Show THE CASE testimony of the witnesses for prosecution WHEN THE CHIME WAS DONE the of some witnessed mr loveless interesting Inte statement AI nephi loveless was called in the II ancock case ho testified that he lived in pay son in 1858 I 1 ft as iwan in to paon in 1855 from salt lake county I 1 was acquainted alith tho jones family they wore living there in 1958 I 1 saw henry jones alive one evening and the next morning I 1 saw him dead he was at iny house during tho night I 1 heard a hollowing henry jones hol blotted murder opened tho door and he sprang into tho house he appeared to be frightened lie was a tall well built man he was about twenty three or twenty five years old he started to go east from my house I 1 did not bee any arras he left in a hurry mr hancock came mr hancock was acting is constable in parson at that time he said here lie 19 here lie 18 he went on in alie same direction that jonea biad I 1 dont kloft who was with iian coal jones was kimg about two blocks cast from my house in a dugout his a little brother and a sister lived there also mn II ancock had a gun in his hand when he came up I 1 followed up to tho jones house hancock went into the bouso I 1 heard a gun fired I 1 saw a gun in the hands of mr hancock before and after there were others with him I 1 dont know who they were hancock went cast and south when ho left I 1 went into the cabin after the cliot mr evang what did you see there objected to by alie defense objection overruled and exception taken I 1 saw mrs jones in the cabin she was dead a bullet hole in lier head a little girl was in the cabin I 1 went away I 1 dodged about a good deal that night because I 1 was scared I 1 saw mr jones in the rood toward morning he was laving in the middle of the road in the mi dat of lood dust and dirt he was dead I 1 saw no indians about I 1 saw mr jones at the cabin after that the boda of his mother was there also mr evans what was dene after the bodies v ere placed in the dugout objection by defense objection 0 er lulad and exception taken there were a great many people I 1 dont remember seeing mr II ancock there tho posts of the dueour w ere pulled out and the dugout fell in to mr browni had one child at that time my wife is still living it was in the early part of the evening when jones came to my house I 1 went to bed early I 1 had been in bed about half an hour when jones came in I 1 had some conversation with jones my wife leave heard this conversation I 1 think jones was in chiq shirt sleeves he had a hillory shirt on I 1 dont know how II ancock was dressed ho had a long srun in his hand ha did not so in my aliouse it w as nearly three miles from my whore tho body w as found the next morning I 1 heard one shot I 1 should it was about a hundred 5 ards on when I 1 v enec into the house I 1 took the little girl up in my arms and asked her where her father was I 1 dont kaow for coilah whether I 1 took up the little girl and took hei to louis hatcha hatchs I 1 should judge the little girl afa about four years old sho was axy nig and went up and laid her face on liei mothers breast I 1 know a man by the name of jack kay I 1 dont remember telling him that this child was so young that sho wanted to burso the old lad I 1 took the child somewhere but I 1 dunt remember where I 1 think I 1 told alvin crocket of this circumstance I 1 dont remember telline him about carrying ohp little child over to louis hatcha hatchs I 1 did not go to bed again that night it wag towards daylight when I 1 nent tov aids n 1 had an object in going that way I 1 wanted to hide I 1 did not stay long by the body not five minutes I 1 went from there south two or three miles south I 1 do particular ti I 1 went back home again I 1 was afraid for my life I 1 went to alie gra e about 10 I 1 sav my wife I 1 told her about the occurrence occur ence of the night I 1 was on a good horse when I 1 went to pondtown Pond town I 1 had a goad reason for keeping my horse out of the corral that I 1 kept a look out for mrs hancock louis hatch my wife and charley hanchek w ere at the funeral mr hancock arrested me once because I 1 would not go to a bishops trial lie tied me up it haq understood by me and my that he was con beable lie did not show me any papers when ho arrested me I 1 was acquainted with the jones I 1 to go and the bodies I 1 did not go and get any water I 1 was afraid logo and wash the bodies I 1 did not see charles hancock on the ot alie killing if I 1 have threatened II ancock it was with the law 1 have never that geo ancock II would dio with his boots on I 1 dont know but ahat I 1 him with the law in this case it might bo five v ears ago when I 1 threatened him lis defied me john A mikesell was called he testified I 1 live at park cita I 1 lived in payson in 2858 I 1 saw th bodies at the cabin did not aee the cabin pulled down they ran the small boys away aco II ancock was there before the cabin was torn down I 1 think aco hancock ordered us away to mr brown I 1 was about sixteen yeara old at that time I 1 dont remember what time I 1 went to bed on alie night previous ellen H was called hiie testified my name wag hatch before I 1 was married I 1 lived in payson in 1939 I 1 was five years and months old in april of 1858 my mothers name was hatch by her first marriane marri ape and jones by her second