Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-24
COlored Man Said to Have
Been With Murdered Man 1
Tells of His Visit
SEES NO "FUSSING'
AT FRED JONES' HOME.
Spent an Hour With Friend
Saturday Morning; Heard
of the Killing Sunday

Harry Green, the colored man who 4
was mentioned in Connection with the
shooting of Fred Jones, whose wife
shot him Saturday night, says that he
is being given undue and unfair prom
lnence by the account of the killing
Mr.. Green states that he met and had
known the murdered man through his
employment at the packing house
where Jones was also employed. The
Jones couple are also colored people,
In his statement to Courier repre-
sentative this morning Mr.. Green said
that he had been at the Jones home
Saturday morning. He said: This
was only the second time was ever
at Jones home, the first time being
about year ago. was there with
Fred for about an hour between 10 and
III o'clock Saturday morning and We
had some refreshments, all taking
some whisky. There was no fussing
while | was there although what the
attorney for Mrs. Jones said about her
calling me mister Is partly correct. ss
Mrs. Jones addressed me as Nj.
Harry and Fred corrected her by say.
ing that she should call me Mr. Green
as 1t was not good grammar to call me
Mr.. Harry as that was not my last
name. She answered by saying that
she knew my first name and had seen
me on the street with my wife, but did Z
not know my last name and that wa.
why she called me Mr.. Harry. They
did not fuss about it nor was thero
any fuss between them while was
there. Fred and left the house and
walked to the corner of Ash and Main
streets where we caught street car
and came up town, Fred leaving the
car at Jefferson street about IL o'clock
and that was the last time that saw
him. | continued to the waiting room
and transferred to the Jefferson car
and went to my home, 619 Grant
street. s
"The first that knew OF Fred.e
death was when my nephew came
over to my home Sunday morning
about $3.50 and coming into the kitch-
en- to get some chicken feed, told me
that Fred Jones wife had shot him tn
night before. This is all know about
name mixed up with the affair, but am
willing to tell about my visit to the
Jones home that my name may BE
\
friends and a story connecting me
with such an affair might be hurtful
to my character"
An effort to see Mrs. Jones at the
county Jail this afternoon by reporter
for The Courier proved unavailing III
her attorney had left strict orders with
Sheriff George Giltner that she was To
talk to no one unless granted permits
sion by him.
The shooting occurred at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, Ash and Hayne
streets, Saturday evening about $40
o'clock. According to her lawyer, Mrs
Jones shot her husband after he had
attempted to get the gun, which WIS
lying on the table, to shoot her. She
surrendered to the police voluntarily
after the affair. ~
No arrangements have been made
for the funeral Of Mr.. Jones and they
will be delayed until the arrival OF theS
decedent's mother, who lives in North
Dakota. She is expected to arrive this
evening or Wednesday morning. be-
sides his mother. one sister, Mrs.
Anna Jackson. residing on Wayerly
avenue survives y