Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-13
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ter and the latter called Chief of Police
Gray.
Body Cut Down.
Together these two men went to the
door which they found locked from the
inside, and would not answer the call
of the key. Chief GRAY then. went
through nearby room, and entered
Mr., Jones room from the rear He
climbed inside and turned on an cleo
trio light, and with General Manches-
tef placed the body of the man upon
the bed. An undertaken was then call
ed and the remains taken TO his es
Establishment. where thew will he kent
until sent to Mr.. Jones' home in Cedar
Rapids tonight.
Left no Word.
AS soon as the BODY had heen taken
care of Chief Gray and a Courier rem
resentative made close search of the
room in an endeayor to find some rea.
son for the deed. They ransacked ev-
erything in the place. hut we're unable
to find a word that would throw any
light upon the subject When the
body was removed the clothing of the
dead man was gathered I'm. and taken
with it. When the remains arrived at
the undertaking room the vest was
missing. The trousers pockets con.
tanned S4.S7 besides numerous annual
passes. While Chief GRAY was look.
ing through the room for some word
from the dead man, he turned back the
mattresses on the bed and there lying
next to the springs was Mr.. Jones vest
neatly folded,and apparently placed as
was usual for the night. This CON
tanned solid gold watch, $40 bill,
besides an expense book.
Not Disturbed.
The room when entered by Chief
Gray was not in the least disturbed
The dead body was clad only in it's
underclothes. The man had thrown
off all his outer clothing, and hung
them neatly upon a chair, and prepar-
ed for bed, when the impulse to kill
himself, fastened its claws upon him.
He had turned back the bed clothes
neatly, and then removed the upper
sheet. This, he twisted into a rope
Fastening one end about his neck, in
very clumsy. fashion, he Topped the
other end of the sheet and hung it over
the bed post. He had then apparently
sat down, and throwing his weight up
on the sheet slowly strangled to death.
He had placed chair against wall
of the. room, for the purpose of bracing
himself, and keeping his weight down
against the improvised rope.
The Inquest.
At 10 o'clock this morning Coroner
Throne empaneled jury composed of
John F. Fish, w. H. Stevens and Henry
Wagers, and held an inquest The
facts outlined above We're brought out
at this hearing and after a few wit
Inesses had been examined, the jury
returned the following verdict: "We,
the jury finds that David c. Jones,
came to his death, by hanging in a
room in the Ballingall Hotel, Ottumwa
Ia, on or about Tuesday evening, Feb
by his own hard"
iaken to Cedar Rapids.
II was decided that the remains
shouia pe' taken 70. ms nome IN Cedar
hapius tohislt, ana from thefe they
wii plopapiy pe SEM 70 Detrolt, Mich,
MS luriner nome, LOT burial. Inc dead
shan leaves wlie ana TWO sons. me
Iormer llves IN CEDAR rapids, while
|tne sous, VINO are civil engineers are
enpioyeu ~ nlhihg III the BLACK Hills
% Sousn pahoea. 1ney nave peen not.
ineu VI tnelr iaIhet ACT ana VIII
pIopaply meet the oody on lts ARRIVAL
ae oeuai hapius as = Q CLOCK tonlSnt.
Was Well Known.
MI. Jones was one OF the most prom
inenl idlliodu men III tne state, ana MS