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Frank F. Jones

An Iowa state senator and Villisca businessman suspected of orchestrating the Villisca axe murders after a business dispute with victim Josiah Moore; alleged to have hired William Mansfield to carry out the killings, though Mansfield was never charged.

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  • Frank F. Jones is the confirmed identity of Jones-Mansfield Conspiracy Theory (Villisca) — Alleged business-rivalry motive; the alleged hired accomplice, William Mansfield, was never charged and had a payroll-record alibi in Illinois.

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