Wife Murderer Hung

Nashville, Dec. 31- Lew Jones was hanged at Olive Springs this morning for the murder of his wife and children June 26, 1890. Jones fled and disguising himself worked as a herdsman on a Texas ranch for three months before he was caught. The prisoner had been county superintendent of schools and a deacon in the Baptist church and every effort was made to have a respite granted, but the governor refused to favor him. On the scaffold he said he had killed his wife and children while under the passion of drink and if he hoped to be forgiven; that if he had to live longer life would be a burden as the ghosts of his dead family would rise up before him.
The Arizona Republican Friday January 1, 1892 - contributed by, Barb Ziegenmyer