The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-10
WINE AND WOMEN.
End of the Career of Very Brilliant
Young Man.

COLUMBUS, Ind, March 5.-The arrest of
Cliff c. Jones, the aDsconding cashier of the
Champion Machine Company, of st. Joseph,
Mo-, near Norfolk, Va, Sunday, ends the
career of brilliant young man, whose abil-
tiles, if applied in the right manner, would
to-day have found him occupying position
of prominence rather than felon's cell.
Cliff Jones was a resident Of this city, a son
of B. +. Jones, at one time wealthy banker,
but who met with financial reverses leaving
him to-day almost penniless and the inno-
cent betrayer of his own son. At the age
of nineteen years Cliff, who had been in
the employ of the First National Bank
of this city, was promoted to chief
bookkeeper on account of his faithfulness
and good behavior. Immediately after the
promotion he began to grow rather reckless,
gambling on a small scale, all unknown,
however, to his employers, and only to his
most intimate friends. About one year
after his promotion his disposition became
so changed that he yearned for more excite
ment. This quiet little city was not gay
enough for him, Ind he succeeded in getting
employment with the American Oak Leath-
er Company at Cincinnati. Here is where
he struck 'the fast cable" for no sooner had
he become installed in his position than he
began a career of what he says brought him
to felon's cell-wine and women.
He remained in Cincinnati about a year,
when he went to Chicago, and succeeded in
getting a position in the Office of Farwell
Miller 4 Co., but he did not remain there
long, as it seems his actions there and asso-
ciates soon became known to his employers
and he left Chicago, going to Detroit where
he remained until June, 1884, when he went
to st. Joseph, and renamed until his rapid
fight, May Il, 1885. Upon his arrival at st.
Joe he resumed his old habits, but began
gambling on much larger scale, at the same
time keeping up an intimacy with woman
of the town named Ida Sherwood, alias
Clifford, alias Lacy. On the 10Th day of May
J. p. Quigley, manager of the Champion
Company, discovered shortage, and called
Jones' attention to it. This was on Saturday
evening, after banking hours, and Jones
gave him the laugh. told him that the money
-$2,SS4.-waS in the bank, and that he
would go around with him on Monday
morning and convince him. Sunday Jones
got into the safe of the company and took
5000 in gold, and on Monday morning met
Quigley and they started for the bank. AS
they were about to enter Jones turned and
fed, and his Whereabouts have never been
known TO others than his relatives until he
was arrested as above by Detective John It.
Norris, of Springfield, o., at Smithield, Isle
of Wight County, Va, where he had pur-
chased a 200-acre farm, had nicely stocked
it, and was engaged largely in raising chick
ems The detective got onto his clew by cir.
culating story to the effect that Ida Sher-
wood, who ran off with Jones' had fallen
heir to an immense fortune by the death
of her husband in Hamilton, Ont,
knowing that if he could locate the
woman he could find her mate very easily.
Norris came to this city last week and
made an engagement with Jones father to
meet him in Cincinnati, to negotiate for the
location of Cliff, who, if located, would give
the old gentleman "a share of the fortune"
He met the old gentleman as above, took
him to dinner at hotel, taking the precau-
ton TO get both checks for their oyercoats
before they went into the dining room, and
unnOtlced by Jones he gave the check for his
coat to a confederate, who got the coat and
found letter from Cliff in the inside pocket,
which was photographed and the coat re-
turned before Norris and Jones were through
dinner. The telegram from Norfolk states
that Ida Sherwood was living with Cliff
Jones, but advices since put an entirely diff
ferent phase on the whole affair, which will
involve Chicago young woman. Cliff Jones
was we'll known in Chicago, and has prom
inent relatives living there. He declares that
he was ruined by gambling, and names
prominent parties of st. Joe who helped to
fleece him, and under Missouri statute COW
ering this his relatives here will Immediately
begin a vigorous prosecution against these
parties to recover the amounts they feeced
him out of.