, 1873-07-01
Brown, The C0lorcd Barber, on Trial
for the Killing Of Jesse
Jones,
a Material Witness Refuses to Tell
the Truth and is Sent
to Jail.
Verdict Of Manslaughter. and Term
Fixed at Five Years in the
Pellitentiary.

| 6Kllet or AfolloH-crehtnf0b Acau, VIA plAceA OH
| trial chnrged with murder, tho experiment hnv-
! Ing resulted IN the Sudden death of Quo Jesse
Jones, n confrore Of lilo razor and polo. Tho
affair harponod at tho house No. 503 Wose Mad
ison street, Oh the 22d OF April last, and created
| moro cxcitomont nt the limo than s11ch OCCUR
ronccs usually do, OF account Of the originality
Of the weapon used, and tho report that Browns
action was causod by his discovering Jones' pny-
| Ing too cloao attention to hta vito, who was In
bod at tho time, sick, and under tie influence, 1t
waB said, Of quantity Of Boporinc Brown Ia
VERY ORDINARY LOOKING MAN,
with prominent eyes; lis caey md quiet in man"
! nor, while hs speech, giyon whom laboring under
oxcitomont, IL Invariably low aud gontlo,
Tho trlal began ut half-past u, aud was con-
| oludod by O'clock, tho whofo thing being fiji
yers take to decide that they will not accept tho
| aorvicos OF tho first cal1od Juror. Tho Jury In
| tho present case wero all questioned ns to
whether thoy were proludiced on account q
punishment, whether they had formed any opiu-
| ion OF tho caso. etc., and
A JURY
Of tho following citizons was nolceted: 4. ].
ssto s ssa T. Sap s5
| Wobaah; G. Glaasbrools, 21i South sangamon
s.zoot; &. II. Swift, 1856 Twenty second street;
| =. K. Holiday, 55G State .stroot; ". Roberts,
40o 4W9ntY-HGC0uu BkrnOt; H1llhW OhItoEt LIZ
Madison street; Il. Il. Wood, State and Twenty
second stroots; g. Z. Hilton, 100 Twonty-second
| street; II. L. Marks. 18o CLARK etreot; Charlos
| packor.
considerable Of tho interest in the case van
| ished when it WIS known TINT tho principa! wit
ness for the prosecution would not be willing to
| render such Testimony as it has boon fondly
| hoped bho would, and that tho slofonao had lost
their right bower witness completely. At about
1socd for tho People, Gus yan Burou for tho
| prisoner.
THE TESTIMONY.
The first Witness 10 DO examined WAC DR.. F. A.
EmmonB, the County Physician, who testi~
| ton Of Jesse Jores' body on tho 22d
April, to f1udtng two wounds in lho forohead, tho
skull fractured md doproaaed, death having en-
! eucd from concuasion of tho brain caus1d by q
blow with blunt INSTRUMENT such as tho
skillet which wns produced in court. Tho
Doctor tostitiod TO tho presence Of blood Oh the
| haudlo Of tho skillet did not think the rrisonor
! was suffering from delirium tremenB at Tho timo
Of tho homicide, hut might hnso boon laboring
under tho pron,onitory symptoms. Mr. Van Hu-
ron, in HIS best style, read thrilling description
| OF tic disoaao, eulled from medical work:
| Tho noxt witneBs was DR.. Calvin H. Fitch,
who happened to DO In Browns Ahop Mt tho tlmo
| Of tho homicide. Ho tontiHcl to having oxau,-
| inod Jonog, WHO was klcd by q blow on tho
temple. Brown Ind been drinking for sonao
time, but witness did not think ho lad do1irium
drinking ao1no days previously. aud gayo lin
so1no seintiyo nlp,{;cino.
Tho witness Catherine Dskor, upon whom tic
| sannuinnry Stato'a Attorney hati rested Lis
! fnn!Inst htpoa Of hanging. went Dack on him,
and a1moet ali gne lad testified to at tlle Coro-
ner's inaucat, Tho Btatoa Attorney couldn't
stnn! this. 90 ho had hor recosuuttet to iai!, rs
he considered tho variations in her testimony
woro 80 material That o GOOD perjury case could
| bo rot IN against her.
Several othors wcro examined but their evil
denco way Of an unintoresting nature.
brought in '> -
yrnD,cr or a1ASsr,AuaurEn
fixing the prisoucrs punishment ut 5 years In
tLo penitoutinry, Tho prisoners counsel gayo
T11r PRISONER INTERVIEWED
Phillip It. Brown was immediately after tho
reuderin,, OF tho verdict rcturnod to tho coll lo
las occupiod during the last two months, whittier
our reporter followed him to find out his views
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