Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-13
WEs. JONES DEAD.
HIS Life Suddenly Terminated by . FAN
DisIocating His Neck.

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The life OF q OF the Oldest and best
known characters upon the streets Of
Butte Was brought to q sudden and In
glorious termination Thursday morning.
Yves. Jones, az he was familiarity called,
| had seen the camp grow from q village to .
good sized city and was justly reckoned
among the old-timers to all OF whom he
war well known. He came to his death by
falling of O box and breaking his neck In
consequence and the testimony given at
the Coroner's inquest described the event
as follows:
Abont 9 a. m. he vent into the Washing
tom brewery on East Park street, APP
parently sober. He didn't drink at the
bar. but vent straight to a box about four
feet high in a corner OF the saloon and lay
down to sleep. He remained there quietly
sleeping until about half-past 4 o. M, when
he rolled of and fell on the floor. striking
on his head first and d~islocating his spinal
column in the cervical region. Hescreamed
once, when those IN the saloon ran to his
assistance, but he was past human skill to
saws and breathed his last five minutes or
SO later. DR.. Quinn, who was called as Q
medical expert in the case. testified that
death was due to compression OF the cervi.
cal cord by the d~islocation. Several wit
nesses testified to having seen him the
preceding day in an intoxicated condition,
but he was not apparently SO when his life
was terminated in the sudden way de-
scribed.
It is not quite q wear since DIR. Bishops
life was similarly terminated by the dlsio-
cation OF his cervical column by . simple
fall from a vaulting horsei in the gymnasium,
- A. l..l1ooksap IN hio inoto npo necIlrTA6
below where the phenal cord leaves the
spinal column, for which reason the par
alysis consequent was below the breathing
organs. and he lived several hours,
| while in Jones' case the dislocation
took place where the phenal cord was IN
the spinal column, for which reason par
| alysis below the neck was complete and
stopped respiration.
The deceased was decidedly an eccentric
character. His principal fault was his
| devotion to the ardent, by which q nat
| urally fine character and useful citizen was
made q social wreck. He was a captain In
the Fifteenth Illinois regiment during the
war, serving three years until the close. and
he never lost his military greatness or man.
ner of saluting. He anne to Montana soon
after and clerked for Colonel Morse and
Others on Deep creek in the years 1857 and
1868. In 1869 he ran on the Peoples
ticket for Sheriff OF Deer Lodge county and
was elected. In those days he was
very popular and q bright young
man whom everybody liked. He always
was q Republican, and his popularity may
be judged when it ia remembered. that those
were the days when Republicans were
scarce in Montana. He served one term
| and wal selected for a second in 1871, but
did not serve it out. and when he resigned,
the County Commissioners OF Deer Lodge
county appointed Charles s. Warren, who
was then under-sheriff in the office, to sue
coed Jones.
Soon after he came to Butte and has been
here in the employment Of most OF the
older grocery firms in one capacity after
another, never retaining a situation for
any length Of time on account OF his in
trinity. Under all circumstances and in
whatever condition, he was a gentleman,
and many will regret the untimely manner
of his death. He was in his 47th year. The
funeral viii take place to-day at 2 p. NJ.
from Fidelity Hall, West Broadway. ALI
members of the G. A. R., of which he wal a
member, and friends are respectfully re-
Quested to attend.