claimed. This occurred just az
ter he had been released from the Sioux
City Jail, where he was for choking his
sister. Some OF the most prominent
citizens OF Sioux City will be placed on
the witness stand tomorrow to prove
that Miss Sylvia Jones has been honor
ably raised by her aunt.
EN'D OF FAMOUS IOWA CASE.
ICouncil BLUFFS Nonpareil, 12th.l
The final chapter Of the Jonathan
Jones case was closed In the district
court yesterday afternoon when by or
der OF Judge Macy the man VINO has
for twenty two years undergone pros
ecution for murder and the inconven-
|ience Of being legally, II not actually,
insane for as much as nine years OF
that period. was finally restored to his
full rights Of citizenship. The end
came in an application made by Jones
himself for the termination of the
~
when in 1891 he was, upon trial, found
by jury Of twelve men to be Of I'M
sound mind, and the order terminating
that guardianship. together with the
recent pardon by Governor Shaw for
the murder Of a neighbor away back in
1878, lifts the last legal curtailment OF
the rights of Jonathan Jones and makes
him again free man. condition that
he has not enjoyed since 1878. Attic
never free from the ENHANCEMENT, the
twenty-two years passed without the
enforcement OF punishment for the of
Tense of which he had been four times
convicted. 3
Jones was present at the hearing of
his application yesterday afternoon and
took the stand TO give testimony in sup
port OF it, It was the first time in all
the years of5litigation involving Ills lib
erty that he had done so. He stated TO
the court that he would be 81 years I'd
next month and looked every day OF so.
He appears the same tall, gaunt figure
5of twenty years ago. but his hair has
whitened and age has stamped its cer-
tain marks on his worn face most in
delibly. The feature OF his testimony
was his hesftancy in recognizing the
critical period in his life as one of RAJ
tionality. Under the strain of prosecu-
ton for twenty-five years. as he has
been, he seemed to fear further prose-
cution and would not concede too much
with respect to his mental condition in
1891, when he was adjudged insane and
saved from sentence under conviction
for the killing OF hie neighbor., Judge
Macy. convinced himself that Jones II
and always has been OF sound mind,
and believing that away down IN his
heart Jones admits as much to himself.
he thought so.
The Judge assured him that no effort
was being made to trap him-that UNI
der no circumstances would or could
such effort be made-put Jones was shy
on that point and maintained that his
memory was not good az to the things
that took place in the court room at the.
trial for insanity. That was in 1891.
Two years after that he took unto him
self a wife, occurring the license and
having the knot tied in Harrison coun-
~, where his legal standing was not
known. He told the Judge he thought
he knew what he was doing when he
got married, but he would not 80 back
OF that.
The Jonathan Jones case stands as
one OF the most remarkable In the
criminal Jurisprudence of the state. He
was indicted in this county In 1878 on
"a charge Of manslaughter. He was then
and now Is living at Honey Creek. One
day In February Of the year mentioned
s. man named Roberts. who had 5gtarted
from his own home to that Of . neigh
Dor on an errand that would take him
past the home or Jones. Was found
dead in the road not far from the
Jones home. He had been shot near the.
eye and the bullet was found in his
brain. Roberts had been intimate with
Jones wife and the latter had left her.
husband. These are the salient points
of the circumstances at the time OF the
killing and no direct evidence ever was
adduced. Jones was tried and found
guilty Of murder In the .first degree and
sentenced To- = term OF fourteen years
yin the psnitentiAfy at Fort Madison
IIyhca4eS No appsaied and srsyerseds q;