Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-24
JONES BOYS CAPTURED,
ROBBED B. COGBILL NEAR HERE
 IN 1895.
Taken in at Joplin, Mo-, the result of Some Clever Detective
 Work.

Chief of Police Mason Philpot and Sheriff H. A. Mccoy returned from Joplin, Mo-, Saturday, where they went after Jim and Will Jones, two white men who are wanted in this state on a charge of robbery The men, of course, deny the charge and add that the never saw Arkansas be- fore. There is a standing reward of 5000 offered by the state for their capture and it is very likely that the officers mentioned will receive it
 The Jones brothers are charged with robbing B. Cogbill, a prosperous white farmer of Lincoln county. of $1,614. The robbery was committed in 1895 and Cogbill has indentified the men as being the guilty parties. The Joneses were formerly employed hv old man Cogbill, who one evening i after the men had been away from i the farm for a few weeks. invited one of them to take supper with him. Wrile they were at supper with the other members of the family, the other Jones appeared in the door leading to the dining room and coy cred them with a revolver. The Jones at supper took hand in the hold up and assisted his brother in tying the entire family. gagged them and robbed the iron chest, in which Cogbill kept his money. Mir. Cog bill would never put his money in the bank and the Jones boys knew it. They secured the 1,614 and skipped out for parts unknown. At the time every effort was made to locate the rascals but the officers met with no success
 \ few months ago, Mir ". A. Clay, who was formerly detective in tfie city, and who worked on the Jonea case for quite while, moved to .Jop- l1n, Mo-, where he engaged in the lumber business. One day while on the street there he noticed that an officer had the men on q misdemaanor charge and he thought he had either seen them before or studied so well thelr descriptions that he knew fhem He inquired into the matter and af- ter looking through his book of de- scfiptlons. sent for Mr Cogbill. who went to Joulin and there indentified the men as the Jones boys and the guilty robbers. Chief Philpot and MCCOY secured the acquisition papers and went after them They succeed ed in bringing the men to Pine R1,r safely and now they are behind the bars
 The Joneses are of fine appearance ana pear close resemblance 10 one another. They deny they were eyer Tn Arkansas; that they are related ana that their name is Jones' Hovev- er' at Joplin their talk indicated that they We're pretty well acquainted with Little Rock and other Arkansas places. When arrested in Joplin inc money they are popularly supposed to have was not found, although a woman there said one of them had $''ooo on him the night before.
 When Philpot and Mccoy went aft CT them, armed with the governors fequlsition, they at first refused to recognize it and one of them told Mir fhllPot they must take him forciblv. Phllpot argued the matter but with. out effect, and he then caught Jones and. held him while the bracelets were sllpped upon him. The other then surrendered quietly. Immediately thereafter they closed up like clans and could not be induced t0 talk abont themselves or anything else.
 En route to Fort Smith Thursday hlSht when the train stopped for snn. per Sheriff Mccoy got of and had :. lunch brought in One of the Dris- oners reared back on his dignity and reused to eat saying he was not 2
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 MT, and Mrs. Isaac Deryfus leave today for the east where Mir. Drevfus will purchase spring novelties for his mammoth establishment. Mir. Drov- fps is one of tho most careful and lar. gest of Pine Bluff buyers and when he visits the markets he usuallv secures things that suit the public He knows just what the pope want and the poo= ple seem to realize this. fact demonstrated by his large patronage.
 Mr- Bob Newell, well known Little Roehian, came down from the capital t.,+