The Whitewright Sun
April 17,
1924
pg 1
TONY HILL
JONES IS ADJUDGED INSANE
Sherman,
April 14 - A. L. (Tony Hill) Jones,
Denison business man and real estate
dealer, was adjudged of unsound mind at a trial before
a lunacy court held at the county jail in
Sherman Monday morning and ordered
restrained until arrangements can be made to
send him to one of the State's
institutions for the insane. The complaint
against Mr. Jones was signed by Jailer Ross
Stark after he had been brought
to Sherman Sunday afternoon from
Sulphur, Okla., by officers from that
city.
Mr. Jones
was examined by a commission of three
physicians at the county jail Sunday
afternoon, and two of these
testified at the hearing
Monday morning that in their opinion the
defendant was of unsound mind. The
physicians were Dr. W. L. Smith of Denison and
Dr. Enloe of Sherman. Fred Mauldin of
Denison was the only witness heard. He
testified that Mr. Jones had been gradually
losing his health for the past year and
that he had apparently suffered a
breakdown in his mentality about one week ago.
Sulphur,
Okla., officers took Mr. Jones in custody
at Sulphur on last Friday, where he had
gone on business. His actions before a
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce
there are said to have led to the insanity
charge.
