The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-11-20


Justice Butts of Schaghticoke, states
that he received on Tuesday evening let
ter from Chase. Brothers and Stone, the
nurserymen of Rochester, in whose employ
f. /. Jones was at the time of his disap-
pearance They corrobrate the statement
of the young man Tomlinson to the effect
that he received from them two drafts OF
the amounts respectively of 1896 and
S25. one OF which he had cashed at Eagle
Bridge, and the other at Salem. The
numbers of the drafts are given, as also
those sent to Jones' Rev. Mr.. Jones' OF
ITubbardton, Vermont, went to Schaghti-
coke on Tuesday and took away the bag
gage Of his son left at that place. Moth
ing further has been heard from the young
man Jones. Popular opinion favors the
innocence of his companion Tominson
who was arrested. His narrative of his
companionship with Jones is generally
credited
Frank Jones, the missing young man, ia
a son of Rev. Mr.. Jones' Il well known
Baptist clergyman of IIubbardton, in
this county. Frank is now twenty-onc
years of age
Last May Frank engaged with Chase
Bros. & Stone, nurserymcn of Rochester,
to sell trees, etc.. for them on the road, or
in other words he was travelling agent.
In this capacity the young man gained The
respect and confidence of employers,
and large amount of their business was
intrusted into his hands, and even to this
day they believe him to be an honest and
reliable man. In June last, Daniel Tom
| linson, about Franks age, went into the
| employ of the firm in a similar capacity.
and was sent to II small town in Northern
! Vermont, to join him. Daniel did rs ie-
| questcd, and the two soon became warm
| friends, and the secrets of one were the Sc
crets of both. Frank spent his money
quite freely, and it soon gave out. He
| borrowed some for the time being OF his
friend. They worked together along the
road until they came to Schaghticoke,
about three weeks ago. Previous TO this
Tomlnson had resigned his post and nc
| cepied position in the district school Of
Buskirk's Bridge.
About the Goth of last month Franz,
/ received orders from the firm 10 90 to Cam
den, II. j., and deliver a sale OF trees that
| the firm had made. He wrote to them
| that he would leave Schaghticoke on the
2Sth for Camden. On the 2ith of October
the two friends bought tickets for Albany
it being generally understood that Tomlin-
was to see his friend as far as that city and
then return. They took trunk and q
satchcl OF Franks to the depot on that day
and left them there and went to Albany
without them. This was the last that was
seen of either of them TomlinsOn came
back the same night and resumed charge
of his school Wednesday letter was re-
ceiyed from the firm by Supervisor Wetscl
of that town, stating that Frank had not
been to Camden to deliver the trees. They
suspected that all was not right, and that
the Young man had been foully dealt with.
His father was written to. but he had NOT
seen or heard Of his son in the meantime.
and he also became alarmed.
The Troy Press says To conclude this
story, it can be hardly necessary to pass an
opinion as TO the whereabouts Of young
Jones. If he has not decamped with some
things belonging to the firm by which he
was employed, he must be secreted in some
of the low dens of this city or Albany. 1t
is the general opinion here that he will
turn up all right
He never called at the depot for his bag
gage. The night before election the depot
was broken into and Franks trunk WAS
broken open and two satchels taken away,
The order book that was left IN the trunl;
showed that some $500 worth of orders
had been taken recently by young Jones.
The satchels were found in Il field below
the depot, but no money was found in
them. They had been broken open and
their contents strewed about the field. II
was supposed that young Jones had beer
murdered for what money he might have
had in his possession, but the finding of the
satchels was no clue to depend on, as that
was evidently the work of the depot rob
bers.