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

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He said that it was when sheriff
Orndorff and the officers raised tbs
top that they discovered the alleget
blood.
Blood and Hair Found.
Thomas B. Goodwin. jr., one of th'
owners OF the Auditorium garage
testified to Mr.. GOggin renting the
Buick six He said that IS gallons
OF gasoline was placed in the car by
the company when it was taken out
The witness said that when the Of
ficers examined the car he found
what be believed was gray hairs and
bloOdstains on the top and seat.
! On cross examination by Mr.. Har-
per the witness said the car had beer
rented by many other parties from
the time Mr.. Coggin returned it until
the officers located IT.
On redirect examination he de-
scribed how the top had been left
down because it had been torn by
the wind.
George Senberg. proprietor Of the
Hotel Angelus, identified Jones IN
I the courtroom as the man who reg
istered at his hotel May 9Th, and
/ checked out on the 10th and again
registered on the 18th and checked
out on the 18th. He registered. wit
ness said, as Felix r. Jones, Fort
was introduced as evidence.
| Herbert McGrath, sheriff Of Grant
county, y. NJ, testified he knew
/ Thomas Lyons. He said he was at
the Auditorium garage when sheriff
Orndorff examined the Buick car Mr..
/ Coggin had rented.
I assisted in making an examina-
J ton Of the car" the witness said,
and found blood spots and gray
hairs. A hammer with blood spots
and gray hairs was also found under
the front seat in the tool box The
top Of the car was down when we
started to examine the machine and
we raised it"
Positive IL Was Blood.
On cross examination by Mr. Har-
per the witness said the car was ex-
amiled June g. Mr.. Harper asked
baker car had been found at Lords
burg, y NJ. with bloodstains on il.
Mr.. McGrath replied not that he
knew; that he had examined the car
and knew II was not blOOdstains that
We're on the machine.
On redirect examination the wit
ness said he based his opinion on the
idea that the spots in the Buick car
Mr. COggin had were blOOdspots uD-
on the fact that he has been a peace
officer for Is years and has seen
much blood Mr.. McGrath said that
the carpet in the rear Of the car had
been cut out and parts of it were
under the new carpet bought by the
garage
The witness said he was present
when Jones was arrested and that
he had a brown alligator grip with
a six shooter in II.
! E Stevens. clerk at the hotel
Angelus. testified to Mr. Jones
checking out Of the hotel and pay
ing him his bill on May 10 and 10.
states Star Witness
The state then played its trump
card IN introducing its star witness.
W G. Clark. The witness described
viVidly on the witness stand how Fe-
Xix r Jones is alleged to have told
him how he killed Thomas Lyons
The witness said he was from Abb
lene. Tex. and was a trader
DO you know Felix r Jones'" Mr.
Fryer asked on direct examination
7 saw him recently on several &C
casions- On Nay I saw him in abb
lene and talked with him in J. F. Gun
ningl ans office He called me off
and said. VIII you do I cold blood
ed job?'. I replied yes He said he
knew where there was $4,000 in $50
bills in safe which would be given I
to the man that would pull the job I
and told me TO see T. A. Morrison OF I
Colorado City.
Jones said he was going to FL I
Paso and Phoenix
Plot TO Murder Banker.
next saw MN IN COLORADO City. /
May lS, 1917. I talked with Jones in 4
the presence Of Morrison. He asked 4
me IL we had made a trade and 1 said 1
no. They were trying 10 get me to /
bump off Bill Johnson, a banker at 4
Snyder, Tex Jones told me there was
did the job.
Jones called me out Of the office
later and told me how he had Killed
Thomas Lyons. He said he met him
at the Union depot in FL Paso in an
and carried him to a dark
place in the eastern part Of town. He
said he knocked him cold with one
lick Of hammer. I asked him how
he stopped the flow OF blood and he
said he put his head in a whisky box
Tiled with sand He then took him
)ut to another place and beat him
over the head with twisted iron bar
30 he would not recover.
Says COgxin Furnished Money.
Jones showed me $685. He said
Re got S65.s5 from Lyons's body and
hat Tom COggin gave him $500 and
was to give him $500 more for the
OBJ. He made proposition to me to
collect the money and 1 said I didn't ]
believe wanted the job. /,
IF il had not been for Morrison
Zones would have killed johnson a
lay or two later. Morrison said that
Z Johnson was killed and Jones was
within 200 miles of the place he would
,e arrested He told Jones to go to
3eaumont and let some one else take
are of Johnson" testified Clark
On cross examination by Mr.. Har-
yer the witness said he had been in
licted at San Angelo on charge OF
heft. He denied he had been indicted !
OF perjury, for bootlegging and other
rimeS.
The witness admitted on cross ex-
animation that after the murder he
-
bout the crime and told him to see
i'm that he knew some valuable in
Clark stated that when McGrath :
nd other officers arrived he told :,
hem about the reward and said If it :
Tere given him he would tell all about
I He admitted that he was given
$500 and promised $500 II Jones was
onvicted.
IF Jones is not convicted you will
OF get the remaining $780, Mr.. Har-
er asked. ,
Then you are swearing for that
1902"
Il am swearing the truth"
But you want the $500 1t was ,
asier TO get than TO have killed !
ohnson and also more money than 7
IT vas more honorable" said
Mr.. Moore then asked adjournment
nth Thursday morning at o'clock.
Clark on Stand Thursday. q.
W. &. Clark, the states chief wit .
sss, was recalled to the stand
morning at o'clock when
lie examining trial was continued. He
as in the box for re-cross exam /,
alton Attorney Charles L. Vowel.
the defendants counsel, questioned 3
m The early questions were de- o
tied TO bringing out information re-