Mexico weekly ledger., 1902-05-22
JONES NOT GUILTY.
Inc Jury, After being Out About
Two Hours, Found Thos. q. Jones
Not Guilty Of Taking John
Fields Cattle.

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At $50 O'Clock Monday night the
Jury In the case Of the State Of Mis-.
souri, against Thos. II. Jones bronoht
In a verdict of not guilty.
Inc case was tried In Montgomery
county on a change Of venue, and en-
gagged the attention Of the court for
more than a week.
Mr.. Jones was charged with taking
cattle from John Field, who lived lust
east Of Mexico. The jury in the case
was composed of the following, all be-
ing farmers except Mr.. Sumner, who
IS a carpenter, and Mr.. Fred Blattner,
Formerly OF this city, who is a miller:
W. +. Peters.
Mahlon Cooley.
Waller Meyer.
j. p. Award.
Jacob May.
d.. o. Britt.
Fred Blattner.
Perry Sumner.
Friend Wells.
p. B. Gregory.
Emmett Dixon.
Harry Cunningham.
A large number Of witnesses were
s%ubpoenaed from Audraln, Montgom-
cry, Warren and st. Charles counties.
Among the witnesses were the follow
ing:
Frank Sannebeck, Dave Owen, j. c.
King, T. ]. Hoxsey, N. R. White, x.
B. Smith, w. J. Bolts, Tom Powell,
W. T. Luckie, Bert Waddington, Jen-
ME Busher, Joe Kleinsorge, Godfrey
Winner, B. S. Kelly, Rudolph Frinzie,
E. P. johnson, A. II. Schopp, j. d.
Tucker, Robert Brown, Charles House
holder, Ben Fennewald, Jack W%oolery,
James Bassford, M. N. Nelson, Fin
ley johnson, w. G. Sims, James Muir,
Lizzie Fritzle, Joe Boyd, Sam Rice,
James Dix, Cake Brooke, W. NJ. Hall,
Nicholas Key, VIM. Nasdy, S. T..
Booth, John T. Howard, Frank Col
lins, Sam e. Mann, R. A. Herlngs,
@. w. Allison, #. M. Lovelace, James
Carroll, I. ]. East, d. P. Ring, ]. W..
Virgins, Wm. Furhr, j. N. Stephens,
A. ]. Douglass, George Adams, r. II.
Brown, Sam Wiseman, Alex Paris,
James Harrison, j. p. Brown, T. W.
Kimball, James Scott, J. T. johnson,
Laurence Culbertson, j. e. Stauffer,
]. T. billiard, DR.. Diven, Harry
Braune, w. II. French, e. Miller,
Clarence Thompson, ]. W. Patton,
James Dowell, Charles Culbertson,
Harry Shoup, Harrison Field, Roy
Field, French Field, Curtis Field,
Hardin Field, Daniel G. Wright, Carl
Deane, II. N. Oldt, L. d. Powell,
Robert Dorgan, Z. Hamilton, Henry
Davis, Jesse Davis, Il. Z. Jones, James
SIpple, w. II. Wallace, Ms. Meyers,
Bob Rice, Henry Winkler, ]. c. Buck
ner, NJ. Fox, James Mundy, Walker
Pollock, Quincy James, Henry Hilder-
brand, Frank Pierce, Bob Dorgan.
Charles Given, Joe Leihr, Ben Vur-
holt, A. L. Lider, Joe James, II. N.
Oldt, Sam Tanner, WIN Reed, W. j.
Luckie, Jacob Schopp, James Kelly,
@. Q. Thompson, John Mundy, Cook
Groves, Joe Fennewald, Milt House
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uanrn wohor coorce Han Hardy
nooI,n w n shIelds n Tlabamer
w n Konnan Henry steward Rart
wadd,ngton Tovlor Rarrev Henry
Cart cooroa Marshall An nfuard
Tosenb Morris lewis rzzle. Tom
Scott. Jesse Hays. Ben Brown. John
FrItzie. W. Roberts. Dick McClintic,
Harry Brown.
The civil shit brought bv w. w.
Harper. administrator Of John Fields
estate. against Mr.. Jones for the value
Of the cattle. alleged to have been
taken by Mr.. Jones, will be tried at
at the next term Of the Pike county
court AZ Bowling Green.
The evidence in the case was all in
last Saturday evening. and Monday
was devoted to the argument. Mr..
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