Frank Jones Villisca Axe Murder Suspect

 

Detective J. N. Wilkerson accused Iowa Senator Frank Jones of committing the Villisca Axe Murders.

Ever since the murders, there had been rumors that Frank Jones and his son Albert had skin in the game. Some residents traced it back to when Joe Moore left Jones’ implement business and opened his John Deere dealership. Supposedly, there had been hard feelings ever since. Another story making the rounds was that Joe Moore was sleeping with Albert Jones’ wife. But that allegation held little water; rumors linked Dona Jones to half the men in Villisca.

Like the case against William Mansfield, the charges against Jones went nowhere.