marriage the first I 1 remember on the night of the murder was being wakened by a noise I 1 saw brother henry taking his gun down the arst time I 1 ever saw geo II ancock to recognize him was some weeks or months after alio killing I 1 said there is the man who killed my mother all I 1 remember on iho evening was some men coming in and telling her to tell tho truth and they hurt her but I 1 dont know what it was they wanted her to tell sho was on lier knees on the bloor she said for gods sake spare my children ono man tried his gun and said My run wont so off an man fraid mino will I 1 waa very much frightened I 1 dont know alio the meu were on alie fourth of july I 1 recognized geo II ancock I 1 said to mv father there is tho man who killed mv mother I 1 had taken clias II ancock to bethe man before this to mr brown I 1 dont remember hemphi loveless being there that night I 1 remember him taking me lycurgus aileon waa sworn and testified I 1 lavein fairview sanpete San pete I 1 lived at salem in 1858 in april in 1858 I 1 had a very eick woman I 1 went out to get bome wood while I 1 was out henry jones ran into my house ho said they are after me and are trying to kill me he was bareheaded and I 1 think he had on a common flannel shirt he looked like a scared man and lo 10 me he looked like a bad man he had been shot in the arm he had long hair ho looked rough I 1 said what are you doing here have you been killing some ono I 1 atvas going to put him out p ben I 1 heard deome men coming lie SS ICi K ran out I 1 went on outside of the forato sec what was the matter there were four or five parties there one of them was george hancock I 1 dont know who bad charge of the posse I 1 think george hancock had charge of them they wanted him to go back to payson with them ho said 1 I wont go back with yon you have killed my brother broth sr alie men told him they had not but that his brothers were prisoners I 1 took leold 0 jones arm we walked alone toward payson geo Hancoc kwas telling me that been stealing horses and this fellow was the ringleader of the outfit as we were going abong we saw some one coming to meet us jones said there comes some more of the d n cusses after me just then a couple of shots were fired and jones fell I 1 think that II ancock had a pistol in his hand on the aide next to me he did not have any s when jones came into my house he biad a pistol and I 1 thinka knife he biad no pistol when I 1 came out of the house to where the men had him mr evana do you remember what you told me yesterday in i mr brown I 1 object your liduor to mr evans comin ginto court what lie has got from persons in private conversation we have a right to be met with thu witnesses objection sustained I 1 think the shot came from behind sam keel waa on the other side of the man we left the body lying in the road I 1 think hancock left about the same time that edid idid he went towards payson and I 1 went toward pondtown Pond town to mr brown there was quite a crowd of people behind us I 1 think alere were some guns in the crowd I 1 dont think it was possible for hancock to have shot the man without endangering keel I 1 dont think from the position he was in that he could have shot the man the crowd were all talking I 1 dont know that hancock exercised any more authority than any one else sarah A hatch was called and testified I 1 remember when the jones family was killed I 1 did not see henry jones or his mother when they were dead my aliouse was about three blocks from alie jones cabin I 1 was woke up in alie morning by hearing shots I 1 thought ahw shots came from the cast the little girl came to our lious e she was brought to the gate by jensen 1 never saw cither of alie hancocks that night to mr brown I 1 was vary much when 1 vas woke up by the firing of guns I 1 thought it was indians my husband begged me to keep quiet he got his gun down and loaded it he listened and said that it was not indians as lie could here white mens voices mrs doces came over to our house before 12 and father hatch to come get the little girl as she was lying in the bush and was shot through my husband detained father hatch my husband was father hatcha hatchs son by his first wife mrs jones was his second wife they had parted I 1 had never seen mrs jones but my husband told me it was her henry gardner was called and testified 1 was in payson in 1858 I 1 knew henry jones I 1 was following the band around during the early part of the evening I 1 heard shooting later on I 1 went to the dugout early in the morning I 1 saw mrs jonea she was dead I 1 saw jones afterwards he was lying dead ansar there were wounds in the head body and arm an indian removed some of his clothing court was was adjourned until wednesday morning at y MORNING court convened this morning at pursuant to adjournment the hancock trial was resumed wm cloward was called and testified I 1 aliye in payson I 1 was living in salem in april in 1858 I 1 remember quite a little rumpus being kicked up there at that time 1 I was no duty watching the stock and fort the indiana were bad I 1 could hear that something was wrong I 1 proceeded to call up the people and raise the alarm supposed it was an outbreak of indians I 1 heard a little group eliom I 1 had called up say they are gone the noise I 1 heard was a rumbling kind of noise