The semi-weekly messenger., 1900-11-13
MORE KNAvE THAN FOOL
Bill Jones, Mho Nearly Murdered His
Mother, Brought to the City Yester-
day-He Vas Tied With Ropes He
Has a Bad Record and Is a Young
Desperate.

Yesterday afternoon when the train
ifs G. w. Mills and r E. Daniels
brought in Bill Jones the young white
man who. as mentioned in The Messen-
ger yesterday, was captured at White
Oak, Jones county. on Thursday even
ing. His hands were manacied with
ropes as he went through the streets.
Jones is q years old and has more
the look of a criminal than a lunatic.
When the officers asked him why he
made such a brutal assault on his
mother, he said. 'I wasn't at myself
and couldn't help 1t. was so mad" He
asked them If they thought she would
die, and remarked that he knew that
his neck would be broke this time.
Deputy Mills says Jones is not crazy
but is naturally depraved and as slick
was beating his sister when his mother
interfered. with the result that he
turned on her with a rough piece of
scrub-oak and struck her over the left
eye, popping it out of the socket, so
that it bulged out on her cheek. To
show how sharp he Is. he shaved off
all his beard, having never shaved be-
fore, and Immediately went through
the woods to SCOTS Hill. where he took
train for White Oak. a station in
Jones county, 81 miles from Whining
ton. He had hired himself to work in
saw mill but could not go to work
on account of injury to the fingers on
both of his hands. He said when he
was hurrying along on the railroad to
Scott's Hill he stumbled over a criss-
tie and got terrible fall, hurting his
fingers on a crosS-tie in attempting to
break his fall.
White Oak with Deputies Mills and
Daniels and assisted in the arrest
When the train they were on ran up,
Mr.. George saw a young man near the
station and got off to ask him if he
knew anything of the whereabouts OF
Jones. Deputy Mills came up, and
having a good description of Jones,
took the young man for him, although
he was not certain. He said Hello!
Bill, what are you doing here?" Jones
thought he was known and at once
gave in. AS he had shaved, the Off
GERS would never have known him, but
Deputy Mills had an intuition that he
was the one they wanted.
The officers took Jones to Maysville
to stay than in livery stable. They
had to stay awake all night to watch
their prisoner and it was so cold they
thought they would freeze before day.
They were thoroughly tagged out when
they got here yesterday.
Deputy Mills says he has tried to
catch Jones several times before this
but never succeeded. Some months
ago he had a warrant for him for beat
ing his mother on a previous occasion
but he successfully evaded arrest. He
tried to cut Mr.. Frank Beasley with
an axe. and he hunted him again with a
warrant but couldn't catch him. On
another occasion. Jones threatened to
kill Mr.. r. p. Fowler. and with his gun
in his hand, he got UP in a tree at Mr..
FowleT's place and waited for him.
Again Mr.. Mills went after him with
a warrant but he escaped. He told Mr..
Mills yesterday that when he would
see him coming he would go off into
the swamps. He is a terror to the
neighborhood where he lives, and the
people are glad he is in Jail.
AT last accounts Mrs. Jones was do
ing as we'll as could be expected. She
is still under treatment at the city hos
pital.