El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-14

-HE examining trial of Felix r
Jones. T. J. Coggin and Millard
Il Coggin, charged with murder in
connection with the killing OF Thomas
Lyons. wealthy Silver City cattIeman,
in FL Paso on the night Of Nay II,
began Wednesday afternoon before
justice J. Il Deaver in the county
courtroom. At noon Thursday the
trial was suspended until Saturday
morning. when more state witnesses
viii arrive here. and be placed on the
stand.
Up to the hour OF postponement,
the defendants counsel had placed
only two witnesses on the stand
One Of them testified to having been
with 7. J. Coggin, at Alamogordo.
and Turquoise, n NJ. on the night
the crime was committed and the fol-
lowing morning when the rancher's
mutilated body was found in ravine
in Highland Park
PatrOIman Identifies Jones.
The chief testimony introduced thus
far was that OF W. G. Clark, who was
placed on the stand at the Wednes-
day night session IN the 41st district
courtroom, and L NJ. Holbrook, a
patrolman, who was the last witness
Thursday. Holbrook, who was on
duty at the union station the night
OF the killing. identified Jones as the
man who met a gray-haired traveller
that night at the station and greeted
him with the words, Hello. Mr..
Lyons I've got a car here and viii
take you uptown"
". G. Clark, a trader OF Abilene,
Tex, sWore that Jones told him on
May Is in Abilene that he. Jones. had
killed Lyons and was to be paid $1,000
80 - VI
said Jones told him he had already
been paid $500 OF the amount and
wanted him. Clark to collect the re
naming $500. This, Clark testified,
he refused TO do
Mrs. Ceggin. the wife OF 7. J. Cog
gin, and their children, were in the
courtroom at the Wednesday and
Thursday sessions. The three pris-
oners appeared calm when they were
brought in to the courtroom
Courtroom Crowded.
The examining trial was trans I
ferred from justice beavers court .
10 the county court room owing to /
the large attendance. Long before I
o'clock the courtroom was crowded |
with cattlemen and other spectators
Fully SEQ were present when the first
witness took the stand and Of this
nun Der approximately IS stood in the
aisles and along the rear Of the
room.
As the spectators entered The
No weapons were found on any Of
the cattlemen- .
The three prisoners were brought (
10 the courtroom from the county
we're handcuffed- The handouts
we're removed when the trial started. I
The state is being represented in {
he case by county attorney W H {
Fryer, Victor Moore, Dan NJ Jack
on. !. s ]. Isaacks, J. NJ. Harris and
Percy Wilson, OF Silver City, y. n
fhe two Coggin's are represented by
3 NJ Whitaker, Claude B Hudspeth.
= J. Harper. Jones is represented
~ " ". Bridgerss {. H Vowel and F;
Del ". Harrington T.
The two COggin's took seats with
heir attorneys near the bench and
Iones sat with his lawyers directly in 4,
,rOnt OF the spectators. Ii
Saw Stranger With Lyons.
John ". Wiley Of Silver City, was
he first witness called and testified ]
N direct examination by attorney
fryer that he had known Lyons dur
lg his lifetime.
The last time I saw 8Ir. Lyons"
he witness said. was at the union I
lepot in E Paso on the night of May !
eth II was about 10 o'clock. I had
idden with him from Deming. AS I
walked through the depot with him {
IT. Lyons was approached by some :
nan who spoke 10 him. I
4 kept on walking and turned j
round. Mr.. Lyons was facing me
nd the other man had his back to
ne Lyons waved his hand goodbye {
nd said, III see you in the morn c
ng. John I saw the back Of the Z
tranger as I left the station Z
Identified Jones ut jail. I
y identified Jones as a man re- I
embling the stranger I saw with (
Ir- Lyons at the depot when I was 7
AIKEN TO the court yard Of the county a
all There were 4 number of men S
landing in q row and they turned (
heir backs to me and I picked out Il
ones as a man resembling the man Z
saw"
J. s. Daugherty OF EI Paso, well