, 1873-04-24
Coronor's Investigation into tho Killing
Of Jesse Jones by Phillip
Fl. Brown.
Tho Murder Entirely Unproyokcl---Statc.
mcnt Of Person Who Heard ;
tho Dcath.DloUs.
Brown Sent to Jail to Await the
Action Of tho Grand Jury.

by his cmployor tho notorioup PHI Drown on
Monuay, ., .no Jury sat III the 'nleetaolo room
occupied by tho murderer and Ills wife, at tho
rcar Of No. 5o3 Wcst Madison street. Tho body
of Jonon Inv in nm a;1,oinfn, room. nro,vn 9ven
present at tho INQUEST, alld WAS In hadcufs' 4
will DO soon from tho following synopsiB Of tho
testimony thas sotno Of tho most Important Wit
nont , fata1 ~ o ov 4,t =" 4,, 's T., um .b
apont Tho iatal QUARREL and that thas iar tho
't.' evidence against Brown is entirely croum-
nm r,nrona
oon,.,, n,,.,o,n,n oa. ...s,aa3 haanoSs, s ,,,
county fhysleian, tossfhoa that ho leld m m
quest on tho body Of Josso Jonos at No. 509
Woat Madison. 1Io found no other marks of
violence mon tho body or hcad. orcont two
uonn,1a rnan % 1o nrnor n,rt ~ tho n eorc1eaa ."I
"oa"ua upon 'no upper part OF 1no lotcneao
each about Ill inch and half IN length, md
about throo-quartors Of m inch npart, apparent
~ mado by aome blunt or solid instrument. Tho
hmm wns donrouaol IN lin r3o,,t u;1o ~ H.,
,oa "na aoplosssu VI, ,ne rlgnt slee o. lho
"~' 'r, @'oo .,u, wv aAuii l'"u
1eon 1raotuea' Iho injury TO- hoheatl producod
uoh'n' -.-
Kate DAKER,
street, testifio.a Tint sho know Joaao Jonoa, de-
goaaca' G,"acsl un honday afternoon tho prlsoSor
b,oWI, opened {: WINDOW III tho horHo and told
a!l Who T9fo t insldc to Ioavo. Jonca waa In tho
n hoa1e; Wltnosh heard brown ten him to &c
ao%n gov INTO tho hnop, anu heard Jones nnnwor, ~
}ass want 70 speak to you moment" Witness
tnc11 neala tnfoe blows, ana neard homo ono tal
h,ld a1ter"aTu noafu tho rail- OF something like
iron. she tneh saw lro"n throw Jones aganBt
cohloo1. nho never Know broWn anu doceaHed
20 hase my Quarrel Ana !41. eeon brown drunk
Dnt ho mover quAIfoloa win ins 1afnliy; lWltneHs
tdentiae! a brofon iron , skillet which she had
Ley Oh ~ INC stove oe1oro hno Wons 9p stairs, nnd
polo5o 1no MI H.teuef was Gof3inl5e'l'1 Did Iot
s9o tne H BH'aet ~ b1oShn nanu. IN stnaaY
nlBns last sio aoala Aian na1heu H1td toll
nro"n shs yoag5 M"s ;I tsJInE ~ ket nb oaTpof
sup aMay alout nan'' PLY loio is Misncah on mon
ohy cYonihG tnat Ae ulu NOT WISH 10 tcBtllg
agalnst brown; that no waH gong away, ,s1l9 and
Wonld le1 ner Ki,ow isnero ho Was gong to. Wlt-
moss told ponce oncor TINT Il site han hor
dress sho would run away and not testify either.
N. g. n. FITCH,
OF 70. gu West Madison street, testified that
On Moiiday afternoon, ABOUT oclock ho was
porao1 came to tho door, aud aaid TINT Brown
had cut hnd nolrlY killed n nlln. The barber
who wan shaving him said, "Thht must be
into tin barber-shon'
Ti,n .,r,ainIor ~ lin Doot,r,o +oo+;-,ax., ,-,,
,.,n.nts;aI " '''o 0o'soi' 'o'''o'y NUS
'l1l'i'asosa"i' -
~, LDmAMo ~ ~, ooHAlS'
y poioee u ~ ooa "ehs Maa!s9n streoE teh1l
neI .aat W atpnoay altelnoon 20 Whs IN tho
paIoer-snop po19nSing 10 14o prisoner bfoWil.
peillg onlployeo tnofo: Ae "ag called into
8foWnH mousse " tno glfl DaEer. Mrs.
nroWh was u ocd s'ck: sllo nsAcd witness to Ko
60, and Mrs. nrown swailowea s,'s the whole OF IT,
nho 1:la then went TO sieop' Wltncaa remained
t.st" HAtt'N " Soo4A ''S" - i4$n @.ttAo W. D"6A
It was nrownis hand, ani jumped up and rn1, ont
t0l4 him to 70 to tile hhQD. WitueHn anil I'm