The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-02
ANOTHER C~ATCh.BASIN.

| DR.. Jones, One Of the AOst frOnssmens Nsss
zens Of CINCINNATI. Murdered by his
Coachman-1he Body Throw in . Catch
Dasbu-Ths Naurdlerer's Confession.
CINCINNATI. July 2S-The body Of DR.. A.
E Jones was found yesterday morning in
q mauhOle not far from his residence. de
had been murdered and robbed.
The doctor was in his seventy-seventh
| wear but was "a active as . man OF hfty.
| He had always had an inclination to mill.
tary life and kept it up by holding . con-
nection with the Ohio National Guards,
serving for . long time As surgeon Of the
First regiment. Governor Foraker, who
was his n~eighbor, appointed him q menu
Der OF his stat as Surgeon-General He
had been active in public affairs, serving
| often in the Municipal Council. and had
besides held several offices under appoint.
i ment from the Genera Government He
was perhaps moro widely known in Gil.
cinnati than any other man.
DR.. 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 t heir search quietly until Fri.
day, when notice was given to the police.
Friday q trail OF blood was discovered
opposite the doctors stable on Cemetery
street and being followed was traced TO
Park avenue, th6nce' south two or three
squares to the junction Of Cypress street
and Francis lane. where. on the grasa
was q pool Of blood. 1t Vas here in q
manbOle Of the sewer that the body was
found yesterday morning. 1t wal sewed
in q horse blanket and was drawn out by
means of Q rope fastened around il by Q
man who had been lowered for that pur.
pose.
The body had been doubled up com
pactly, as il for convenience in carrying.
and it is apparent that the trail of blood
was that which trickled from the doctors
wounds Al 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 Biigh, the doctors colored host
Ter, and that after committing the crime
he hid the body until night and then, put
ting it into a grain sack. carried it to its
place Of cOncealment. Bligh was at the
house all day Friday AMI told of his last
interview with the Colonel. When he left
Friday night he said he would return ct
$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 ARREsrED-HIs CONFESSION.
CINCINNATI, July 2S-Bligh, 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 hesi:a-
ton or restraint he made q full confession
Of the crime. His manner was easy and
his story Of horror was told with as little
feeling as il he had been narrating a
most commonplace event Of o hull days
experience. His story was told as fol-
lows: NY name is Charles A. Bligh. l
was born at Richmond, KY; am twenty
nine years old; am married. In March
last l came to this city IN on the third
Wednesday in March engaged to work for
DR.. A. E Jones as hostler and
for other work 1t S. a week.
On the afternoon OF Thursday last l
was working in the garden pulling weeiA,
when the doctor came out in his shirt
sleeves. wearing slippers and n SLOUGH
hat, and began to scold me. had just come
out of the barn, where I had 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 q little stick and struck me,
but it did not hurt 1t was just q little |
stick. This was near the stable door. He
talked pretty fierce and again said he did
a any more excuses. l became
angry n as the doctor passed by me l
picked up a bit of oak stick and, using
both hands. / struck him . blow from be.
hind on the back Of the head. He fell and
was speechlesa but not dead. He was
not able to move-he only breathed. !
went IN with my work in the garden until
half past six O'Clock, whom I 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 40 that I could
easily push his body in he sack. / then
tied it up with q hitching strap and went
into The house and got my supper as usual
The folks asked me il I had seen the
and I told them that I hadn't
AAS0A SuRRCA suCy 00uS AA0 W III 4 UOIus
the DOCTORS son-in-law, to see il he
there. l came back and told them
The doctor had not been there. Then
to b power house Of the cable road
had a talk with q colored man and
back abou ten O'Clock. tool the sack
IN nv shoulder and carried il down
q venue to the manh0le. Two Dor.
IONS were ahead Of me - I went but /
kept out OF their way. I laid the sack
on the grass while I ook OF the
ron covering Of the manhole and then
brew it in and covered up the manhole
Ind went back to Colonel Jones' house
ind soon after went to my own house on
Washington venue. Next day I went
,ack and worked as usual till afternoon,
when they told me ! need not work any :
l should stay around. lam
'wered questions many times that day
hat ! had mo seen the doctor. After ] got I
last night Andy Hudson came to me !
said the detectives had been to see him
o ask what kind Of . man / was. Hudson
old them ! vas all right 50 far as no
now. but he said from the way the Dc.
talked he thought they were z
bout to put the DOCTORS di~sappearance {
me. This morning I did not get up ,
after six O'Clock. / then packed my
'alise and went down to Fulton to take Z
ha train fo- MadisonviiIo huf missed thu q