The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-03-23


b. Om readers will rel,enber p Alan
naford murder, ard-its res'!lts--t cold !
b.ooaed murder. the priBcipa'ir-~tiei.tE
was few days ago permitted to 20 forth
wi,hont blemish into society asilin-
WelI-the fruits OF ti.at verd.rt have
already become apparent o. Thurs
day last. DIR. w. G. Pike, w..o, with
his wife. had been roomiLg IL Il tuiid-
il g owned 10y Stephen s Jcnes, ~difor
and proprietor of the Phttosopi''e"s
journal. entered the private ofiice oI
that gentleman ard calmly Htd deiiH
erateIv shot him in the back Of ibe
beadtwice, killing him instantly. TIE
oowardIv assassin then delivered him |
self 10 to the officers. 1t is c!i;:in5d by 1
Pike hat Jones had seduced Mrs Pike, /
and that size was iesdiE g lie Of con /
cubinage with him. As proof he pro
duced the following confession Of jis
wife, which he extorted from her
several weeks previous, on frs; learn
ing of her criminality:
'Do you, Gerevieve Pike, sclemnly
in the name and presence O! tie Al
mighty God and His living Son. Jssus
Christ. in whom you trnst for salvation,
sw, ar that the revelations aud state
FISS nrl
respecting s. S. jones ar Gil true;
that without provocation or Intention
| on your part, while protesting friend
| ship TO me. knowing yCu 10 Be- my
/ lawful wife, lie did treaclercnsiy- by
| faisehood, fraud, and force Iuisi~it@ ard
seduce you, making you believe iha'
Won were the only woman lie loved;
and do you also solemnly swear that
he is the only man with whom you
have ever sinnedr'
In reply to The foregoing she penned
the following OH the bottom Of The
paper:
Il do. 1t is all true. So help me
God.
[Signedl ''GENEyIEvE PIKE.
The Inter-O Ocean, of yesterday, con
tanned the following account Of the
tragedy:
The facts of the murder may be told
very briefly. Mr.. Stevens s. Jones,
editor and proprietor of the Retit 10
PhiLosophical Journal, was shot and
killed by Professor" VIM. c. Pike, a
phrenoIogist. The deed was done in
the private office OF Mr.. Jones, be-
tween l and 2 O'Clock yesterday after
noon. Nobody III tie building heard
the shot fired, and it was only through
the courtesy of the assassin that the
discovery was first made. Pike went
straight to from the chamber OF the
dead 10 the Armory, and inquired OF
the station keeper who was in charge.
This was at a 1 :45 o'clock. He was
told that the Captain and Sergeant
} were both out, when he said to the
, station keeper:
, 'I'vE KILLED A MAN"
,, There was no appearance of excite
ment in the mans deneanor. and the
policemen in the station, who are not
,, unfrequentIy made the subject Of grim,
practical Jokes, simply thought that
there was some sell" The man looked
quite serious, however, and then they
J. made up their minds that lie was a
T Iunatic, and began TO chaff him. Capt.
Buckley came in and heard the story,
and he was in doubt.
"Nou have killed a nan, have you!
e Il have" said the mysterious man.
How do you know you've killed
him?' said the Captain, still increGu
, lous.
The man handed over a revolver
i which proved TO have two newly
= emptied chambers, and said, Il have
, shot him in the offending part. | an
a phrenologist and know where Il
shoot"
= At the same time he handed over {
4 small document, written on a hal
sheet of note paper in b:ue ink, th'
, contents of which will be found furthel
along in this narrative.
: This began to look like
i a SERIOUS MATTER,
r even to a policeman, and Capt. Buck
d ley dispatched Officer Kirch to No. 12
. Fourth avenue TO investigate. kircl
}. arrived at the tall building OF the Re
u Ifqio Philosophical Journal a littl
e after 9 O'Clock, and found the usua
j hustle and stir which is to be seen at
q thriving printing establishment, hu
nothing indicating that anything un
e usual had happened. He went u
>. stairs and, meeting some of the EN-
al ployes of the house, told his errand
a He had come TO find the man who wa
laI haarI ff
- being shot, but there was search a
IL once begun. Room after room wa
u gone through. and eventually the
"a came to Mr. Jones' private room
!. which was locked with a self lockin
latch. There was no one there to al
ID swer the summons. Some one locke
le through under the door and saw torl
ta stretched ont on the floor. The doc
;; was broken open. and there, to I'll
horror and grief of all present, lay iii
IL lifeless body of the venerable old 5ua
lie as he had frllen from his chair. Mr.,
,dI Robinson, who lived in the buildine
! ran and lifted up his head. Mr.. Jone
:, WAS STILL BREATHING,
.. but quite unconscious, and in a fe'
moments he passed away. Hehad HI
us hat on, and, from the position of th
body and The undisturbed appearance
re of the room. it was evident that he ha
= fallen without struggle. possi bl
without knowing what had happened
ne He had been shot, like Lincoln, frol
IL behind. One ball had entered Ill
10 base of the brain at the junction of ii
Sc sDipal cord. Another ball had pen
ed trated under the right ear. The mu
oy derer had evidently stood behind b
I'd chair. and had taken deliberate aim ;
ur the SPOT he knew TO be vital one.
,h ~ IN HIS CELL.
7 Pike was conveyed to a cell in ii
il Armory, and his wife was as once sci
il for. She wasat $50 State Street, whe
i'll the pair had been boarding since tue
eH eiectnent from Mr.. Jones' brildin
i'll She was put in an adjoining cell.
al AMI ears that they had dired tcseth
r. at o'clock, and that Pike had to
on her he was going off on lecturii
in exnedition He must have wake
he straight TO tine ReIigiO7JO1rlidL oaiit
n A reporter visited him soon after
DR. was locked up. aud found him walkii
it, to and fro III bis dungeon with Ii
let hands clasped ia front of Elm, and a
of paren,ly iu deep meditation. He iN
ars tall man. with cadaverous face, det
it sunk eyes, and long hair-a seed
US looking u,s,u, ole of those dingy int
nd viduals that one would say was marke
Ter quoted, and signed to be a quack
ce. some kinda quack medium or
he quack doctor.
gill Tl,e reporter asked him if he b;
fill any objection to make statement.
oy. He replied that he lad made all {