Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-01
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Dr. Jones. One the Moss Pro.ainent c1ts.
Gems Of CincsunAts. Murdered BY Hb
Coachnan-1 he Body Thro wn in q Catch
Bastn-The Murderer's Confession.
CINCINNATI. July 2S-The body of DIR. A.
E Jones was found yesterday morning IN
a manho,e not far from his residence He
had been murdered and robbed.
The doctor was in his seventy-seyenth
; year but was as active as a man of fifty.
he had always had an inclination to mili-
tary life and kept it up by holding con-
necrion with the Ohio National Guards.
serving for long time as surgeon OF the
First regiment. Governor Foraker, who
was his neighbor, appointed him menu
| Der OF his staff as Surgeon General He
had been active in public affairs, serving
often in the Municipal Council and had
besides held several Offices under appoint.
ment from the General Government He
was perhaps more widely known in Gin
| cinnati than any other man.
DIR. Jones left his house about $3.50
| O'Clock Thursday afternoon, wearing no
/ coat, his feet in slippers and went in the
| direction of his stables That was the last
| seen of him alive. The family did not be-
come alarmed until after night, and then
prosecuted heir search quietly until Fri.
/ day, when notice was given to the police.
| Friday a trail of blood was discovered
| opposite the doctors stable on Cemetery
street. and being followed was traced 10
Park avenue, thence south two or three
squares to the junction of Cypress street
and Francis lane, where, on the grass
was a pool of blood. It was here in
manhole of the sewer that the body was
found yesterday morning. 1t was sewed
| in a horse blanket and was drawn out by
means of a rope fastened around it by q
man who had been lowered for that pur-
| pose
hcdv hod n hfod
| pactly, as il for convenience in carrying,
! and it is apparent that the trail OF blood
was that which trickled from the doctors
wounds as his murderer carried him to
| the place where he thought to conceal
| forever the trace of his crime. for he hoped
| the water would carry the body into the
| river.
| 1t was found that the doctors gold
| watch and his money were gone. This
| must have been the motive for the muir
| der, as the doctor had not an enemy in the
| world. The police are already making
| arrests.
| The theory is that the murderer was
| Charles B,igh, the doctors colored host
! Ter. and that after committing the crime
| he hid the body until night and then, put
| ting it into grain sack. carried it to its
! place of concealment. Bligh was at the
house all day Friday and told of his last
| interview with the Colonel. When he left
| Friday night he said he would return at
| $3.50 yesterday morning. but he has not yet
| been found. A hoe in the stable bears
marks which are pronounced to be blood
stains.
BLIGH ARRESTED-HIS CONFESSION.
CINCINNATI, July 2S-Biigh, the missing
hostier, charged with the murder OF Dr..
A E Jones. has been arrested. When
! taken before Superintendent Deitsch, of
| the police headquarters, without hesita-
ar int n de fr1lf faS
of the crime. His manner was easy and
his story of horror was told with as little
feeling if he had been narrating a
most commonplace event of dull days
experience. His story was told as fol-
lows: Ny name is Charles A. Bligh. I
was born at Richmond, Ky; am twenty
nine years old: am married. In March
last came to this city and on the third
Wednesday in March engaged to work for
DR.. A. E. Jones as hostler and
for other work at SIS week.
On the afternoon of Thursday last i
was working in the garden pulling weeds,
when the doctor came out in his shirt
sleeves, wearing slippers and a slouch
hat, and began to scold me. had just come
out of the barn, where L hal gone. The
doctor told me he wanted the weeds pulled
out of the celery and he did not want any
more excuses about it. The doctor was
cross and took little stick and struck me,
stick. This was near the stable door. He
talked pretty fierce and again said he did
not want any more excuses. 1 became
angry and as the doctor passed by me /
picked up a bit of oak stick and using
both hands, / struck him a blow from be-
hind on the back of the head. He fell and
was speechess. but not dead. He was
not able TO move-be only breathed.
went on with my work in the garden until
half past six O'Clock. when 1 got sack in
the barn that had been used for oats and
put his body in il. He was breathing yet
and drew up his legs SO that 1 could
easily push his body in the sack. / then
tied it up with a hitchirg strap and went
into the house and got my supper as usual
The folks asked me if 1 had seen the
doctor and 1 told them that 1 hadn't.
After supper they sent me to Mr.. Thorn
toms. the doctors son-in-law, to see if he
there. 1 came back and told them
the doctor had not been there. Then
went to the power house of the cable road
and had talk with colored man and
came back about ten O'Clock. took the sack |
on NV shoulder and carried it down
Park avenue to the manhole. Two per-
sons were ahead of me as went but
kept out of their way. / laid the sack
down on the grass while / took of the |
iron covering of the manhole and then |
threw it in and covered up the manhole
and soon after went to my own house on
Washington avenue. Next day l went
back and worked usual till afternoon,
when they told me need not work any
more-only l should stay around. an.
swered questions many times that day
that 1 had not seen the doctor. After got
home last night Andy Hudson came to me
and said the detectives had been to see him
to ask what kind Of man was. Hudson
told them 1 was all rigat so far as he
knew. but he said from the way the de.
tectives talked he thought they were
about to put the Doctors Disappearance
on me. This morning I did not get up
until after SIX O'Clock. then packed nv
valise and went down to Fulton to take
the train for jacksonville. but missed the
train end walked out the railroad and
pike. When 1 got to Madisonviile tried
TO find some people l used to know In
Kentucky, and when got to Simon Bushss
house the detectives got me. did not
take Colonel Jones' watch nor his money.
1 did not know he had his watch or money
with him."