Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-21

rom the court house % the Jail, with Intent
to kill him, was taken to the second precinct
police station about last evening. He was
yery drunk and unable to say much about the
matter. This morning he had became sober
enough to appreciate his position, and at once
| took steps to secure council in the person OF
r. A. Elliott, who will defend him in the
police court tomorrow morning
A visitor to the station
| honse to-day asked Jones, 'why
| he didn't hit Guiteau'' Jones laughed and
| said, "It wasn't that shot at him. want
| to see them prove it."
| So confident were the authorities last night
| that the right man had been secured no fur.
| ther search was made, and it was not I'LL
| 5 o'clock this afternoon that any officers In
| the van at the time of the shooting were sent
out to the police station house to identity the
prisoner.
Police Officer Edelin,, who was sitting on
the van with the driver and who fired at the
horseman as he wheeled and fled rode out the
the station house about l O'Clock. After
O thorough scrutiny of Jones features, and
some conversation with him, officer Edelin,
entered the office of the station house, and
announced to the officers and reporters. "Gen-
tlemen, that is not the man. l should know
the mnn l fired at yesterday among million.
/ fail to identify this man Jones as the man,
Officer Edelin, then specified the points of
difference between them as follows: Jones
has O light complexion, with hardly per-
ceptible moustache, whereas the man who
fired at Guiteau was a dark, swarthy
man, apparently about 45 years old, with a
very heavy sumpy black mustasche and
keen, black eyes. Besides the latter was
cool and sober, and the manner in which he
planed and executed the work, even though
| ha Foil 1a5 of nf q c1a r-hna1pd
ined man, rather. than the one committed.
Again, the horse he rode was very small with
white forelegs, while Jones' horse has not a
white leck upon it.
The authorities are pretty well satisfied now
from Officer Edelin's statement that they have
not secured the right man. AS an interval of
an hour and half elapsed between the time
when the would-be ayenger escaped from the
pursuing van and the time when the mounted
officers first sighted the eccentric Jones, there
is room for several theories now being ad-
vanced that the real culprit made good his
escape, as he had ample time to do, OF that
Jones, after, as he supposed, having eluded his
pursuers, concluded to celebrate his exploit
with grand spree; and again that Jones was
an accomplice to the extent of loaning his
horse, and that aft receiving back the ami
NAL on the outskirts of the district, and learn
ing what had been done, he was just drunk
enough to enjoy the sport of being pursued by
the police, knowingshe could not be held for
the real criminal.
The new phase creates a stir in police head
quarters. Jones is well known to the police.
He has been arrested several times within the
past six years. He is 90 years old and owns
and operates fine farm upon the Baltimore
road, about three miles from the city. He is
regarded as 'crank' by his neighbors. His
chief eccentricity the past two years has been
to personate a policeman and make arrests
and after making show of taking
the person to the station house, to release
him with q warning not be caught
offending again. Recently he rode up to
carriage Just entering the grounds of the Sol
diers home and compelled the driver to halt
The occupants, gentleman and two ladies,
protested, but with much severity of manner,
Jones called out, "This thing has been going
On long enough; you must go with me to the
station house. l have my orders to arrest
you" Explanations being useless, the party
accompanied him to the station house. Just
as they were about to alight from the car
riage, however, Jones laughingly
bade them good day and putting
spurs to his horse quickly disap-
peared. Shortly afterwards he arrested a
woman and for this offense was fined. He
was never known to use or carry a revolver.
Those who know Jones intimately say be is
rather half-witted than crazy man. His
demeanor to-day indicates he rather enjoys the
notoriety he has secured
IN MEMORIAM.
The newspaper correspondents tonight
adopted beftting resolutions on the death of
their friend and associate, H. V. Redfield, Of
the Cincinnati Commercial, and sent copy to
the family of the deceased.