The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-08-08
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a-sat doctor Of Cincinfati, wa dnd in
s0anhols not far from his residence. nun.
dsrsd and robbsd. Col. Jones Ieft N.
rsa.ins no cost and IN his slippers.
" the direction Of his stable. ssks2
wnat time II was, though wearing hisaxxf<h.
me was the last seen Of him y132ve
Inc family did not becoma.sf5-me6 n.
~ after night. thsn srosecA,sa.
their search quietly A., 800 a.l rhsn ~.
t..n : s.ssu g /. De- police. Dufing the day
&C.,. ou Wa discovsted7 opposite the
49, ss, : so,D's d Cemetery street, and be-
.hs.ss traced TO Park avanue.
;rnas;s. soua 70 Or three squares to the
where an ia - Dress street and Frances lane,
Y * ma. h.ra IL sss was quite spool Of blood.
the bodv was foM2nmanhole of the sewer, that
horse blanket. fnd. u was wrapped in a
and was al or rather sewed up,
OF q rope ffaMn o ssn means
The BODY had Yen lowered for thatpurpose.
as if for cnnvd> b honbled mp ~corapactly,
apparent that tTkNS fin carrying, and it is
which trickled fro ~ OF blood was that
derer carried hin eais WOUNDS aa lnls muir
thought to -conceas tsbe ' troc pace &c W. Wne er;,n ne
and his money wsre n~Ionels gold watch
been the motive fnr This must have
not an enemy in the wS Ia %ur Ths, as ne ne h h.
g single wound. 1t GU, inere was out
81 the head and Upon 1ne nack part
ssos, s e i t H.. l slsss kss shs s F;sss
derer was charIsss Blligh, thS 81 the mu1.
servant, ana tyhat, aftSa EanlSRftting the
crime, hehid fl4e body until night and then
put III ito q .. balm snck and s6rried it to it's
Rlao( ! ~conosal ment. Bligh was arrested ut
fforf the scene ofthem murder. He was
Ito the city and taken before Supt.
%3t4s3tk < m The police force, where, without
70 or restraint, he made a full con-
z3 ~ the crime. His manner was
sa1d his story Of horror was told
0 little feeling as il he had been q
"A s,e most commonplace events Of q
In March last I came to this rcity and on
Lne third Wednesday in march, engaged to
work for Col. =. A. Jones as hostler and Tor
q Thursday last I was working in the gar
deT, pulling weeds, when the colonel came
OUT In his shirt sleeves, wearing slippers
and o slouch hat, and began to scold me. l
nad just came out Of the barn. The colonel
told me he wanted the weeds pulled out of
the celery and that he did not want any more
excuses about it. He was cross, and tool a
little stick and struck me, but it did not hurt.
1t was just a little straw. This was near the
stable door. He talked pretty fercely md
GUESSED me, and said again he did not want
2 more excuses. I became angry, and as
the doctor passed by me 1 picked up a bit of
Q stick, used in baling hay and raising
both hands, / struck him q blow from behind
on the back Of the head. He tell md
was speechless, but not dead. He
was not able to move; he only
garden until about $50 O'Clock, when I got
q sack in the barn that had been used for
oats and put his body in it. He was breath
ing. yet, and drew up his legs SO that l could
easily push his body into the sack. ! then
tied It up with a hitching strap and went in.
f &, the house and got my supper as usual:
The folks asked me If had seen the colonel
n l told them | had not. After supper
they sent to Mr.. Thornton's 1.-THE ~colonel'e
son-in-law) to see If he was there. J.
came back and told them that the colonel
power house OF the cable road and talked a
while with q colored man and came back
about 10 o'clock, took the sack on my
shouide and carried it own Park avenue to
the manhole. Two persons were ahead OF
me asl went, but l kept out of their way. ]
OF the iron covering of the manhole and
threw sasLn. covered up the manhole and went
hnck to Col. Jones' house and.soon after went
to my own house. Next day l went back and
worked as usual until afternoon, when they
told me | need not work any more, only ]
should stay around. / answered questions
many times that day that 1 had not seen the
colonel. Lost night after I got home Andy
Hudson come to me and said the detectives
had been to see him to ask what kind of q
man / was. HUDSON said he told them I was
oil right SO far az he knew, but he said from
the way the detectives talked he thought
they were about to put the colonies disap-
pearance ON me. This morning I did not
get up till after 6 o'clock. / then packed. up
my valise and went down to Fulton to take
the train for Madisonville, but missed the
train and walked out the railroad and pike.
When i got to Madisonvills I tried to find
some people l used to know in Kentucky,
and when I got to Simon Busch's house the
detectives got me. / did not take Col. Jones
swatch nor his money. I didn't know he had
his watch or his money with him."