Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-28
THE JONES MURDER.
The Murderer Relites How He Killed the Doc
tor o,d O5s,osod Of thu podr

The Murderer Relites How He Killed the Doe
tor and Disposed OF the Body.
CINCINNATI, OHIO, July 27.-CIarles
Bligh, the coachman of Dr.. Jones, was
arrested tonight at Madisonville, on the
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore
railroad, not more than five miles on an
air line from the scene OF the murder.
He was brought to the city
and taken before superintendent Deitch
of the police force where, without hesita-
ton or restraint, he made a full confess
sion of the crime. His manner was easy
and his story OF horror was told with as
little feeling as if he had been narrating
the most commonplace events of dull
day s experience. His story was as fol-
lows:
"My name is Charles A. Bligh. I
was born at Richmond, Ky. 1 am
twenty-nlne years old and was married
in March last. l came to this city and
engaged to work for DIR. Jones asihOs-
tier and other work at So a Eeek
on the afternoon of Thursday lgst was
working in the garden pulling weeds
when the doctor came out in his shirt
sleeves, wearing slippers and a SLOUGH
hat, and began to scold me. | had just
come out of the barn. The doctor told
me he wanted the weeds pulled aut of
that celery, and he did not want any
more excuses about it The doctor was
cross, and took little stick and struck
me, but it did not hurt 1t was
just a little stroke. He talked pretty
fierce and cursed me, and said again he
did not want any more excuses. be-
.n rTTT q hn or
passed by me 1 picked up a piece
of oak strip used in ba1eing hay
and struck him a blow from behind On
the back of the head. He fell and as
speechless but was not dead. He was
not able to move. He only breathed.
L went on with my work
in the garden until about
$3.50 o'clock when I got a sack in the
barn that had been used for oats. and
put his body in it. He was
breathing yet, and [ drew up
his legs so could easily
push his body into the sack. then tied
it up with q hitching strap and went into
the house and got my supper as usual. The
folks asked me if had seen the doctor, and
[ told them l had not. After supper
they sent to BoyntOn IS, the DOCTORS
son-in-law, to see if he was there. I
came back and told them the doctor had
not been there. Then went
to the power house of the
cable road and talked a while
with a colored man and came back about
10 o o'clock, took the sack on my shout
der. carried it down Park avenue to the
manhOle. Two persons we're ahead of
me as [ went, but [ kept out OF their
way. I laid the sack down on
the grass while I took off the iron cover
ing of the man-hOIe and then threw it III
and covered up the mon-hole, and went
back to Col. Jones house, and soon
on Washington avenue. The
as usual till the afternoon, when they
told me not to work any more and that l
should stay around. I answered ques-
tions many times that [ had not
seen the doctor. Last night, after
Hudson came to me and said
the detectives had been to see him to ask
what kind of q man l was. Hudson told
them was all right so far as he knew,
but he said from the way tht detectives
talked he thought thew were about to put
the doctor 5 disappearance on me. This
morning | did not get up till after
o clock. I then packed my yallse
and went down to Fulton to take
the train for Madisonville, but missed
the train and walked out the railroad
ank pike. When [ got to Madisonyille
tried to find some people 1
used to know in. Kentucky and when
got to Simon Bush IS house
the detectives got me. l did not take
Col. Jones' watch nor his money. l did
not know he had his watch or his money
with him.
In answer to questions he admitted he
had stolen $50 from DR.. Morgan of Rich
mond Ky. some time ago. He said he
belonged to a secret society in Kentucky
known as the Independent Order
of Immaculate. His confession was
made in the presence of about twenty
persons. DR.. Robert c. Jones, son
of the murdered man, was present at the
beginning, but when the murderer
began to tell how he struck his victim
his son was obliged to leave the room. 1t
is well known that the prisoner is under
strong guard, as his recital would bring
HIM swift death.
Thin DoupoEuol 0hioa4ap