The herald., 1895-06-21
JONES DIES OF HIS WOUND
An Inquest Held by the Coroner
on the Body
JURY SCORES MRS. JONES
Errington Charged With the Murder
of the Husband
hsartiess Behavior Of the Woman-A Re-
voting Story Of Cruelty to Cat
Learned of the Joneses

Herbert E. Jones, the man who has
been lying at the receiving hospital with
4 bullet embedded In his backbone for
several days, died yesterday morning
ut 7:25. The body was removed to the
undertaking establishment of kregelo q
Bresee ON Broadway. and Coroner Camp
bell held an inquest upon it yesterday
afternoon. The post mortem which was
had before resulted in fading the bullet
in Jones' spinal column from which it
had to be chopped. The bullet had also
pierced the left lung.
Mrs. Jones was at the inquest and dis
Rusted many by her unseemly conduct.
While the mutilated body OF the man
whose death she is indirectly guilty OF,
Law not thirty feet away from her in a
coffin, she stood out on the sidewalk
holding a conversation with a man and
q woman. which, judging from her
smiles, must have been pleasant and n
tertaining in its nature.
Among the objects which lay upon the
table before the coroner were several
alleged pieces of poetry composed by
Jones and which he had addressed to his
wife They were retrospective and were
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was some terribly badly spelled rhymes
about his dead baby.
Some OF the neis b bors OF the Jones' tell
q very revolving story in connection with
that little child. When it was very sick
Mrs. Jones went the rounds OF her neigh
bors' houses for the purpose OF securing
a cat to show to the infant. man
chased his cat and when he had caught
it handed it over to Mrs. Jones. She
took it away but never brought it back.
When the wife of this man missed tn e
pussy she made inquiries as to its where
abouts and by dint OF much question: ng
learned that the poor animal had been
skinned alive.and some OF its yiscera
placed upon the sick oaby's breast. TINS
remedy of the middle ages had no effect
and the little one succum bed. The
Joneses narrowly escaped arrest for
cruelty tn an animal at the time.
Errington was brought from the city
Jail by two policemen. and was present
throughout the inquest, although he bad
nothing to say. He was anxious to have
a little chat with Mrs. Jones, but his
guards would not allow it.
DR.. Bryant, Mrs. Cora Jones, Miss Ba-
con and Andy Springer. the fireman who
arrested Errington. gave testimony.
Their evidence was not E,ateria Is differ
ent from the story OF the shooting related
in these columns at the time OF the deed.
Mrs. Cora Jones admitted that she had
gone to the theater with Errlngton. but
she denied that anything vi a more GRIM
nal nature had occurred between them.
Her husband. she said, had no revolver
although he had threatened 10 shoot En-
rington. Wien she had warned the lat
ter he had replied, We'll. let him shoot
away.
The verdict OF the jury was that Her
bert f. Jones came to his death on the
Goth day OF June by a gunshot wound in
ficted with 32-csliber revolver in the
hands OF J. Bidwell Errington: and we
believe Mrs. Cora Jones was indirectly
the cause of her husbands death, mas
much as she refused to heed her hus-
bands peadings TO not keep company
with other men. Furthermore we deplore
the fact that firearms are carried and
used so freely on the streets and in pub
lie places. rendering it unsafe for people
to appear in public, and we recon- end
that the full penalty be dealt to those
VINO are guilty OF such offense."
This document was signed by II. C..
Poyser, foreman, Carlos l.. Smart, Albert
son and J. S. Freeman. A brother of
Errington has arrived from Napa to look
after his brothers interests. Messrs.
Bowen & Holloway. attorneys at law, have
been retained to defend him. This man,
who is older than Bidwell, laughed when
he referred to the immense wealth which
his father is credited with possessing.
That opulence, lie said, existed merely in
the mind of Oscar Smith. the silly youth
who is now in Jail for carrying a loaded
revolver
A complaint sworn to by Detective
Hawley was hled yesterday with Justice
Morrison, charging John Bidwell Erring-
ton with the murder OF Jones. He will be
arraigned this morning