New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-10-31
SOUTH OYSTER BAY MYSTERIES.

THE NEGRO JARVIS MAKES FORMAL CONFESSION
SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE or A wELL-TO.Do
wORKINGMAN.
Circumstances rendering it unnecessary that
the examination Of Lewis Jarvis charged, with Ebert
Jackson, with the murder OF Samuel j. Jones, should
longer delayed he arraigned yesterday before
Justice Bennett. at the Town Hall in Jamaica. His
statement taken by Justice Bennett. and 1t Is as
follows
murder Of Jones about three weeks before the killing
he said nothing to about 1t until about week be-
fore the murder, when he and were stubbing on the
road he saidtO Suppose we try 1t; suppose he
meant to kill Mr.. Jones; tho Friday Of the murder,
potatoes he said "wei Thought you was gong own
TO Mr. Joness to get some more money r. left OIL work
and started together for Mr.. JOness house; had
not the remoes idea that he was going TO do anything
to Mr. Jones; We went down the road and passed
through the woods; Ebert asked me for my knife, and
with IL he cut white oak club about long the
hickory club, which also cut by Ebert; Ebert went
to the south side OF the railroad and built fire 10 get
Mr. Jones away from the house; Mr.. Jones In the
house at the time; Ebert the matches 70 set the
fire. and picked some grass to start II with Ebert
and let Mr.. Jones GOMEZ Mr. Jones did come and we
the road. Fiber. said, '" Come on" but i
do MT want to In stand there beside the well !" he
then went into the house and was gone quarter Of an
that Mr.. Jones had hight in the house when Ebert
went I'M by and by Mr.. Jones came from the fire; he
blow struck, and 6carS someOody fall guess there
three blows struck heard somebody coming out.
and started to go away Ebert called TO me to come
back, aud did Ebert had Mr.. Jonesspretty near
the outside door time Ebert said he going to
threw him IN the well, and said !" No don't" Ebert
said he was going to XII nun TOOK the watGa rom Mr
hm In the we'll" l helped to carry Mr. Jones to the
we'll but had nothing more 20 do with it, Ebert threw
hun H. He told me to get some blocks from barrel,
which did ana he threw three or four OF them down
in the we'll threw one block. When Mr. Jones got
of fhn nm ont na wrl
and struck Mr. Jones with it, and heard nothing more
after thar, as stepped away from the we'll he steel
chain gwen by the prisoners wife to the officers
here shown to the prisoner and he idehed II as the
$40 in the house that We got between us. Ebert
the two boxes from the top Of the bookcase IN the
tSn went to my louise After reachns my house
Ebert sent me In To get lantern and took the lantorn
it q lot of pennies, papers teeth, and some
hair wrapped up in small paper lie then told me 10
barn. she came out and counted the money and said,
There's forty odd dollars" Ebert gaze Emlne Oar
the cellar and looked the money The watch
in my abOuta week. then took 1t out and buried
IT, The box which contained the hair teeth, and papers
| burned
The Inquiry into the circumstances attending the muir
der Of Samuel j. Jones has led to developments into
other which may prove equally interesting and i'm
portant which also the gang OF negroes to which
Lewis Jarvis and Ebert Jackson belong possibly be
implicated Early last Winter an Englishman named
Henry BroadDent made an engagement to
James Seymour, at RdgewOod, adjoining the town OF
Oyster Bay. Broadbcut worked for Mr. Seymour until
March Is last. Daring the time he there lie became
intimate with a number OF negroes In the neignb0rh0Od,
including understood, both Jarvis aud Jackson. and
for some mc to March IS he had ded AT The
house OF Of them named jeff lawrence but since
that time nothing appears TO be known about HIN. On
hat day Mr.. Seymour says that he saw BrOadDent
walking and apparently pacing orr or measur-
ing lot OF ground owned by Mr. WIlmarth, opposite
the railroad station at Ridge wood Mr. Wilmarh states
that Broadbent about 10 purchase the property the
price being fixed at S90 and he further states that
Broldbent remarked him at the time the bargain
made that he would have only thousand dollars left
after paid for the land. Mr. Seymour mas since
ascertaiDed that AFTER walking across the lot Broad
bent landing or the village with
with whom he had become ultimate, aud
that Is known regarding nun or his move
ments BroadDent never aaid anything To Mr. 5ey mour
going away and nobody appears to have any idea
that lie intended do On the contrary. he gave
every one 10 understand that lie intended TO make his
Residence there His absence for few days
was rot thought much OF, but when 1t became
prolonged two months aud there was no tdlngs OF
him. the people in the neighDOruood began TO think
OF it, not only only IRON the fact that he had
money with him. but from the peculiar ana
still mere suspicious circumstances that money Was
owing 10 him by Mr.. Seymour; that ne LETT his trunk
and all his clothes, excepting those he wore, and that
he had collected various sums OF money that were
owing to hun ia the nei ghbOrnOod Naturally strong
suspicious have been aroused that the missing man was
murdered by and mis- body concealed III the
wa