246: The Villisca Axe Murders: Wilkerson Vs. Jones w/ Edgar Epperly

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Frank Fernando (F.F.) Jones seemed to be one of the most obvious suspects in the aftermath of the horrific 1912 Villisca Axe murders. He had a contentious business rivalry with the patriarch of the slain Moore family, Josiah (Joe) Moore, intensified further because Moore was having an affair with his daughter-in-law. However there was no direct evidence linking him to the crime. Enter James Wilkerson, a pugnacious and cunning private detective who made it his mission to connect Jones to the murders, even if it meant manufacturing evidence.

In this second part of my three part interview with Dr. Edgar Epperly, author of " Fiend Incarnate: Villisca Axe Murders of 1912", we delve into Wilkerson's trumped-up charges against Jones and bitter obsession with pinning the murders on him.

Dr. Epperly's website: https://villiscabook.com/

More about the documentary "Villisca: Living with a Mystery" here: https://www.villiscamovie.com/

Dr. Epperly's Villisca Axe Murders Blog: https://docublogger.typepad.com/villiscamystery/

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1:01.7	This is part two of my epic interview with Dr. Ed Eppily, author of Fiend Incarnate,
1:09.5	Volisca Axe Murders of 1912. In this episode, the colorful and immoral Burns Agency Detective,
1:19.5	James Wilkerson, makes it his mission to persecute and prosecute FF Jones.
1:28.5	Joe Moore's business adversary for the murders of the Moore family and the still-in-your-girls
1:35.9	on either the late evening of June 9 or the early morning of June 10.
1:41.7	Let's pick up where we left off on the last interview. The crime has been committed.
1:47.1	Various doctors have made their visits to the house. Away we go.
2:17.6	So speaking of FF Jones, part of the reason he would become suspicious for many was that he was
2:27.1	in a business war with Joe Moore. They were in an intense competition for customers.
2:34.8	And they were enemies, in essence.
2:37.5	Yeah, let me give you, there were three pieces of three attitudes or three elements of evidence against FF Jones.
2:52.0	Moore had been his salesman and maybe his best salesman.
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