The Bourbon news., 1912-09-20
Surrounded in Field Negro Sur
renders.

renders.
Surrounded by sheriff. s posse COM
posed of twenty-five men, armed with
shotguns. and finding resistance use
less before such overwhelming odds,
Mack Jones, colored, charged with
the muredyr of Murray Jones, also
coIored, Tuesday afternoon, surren-
dered to the authorities after employ
ing clever tactics to effect his escare
from the cornfield on the farm of Mr..
Hal Woodford, on the Winchester pike
at the edge of town. in which he had
concealed himself following the kill
ing.
The information concerning the To-
cation of Jones was obtained through
the capture of colored 10y who had
been carrying meals to the negro in
the field. The boy was taken into GUS
tody by Deputy Sheriff j. o. Marshall.
after he had received information that
the boy was seen to enter the field
from the negro suburb. of ClaysvIle.
| At first he denied any knowledge of
| the whereabouts Of the fugitive, but
| later gave the Offices the desired in
formation and the posse was imme-
diately formed and a strong guard
thrown around the field to pervent his
escape.
The officers sent for the bloodhounds
of Captain Mullikin, IN Lexington, and
1t was their intention to turn them
into the field. but the nego was taken
before the arrival of the dogs. Jones
was said to be heavily armed and it
was reported that he had said he
would not surrender without battle.
hnx, folz int lx, b0 Al
| out a weapon.
ber of the posse, Jones, seeing himself
In a dangerous position, perhaps
thought escape would be better than a
battle and was evidently concealed in
the coin a short distance from the
road, when the men arrived. Station
| ing themselves on the west side of the
cornfeld, some distance apart. a close
watch was kept by the members of
the posse and the negro, thinking, per-
haps, thereLwas no guard in the road,
made an attempt to escape, which
would have been successful had no
Deputy Sheriff Ernest Martin with an
automobile containing several armed
men. put in his appearance 1.-The mo-
ment the negro made the dash for the
road.
The men in the automobile saw the
movement. and the negro took refuge
under clump of bushes in the corner
of theifeld. He was covered by half
dozen,shut guns and ordered to come
out. He prot ested his innocence, and
claimed he was not the man wanted,
and said he had left him concealed in
the field only few minutes before.
However, he was landed in Jail, and
witnesses to the shooting were Sc
cured. who identified him as the man
who murdered Murray Jones. Later
he admitted having fired the fatal shot.
He was taken before Judge Denis
Dundon and his examining trial set
for Monday morning.
The killing. of which Jones is &C
cused. occurred Tuesday afternoon
about four O'Clock, in Griffith's S woods,
in the southeastern suburb of Paris,
and was the result of difficulty .over
a game of cards. A number of negoes
were in the game, which was being
played for money and according to eye
witnesses to the affair, was entirely
unprovoked on the part of the mur-
| dered man.
The victim, it is said. took the place
of Jones, who had retired from the
game, and was playing cards with sew
! eral companions. Jones, returning.
demanded his place but his remarks
were not needed. and without warning
he fired the contents of shotgun into
the side Of his victim, swho was kneel-
ing on the ground.
After the shooting the gun was
handed to man who took it to the
home of Betty Scott. IN Claysville,
who was told to sell it and keep the
proceeds. sThe negro who did the
shooting left the scene with his com
panIons.
The charge from the gun took
effect in the groin of the victim, and
when found was helpless. He was
suffering intense pain, but gave the
officers description of the man who
fired the shot. The injured man was
removed to the home of colored
woman in Claysville where he died
Tuesday evening about o'clock.
1t is said the negro murderer had
previously killed man at construc.
tion camp on the L.. and N. He is well
known in police circles, having been
arrested recently after a desperate
fight with. Patrolman Fred Link, du-
ring which the officer used his club
freely inian effort to subdue him.
III Coroner Rudolph Davis will hold ar
inquest tomorrow morning, and q
number of witnesses having been sum
moned who were eye-witnesses to the
affair. The remains of the nego were
buried in the Paris coored cemetery
Yesterday morning.