Evening journal., 1918-11-21
JURY DISAGREES
IN MURDER CASE
lcontInned From FIrst Pasel

he Hotel Nobis
Attorney General Reinhardt conducted
he prosecution and John w. Brady wa:
attorney for the defendant.
Jones is accused Of having murdered
Mary Elizabeth Graves, a Negress. with
whom he had been keeping company
for three years, by choking her "a
death, on the night Of August II, 1916
Dr. earlyin the morning OF the following
day, in the bed Of the extension Of East
Fifteenth street.
The States evidence was entirely cir
cumstantial 1t was brought out thai
cuban" had often threatened TO Kill
Mary, and that on the day that tie body
of the girl was found he disappeared.
After eludlng the police for two years
Jones was recognized by a Negro al
Camp Dix last August and the local au-
thorities were Immediately notified. His
arrest followed and he was brought
back here on September 20. Jones stood
trial attired in his army uniform which
be wore when arrested.
Testimony Of the witnesses for the
State brought out that "Cuban" and
Mary had been excepting company for
three years prior 10 the murder, but
hat there had been many quarrels be-
tween them On one occasion, the
Negro was said TO have chased the
girl with a knife On another occasion
be was said TO have chased her with
q chair leg, and on other occasions, II
was testified, he had struck her. lie
had made many threats TO take Mary's
life, Il appeared. on the day OF the
llnding of the murdered girls body In
he bed Of the extension OF East FIJI
ieenth street, Jones disappeared, and
several times later was seen entering
the house Of Mary Conegyrs, in
Christiana street, by passing over the
roofs of the row of houses there. He
was located at Camp Dix in August
and arrested in September.
Nathaniel denied the murder, and
said the reason he had left the city
was that he had heard that Mary's
mother had sworn a warrant out for
his arrest.
The first witness placed on the stand
by Mr.. Reinhardt yesterday afternoon
was Alexander McCrea who testified TO
seeing the body OF the Graves girl
lying In a olump Of weeds in Fifteenth
street on the morning Of August Is,
1916.
Oficer Walter T. Sherwln testified to
removing the body from the spot OF
the murder TO the morgue Of Rarvey
E. Nichols. deputy coroner; and VIII
liam E. Gunby, Negro undertaken, told
Of burying the body Of the Graves
girl.
Mr.. Nichols said that on the threat
Of the girl were two marks and her
mouth was full OF earth. A post mortem
was performed by DR.. Henry w. Briggs,
coroner's physician, he said, the stom-
ach being removed and sent to DR.. Her
bert X. Watson, State bacteriologist, to
determine whether death had been
caused by poison.
DR.. Briggs testified that on the body
OF the girl there were marked con-
tusions on the neck and the mouth was
fllled with earth.
Strangulation was possibly the cause
Of the death Of the girl, he said.
Death was not caused by poison, an /
examination Of the stomach OF the girl
showed, Or. Watson told.
Louisa Graves, mother OF the dead 4
girl, said that Jones kept company with
her daughter, who was 2i years old, for
about three years. She said that she
had repeatedly warned Jones to stay
away from her house, not considering
him proper beau" for Mary, but he
persisted In his attentions to the girl. I
"Cuban" threatened TO kill Mary one
night, the witness said.
Mrs. Graves said that she went 20 the
police station one day TO swear out |
warrant for Jones' arrest for threaten /
ing bodily harm on Mary, but that she
was not allowed TO make out the war |
rant without having her daughter with /
her. On the next day (the day pre-
vlous to the finding Of the girls body), |
she and Mary went TO the police station
and swore out the warrant, and were
followed there by Cuban" Il was that
night or early the following morning,
that Mary was murdered.
George 2. Graves, a brother OF Mary,
said that Jones was always around
their house at No. 1915 Wilson street,
and explained one occasion on which
the defendant had rushed In the house
after the girl In trying TO get her money
from her. On another occasion, George
testified, Jones had stated that IF Mary
wouldn't have him, she wouldn't have
anyone, for he'd kill her, He had beer
warned many times to stay away from
he house and from Mary, he said. Az
er the murder Of his sister, George said
hat he diligently searched conjolntly |
With Detective Fairchilds for Jones, but /
allied to locate him.
On the day of the murder OF the girl,
ones went TO a house in Tatnall street,
imma Brinckley, a Negress, testified,
nd there stated that Mrs. Graves had
worn out warrant for his arrest He
eemed worried, the witness said, and
lade the remark that Nobody knows
that Southerner will do" He had a !
iris skirt with him and said that he l
'as taking 1t to a tailor TO have in a
hortened r
Mamie Hamilton corroborated Emmas o
r
Susie Willis, OF No. 602 Christiana V
,,treet, said that Mary had stayed with v
Jones often at her daughters home. d
..eA neAs door to her, and that several times @
cupsh mad chased the girl into her a.
aouse ho threatening 10 kill her. A num-
oen OF times at night she saw Jones a.
ssSplns over the roofs and into Inc II
s,ons. sron-,oom c window of the house os
10, '7na Cauik told that Mary cravss a
I.lt ier nome, No. 500 East rr,,,o,sts q
sueet at II 81 O'Clock on the niobt 20 n
the supposed murder. She said sSa ~, ol 4
once heard Cuban tell Mary thot a' 20 5
she didn't keep company with him IA q