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THREE BOUND OVERLKtltiScott. Mvers and Harding Held for (:fllrial in district Courtin Mav (tlBOM) IS F1XK1) AT $5,000Circumstantial evidence aKaindJames Scott, Kenner Myers and 1 Donald Harding. three Negroesi »churned with the murder of the }Kev. H. \V. Jones, yesterday after- Inoun resulted in their being bound 1over to the district court follow-1:ing their preliminary hearing b»mflt;»re Judge Charles Springer.nWe l.ave additional evidencewhich we are reserving for the ditrict court trial of these men,Countv Attorney K. B. Stevens*» rsaid following the hearing yester-idav.Sp« ifically, Scott, Myers and ]Harding are charged with entering the Jones re.-idenee at Cy-» * •uio tr* « t (-n the n:ght of April 5 and. murdering Jones when he re-sisted an attempt to rob him. Scott has been nani* d bv Mvers andiHarding as the bandit who fired the fatal sh-d, according to Mr. StevenVWitne.Nses for the preliminary included Mrs. Annie Jones, wife ofthe man killed, evho said that she believed Scott was the maskedbandit who fired the shot but thatshe could not be positive.Klmer Tutt, Fourth and Maplestreets, said that Scott, Mvers and, '■/ $ ■ hSky. * ' *1. '. ‘ir .tf.' - SC -I .X . Y . SB* l •' • ■ ■ M * W |i . 1 I'* .y • ^1 i, .-I'Harding were together the night of the murder and stopped at hishouse shortly before the attemptedrobberv of Jones.lialph Hubbe! of the city forcetold from the witness stand ofstatements lie obtained frlt;»m Mvers and Harding which admittedtheir part in the robbery attempt and named Scott as the man whoiheld the gun.Howard Smith, DC 5J5 Lake •street, told of walking near the Jones home the night of the crime. He heard two shots. Smith said, and then saw* three masked meniun from the front porch of the Jones home. Smith said he muldnot identify the three men but thatne could identify the car in whichthey Dft as tHe Chevrolet coupe belonging to Harding.Ju-tico Springer fixed bond for j ihe three defendants at ?5.000each and they were returned to thecounty i .1 to await trial.
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Lawrence Daily Journal World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Fri, Apr 14, 1933
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