El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-26
WILL FIGHT To
.H0LDF. R. JONES
Mrs. Thomas Lyons Will
Contest Plan To Release
Prisoner On Bond.

When the application for a writ OF
habeas corpus is heard before judge
Ballard ColdweU. of the 55th district
court Tuesday in behalf Of Felix r.
Jones OF Fort Worth, charged with
murder in connection with the death
of Thomas Lyons. millionaire cattle
man OF Silver City, the hearing VIII
be attended by the wife OF the muir
dered man and the wife OF the ac-
cused. Attorneys representing Jones
said Wednesday afternoon that Mrs.
Jones viii arrive here Friday and
viii sit beside her husband during
the proceedings of the habeas corpus
hearing. AIRS. Thomas Lyons. wife "t
the murdered millionaire, VIII arrive
here this evening and VIII also attend
the hearing. She viii fight the appli-
cation for the release on bond or
Jones through her attorneys. who
VIII assist the district attorney.
Judge Due to Return
Judge Ballard COIdWcu, no has
been spending several weeks vaca-
ton. viii return the latter part Of the
week Before leaving for the Pacific
coast with his family, judge W r.
Howe. of the @4th district court
turned the hearing over 10 Judge Cold
we'll II is expected the hearing VIII
last two or three DAYS
Jones viii be represented by attor-
neys q. L Vowel and ". W BridEers
OF this city. and an attorney from
Fort Worth. The state viii be repre-
scented by district attorney Leigh
Clark. assisted by attorneys Dan n
Jackson and Victor Moore
Jones StiII In Jail
Since his arrest few weeks after
the murder OF Lyons. Jones has been
held In the county jail without bond.
He was arrested at Beaumont. Texas.
r-a H.Ha -
OrndOrff. sheriff Herbert McGrath OF
Grant county, y NJ. and several deuu-
ties and brought here shortly after
his arrest T. J. and Willard CoEEin.
wealthy stockmer OF this city, were
arrested and also charged with muir
der iu connection with the death %
Nr. Lyons They were released ON
$4,000 bond each by justice T. ~
DeaVer. WEO held the three men 20 the
grand jury Jones was held without
hearing was brought by his ATTORNEYS
i'm an effort 70 have their client re-
leased on bond pending his trial
T. J. Co=Eiu viii DE tried first. His
case VIII come up M the september
term Of court. but IL is unlikely that
Willard CoEEin or Jones VIII be tried
before the November term
All Three Protest Innocence.
All three men have protested tae-r
innocence Of the crime When Lyons
10 Fl Pas1 on May IL he told his wife
he had received a telephone call from
a man named Brown 20 whom he was
going 10 sell some cattle AFTER ar
irving here he met man az the union
depot. identified by an officer as
Jones. and nothing was seen OF Lyons
until the next morning when his mutt
lated body was found in a raviue in
the Highland Park addition.
After his arrest here Jones was
indicted by the grand jury OF Dallas
county. Texas. on a charge OF murder
in connection with the death Of Flor
euce Brown, a ste1Ographer who was
murdered I'm a real estate office in
July 1918 He denies any knowledge
Of the crime except what he read in
the newspapers. II released here on
a writ OF habeas corpus the Dallas
county authorities have announced
they viii arrest him and take him 10
Dallas where an examining trial VIII
be held His attorneys eXpsct TO file
habeas corpus proceedings in Dallas