Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-05
Jones ATTACKS
Story STORY (Q)E| P |L00!|
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days after Mr.. and Mrs. Tompkins ar
rived that their names appeared on the
register. He also could not say wheth-
err Mr.. Beeson, Mr.. Pringle or Mr..
Junkin all of counsel for Senator Jones,
had seen Mrs. Tompkins before the
conversation Of which he testified.
Then Mr.. Mitchell began to inquire
& Of Blank how 1t happened that he was
In q room with two lawyers and wit
ness.
who asked you to stay there?" he
asked.
Il don't remember" Blank respond :
ed. Mitchell again persisted with mis-
questioning as to why he was present
in the room and at whose request and
Blank finally answered, MIR. Beeson
said there was no secret about it."
Blank admitted that several of the
witnesses for the plaintiff had been
CHARTERED at his hotel. including Harry
Whfpple.
RsbuttaI by Plaintiff.
Besides concluding the examination
of Albert Jones yesterday afternoon,
the plaintiff put A. Chatterton, q pho
tographer OF Villisca, A. H. Brach and
James F. Prather. employees OF the
Jones store in villisca, on the stand IN
rebuttal to the testimony given by
w. NOEL, of the night meeting he tes-
tilted he overheard in the Jones fmple-
ment shed during the latter part OF
last May.
In his redirect examination in the al
ternoon Albert Jones said that during
the summer Of 1911 he underwent
serious operation for appendicitis in an
Omaha hospital and got around with
difficulty during the months OF July
and August Of that year.
YOUNGER Jones Denies Part in Murder
In concluding his examination OF
Senator Jones' son, Attorney Pringle
made it possible for the young man to
make denial of all connection WIN
the Joe Moore murder.
MR. Jones, want to ask you If you
took part in the murder of Joe Moore
or any member Of his family or the
little Stillinger girls or if you knew
anything about it, or II you knew any
thing about it being contemplated in
any manner, shape or form before you
heard OF it at Shippers on Monday
morning. June 10. 1922? Mr.. Prinsie
asked.
..No sir, did not" responded Mr..
Jones.
Tom Posten, of villisca, who testi-
fed for the plaintiff that E. II. Land
ers has been in his wife's restaurant
until 1880 o'clock on the evening
Landers testified he saw Albert Jones
go into the Moore home about $40
:. m. was recalled to the stand Fby
the defense to answer this question:
II want to ask you II in the pres
ence of Ben Spragne you said that l
know more about this Joe Moore case
than any one else'?" Mr.. Mitchell in-
quired of Posten-
.No. sir" the witness answered.
.And didn't you get your infoFrma-
ton from Bert McCaull about the mat
terri. again asked Mr.. Mitchell y
mo" answered. Posten.
WiIkerson Scores Point.
Tom woodward was also recalled
for further cross examination by the
sefense. Woodward had previously
fed that from the street In front
/ a. s.e Holland home in villisca where
~ II 4 Mrs. Alice Willard. Just little o.
the Toe Moore house could >be seen.
woodward was shown some pictures
taken from the porch of the Holland
home with the camera facing toward
the home Of Joe Moore and Woodward
admitted he could see more of the
Moore home than he had testined To
before. He also would not say that
a man walking in front OF the Moore
home could not be seep from the Hol-
< land porch.
Thru A. chatterton. a villfsca pho
tographer. the plaintiff Identified two
n;r,t,,,ou +akep at night Of the interior