The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-19
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1atch that was belng exhibited. or a
least one similar 60 f.
On cross examination Jones SAID
he quit work at $3.50 o'clock Prose
cutting Attorney Haggerty griI1ed him
on several differences In hours that
he fixed Attorney HaGSerty endeav-
ored 10 break down Jones testimony
and confuse the witness. At one
| iuncture Prosecuting Attorney Hag-
gerty mixed Jones up In q question
/ and when the records were scanned
| for Jones answer no answer was re-
| corded. The father denied that he
seucured the watch from his son.
The aecused's mother swore posi-
lively tina. Manuel was at home that
James sterart. Of RiTesvile. test
fed that he saw Harry Jones at the
RiresvIlIe sub-station on the night OF
December IA at about 1885 O'Clock.
Zones borrowed a quarter dollar from
him. Later he paid it back. Stewart
recalled the date from a diary in
which he had recorded the loan to
Today's Session.
The first witness summoned this
morning was Mrs. Harvey Jones' who
! swore that her husband was at che
| Jones residence on the night in cues
ton. She placed the date as Decem-
Der IA because her husbands mother
was very Ill.
The prosecuting attorney intimated
that the defense had manufactured
! testimony. He elected the fact that
! Mrs. Jones called at his office Tester-
day on her own volition after which
she was subpoenaed by the state. IhS
prosecuting attorney claimed that Mrs
Jones told him that the defense was
eodeavoring 10 get her husband to tes-
tifv TO a lot otlies. This she denied on
the stand whereupon the states attor-
ney asked her when did you get
! change of heart >" He also asked Mrs.
Jones. .who refreshed your memory so
compietely?" after she testified that
the defense had facts that were being
| submitted.
She testified that she accompanied
her husband and Manuel to the Jones
home. Later she returned to her home
alone.
Attorney Bell pulled the ABE Lin.
coin almanac stunt and enGeaToreo
to combat one of the states witnesses,
Joe Cantor, whom he claimed was mis-
taken when he testified that the moon
was shining. According to the alma
nae there was new moon on the morn
inSRof December IL. at 4:17 O'Clock.
ZaslaT yesterday testified that It was
light ii the night the crime was per-
petrated.
F. P. Hall. the local weather ooserv-
er. was called He testified that there
was a precipitation OF 800 OF an lnch
and that at that time there vas an &C
cumuIatiou OF an inch OF snow. MI
), liza n rnIiT1
expert in the matter OF reckoning the
time OF the rising and setting OF the
moon. He minated that was the
work OF an astronomer.
Harvey Jones. a brother OF the ac-
cuscd, testified that Manuel came TO
his home between 4 and > O'Clock on
the evening OF December Il. He and
his wife accompanied Manuel TO the
Jones home. Harvey swore that ne
ard Manuel had played checkers ana
dominoes that evening.
J. ". Amos iather-in-law OF Harry
Jones, OF High Lawn, testified that
Harry Jones had worked for him on
December IA. He fixed the date by
the erection Of a house on his prem
ises. Harry worked for Mr.. Amos &C
cording to the testimony. He ciaimed
that Jones was not away from the
house that eyeniVs except once anu
that was to get some tobacco. MI
Amos swore that he posted his ledger
that night andhe gave Jones credit Ior
the work he had done that day
Jones in his own defense made nat
denial of the charge. He claimed that
he was not in the locality of the Anna
belle trolley stop on the night or De
cember a. He denied that he told
thar had held
up a man. He denied that he had Wis
red Archie Morgan's store in Worth
ington. ..-...,-,
to making a tour around the vicinity
OF AnaabeIle after the hold-up IN
search of the guilty parties. Mr.. Slack
testified that on that night it was pos
sible To see a man 100 feet away. In
his testimony Zaslan gave rather de-
tailed description Of the high~aymen
and Attorney Bell made an ehort 10
refute the complaining witness by
showing that it was TOO dark to see the
color OF the shirt one of the highway
men had on
Deputy Sheriff Slack testified that
ZaslaR described the highwaymen as
one wearing cap and the other hat.
He said the prisoner answered the
height OF the DESCRIPTION given W
Zaslan. Slack admitted that there
might be thousand men around the
county that would answer the descT1p-
ton as to height.
w. e. Basnett, a constable. Of Worth
inSton, testified that he saw Manuel
Jones along the river bank on the
afternoon OF December II between 3
and 4 o'clock. Between and o'clock
Basnett testified that he saw Manual
and Harry in Morgan's store in Worth
inSton. Basnett fixed the date due to
an overcoat having been stolen on the
A. G. Morgan, merchant. OF Worth
ington, testified that the Jones broth.
ers were in his store on certain night
together, but he was unable to Tx the
Court met at 1880 O'Clock this after
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