The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

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Broadway. the oficer paying but littis
attention 20 his prisoner. as ne seemed n
very well behaved. harmless drunk Ths
omcer noticed that the old man scanned
much engaged talking aloud 20 himself
and that he frequently made strange Ess-
lures. throwing out first the right arm
and then the left. The policeman. think-
Ing his prisoner imagined himself ad-
dressing an audience, walked HlonF IN.
street without a thought beyond the eacf
that Il would soon bs time 70 charge tha
watch.
Suddenly . man who bad been foghSwana
In their wake called 20 them 70 stoo-
When hs had caught up with thea be
asked Jones II no hadn't dropped nouns-
thing. The old man denied that ne had
lost anything. but the man told him he
was certainly mistaken. and offered %
return purse. In order to settle AL oon-
troyersy the policeman took the pure,
informing the stranger that the old man
was little bit too drunk % know iuat
what he was doing. After this incident
the officer kept a sharp eye on his charge.
fearing he might dispose OF all his money
IN the same prodigal manner which not
only meant useless waste OF the old
mans money but some very hard quss-
tions 20 answer from his Chief IN the
morning
When they reached the City Pr1Eoa u
was not considered necessary 10 search
the old man very thoroughly. 50 they just
asked him FOR his money which the ser
ge9nt booked. and then locked him up in
a cell 10 give the old fellow a chancs 20
sleep OF the effects OF his debauch
The next morning strong odor OF Eas
Was noticeable throughout the corridor.
which was finally traced 70 the cell where
Jones was confined. when the door was
opened % was found that the gas had been
turned On full force and the old man lay
on the bed partially asphyxiated.
Whether the gas had been turned on BY
accident OF design sim remains a mys-
tery. his incident created considerable
excitement iu tue prison The city phy-
siciau was called tu ana began the work
OI resuscitatlrB the old muu. There was
every evidence Ot mouONide poisoning.
and 40 was noticed that he seemed 10
GASP some object tightly IN his right
hand. As soon as the hand was forced
open IL was found 20 contain an odd BIT
OF metal. which proved upon examination
10 be the seal winch had belonged 90 the
murdered Duul. Everything seemed 70
show that there had been am effort made
TO destroy the seal Here was discovery
mat set the whole detective force anrs
with curiosity and Tel Co the immediata
auQ more thorough search Of the prison
ers effects. The officers were rewarded
by finding the watch and chain and sew
eral other articles % value. all of which
had been In the possession Of Uutl Just
previous TO his death. The result % this
find suggested 90 the detectives that 10
might be well 20 examine the contents OF
the purse that had been taken from Jones
the night before. and when % was opened
out dropped the rare foreign coins also
known 10 have been the property Of the
murdered Dutil.
Certainly. here was evidence enough %
convict a man. The fact that the effects
OF the murdered man were found upon
Jones person. together with his strenuous
efforts 10 rid himself OF the damaging cir
cumstanual evidence. made out "a pretty
strong case against the suspected man.
Add 10 this chain OF Incidents the fact
that there appeared every reason 10 BE-
neve the man had tried % commit gfu-
eide. and YOU have about az complete
case OF cirCumsta ntial evidence as
would be possible % imagine. This about
satisfied the wants of the prosecution.
and the case came 20 trial as soon as tns
various legal breathing spells had been
allowed.
Now for the defense. Many Of Oaklard's
leading citizens. men OF wealth and stand
ing IN the community. came forward an1
testified as TO Jones previous good char
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