Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-11-24
BLACK-MAIL.
A Young Man Decoyed into a Trap-Hs is
Accused of Grim. Con. with Married
Woman-A Demand Ct 500 Made
for his Release-The Extor-
TONERS Come to Grief.
TONERS Come to Grief.

Woman-A Demand CT 500 Made
for his Release-The Extor-
TONERS Come to Grief.
An unusual excitement was OCCASION
ed on Saturday by the disclosure of an
aggravated case of black-mailing. The
story as it goes is as follows:
Several weeks ago man named r.. T.
Jones called ut j. b. Powers law office
to consult him on a matter of business.
Mr.. Powers was not in, and the clerk,
Mr.. Chas. p. Brown, an unmarried
man, inquired whether he might not do
the business. The man told him that
his domestic relations were unpleasant,
and he wished to obtain divorce from
Mrs. Jones. Mr.. Brown says he advised
the man to go back to his wife and give
up the idea of separation. He left the
office apparently resolved to act upon
the advice. Subsequently Mrs. Jones
visited the office, on the same mission
which had called her husband thither,
and Mr.. Powers again being out, Mr..
Brown repeated his legal advice to the
wife. Like Mr.. Jones, Mrs. Jones left
apparently under conviction that the
advice was good. Last Saturday after
noon the unhappy husband visited the
office for the second time, and informed
Mr.. Brown that it was no use--he could
not live with Mrs. Jones. He desired
that Brown should repair to his {Jones')
house, and draw up articles OF separa-
ton. Mr.. Brown preferred that the
business should be done at the Office;
but Mr.. Jones assured the clerk that
Mrs. Jones was unwell, and could not
leave home. Mr.. Brown finally con-
sented to Jones' proposition, and, TAX
ing his hat, departed in the company
of his unhappy client. 7
Immediately on entering Jones resi-
dence, which is situated in that delight
ful portion of the city known as Frog
Town, Mr.. Jones turned and locked the
door. He proceeded at once to accuse
Alr. Brown of Grim. con. with Mrs.
Jones at the time of her visit to the of
flee. Mrs. Jones corroborated the state
ment of her lord, and particularized
upon Mr.. Browns base action. Mr..
Jones informed the young man that he
should never go out of that room till he
had paid 500. Mr.. Brown sought to
extricate himself by physical effort; but
being a small man of limited muscular
power, he was unable to do SO. After a
number of Intellectual efforts to escape
his mprisonment, Mr.. Brown consent
ed to talk about the consideration. He
informed Mr.. Jones that he had no
money with him. An order on Mr..
Powers was demanded. Finally the
difference was split, and Mr.. Brown
gave an order for $50. lie was then re-
leased. Mr.. Jones fastened to the law
Office to collect his order Mr. Powers
was in, but for various reasons, which
he stated, refused to honor Mr.. Browns
paper. Mr. Jones became uneasy. at
last alarmed, and finally essayed to
make hasty exit. The door was fast.
Mr.. Jones demanded to know why he
was locked in. Owing to peculiarity
of the fastenings on the door, a person
who went out just as Mr.. Jones came in
had unsuspectingly done what Mr.. Jones
complained OF. Just here u. s. Marshal
Melendy came into the room, having
entered through another door by back
room, after an Intellectual attempt to
get in at the usual entrance. Mr.. Jones
attempted to gain egress by the way
through the back room, but the Marshall,
brought him to a sudden pause. Mr..
Melendy had met Mr.. Brown at the
foot of the stairs and obtained an account
of Mr.. Jones speculation. Jones had
bagged himself. There was no escape.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones were arrested and
taken before Justice Crosby. Mr.. Jones
waived an examination, and was held
to bail in bonds of $500, in default of
which he was committed to jail at Wa
terloo, to await his trial at the next set
ting of the District Court, which occurs
in April. Mrs. Jones, by the clemency
of the Court, was permitted to return to
her home without giving bonds.