The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-10
JOHN J0N[}1
IS BEING nd
Absence E, of Red Tape NJ
IN the Trial Of A,s,,
Mail Clerk
PROSECUTION -CoSclva
AND DEFgysI'
Unwritten VI Law Is Bei,,|
Il
Upon to Clear The Ri
dant Of chars,. /

n.n Ihe fate of John 4. lo,..
mail, mai clerk, charged with ''; q
murder in the shootiuo aA ~
+. Sheppard, SCENIC a,,;., s'a
,ngton hotel, July 10, II, :
hands Of the .iury by D@o' "n'
after today. '0O'
n, ! he state rested wedue,d,.
Than an hour after bsyi.s ,.'1'' \
ting IN Its direct tc,,;,.'
on,y ionr witnesses. aud q,
got IN at least half of il. +,
mony before Adjournment
the defense S testimony y
by noon today and then oDI,
i"ents and the insuctis,.
main before the case soc, !.
Jcnes took the stand !,
half Wednesday afterno,,
story of the shooting pr1,,is !,
out interruption. 6pro ~
state s attorney halted him w
portant questions. Wbeu "a;
time came, Jones had i'm. = y
stage where he entered n.
hotel to lind his wife ".
Jones. and Sheppard turDiOs !.
registering AS man and viii +
assumed names of "Artbu, \.
wife. y The interest W.. 4,
Jones found eager listener. h.
was ono of the auditors l',
no emotion.
Witnesses for Stah
The state S four wiiness,
W cdnesdoy were PatIolmsp l,,
rls. who arrested Jones. ] 4
undertaken s assistant, MAJ b
to the wounds on Sheppadt
trolman Thomas CASSIDY ~
Harris s aid after .Iones's h
Mrs. Jones, who testified 4, 4
tlfcatlon of the body Of Sh,'
The defense. after a M
statement Indicating .taf
known as. the uu%ritten n
relied upon. put G.. Z. TyIa,
OF the Wellington hotel On
TO identify the entry of;"Ar
syth aapd wife" as that ii
and Mrs. Jones, -Four viii.
angc Lemon, D. NJ. Morn.
Roest and Jacob A. HeiS. n.
tai aud mil clerks, Hsre d
stand TO show that Jones y
good reputation. and several
from persons living in Jcr1|
town. Eagleville, No., vri1
corToborate this. Then Jcs,s
stand.
Jones Tells Stpfy.
Jones told of his marian
Cowdln July ID, 1908, and d
Of ono child. which died.
Sheppard, but it was not &
uary II, th.s year. that Be
anything wrong, he testified
ing from his run uneXpt:
found Mrs. Jones gone.
locate her he went to bed. a
night Mrs. Jones returned, ~
by Sheppard, and her czplil'
Sheppard had taken ber TO u
afterwards to supper vas q
March 0, however, Jones
turned from his mn unsIp
ind Mrs. Jones away. siarlI
mothers home 10 inquire =
Jones, he said, he met "a
street and she told him sm
to the cemetery. Doubtful
her if she was telling iS
she admitted that she wasn$
tilted, and that she had ose
ing with Sheppard. -
Sheppard, she said. SCENE
ap infInonce over her, the n.
tilted. They separated 70
over, Mrs. Jones going " =
for a week. Jones. when y
pard. asked as to bis ln'In
Mrs. Jones. to which SheHp
that he was attracted by ny
he meant nothing wrong.
Tragedy Fonos'
In the meantime JCns;
vaid that Mrs. Jones bad
about a trip she and @ sdsp Nv
to Woods Cross. Mrs. Josc
M meet him upon her rctgfs
were to have supper tossiSSs gs,e,S,t
Jones telephoncd her mo.sa IA
had become i'll suddenly ! ~
and Sheppard had lnisSs i sss h
back TO Salt Lake ana . % f,rl'
to spend the night Win
Moss. -, aiten5
D either Mrs. Jones nor .tst ud'
the night there and ta,rn lna' ~
. state Of mental wai,s nas 10 a
,y this discovery wnea ln,sr ia
Zones and sheppard snIes enIe, q Il
ton in the early n, moiI,aaI isIb,aaoaIisg