it was made by an object approaching the fort he made this noise before he got to the fort the noise was not very large heard a shot fired some time after that it seems to me there was three shots but I 1 could not be positive that would be between alie fort and paydon james 8 ballad I 1 live at payson I 1 lived there in am close to 43 years old I 1 am acquainted with daniel bos son and geo W hancock I 1 did not hear any talk between these men about the killing of henry jones I 1 heard some talk between them some days after the killing about the killing of the jones family I 1 heard mrs hancock say that mrs jones was killed I 1 also heard him say that he killed her he also said that she was in a dugout when she was killed and that she fell over on the bed when she was killed he did not say eliy he came to kill her cross examined I 1 do not know whether is living or not I 1 have not heard of his whereabouts for twenty years that I 1 remember of I 1 was born in iowa in 1848 on september I 1 was eleven years old when this oc aured I 1 have told this conversation a number of times I 1 told nephi loveless about it about two weeks ago I 1 told my mother and mr gough these men did not say anything to me I 1 had been down lie street and was going home I 1 heard hancock say I 1 killed mrs jones lie said she fell over on the side of the bed he said I 1 shot mrs jones this conversation occurred running north and south past the tithing block mr blosson did not express any surprise when Hanco clr told him mrs jones was killed I 1 dont know liow od a man mr blosson was at the time of this conversation frank wilson I 1 live in salt lake city I 1 have lived at salem I 1 removed there in 1853 you in any way related to mr Uan cock mr brown I 1 object your honor its bad enough to charge us with murder objection overruled I 1 am slightly related by marriage I 1 remember the killing oi henry jones in the my b other woke me up saying 1 I believe the indians arc killing bome one we dressed and out in alo street we met jones coming a running and a panting he said there arc some men after me trying to kill me my brother said if you arc an innocent man you shall not be killed jones asked for a drink of water while lie WAS drinking t lie heard the men in pursuit coming lie broke and run when alie men came up they said they did not intend to kill him but he should have a trial the next day at 10 geo handcock seemed to bo in charge of the party ha wanted my brother and mo to so with him to see eliat he killed after we got outside of tha tow geo now you can slip it to him two shots were fired in his back I 1 hancock fired one shot in tho body when jones fell there were six shots fired into the man when he fell he said something abut I 1 knew you do it you s of b he was disarmed when captured in the door of my brothers house wit on is my elder brother the parties who had done the killing went on towards 1 stayed with the body about an hour I 1 then went home and returned to the body some indians were demov ingliss pants made thorn put the pants back I 1 noticed then where he had been shot cross examined by mr brown henry jones broke and run for my brothers house in the fort as soon as he heard tho pursuers coming at the request of mr brown the witness drew a map on the blackboard black board of the fort and buildings these men that came up were armed with brass mounted government I 1 dont know whether hancock had a yager or not he bad a ann hancock latten and Is elson were the meu in pur buit of jones they said that jones biad been stealing horses when we were going back with the man donas the men at his side took the lead hancock turned his head and s aid sow you can slip it to him the result was two shots from the men right behind the wounds were enough to kill him but he was BO that he die lie had to cool olf first it took about halt an hour for him to die shots were fired in my presence I 1 dont know of anything that impaired my brothers hearing at that time it was between 12 and 2 when the killing was done after the killing I 1 went to san Barni dino I 1 done a rood ganv things there some that I 1 diketo tell alie witness at solicitation of mr brown related a lone list of tr avela he wound up 1 I have been nearly every blare except provo and 1 have spoilt a great deal of time in provo I 1 was frau dently confuted int sent to states arif on in I 1 was pent there fur embezzlement I 1 was sentenced to learh imprisonment but only served a I 1 adri arrested on lust dm 1 or illegal voting 1 wa aref td t d take before that lam u carpenter ind builder by trade I 1 have done a anat deal of work in salt lake I 1 have talked with a number about thi I 1 have talked with nephi loveless I 1 have never tried to mako any money out of this cage T have never offered to leave if I 1 was paid any money I 1 told sam thurman that 1 dd not want to give any evidence in llie case I 1 did not to sam thurman that he ive me money 0 o got out oi the country he did not tall mf lo 10 go to the devil I 1 have not any letters about the matter I 1 have never made any application to asiel hanbuck to furnish money in this case A letter from the witness to his son was produced and submitted in evidence two other letters were submitted for the inspection of 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