The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
FIVE CRIMES CHARGED
NEGRO ACCUSED or ASSAULTS ON THAT MANY WOMEN.
In Mentgomery County Jail. Jim Jones is Identfned by His Victims. Brought From Florida
 by Omeex Rapport.

Jim Jones, alias Frank Smith, alias Eight Rock a negro charged with criminal assaults and attempted icrimi- nal assaults on four negro women and an attempted assault on one white wo- man of Montgomery. is in the Mont gomery County Jail and has been posi- lively identified by each one of his d. legged victims.
 The negro pleads innocence. asserting that he had been to Montgomery only once recently. having been travelling with the Wallace Circus, which he left at GreenvilIs.
 Jones was brought to Montgomery Wednesday night by Special Offcer Paul Rapport of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from Pensacola Fla. where with two other negroes he was charged with robbing railroad cars.
 Early yesterday morning, the negro was confronted by the four negro wo- men. whom he Is alleged to have so brutally assaulted. They are Mary Frazier, Lillian Marchmon, Lola Rich ardson and Ida Randy. Every oppor tunity was given to make the identifi- cation accurate. The negro women were taken one by one into the jail of- flee. The prisoner accompanied by three negroes of similar appearance
 
 Which one of these negroes Is the man?' Mary Frazier was asked
 Pointing her finger straight at Jim Jones, she dramatically declared That's the scoundrel." There was no hesitancy in her identification of the negro. Each of the women were equally as positive of Jones's identity as the Frazier woman. In the afternoon. Mrs. William Let I~-~v &-Iv A- kt n gravel road. and on whom the negro is alleged to have attempted an assault. visited the jail. The negro was identi- fled by her in the same manner as the negro women. officials at the Montgomery County jail suspect that the negro is the assail- ant of Mrs. Hydrick, the wife of the bridge keeper at Boyles' Gap near Birmingham. A photograph was yes terday made of Jim Jones and it was forwarded to Sheriff Burgin of Jeffer- son County
 The negro admits having worked at Boyles' Gap. When seen yesterday af- ternoon, he said that he was not 20 years old and was an iron worker. He claims to be originally rom Pratt vile, but says he has worked for the Schloss-Sh Iron Company at Birmingham. He worked also at Boyles' Gap. where he says he knew Mir. Hydrick, but did not know his wife. He claims to have joined the Wallace show in Montgomery and to have left 1t at Greenville. Jones says that he has never seen the women before and that they have mistaken his identity Jones along with Joe Young and Ern- est Harp. two well known negro char acters in Montgomery police circles, was captured at Century. Fla, for rob- ping Louisville and Nashville and Mo- bile and Ohio Railroad cars of tobacco and shoes.
 The negroes were taken to Pensacola, where they were imprisoned. One of the negroes, Joe Young. requested that Special Oficer Paul Rapport be called to Pensacola to establish his identity. When Officer Rapport reached there, he imediately suspected that the negro. who had given his name as Frank Smith, was Jim Jones, the rapist. Call ing Joe Young, he asked him. Joe, isn't that Eight Rock""
 That's the man, MT. Rapport" re- piled Joe Young.
 Officer Rapport returned to Montgom- cry and secured a requisition from Gov. ernor Cunningham for the negro. On reaching Pensacola Tuesday. he found the negro on trial for burglary. The officer was puzzled. If the negro was tried and sentenced he would be unable to take him to Alabama for some months to answer the more serious charge.
 Consulting with Pensacola officials, it was finally arranged that the negro re ceive a sentence of thirty minutes in the Pensacola jail, This sentence hav' ing been served. the negro was taken aboard the train and was brought to Montgomery
 On the trip, the negro was handcuffed to Officer Rapport and not until he was safely lodged in the Montgomery County prison. did the officer allow him any chance of escape.
 Three warrants charging rape have been sworn out against the negro be- fore Justice B. H. Screws. but 1t is probable that there will be no prelimi- nary hearing as two of the negro wo- men appeared before the grand jury M afa af