Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-02-14
Telephone Operator in Trial
of Felix Jones, Makes Ef-
fort in Court to Identify
Mans Voice.
C0R0NER'S TESTIMONY
DESCRIBES SCENE
Blood Saturated Sand and
Body of Lyons With Head
Beaten Found in Foothills
Near El PaSo.
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lei Iaso. Tex. Feb. 13.-Deputy
sheriffs today searched all specta-
tors attending the trial of Felix Il.
Jones. No firearms were found.
Policeman IL. NJ. Holbrook, on
duty at the union station the night
of May II, testified to having seen
Jones meet an elderly man who ar
rived at the station and who was
called "Mr. Lyons" by Jones, accord
ing to his testimony. He said the
two drove off in car together with
Jones and the old man on the back
seat.
Auto Covered With Dust.
Policeman Holbrook said Jones was
waiting outside the entrance to the
station when the Silver City train
arrived. He added:
When the crowd came through
the door Jones said to an elderly
man with gray hair:
How do you do Mr.. Lyons, ]
have my car here
Holbrook said the elderly man
carried grip and that the automo-
bile was covered with dust.
Tries to Identify Voice.
Miss Lucille Mccormick, long dis
tance telephone operator here, testi-
fled that she arranged call for a
man ing the name OF Brown" on
4tfa nistssnf asssy 10, mo day pse sious
to the Lyons murder She said the
call was made to the Lyons farm
near Silver City, N M She made
an effort in the court room to iden-
tify the defendants voice as the
same she heard over the telephone
that night when the call was regis
tered. She said Jones spoke in a
lower voice than the man who made
the call. The state yesterday intro
duced evidence to show Jones used
the name of Brown in his dealings
with Lyons.
Mrs. Lyons Testifies.
Coroner j. NJ. Deaver told Of find
ing Lynos body in the foot hills near
here with the head and face bruised
and beaten. He testified to finding
an empty whisky box filled with
blood-stained sand. He also told OF
finding piece of twisted steel rein
forcing near the body.
Late yesterday Mrs. Lyons, widow
of the murdered man, testified she
received a call from El Paso for Mr.
Lyons and that voice at the El Paso
end said:
I am Mr.. Brown and wish to
speak to Mr.. Lyons"
She also testified that Jones went
by the name of Brown at the time or
Els visits to her husband. Mrs.
Lyons said she had offered IS. 900
reward for the arrest of the murder
or of her husband and later increas-
ed this to $4,000.
Interest In the trial is keen and
many women are attending the ses-
sions daily. Mrs. Lyons was permit
ted to remain in the court room de-
spite the rule barring witnesses and
she sat near Jones family today.
facts relating to a so-called "mur-
der car We're introduced late today
INTO the trial of Felix r. Jones for
the murder of Thomas Lyons of Sill
yer City, N. M.
sheriff Seth Orndorff testified he
nad examined an automobile after the
Lyons murder which had blood on the
i'oor rug, the curtains on the top and
On the seats. The sheriff said a me-
chanic's hammer was found under n
seat with stains on it which he be-
heVed were caused by blood. The car
was referred to as .'the murder car"
several times
me state is making an effort to
prove the automobile was the one
which carried Lyons away from the
Union station on the night Of the mur-
der. May IL. ~