The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-05-18
BILLS ALLOWED
HOW JONES WAS CA UGHT

On Tuesday the I'd inst, Sheriff Rauch accom-
panied by City Marshal Webb, left Canton fo
Hamilton, Canada, where they expected to fine
the escaped convict and incendiary, Charlie
Jones. Their plans were all well laid before they
left on this mission, and they did not expect to b
absent more than three or four days at farthest
When they arrived in Hamilton they learned, t
their discomfort that Jones had returned to tn
States, but they also ascertained that Joness wifi
was there, boarding at hotel, and as a conse
quence they concluded that sooner or later h,
would return. They engaged the services of De
teclive Rosseaux of Hamilton, and every day anC
night the bridge that leads from the Canadian
border TO the States was carefully watched; every
public vehicle and every railroad car was CLOSELY
scrutnized by the Sheriff or his assistants, hopins
to catch Jones on the New York side, and thereby
save much trouble and expense One or more o.
them were continually on some train running in
and out of Hamilton, but for several days They
met with no success to speak of On Tuesday, the
9th inst, Mrs. Jones received the following tele
gram, of which the officers were informed:
"Meet me at Reaches Hotel at ten o'clock.
GEORGE D. MARvILLE."
1t is unnecessary to state that G. D. Marville
lookout for him at Reaches Hotel but he evil
IDENTIFY mistrusted signs, and instead of coming to
meet his wife himself he sent pal to see her fol-
him. At about four o'clock Tuesday afternoon
Jones returned to Hamilton. His wife had gone
to st. GATHERINGS during that day, and Sheriff
Rauch and Marshal Webb had taken the same
train and shadowed her all the way thinking her
object was to meet him there. On the way to ST.
GATHERINGS, Webb, who was unknown to Mrs,
Jones, managed to get seat next to her in the
car, and engaged in conversation. She told Webb
her husband was painter by trade, and they had
come from the States about five weeks before and
that her husband was then back in Hamilton.
having been drinking some and got left by the
train, so she came ON to st. GATHERINGS without
him. While on the train Sheriff Rauch received
telegram from Detective RosSeaux stating that
he had Jones locked up, and he and Webb took
the next train and went back to Hamilton, When
Jones as arrested by the detective he was not in
formed of the charge against him, but was led to
think he had been caught up for some other cause,
nor did he know any different till Sheriff Ranch
walked up to his cell door and spoke to him.
Then he comprehended it all, and became very
much excited sort of hysterical tor a time, and
finally he acknowledged the zig was up" and be-
came quiet. The Sheriff advised him to come
along to the States quietly end save trouble but
he decided to let the law do as 1t would with him
as law was about all he had to deal with anyhow,
Prosecuting Attorney Shields left on Tuesday for
Hamilton, all the necessary papers having been
secured, and he will probably return in few
days with Detective Rosseauxand JONES' During
one of their railroad trips between Hamilton and
St. GATHERINGS, Sheriff Rauch and Marshal Webb
met with little incident, the experience of which
was not calculated to make them feel any too
good. Some woman on the train had her pockets
picked, and as the train pulled up at a station she
called Detective for the Great Western Railroad
named Glynn, and informed him of the fact
stating that Marshal Webb looked like the man
whom she thought did it, Webb and Rauch were
together. They had been seen together so fire..
quently during week or so, travelling I'D and
down that road, that this Glynn, bull headed
sort Of Henglishman, thought he had good game
barked up; thought they were brace of Hameri.
can pick-pOckets, and forthwith stepped into the
car and Collared them, Come with me. me
bluidy coves, hi harrest you roight ere." Sheriff
Rauch produced kilograms, letters, his commits.
sion as Sheriff of Stark county, Ohio, and other
evidence as to his person, but Glynn
couldn't read 'em-not in proper light, and in
stead of releasing them, he only said, Come
along hive seen coves loike you before" and he
dragged the two astonihed men before Magis
trate and preferred charge of picking pockets
against them. As the matter assumed this tone
Sheriff Rauch got slightly mad and in jiffy con.
vinced the Magistrate who he was and they were
but they didn't leave until that Glynn
cove had heard their unreserved opinion of him.
rhe joke is too good to keep, so we let it out.
Charlie Jones is known to all the police of Cleve-
and, Akron and all Northern Ohio and Canada as
4 dangerous and cunning rascal, who can turn
his hand at any sort of thieving, or from burning
barns to picking pocket, and as he has been
ried and convicted, all that now remains for the
aw to do do is 10 sentence him and see the sen.
ence executed.