, 1881-11-20

As the iuau that did tise shooting rode away, be
eau. IL have killed the son of a. Guiteau''
A TAM O'SHANTER.
THE MAN WHO FIRED AT GEITEAu.
S2<>iut Dispatch to The Catcatn ~~rtt1na.
NAsHlSGTOS, D. C., Now l9--Eill Jones is the
naur by which tho wouid-be assassin Is familiar
u kuowu III the District IF Columbia, where he
has bceo resident a!l his life, He Is we'll known
tn police circles One Ut the officers ut the station
said: s. BIZ Junes, why We know him as well rs
re know where tho sun rises" For many years
man uatued UAtcs carried on the business OF IL
soau~maxer. He BECAME we!l-to-do end pur-
chased farm which ad3oins the Chase
spgague esu.te Ut EdxewooI, retired to
1t, and died. Bill Jones. VINO had married Bates'
daughter, inherited tho property, aud has since
then lived
AHApPY-Go-LUCKy, KECkLEsS, DAREDEVIL
LIFE
He had tine furm aud sufficient means for bis
tastes. He WIS, the poltce say. seldom sober.
He IS foud Of his cups, and sometimes has
epseptic tits 1.-The most that they will do
with n,m," said officer, ''will be to call him
.crank' aud give him term ut the asylum. &c
has not 1nada the police trouble generally, but
Is known as Il nan who would have the
courage 1u do An nythnx wien in i!quor." Tbis
corrrsp.,rd1 with the description OF the uiun 0u
Thuse trail Capt. Vernon SAID hc WIS suOn after
the shooting. The capture Of Bill Joaes was Of
fectcd In this manner The Vicinity of the Cap
ttoi Grounds, Hhen Congress Is III session, Is 50
quiet place that u horscnau n1adly dashtny
down1he Capitol Hill Is not likely TO escape NO.
uct-
BILL. JONES,
when be fred at Gut1eau. was fmme-
diatc,y In front Of the Cnptol at the
AgT1{fY ~
grounds. He spurrcd his horse In an easterly
direction, until he reached the Street running
northward near the Baltimore s. Ohio track,
which ne followed to tho Baltimore l. Uhlo
Depot. when. turning north, he pissed the depot
and rude mudly towards the country. AS be
passed the depot the police officer stationed
there recognized the rider us Bill Jones. Soon
afterwards 1his snne officer was notified by 4
teuerA alarn from police Headquarters that
Gutt.au had been shot at by u Luan On d sOrTcl
horse. This officer INSTANTLY teleeraphed to
headquarters shat
BILL JONES HAD Just RIDDEN DOWN CAP
1TOL HILL
en- a sorrel horse. ano was beaded towards hts
fur1n on the Glenwood, near Queens Station
Tho police In all the outlying districts were Inn
mcdia1ely notified. and, before Bill Jones could
hare reached Ehe city limits. mounted police
were watching for hitn every roud leading
from Washington in that direction. Two we're
sent iwn the Hladensburg road, and that de-
tnil subsequently proved to hAre been wise
one. The officer who first discovered his trail
found him on the Seventh street road,
At a DNISEING-rLACE
beyond the Soldiers Home The officer had been
instructed to look fur him there. as the place
WIS known to be Il favori1 haunt Of Jones, and
it WIS to be presumed that, after MS long, hard
1ide. he would stop for drink The officer
found Jones' sorrel horse at tho door, warm, but
nut much blown, and, entering, he discovered
Jones Ut the bar.
"1oU ARE UNDER ARREST"
said the officer. "cnme along" Jones had no
objection. In fuct, he was ut the time enter
taning the barroum audience with tho story OF
his exploits, una said that he had shot Guiseau
and ended the great trial. The police officer
had already heard nioug the road thai Jones had
stopped to boast of it to Others. The officer did
not search Joncs, or takc away his pistol. There
he nude mistake, It's be suon afterwards came
0ear discovering TO bis cost He also did not
ask Jones to exchange horses with him. Ut to
insis1 that he shoulG walk to the nearest
precinct station. The consequence WAS that the
officer lost his prisoner. They had not left the
driaklng- place very fur behind when
TARMER BILL. JONES SAID SOMETHING THAT
HIS LITTLE sUElsEL NAG SEEMED TO IN
,SrASu,
for in Il very few seconds the distance between
the brown mare and the poiice1nan's horse was
very considerable "Aud you should have seen
her Co." said tho officer. who knew the most
about 1t. There isn't Nurse In the police
service that conld have kept within sight
Of her. Tho policeman tried to stop
him by bullet, and Bill Jones
the compliment Neither bullet hit,
anu Bill Jones and his sorrcl mare started on the
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