Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-05-04


 GONE HENCE-TueSllay morning last the body of Suba Jones, n rsSidCn' of this town for the last thrV months, was dis covered hanging to the limb of trce on Jackson Squa0. Having bCOn hanging there for seven or eight hours it Is ncCdlte>S to explain that life had departed. Mr Jones struck thls town with two guns in his belt and bowie knife sticking out of his boot le. He hadn't had his hair cut for l5 years, and iI had probably hccn ten since he had washed his face or cleaned his finger nails. He came hrre to add Ia the general enthusiasm lying around lou.sn, and he had sc.LrVs'ly taken his first drink when he h'gln IN'pping away with his guns and having lots uf fun all by himself. The city marshal arp'StCl him on several occ:lSionS, and on several other ncc;l>ions We, mRyor had s"inc advice tu offer him Mir Jones had mapped out policy, however. and he proved to be a determined and persistent critter He was finally wariscd by the vigilance committee to pick up his bundle and travel. but he replied by declaring that he was here to stay Hay ing been duly sat on and buried we think the chances arc in favor of his rUmaining for some time to come. It is quite likely
 
 We have such 6 cOmmittce and their bust ness is to hang just such men as MT. Jones If il hadn't happened here, 1t would have been Sur' to O.ccur somewhere else within . few weeks, and he may be congratulated on having got an early start and saved any delay If hc had any rcla- tivcs, they can find his weapons and l5 cents in cash at the corrner's office any time within the next year
 ALL A MISTAKE.-We arc sorry to see somo of our estevHlCNl contemporaries de voting so much sI+r'P to the little incident which occurred at the meeting of tho com mon council the other Friday evening. The average rcadcr must he led t0 believe us a queer people in this town. Thcre WAS some shooting. but instead of 'prcar- ranged slaughter" aS they put it, ii all came about by accident. When we opened the meeting as prcsiding officer, We r"- tiCed that Alderman White was out of sorts and had two guns strapped t0 him. We got the idea that he intended Ia call up the tabled resolution tO build 800 flNt 0i public sewer in order to drain the cellar of his house and at once prcparvl to check 1 mate him. As he never calls Ts tabled resolution without holding a gun in either | hand we reached for our ViStol with the lutt0ll'n oi Nt'iuluE nm ulWu Just sts we had it in hand it was accidentally ex' | plo,lcd The honorable gentleman supposed | we wcrc shooting at him. and of course began pnpping away in return. Alderman Williams somehow flgurNd that Alderman Thompson intended to plug him, and Al | dv:nAu >~U;I iu,,k adVanta ., of tho IccI sion ta hare few shots at AldSrrnar ' | Grecrleaf Wo believe the city clerk Pop ned away at the recorder. who happened tC be present, and the city attorney pulled | trigSur on some county official in the lob by. It was Sll over in two minutes, with | no one hurt, and was understood all | around to have been the result of accident | The subsequent procccdings were marked | with the grAtcst harmony, and no one | supposed that the affair would oven be rc ferred to in the public prints. It was. WI affirm, a simple incident, such as is likely to occur in any session of any common council In the country. and the sensational reports made in rvgar,l to it arc a discnd dit to journalism.