Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1902-08-07
JONES BOUND OVER.
Placed Under $500 Bond to Appear
for Trial The Evidence.
At 4::25 o'clock Saturday
afternoon Judge Bass render
ed his decision, holding Mr..
Jones under $500 bond.

who is charged with shooting at Jesse
Davis on July24, began Friday morn
Ing at 1880 O'Clock before Judge Bass
in the Court Honse Jones pleaded not
guilty The lawyers IN the case are,
for the defense, Rodgers, Hit and
Cullen; prosecution, Buckley and Rob
ertson.
The first witness on the stand, Jesse
Davis, the prosecuting witness, said:
Il live A miles north of town; was
born in Audrain and have lived here
most Of my life. / saw Tom Jones on
the 24th OF July about $50 O'Clock in
the evening. | was coming home
from the coal bank, br'teing a load Of
coal home. | met Jones about half
a mile from his house He was riding
horseback. Jones was coming up the
righthand side Of the read rather fast;
as he saw me he crossed to the left
and shouted: DO you want any hay?'
did not answer He rode about 80
yards and then shouted: c. d.
you, win shoot you he then turned
and shot. Iheard the report and saw
the flash. After he shot he turned
and rode away as fast as he could
On cross examination Mr.. Davis
stated that he did not see Jones draw
any pistol. II said whoa 10 my team
when he said he was going to shoot
and looked around, Z sail the witness.
"When he shot waited for him to
come back The shot I'D not hit me
and do not think II bis any part Of
the wagon or team. From the flash
OF the pistol judged that the pistol
was pointed at me.n When asked II
he was not carrying a pistol for Tom
Jones the witness said: Il carried it
not for Jones alone. / have been car
rying it since the Jones Field case
came up"
Mr.. Davis testified that he carried
1t since the time Jones came to his
pasture and offered TO 'slioot It outr
with him. Judge Bass ruled that
they had no right to prove where the
pistol was at present, but had a right
to show any animus toward the de-
fendant. The prosecution objected to
the question, If his sons shotgun was
loaded by his wife with something for
I
Jones benefit? The court ruled
against thisquestion. Mr.. Davis said:
81 ran Jones out of Winfrey's pasture
not long ago. ! walked down to him
and told him to leave; he said he had
a right to look at the cattle in the
pasture, The pasture belongs TO me,
but | rented it to Winfrey to put his
cattle In. He told me at the time to
keep the thieying crowd out. said !
would soon make him leave. He said:
60 get your gun and we will have it
iuuu. / got my gun and loaded one
barrel with squirrel shot. have stat
ed since that time that If he had not
gotten out Of the pasture before I re-
turned would have shot him"
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
Court opened in the afternoon at
1870 and the cross-examination OF Mr..
Davis was continued. A good deal of
time was spent in the discussion
of the question: "Did you hold
any conversation with your wife and
son upon this subject when you met
them just after the shooting, and
what was it?" The judge allowed the
first part of the question. The Wit
ness stated that he did have conyer-
sation upon this subject with his wife
and son. After some more discussion
the rest of the question was admitted.
Davis stated: Tom Jones shot at
me. She (my wife) said she saw the
flash and that that was what she
Thought it was"
At this roint quite a number of dis
cussions came up, which we're rather
sharp. The greater part Of the after
noon being taken up with conten-
tions over points of law. Davis
stated that he gave s25 to prosecute
Jones in the Field case. He said that
he first began carrying pistol after a
lawsuit between he and Jones about 4
years ago.
Under redirect examination Davis
said that when Jones invited him TO
come into the road and fight it out
he Davis said; Nothing would
suit me better.n Davis left the stand
at 3:40 and was followed by his wife,
Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis stated; 81
was laying at the foot Of the bed when
| I heard horse pass. looked out Of
the window and saw horse and man
that resembled Jones. just after he
passed heard a wagon heavily loaded
coming down the road. All at once l
heard some one say something In a
voice which ! thought. was Jones. |
heard the words C. D. you,
duu llltn 4 ulu lOl htah uil AA1tC-
| At this point Mrs. Davis burst into
tears and amid sobs finished the story.
81 heard the shot and saw the flash.
| | listened for the wagon, but 1t had
lstopped. l called Henry, my son, and
said / thought pa was killed. We
then started up the road to see II
be was hurt"
Late Friday afternoon Judge Bass,
before whom the Jones preliminary was
being held, decided that the state
ment made by Mr.. Davis TO Mrs.
Davis in the presence OF their son,
Henry, was permissible. This de-
cision was given after quite a discus
sion by both sides. Mrs. Davis could
not recall fully the conversation they
had. She said; al knew IL was a
shot, for saw the flash and heard the
report. ! could not tell which one
fired the shot as they were 50 faI
away could hot see them. l did not
know that my husband had a pistol.