The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-08
-, Thomasl left Stony

, soon .,,er Kearney Tor Thomasl leIt stony y,
soon aiter n.y." ,snss that he was Tool to
Creek telling wv o was. Then Jones said be
remain wne and forgot all about Everett"
Woiheu on a"v ,.in until colored man
~ ne c',,su ',oIe.s and said he had met
rs'ne W a.. =, Mace near by, ana ne was
1870 90, very fine. The man aeo sara
,ns, w. up had got Into trouble WINE ne
,r", MI ne,' .. o. work near Petersburg. Jones
nau va" ~. ~ steady for Cole untll May.
',.Sa', ~ lar and said he went ana worked
w., w." :. y" Mr. s,Iflspradley" (or name sound
~ ~, ,.,a,hinc like that, near WakeDeid'
rs ,', ayar IN see Mr.. Cole on u holiday
- ~ To- and returned again. Ihe next
IT., ha did was 10 ship on Tue %. d.
S "s the opposltion boat from Norioik
p..,,,,nore He was employed as ines'-
ho,. 10 described the COOK. steward ana
n,a;,or ., tho steamer, and said the head COOK
,ras oaIIod =" Doc He wrote letter 10 MT.
,"oIo r,hiIe on the boat and at the time OF Tue
murder lid he was employed on the boat.
:. = q, mo - said Jones, stopping 10 re-
1oc, ..tbe SCHUYLER Is to-day IN Bi'tllnofe,
a,d win Ieoye tonight" The schuyler was
=, pa,,imore Yesterday. and dld leave Tor
XorfoIk last nicht. Jones must nave known
.on,o,h,nC of her movements, for he has not
.oan = n,ner since his Incarceration never
ho,';n,, road the account OF his own arrest
mrtiI tho story. ~ published in the Amert-
cam wos oiyes him Yesterday. lie said he
co,id read 1ule.1 When asked why he
,core tho woman, clothing when on the
cars me said, "They say stole some money"
+ a,or on he confessed that he had been
living in Baltimore county win Gernlan
tcIo nancy. lie nHfi
oot tbe clothes .|Over these" ana thought
II tho hest way TO get away. He said that
no was asleep i'm the IIayre-de-Grlce lookup
when the mate of the schooner came to the
door and said " Hello, Thomas" IL woke
him. and after getting awake he SAID MY
name amt Thomas, but William Jones"
Then turning TO the newspaper man ne
said. . II this was the last word had TO
say. | would say ii as do now, never saw
that man before that day."
Mr.. Morgan BANDED Jones letter, who
took If, looked at the handwriting. which
was peculiar, and said, 81 know that
writing; it is from Mr.. Cole" and be re-
quested the reporter TO read it. The letter
was from Mr.. Cole, and several WORDS
prOper names-bcing indstlnct, Jones
prompted the reader, ana was invariably
right. Mr.. Cole, after expressing sorrow
for Jones, went into private matters, all OF
which the prisoner understood, and which
he could not have known had he been
Thomas or Kearney. lie closed by IN offer
OF money, which Jones had asked for i'm his
last letter. He lamented thst Jones bad left
him. for he had fOrebOded evil for him II he
went away.
The story as told by Jones comedies with
the letter from Mr.. Cole 10 the american.
Mr.. Morgan and his assistant both spoke
well of Jones. saving he WAS quiet, orderly,
and obedient. The assistant said that he
had come to the conclusion the day after
Jones arrived that the wrong man had been
arrested. for he was certain the man under
his charge was jones, not Thomas. The
prisoner. i'm speaking OF the murder, said
he knew nothing whatever about 1t until
he was arrested and accused OF it. Through
out the interview, which was a long one.
Jones looked the newspaDer-man full IN the
face, and only once did he let his eyes fall.
ana that was when be- confessed to stealing
the money from the German man. when
the visitor left Jones went back 10 The WIN
dow and began TO sing a camp-mcetIng
hymn. The sheriff was expecting the re-
QUESTION, which did not arrive until late IN
the day. Baltimore american, IN.