Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-21
NATHANIEL JONES'
JURY D|SAGREES
Unable to Fix Blame for Alleged
Murder of Mary Elizabeth
Graves.


mcnt in the case of Nathaniel t"Cuban
Jones, Ne ro charged with numbering
Mary Elizabeth Graves, also coiorcd
During the night thr Jtiro re- took many
ballots, and it is said the result ot the
final ballot was MS follows;
Nanslaughtcr, 9; second degree murder,
3.
| Chief Justice Pcnnewll, when dis
charging the jury, told the Jurors the
court hclicvcl they tired to DO Their
duty, but regretted they had tailed To
reach an agreement IIr said they would
receive two days pay for Yesterday
service
/ BY order of court the case was
continued
! During the trial Just ended Jones was
! { Inn When testimony was droll
! witness : often made remarks that caused
mIrth his dcmcanor changed, and he
loincd IN the general laughter
/ Attoruev-t ticncral Rcinhardt conducted
! the prosecution, and John ". Brndy
was council for the defence
The indictment charged Jones with
numbering Mary Elizabeth during the
night OF august u, 1916.
! Most Of the testimony Was taken yes
F., tcrday afternoon.
,Ir>apder Met 'rcn told Of looking from
morning on August lN and seeing he body
among weeds IN a tr, nch on q lot abutting
hc north side oi Fifteenth street, east ~
Walnut
Police Othccr Walter T. Shcrwin saId
hc took the body from thc lot 10 Deputy
Coroner Harvey |. Nichols m"rguc II
tho rear ol 80. West seventh street
Deputy Coroner Nichols testified that
Louisa Graves, mother Of Mary Eliza
beth identified the body ~ that Of her
daughter lie Sald tho neck was bruised
and the mouth full of earth Niter 1T.
Henry W Priggs, coroner physician, had
made a pu~tmortcm examination, the
stomach Was sent "a the State laboratory,
AZ Newark for analysis
Dr Briggs sud the mouth probably bc-
came tili,d ulth earth Whom the head Wa
forced downward lIc thought the con-
t,lsions on the ucch and tho condition ot
the mouth sufficient to produce -trangula-
tiun
Dr Hcrhcrt IL Watson, state bac-
tcruIngisi nho analysed the >tomach,
found nothing ahnnrmal
William + Gunbv said he took thu
bnIN to thc home o( l.oulsa Graves, i3l5
Wilson Street. and had charge q the
funeral
Ioui,a Graves testified that Jones
often ,amc to the hou>, I" So MARY
Elizabeth Who Was z Ncur~ oid, and
when l,c became annoying thu mother
told INN tn >ta, AWAY On" night Mary
Elizabeth Who had hrcn attending g
carnival nn i nearby TOT, ran into the
Mons, pursued IN Jones. and Louisa
-.id hr Threatened tn Nil the daughter
Cr tuothcr occasion. whom Jones uadr
threat Louisa got Il stick :,nd chased
Ann 1fIr of thc house
George II Graves brother II NIry
Elizabeth, rurrnhoratcd hi> mother
| .r~ti.uon, (icurgc ~Nprr lunt> NaId II
Mar, Elizabeth wouiD not hayc hlm size
would not have another man declaring
u, would klIl tier
Emma BrinckI,l told of Jones gong %
S:1S Tatnali strict IN the afternoon oi
August : and SAYING Mr. trlVc~ anu
hcr daughter had obtained i warrant Tor
ms arrest on 4 churgr ~ taking ~oie q
Nary F.lizaIcth~ clothing troln the
Grave, home Jones WAS worried and
according 10 ihc witness. remarked no
hodv knew vhat /. Sout hcrner would DO
Nl.mle Hamilton corruboratcd Emma
Prlurkl, testimony.
SUSIE willis testified that while Jones
! and Mar, Elizabeth we're residing AT oul
J Christians street, be also paId attention
I 10 MirN tom rgcr. who resided ncArt y,
visiting tho latter after Mary EilzatetH
lad gone to work 0ne morning the Wlt-
ness sand Jones seized char ruug and
chased Mar, Elizabeth 10 602 Chrletltna
street. threatening @ Kill her SUSIE sWurc
! that Subsequent - INC murder, .iones
! when going III night to Mary omlgtr
home Jumped fences and Went over roofs
! stella ;.uk s'ud she and Mary Eliza
beth were employed IN dwelling on
Il, 4. i 1,
met them at Eighth and Adams streets
when thev were going home and threaten
ed to kill Mary f.lIza eth if she would not
keep company with hm There was u
priv at Stella Caulk' home, SOB East
: Twelfth street. the night before the body
, was found and Mary Elizabeth, Who was
present left al ] 30 clock
/ Susie Jenkins sworc Wlll-rl Wilson
! brought L note from Homes 10 Mary Eliza
+ beth an hour and . hulf before Size left the
party
Al4rv Wheeler testified that Jones once
tried 10 strike Mary Elizabeth with !
knlie ii Eleventh and French streets
Sui se0ucn, to he murder. Mary Wheeler
saw Jont7 in Philadclphua and She swort
H.. said George Graves accused hIm o
numbering Mary Elizabeth
ReEcrcl Showers declared she saw
J Jones and MARY Elizabeth gong uF
Poplar street towards Thirteenth Al MD
! night 0I! August L.
+, Mar, C0ldsbury swore Jones went L
Z MARY CoIucrgcr 5 home the day the body
z was found and said he had Killed Mary
, | Elizabeth and would also Kill her mother
Louisa nurkc told Of Jones jumpint
a fences and crossing roofs when going t'
, MARY Comergcrs home after the murder
: Ida Emory and Mary PuntlDR swor'
} Jones threatened to kill Mary Elizabeth
Margaret Lee testified TO seeing :
7 ,.olorcd man standing in the rear oi Feaden
, lopfs morocco factory, Fourteenth an'
Walnut streets. for hall III hour N tn
! afternoon oi August II and looking III 1ht
7 direction Of he Graves home.
!. Detective Fairchild told Of searching
!; two wears foi Jones and bringing him bacl
from Camp Dix, September 20, 1915
J Detective Sergeant Green amt lDetectlV
:, Furchld the latter SAID, Intervene
p Jones al the police station During tn
interview, Jones denied killing Ma
= Elizabeth and declared he was at Re
hoboth Eeach, working III the Hott
Delaware when she WAS killed
Detective Sergeant Green ldentitle
! photographs u the place where the bod
was found taken November 10, 1918, an
they were admitted rs exhibits. Nj
" GEecu SAID Jones was born III kennnd
and came 10 the United states on th
!, steamer Admiral Dewey Soon aftt