The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-26
Thank you. Jesus" and stepped back
to give his Invitation.
WOUNDS WIFE
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blood with three wounds in her chest
and another in her arm. That a strug-
gle had ensued is the belief of those
who went into the room. chair was
overturned and the clothes of the wo-
man partially torn from her.
| II. G. Green. who resides in the apart
ment above that of the Jones'. was the
hrst upon the scene and according to
statement made by him last night
the tragedy was not apparently pre-
f'editated. Jones arrived home yes
N~ts f-s s ssS*ss,s.se.- ksrx larDs 7ostore nis
wiiv ana seeTeea In inches, on spirtts
lie played the victrola in the home
ana upon the arrival of his wife no
quarrel ensued so far as neighbors
knew They were conversing in low
voices, however, when the first pistol
shot was heard.
MT. Green started to the lower apart-
lhent, but before he reached the bot
tom OF the steps three more shots were
nred. All the doors were locked and
IL was necessary to break through a
screen and window glass before an
entrance could be affected. Four more
reports were heard while Green and
several neighbors were entering the
apartment s"e
That trouble between the dead man
and his wife occurred last Sunday ia
the belief of several Of the neiphhors
MIS- Jones lett the homo with her sick
pany ana nurse and carried them
Doth to the home of her parents. Mr.
ana an Mrs. James M. Briggs. lot South
Third street. She had not RETURNED
nome until yesterday afternoon. The
young woman Is said to have told her
husband that she came home to tell
him how the baby was getting along
and to see If she could not bring about
friendly relations with him once more.
Jones is alleged to have stated after
locking all the doors, "You will never
see the baby again" The shooting fol-
lowed
me incident which led to the shoot
ing is believed to have occurred Sun
oay afternoon In front of the Richmond
hotel after Mrs. Jones had left her
nome and carried the baby and nurse
20 her mothers She Is said to have
Joined another woman and gone to the
notei and met two men. Her husband.
oeiieVing that she was not going to
inc nome OF her parents, secured a
detective, it is said. and followed the
Two TO the hotel II was said at the
hotel last night by Manager Atkinson
that he had heard of fight on the
sidewalk between two men. but as TO
who they were he did not know.
Jones is said to have suffered two
broken fingers as result of the fight
and he was treated by DR. Lipscomb, On
tuesday night we went to the drug
store of Frank w. Lewis, S14 North
avenue, Barton Heights, and had his
fingers dressed and at the same time
related to Mr.. Lewis the particulars
OF the encounter in front of the hotel
1t was said last night that on
Thursday night Mr.. Jones received n
box OF roses, which contained no card
and no trace of the Identity OF the
sender could be found. Jones believed
1t is said that his wife had sent the
flowers in an effort. toward reconcilia-
ton
The couple were married In July,
1917, and il is believed that the trou-
bic sprang UP within the past few
weeks. They seemed To live happily
together and had had no words until
last Sunday.
Jones who was twenty-eight years
old, was assistant superintendent of
the Richmond leaf department of the
American Tobacco company here and
was twice married. His first wife Ia
dead Tho six months old baby girl.
Dorothy was the only child OF the
couple. His body was taken to Suth-
erlands undertaking establishment
upon instructions from Coroner Whit
field. Upon examination of the