The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
LATIMER JONES', PLAINTIFF.
III NAMES LAWYER DANIELS
CORRESPONDENT.
When Ne Came Out ef sing sing ISIS second
wife. whom He Married BiEamousl,.
Wouldn't 1--we With Him He sues Her
On England -Back Here 90 serve Paper

When lie Came Out Of stng Sfng ITS secofd
wife. whom He Married BiEameusl,.
wouidn't 1--we With Him He sues Her
en- England BACK Here 90 serve Papers
Iatimer z. Jones. who was pardoned
out Of Sing Sing las, spring by Gov. odell.
came from England a few days q to see
that the legal papers were properly served
IN litiRations In which he seeks divorce
from his last wife and TO recover damages
from one OF the correspondents, Lawyer
George \ Daniels The suit s the first
intimAtion that the many people over here
who hold him In varying sorts Of regard
will have that he and the rich young widow
he took for HIS second wife are at outs.
Jones' was brought here for trial In 1897
on the many indictments found against
him nine years before for fraudulent In
dorsement OF notes. He had kted notes
running up to several hundreds of thousands
OF dollar. for uss In the schemes Ia which
he had embarked before he few the country
In isss. One OF his counsel. when he was
brought here for trial. Was Lawyer Daniels.
who In this way became acquainted with
Mrs Jones. who had been Ellen Andrews.
widow Of a wealthy Sheffield, England.
steel manufacturer Jones confessed his
guilt on one Of the indictments before
Justice Fitzgerald In Gcu-ral Sessions. and
was sentenced to Ave years and siI months
Imprisonment. Tn tue intercc-sion Of
friends he was p~srdoncd. saving six months
Of his term. counting Communication. and
b.ing thereby restored to his rights an q
citizend
Jones after his release had erpected
to settle down again Ia the conduct Of hts
stock farm At Scarborough, England,
which Is called the kskdale stud Farm
When h- vas sent "a Sing Sing his wife
returned To their home at Scarborough
and remained there with their three chit
dren- H. obtained the children, but his
wife declined to livn with him again. apd
when be- brought his pre-en' sur iorOi-
vorce he learned that she was travelling
on the Continent
Aside from Lawyer panlel~'s. several
naus~. said To H.. prominent IN England,
are hnkeSi With that of Mrs Jon-. IN m"
divorce suit Jones saw his
about hiS wife'- came ~ part
from letters and other pap"r~ he found at
his Scarborough home. lie declares that
Daniels was a guest Of hts wife for several
days in the summer Of 1919 az Scarborough
Daniels II a bachelor He T. a member II
the Union League Club, New York Ath-
lotto Club aud the Bar Association Jones
asks for SIS 900 damages from him Ih.
suit IL brought In the High Court Of Justice.
Divorce Division, through LAWYERS 'ru-ss
\ sons. ! Lancaster place, strand. London
Daniels denies the charge
Jones came Ia this City from q small
village near tlmira, who're his father, Ehlah
Jones, was in the lumber business Jones
organized the New York Lumbar Auction
COMPANY and made DE Witt CLINTON Wheeler
it, President Wheeler had married. n sister
Of Jones. Jones O.cane Interested IN several
other companies, including the Bal Electric
Light Company. the United States Dredging
Company and tine orange County stock
Farm Ben amin !. gton,
a retired LAWYER, advanced To- Jones about
100000 OF notes. The Endorsements on
soIne Of the notes were alleged to have
been forged. The collapse 81 Jones came Ia
ISIS, and In the suits following his trans.
action. and on the indiCtmsnts several
bonds were given 10y him. IL In said that one
of the bondr, for $1,000. swept away the
hous. Of Joner's mother In brooklyn.
Jones was attaining prominence IN his
lumber business. when In 1855 he married
Blanche Colwell. daughter of Lewis Cow ell
OF tho Colwell Lead Company She hal two
CHI ldren by Jones. Blanche aud Constance
Mrs. Colweil-Jone- stuck to Jones through
hi difficulties. and her father having died
che transferred the interest then due her IN
her fathers estate To the creditors II Jont-.
He had been arrested ut the indictments
when he disappeared IN ISIS. Jones first
sought asylum in the Argentine Republic,
NDfiF HN WI" hflN VI
ence with him until iso.
Mrs. Colweil-Jone- learned accidentally
m sa2 that her husband who she still be-
lievcd was in South AmeriCa. had Married
Mrs. Ellen Andrews az Albany On March
n. isa2. Jones had met her on "A steamer
from Bncnos Ayres Mrs. Andrews had
insisted thai Jones give proof ~ his re-
spact ability, and he had taken her t. his
father. who was then ~ Boston His
father VA a witness AZ tho marriage Mr.
- 49, Vka a.V EtHFVsTNa.aN N.HuHaas
she had ~continusd To tc ~ ommuuicatio
with the father Of Jones Mrs Colwell-
Jones subsequently, got a letter from Jones
impiofinE aer "a do nothing against him
an a charge Of big amy on account ~ their
children. This letter was used ia ia" di-
vorce suit in which Mr. tolwell-JO "a
subsequently got a drcr-e Of absolute
divorce against him and the custody %
their two children
IL is said that Jones did a good business
in breeding and selling horses in England
and worked himself into favor with many
aisfOCraiic patrons.