Litchfield enquirer., 1837-09-28
AN ABANDONED VILLAIN.

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 1.-At one o'clock to day Jones and Thompson (assumed names) were hung for murdering and attempting to rob Wm. s. Thomas, exchange broker, of this city. They rode from the the jail to the gallows, each driven in a buggy by one of the sheriffs of this county, smoking their ci- gars with great calmness, till the moment be- fore their caps were pulled over their eyes, when they shook hands with each other, and, without any apparent trepidation, were swung into eternity. Thompson twas with out any genius of his own, and has been the mere executioner of the daring viliainy of Jones and others. Jones has made dona- tion of his confession to Mrs. Oldham, widow of the late jailer. According to this, it seems he was born in England, of good family. and was merchant in London where he failed for three hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling-showing assets for one hun- dred and ninety one.
 Here, he says, he deposited fifty thousand pounds, without the knowledge of his credit ors, in the hands of rich banker, brought his wife and three children daughters, whom he educated wel3 to New York, where they married respectfully, and still live. At this place his wife died, after which he returned to London and claimed of his banker, the fif- ty thousand pounds; who, after repeated ap- plications, persisted in denying all knowl- edge of the matter. He presently met him at some distance from the metropolis, and stabbed him to the heart; the blood gushed from his bosom, and he dropped out of his carriage corpse. After this, Jones went to the seaboard, engaged in the naval service, excited the crew to mutiny, murdered every soul on board who refused to join his party, except the captain's wife, with whom he liv- ed six or eight months, and afterwards mur- dered her. He then took the ship and crew 10 Africa, took on board three hundred slaves. and steered for the West Indies, twenty five ror thirty of whom died soon after leaving the African coast and being pursued by Brit ish man of war, to escape detection, they drowned all the others. isooq ss,
 Jones landed at Charleston, South Caroli- ma, murdered some man for his money, was thrown into jail, where he lay thirteen months, He went from thence to New-Or- leans, put up at the best hotel in the city, dis covered some gentleman in the same house who had $7,O00. murdered and robbed him in one of its passages, and remained, unsus- pected, in the same place for several days. He then took steamboat and went 10 St. Louis; on his passage made acquaintance with ThompsoHs in Connexion with whom he murdered and robbed a manlat iSt.bI Louis of $2,00O. Come to Louisville, watched Will liam s. Thomas for eightor ten days, enter ed his house on 5th street. near Main, in the most public part of this city, at g o'clock in the morning, murdered him, but were inter- cepted in their intended robbery by Thom- ass servant bursting open the door, at the
 moment they were rifing his drawers of their contents.
 Jones was about forty 1.-Two or fifty years
 old, six feet high, straight and slender. we'll educated, and uncommonly prepossessing in his manners. He was an infidel declined nll intercourse with our clergy, (most Of I feet of religion in his presence So that he l who has probably graced, by his presence, some of the first circles in London, and cer- tainly possessed an intellect uncommonly
 brilliant by n misdirection of his gifted pow CTS. perished in strange land--ignomini-
 ously perished under the gallows.