LEM JONES HANGED. He Murdered His Wife and Child at Oliver Springs, Tenn., in 1890. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 29.—Lem Jones was hanged at Oliver Springs Monday for the murder of his wife and child on 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. Iowa Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa; 1/1/1892