El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-16
Says Jones
Big Buyer
OfDiamOndS
Fort Worth Man Testihes
That Accused Man Re
deemed Property.
Jones repaid the loan with $3.50 pa
per money. witness said
TeHs Why Couldn't Come.

] TeHs Why Couldn't Come.
Witness said he did not come here
to testify during December. because
that was his busy season and he could
1 not afford to come at that time Ht
( had not kept the regular record OF
! the transaction with Jones because ne
knew him so we'll He said he hao
| loaned Jones more money than the
| articles were worth, because he had
always paid his loans, some OF whlcn
were made without any security
on redirect examination. the memo
! randum slips OF the transaction IN
! question were introduced in evidence
VIII you deny that you told either
me &c. B. Elfers) or Mr.. Clark tha'
YOU knew nothing of this caseF
! Maybe 1 did so, because I was told
by the court not TO talk about the
~Where were you last night?"
Judge Peden's (of the defenee)
Judge Peden and other lawyers
went over what you knew about the
case?"
DID id you you know any of the others
some OF them"
Judge Dale requested witness to
wire for the book containing records
Of loans Witness said he had the
KEY TO the safe containing the book,
anu UIQAASE4 u ~ III A-AN 1eN---L $3.50
self if were excused as witness
This was arranged to take place
later in the day.
Dublin Man Testifies.
The next witness was L Hickey Of
Dublin. Tex, real estate and livestock
man. He knew Jones since about
July, 1916, at Dublin, where Jones
sold witness a REQ automobile Wit
ness saw Jones May p, 1917, on
he hnarnan
Cisco, Tex, about o'clock IN the
evening. Abilene being reached after
a westward trip about SHUTDOWN
On cross examination. witness said
Jones told him on the train he was
going to Colorado City, but witness
got off at Sweetwater- Witness said
when he was suopenaed last SatuT-
day he got to figuring when he saw
Jones'" No one had talked to Wit
ness about the case before that, ne
said, but he had thought OF II when
first reading in a Dallas paper OF
Jones's arrest Friday nlght ne as rs
cussed the matter with attorneys Tor
the defence. he said, but with no other
persons Witness doesn't know Tom
or Willard Coggin. he said.
Makes Photos for District Attorney.
Fred Feldman, photographer. took
the stand after the Friday noon re-
cess, and testified having made pho
LOEEaUn6 Oh MAAAAn5o LEA1NAL1 - -
viously in the case (Including notes
in the -Coggin note book and hotel
register signatures
These photographs were made for
the district attorney. witness said
W. N. Tipton, handwriting expert,
had previously testified TO receiving
from the district attorney photo
graphs Of signatures and the like for
scientific study.
Attorney Victor Moore. Of counsel
for state, was then sworn as a wit
ness and testified he had received
from Mr.. Feldman Photographic copies
and that witness then sent them 70
Mr.. Upton.
Says Writing by same Person.
Mr.. Upton was then recalled to the
witness stand He testified he had
determined that the person who
Silver City and the man who signed
q check as r. n. Brown" were the
same, and that the same person wrote
the June I telegram, signed by Jones
and testified by sheriff Orndorff TO
have been written by defendant at
the time OF his arrest.
Other documents in the case, IN
GLIDING a telegram purported to have |
been addressed to T. ]. Coggin by I
Felix Jones, asking IL the latter could /
draw on CogCin for bonus money in |
the purchase OF cattle, were Identified /
Written Question Not Put.
The various documents in question i
were now passed among the jurors
for their examination, following which /
a written question was received oy |
the court from one Of the Jurors with 4
request that it be propounded to the
Jury. The matter was submitted to
counsel on both sides. but the ques-
ton vas not put to the witness nor
read aloud in court
Expert Gets SIS a Day.
On crossexamination. Mr.. Upton
said that in clipping individual letters
from the Jones telegram in order
10 match or reconstruct the X NJ
Brown" signature, he had chosen
those letters most nearly resembling
those in the signature. Witness said
his compensation in this case was
agreed to be all necessary expenses,
,25 a day for time spent here on the
,ase and SIS for each eight hours
spent on the matter at Santa Fe- Wit
less considered himself an expert ex-
lminer OF disputed documents. Wit
ness said his payment did not depend
IN whether the conclusion Of his study
vas favorable to the state or not
Sheriff TestffIes; state Rests.
Sheriff Seth s. Orndorff was then
recalled 10 the stand l. ; told again
II having seen and examined q bar
IF iron found near Mr.. Lyons body. II
' eighed seven and one-eighth pounds,
was twenty and one-fourth inches IN
ength, one and one-half inches in
diameter and OF twisted reinforcing
steel, witness explained.
II was here announced that the
tate had rested, with the exception
II one out-of-town witness. The court
ieemed II fair that the state be given
until Saturday morning to assemble
Is witnesses and a recess was ac-
,ordingly declared. II
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