The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-26
POLICE NOW DOUBT
.W0MAN'S VERSION.
OF Staying LOVER
Flaws Found in Confession Of
Divorcee--.Former Husband
to Stand BY Her.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 2e.AA
woman's story OF quarrel, a shot
and her vigil from dusk to dawn
over the body OF the man she
killed was being checked up by
police department investigat tors
here today.
Il killed my friend" Mrs. Olive
L. Jones. 80 years old, pretty d.
vorcee, announced when she en-
tered police headquarters lust att
er daylight Monday. She was dis.
heyeled, hysterical. The men on
duty discounted her statement
S oh, he's dead. l shot him:
you'll find him out there ON the
tlooE l left him covered up with
his own overcoat. Il know he's
dead. He hasn't moved for hours .
she declared.
This was the first intimation Of
ficials said that o. l.. Black, sales
manager for a Louisville automo-
bile company, had been shot to
death late Sunday afternoon in
Mrs. Jones' apartment.
Mrs. Jones said she fired in self
DEFENSE, Black, according to her
account OF the tragedy, became
angry when he learned her daugh-
ter, Clara, II, was with her ana
that her divorced husband, C. n.
Jones OF Cincinnati, was to visit
his daughter. Black feared. Mira
Jones declared, that a reconcllia-
ton between the divorced couple
would be affected through the
visits Of the father with Claro.
When Black, who, she decared.
broke up my home and caused
me to get a DIVORCE" reached for
q pistol on a nearby table she seiz-
ed the weapon first and fired.
Black fell. How long he lived she
did not know. She covered him
with his coat and a. Quilt. Later
she placed a screen Of chairs be-
fore the body.
All night long she kept the
death watch. Never was she able
to summon courage to call the DO
lice. Three times, she declared.
she went to the telephone, and
three times turned away.
Clara returned from a picture
show. With her companion, the
daughter spent some. time in the
hall. Later she went to her bed
room on the second floor. Mrs.
Jones finally called the girl to
come down stairs and sleep with
her. When morning came the
daughter still was unaware OF the
presence of the body In the room,
the mother said.
And then Mrs. Jones telephoned
for her former husband to come Ia
her. He refused. 1t was then she
told Clara what had happened and
sent her for her father. In the
girls absence the woman went 10
police headquarters and told her
story.
She was charged with murder.
Jones, 1t is said here, filed suit
for divorce four years ago, nam
Ing Black correspondent. Later
the petition was withdrawn. Mrs.
Jones then filed suit charging
cruelty and non-support. By con-
sent, 1t was said, this suit was
not contested. Jones said yester-
day he would do anything possible
to help his former wife.
Already, police investigators de-
clare, flaws have been found in
the account Of the tragedy as
given by Mrs. Jones.
Black was shot in the back, z.
A. Larkin, captain Of detectives
said. This fact, he claimed, indi-
Gated tho victim was not taking
the aggressive when wounded.
Also his clothes were powdered.
showing the weapon was fired at
close range.
Two other facts also are unex-
planned. Clara has declared, DO
lice say, that she did not sleep
with her mother any part Of the
night. Investigation disclosed, II
was claimed, that the bed in the
girls room had not been occupied.
The Investigators also are at a
loss to account ,fJr the fact that
no occupant OF the three-story
apartment house heard a pistol
shot NEAR the time Mrs. Jones
claims the shooting occurred.
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