Evening star., 1897-02-08
A YOUNG MURDERER
Continued from Fafat Page,

mother ard daughter express no surnr,se
They both said that Johho Jones had re-.
peatedly threatened to kiRy his brother He
had also threatened to kilt his mother. The
grief Of the mother and Daughter was very
keen. They seemed 'tos have no serio,is
thought as to the result to the younger son.
but all their sympathy wsAt to the murder
ed boy, who had apparently been a dutiful
and good-hearted was general in the neigh
borhood In which he lived.f
DR.. Morris was not an the house. as has
been stated, when the shooting was done.
breakfast. He says. however, that when
he was dressing this morning about
o'clock John Jones' who went around the
house at hts pleasure. came to the door of
Ing. but 1alked away. On the mantelplece
In Dr. Morris room was the weapon with
which the murder was committed I'm
mediately efter DR.. Morris left the boy
ing him and took the pistol. every cham
Der Of which was loaded. He put it in his
pocket and went on downstairs As soon
as his mother left to go to her housework
who had then returned. and the shooting
followed.
The Murderer Gave Himself Tn.
The location of the wound gave the off,
GERS who made the investigation an impres
sion that John Jones had been standing at
the top Of the steps which lead out from
the areaway. and that he had shot down
at his brother. but this view was disnelled
by the statement which the murderer made
later. In which he said that his brother was
sitting on the lower step leading up from
IN the are aaeaway ,., and that he had shot at him
IN the yard may also be accounted for in
the fact that John Jones in endeayorine to
reach the yard stepped into the blood
winch was even then oozing from his
brothers head and SO tracked 1t into the
yard. He made good escape, and was
not seen or heard Of until he walked into
the hrst precinct station about two hours
later and gave himself W.
John Jones was thirteen years old tho
18th Of last November. He Is rather stock
lily built. of more than the average height
Tor his age, and wore when he committed
me tns crime suit Of navy blue and a dark
feit hat He still wears knee pants but his
race. although youthful. bears the stamp of
depravity and vicious disposition. HIS
brother was little over sixteen years Old.
anu was, as stated. quiet. industrious
chap. helping his mother by selling papers
and doing odd Jobs around town When he
was removed to the hospital he was in an
unconscious condition. and the end came
Wlmn very few minutes after his ar
rival there. The bullet entered the right
side of the front parietal region and came
out about one inch from the place of entry.
The brain tissue had oozed out from the
noies and covered his entire head. SO that
1t was seen in an instant that there was
no hope for him.
BEFORE the police had made any prepa-
rat1ons for his capture. and while they
were In fact. examining his picture at
the first precinct station house. in order
to obtain better description Of the YOUTH
ful criminal he walked In as unconcerned
as he could possibly be. In answer to n
question he said his name was Johnny
Jol:es. and did not appear In the least
disconnected when Officer Emmert took
hold of his arm and ushered him into Lien
tehant Amiss' private Office Here he was
put through series of questions and was
hr ally locked up on charge Of murder.
He Tells HIS Story.
To Star reporter he related his story
OF the occurrence as follows:
My brother kept on beating me this
morning just because he could. I told him
to stop. but didn't fight back. We were
not fighting over anything in particular
and he was just beating me because he
could. When he went ont to sell his ma
pers 1 went upstairs and got Dr. Morris
pistol and when he came back met him
out In the areaway He had a beer bottle
IN his hand. and 1 thought he was going
to hit me with It, I pulled out my pistol
and told him could kill MIN He said:
Go ahead He told me to go ahead sew
eral times. and when l went to put the
pistol down 1t went Off and shot him 1
never had one before. and don't know how
1t happened. l never intended no harm
l told him l didn't want to kill him. but
he said go ahead, and when I went to
put the pistol away 1t went off--but didn't
lean no harm. He Was sitting on the
stone steps and was standing in the area,
and when 1 shot him he fell over side
ways"
Johnny answered all the questions put
to him by Lieutenant Amiss in a straight
forward way. but he did not show the
slightest concern. nor did he seem to real
lie the enormity Of his action. He did not
even inquire how his brother was. and
seemed to think that he was justified be-
cause his brother had been beating him
lust because he could"
One Of his first acts when he entered
the station house was to reach down into
the inside pocket of his coat and take from
it the weapon with which he had commit
ted the deed. One chamber only had been
fred. end 1t was reserved as evidence be-
fore the coroner's jury. John Jones was
assigned a cell and the charge of murder
placed opposite his name on the blotter.