The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-24
Charles Frank Jones Explains His Pc.
euiiar Views ON the Witness stand
News of the Courts.

and not swear, to tell the truth I will
promise to tell the truth. the whole truth
and nothing but the truth, but you can.
not get me to swear it,"
After Clerk Davis had affirmed him
Judge Lichtenberg propounded q few
questions to the witness.
'.What is your Manner" asked the Judge.
81 do not know"
"What is your age7"
II do not know"
"Where is your place Of birth 2"
III do not know"
"Are you married7"
"At present am single"
"How long have You been in Washing
ton7''
Since November, 1885,"
where did you ceme fromf"
Minnesota"
"What was your business thersf"
"a teacher"
"Have any Of your relatives ever been
insane?"
mot to my knowledge"
The attorneys took up the questioning
at this point.
"Have you ever been addicted to the use
of strong drink"
"a man named Jones was once"
"Who is this man Jones?"
'Certain persons in this room have tes-
titled today that this man Jones is in this
room. do not know"
"Was your name Jones when you were
born?"
II do not know; did not have my in
telligence developed when I was born"
What name are you known by?n
by the name of Charles Frank Jones'"
lyon may tell us what you know OF
your existence"
MY first clear understanding, said the
witness, ''leads me to believe that was
In the city of London. think my name
was then Charles French. believe that
had mother, father and sister. My
father died or passed away and my mother
did also. and then my sister was taken
away. / was transferred to a poorhouse,
run by a Mrs. Thompson. After that /
was sent to school called the South
Metropolitan school. think it was an
orphans home. Then they took me to
another school called st. vincent's school.
There they asked US one day how many
of us wanted to go to Australia. said
that l did, but for some reason
We did not go. As an alternative we were
sent to Canada and became a pupil in
school patronized by a philanthropic
woman named Mrs. Refs. When was 10
or Ii years old was put in tho home of a
family living at Niagara, Canada, named
Wilson. did not suit Mr.. Wilson and
he transferred me to Mr.. and Mrs. Easter
Coe in 1873, who kept me for several
years"
At this point his story was interrupted
by Mr.. Mcbride, who asked him about
his parents.
al have no positive knowledge about my
parents" replied Jones.
What is your religious belief" asked
Mr.. Mcbride.
81 believe in light, liberty and love, ~
taught by Jesus Christ"
do you follow His teachingsf"
II follow the teachings of Jesus Christ
In telling the truth"
"Are you a professor of the Christian
religion ?"
ri am a confessor of Christ"
How do you practice your belief"
'By standing up tor the rights OF man,
by a certain means. This means is hold
ing up an open Bible, sometimes in one
hand, sometimes in the other, with the
reading turned from me, and an American
was the word Liberty Sometimes I
sometimes would speak and sometimes
would teach"
ibid that create in your mind desire to
injure any onef"
at created first q desire to have justice
no matter what it cost. It created love
for liberty. Through the teachings of a
10 81 ted
20 persuade them over to my ideas"
where was the germ of your ideasf"
"In the heart, the brain and perhaps the
stomach"
What was your object in holding the
book open at a certain placer"
II had ii open at a certain place. IL
taught me that should do good. but that
was too bad to do good. 1t taught me to
love my brethren and my neigh Dor"
"How came you to teach; were you
called7"
81 had nothing else to do and felt like
It,"
"Did you have any call to preach at any
timer"
Yes; q long time ago. when was q
mere child"
Have you always preached SINGER"
NO. 4 certain man named Jones did
not always preach. He sometimes disre-
garied the call l do that which please,
and ] please TO preach. i am under no
particular call now. During the few days
was on the square the last time / forgot
my call, If had any. / thought i had
right TO liberty SO long as was iniuring
nobody"
WAS il a matter of liberty that impelled
you to go there the last time-since you
came from the asylum"
YES; it was a matter OF liberty"
do you believe in God2"
Yes, but the God believe In and the
God other people believe in is 30 different
tha; il would be difficult for me 10 ex-
plain. God is in me. When q certain
man named Jones received Jesus Christ
the Jones went out"
In answer to other questions Jones said
that he would preach when he felt like II
and would stop when he felt like ii.
Speaking OF his wife he said that he loved
her and the child, but the woman assumed
20 rule in his house, and as he was the
head Of the family he had to put down re-
bellion.
This man Jones'" he continued,
thought he was commanded to put down
rebellion and he did so. He held his wife
down until she submitted through fear.
But If am 8 wife beaten / want to be re-
garded as a sane man"
Further on AR. Jones said that the man