Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Evening World, October 8, 1906, clipping file, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. NOTE: The item below was abbreviated from the very lengthy original as noted by the ellipsis. With the streets crowded with Saturday night shoppers, and while the levee was in the midst of one of those hilarious noisy evenings, a murder was committed in cold blood on West Kirkwood Avenue. Al Stevens, a white man, proprietor of a lunch wagon, was killed by "Spunk" Jones, a negro. The trouble started about 8:30 in the evening. Stevens had his little son by his side in the wagon and was having an unusually good business. Spunk Jones approached his wagon and called for a sandwich, handing Stevens a half dollar to pay for it. Stevens, it is said, was in a hurry and gave Jones 40 cents instead of 45. Jones returned shortly afterwards and complained of not having enough change, whereupon Stevens handed him another nickel. Jones remained at the wagon, and it is said began to abuse Sevens. Stevens asked him to go on and not cause any trouble, whereupon Jones pulled out his revolver and fired two shots. One shot just grazed the knuckle of his right hand, and the other struck just left of the Adam's apple and went directly through the neck and lodged just back and below Stevens' ear. From the hole in the neck, the blood poured like coming out of a spout, and Stevens was so badly stunned that he began to sink down. Just as he was about to fall, Pete Williams, the saloonkeeper came out of his front door. Williams asked Stevens what was the matter. Stevens could not speak but pointed down the street to Jones who was beginning to run. Williams started after the darky and chased him around on Morton Street.Jones threw his revolver away. He began to deny that he had done the shooting. With not a policeman in sight, William led the colored man up Kirkwood Avenue and down to the jail and locked him up. (Stevens) lost consciousness in front of Collin's grocery. He was then picked up and carried to the office of Drs. Harris and expired in two minutes after arriving there. A crowd was forming in front of the jail, and there were loud and repeated cries of "Hang him, hang him." Marshal Johns and Dick Kerr then secreted Jones out of the south door.They sent for a rig from the Third Street livery barn and, after placing the handcuffs on the negro, drove at breakneck speed out the east pike and later crossed over to the Martinsville road. They drove to Martinsville reaching that city at three o'clock and locked up their prisoner there until daybreak. At seven o'clock they boarded an interurban car and took him to Indianapolis and from there they took him to the Jeffersonville prison where he will remain until brought back here. Jones was nearly scared to death and was glad to get away from Bloomington. Spunk Jones is a negro of bad reputation. He was sentenced to the Jeffersonville reformatory several years ago by Judge Martin for assaulting a man down in Oscar Strother's saloon. He is about 30 years old and has been driving the dray wagon of ex-fire chief Todd. The past two weeks he has been carrying the hod on one of the new business buildings...Jones is a married man and has two children. Al Stevens was a very industrious man. He has been a hard worker and had just paid for his house in the Waterman Addition. He has a wife and six children. He was not a member of any labor organization. He has been conducting a lunch wagon on the levee about six months. The body of Stevens was taken this morning to the Knight Cemetery in Salt Creek Township and funeral was held at noon today in charge of Elder Monroe Swinder.