The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-11-12
THE oEATon CASE.
This Celebrated Case is Exciting
Much Interest in the City.

, Much Interest in the City.
The trial OF Bill Geaton is exciting
much interest and large crowds art
in court daily. After the Mexican Cha
YES had testified as to the finding, OF
the body, Sheriff Higgins was called
to. the stand. The sheriff testified
that he was called to the head of
Spring river when the body was
found He told OF the scenes attend
ing the recovery of the body, and
identified the rock with which the
body was weighted down, and also
the ring found on the body. Mr.. Hig-
gins also told of the manner in which
the body was dressed when found.
After the sheriff Judge Peacock
was called to the stand. and he also
told of the scenes attending the re-
covery of the body and of the inquest.
He identified the ring as the one
found on the body and believed the
stone shown him in court To be the,
| one used to sink the body. Judge Pea
cock described the burial ef the bo-,
dy the first time and also the time
when it was taken up. He described
the condition of the body, and said
he believed it to be the body of
young man of thirty to thirty-ffve
years of age and weighing about 1876
pounds The body was decomposed
to certain extent. The face had
been eaten some, and part of the lips
were gone. He told of the wound in
the head and described it with exact
ness.
w. r. PLANT told of his connection
with the case and described the
scenes at the head of the river. He
identified the rock and the ring. This
witness agreed in general with the
previous witnesses, and also describ- |
ed the second burial of the body Mr.
PLANT then went on to tell how he |
had. taken the stone rock to the
adobe house on the North eaill and
had discovered that it fitted. into q i
place in the steps leading into the |
house: Mr., PLANT told of the things |
found in. the house, the clothing, bell 4
ding and other articles and the bug
gy with spots like blood on it. His
testimony made a most interestingj
story and was substantially the same |
as published in The Record last fall.
The witness then went on to tell |
of the dragging of the head of Spring
River and the recovery of bedding,
clothing, etc. This clothing was iden-
titled by him on the stand
The cross examination which aHas
begun in the afternoon and continued
last night brought out practically mol
thing new. During PLANTS examfna
tfon the finding of the initials Fl. L.
j. ON a, handkerchief found in the
pants in the head of Spring river was
discussed. These initials
were also found on collars found in
the adobe house on the North Hill.
DIR. Yater was placed on the. stand
and told the story OF the finding of
the connection of the body with Hen !
ry Jones' He testified that the wound |
in the skull was such as to cause in
death. He testified that 4
the hat found was the hat owned by
80
cut from the dashboard of the buggy
showing the spots of blood. The Doc
tor told of his connection with Jones
and that he had known him since
1887.
Clarence Ullery told of mis- connec-
ton with the case as an undertaken.
Court then adjourned until this NOR
ming
This morning Sheriff Stewart Of
Texas was examined and told OF his
in connection with the
case ! He was friend Of the Jones
family and for that reason was inter
ested in it. His Testimony was much I
the same as that of the other wit
nesses. ;-
The mother. of Henry Jones tes-
tilted that the quilt found in Spring +
River belonged to her son. and that
she had herself made it. She idanti-
fed it on the stand. She also idenr:-
fed the ring as having belonged 20:
her SON.. The examination OF this Wit
ness was scene OF dFanatic intersssrs
8. Mrs knight testified tl1at ssse aEnsM
both Jones and sGeaton and 1fat zlseg
sometimes lived in de adsl,e llonss
when they came to town. She washed
Jones' clothing MIS- Knight identified
the ring. quilt, pants. and some bed
ding as having belonged 70 Jones.
! The testimony Of this witness was
direct and clear. and she is on the !,
-.