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Man Held For MurderPittsburgh (ap) - CecilJones,, shying away from eam-ejras;and shuffling along in over-siz:6 shoes, was charged with murder Wednesday in the /shot irig of two former cc-workers.', Two counts of murder were brought against Jones, 54-year-old welder from Lamhcrtville, N.J., at a. preliminary;^/airaign-merit beforeV'i^ujs:VJ.'- Hamil, deputy. * coroner fcf' Allc gli eny Co'urity;v mi J * Lafter:reading r1he charges, ordered Jones held in the county jail to await a hearing June 6. '. * /, 7 .: Jones, dressed in prison garb of green coverall^ answered the few questions put to him' in a broad, drawling accent..He wore shoes a fewVsfees too large and leaned heavily on the arms of tivo defectives for fear of trip* pjng down the stairs from the third-floor hearing room. ,-POLICE SAID Jones walked in on a .gin rummy card game at the Holiday Inn in suburban Hamamlle Tuesday, night. He fired six shots from a .25 caliber pistol at the four players, killing two and seriously injuring two.Detectives said Jones* taken into custody after a high-speed car chase, responded vaguely to questions and was haxy jabout the motive that triggered the blaze of gunfire.They theorized, however, that Jones harbored a long-time grudge against the ^Sheehan Pipeline Construction Co. of Tulsa, Okla., which fired him m 1956 after a construction accident All of the victims worked for the company.. Killed were James Oliver, 3T, of. Fairfield, Tex,, and Allen Neely, 44, of Jasper, Tex. War: ren Mulkey, 40, of Laurel, Miss., and Etigene Staton, 44r of Pleasanton, Kan., were wounded.Police said Jones fired away at the four and sped away in a car. A detectivc en route to investigate the shooting - spotted Jones1' car, gave chase and forced Jones’ vchicle to the side of the road. Ee surrendered without a struggle. .perM legi on * tax is i bee edHconjust dcd 1. 1 Iiojiccn in 1 ed.bacret*• r ' exlt; aiii yiesperetb“orwsol hv . n ■lt;Tliclevpe:inLofreto]gepoiu:ininthie.plmmtii
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Oil City, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jun 01, 1967
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