Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-15
STILL A MYSTERY.
Acheson Murder Shrouded in
Deepest Gloom.


Several Suspects arrested but None of
Them Connected with the Crime
Latest Developments in the affair
Funeral Of the Yictim-AnOther Sim.
liar Crime In the same Neighborhood
Two Years ag0-News Notes From
Norris Cross Roads.
MORRIS x ROADS, April 15-The
funeral Of Alfred Jones occurred this
morning at 10 o'clock from the Jones
residence. Deceased was son of
Hiram Jones who died in 1856 and
Nancy Holt Jones who died last
week. He has brother living at
Deer Park, Md, and two sisters,
Mrs Jane Harvey and Mrs. j. C.
Williams, Of Fairehanee. He was
an Uncle of District Attorney Jones
of Uniontown.
Excitement still runs high but the
identity of the robbers Is still un-
known though several parties have
been arrested on suspicion.
Some people at first were inclined
to think that tramps murdered Mr..
Jones but upon second thought they
think it was some person who knew
him and that the deed was carefully
premeditated. The house in which
he lived stands off the road about
half a mile from any ether house
thus giving midnight robbers free
] hand to commit the crime.
II NAV v,ava,. ho lypaup hour yn,,ab
money they secured.
Mr.. Jones had made deposit in
the Uniontown bank in January but
it seems he had much confidence in
the old chest and no doubt had sew
eral hundred dollars stored in it.
No trace of the three men can be
found who came out on the train
Saturday evening.
Constables and detectives are scour-
ing the country but have found no
) trace of them. From their tracks it
seems they started for the mountain
but returned and struck for the rail-
road and probably jumped a coke
train which went south about five
o'clock Sunday morning.
Constable Fee and Deputy Sheriff
Litman returned from Morgantown
!, Monday where they went in hopes
of getting some Information. Major
White, Charles Hamlet, Will Jack
son and Mrs. Neal Shallow of Leith
were arrested yesterday morning on
suspicion. They formerly worked
at Acheson and were acquainted
with the habits of the Jones family.
William jackson father of Mrs.
Shallow worked for Mrs. Jones. AT
! ter being put through a very severe
examination by District Attorney
4 Jones they were discharged except
! White and Mrs. Harvey Miller who
was arrested Sunday at Adhesion
! and it may be that none of the pat
ties arrested know anything of the
murder. The tragedy occurred but
one half mile from where Mr.. and
J Mrs. Isaac Conn were bound and
robbed one night two years ago.
Those robbers are still unknown
and it may be the Jones murder is
the work of the same gang. Two of
the victims are described as being
very tall men and one short man.
One had extra large feet and made
track IL inches long. Residents
of the neighborhood are very much
aroused and alarmed. They have
laid in a SUPPLY of amnnitlon and
will make it interesting for any sus-
picious characters caught around
their houses hereafter.
Some of the peace loving citizens Of
n Springhill who spend their nights in
sleep have filed complaints against
the feline orchestration which breaks
the silver stiffness of the night. Ac-
cording to this the cat is one of the
10 local plaques aud some remedy
should be be applied. To find a rem
edy is a proposition, which means
quite wrestle with ones brain around
the think tank. If the guilty ones
are stray cats they should be run off
for fear they might corrupt other
thomas cats.
The ground being so full of water
! !. this spring the bottom has fallen out
Yin places in some Of the roads and it
y Twill take some stone and work to fill
Il these holes up. Springs and streams
are running with full head of water
where they never did before.
IA Several baseball clubs are inclined
N to discourage Isaac Canoe in his eff
forts to organize a nine but Mr..
q Canoe has most of his players signed
and as result of the announcement
n there is much uneasiness among the
II fans.
A Farmers have been held back very
1 much this spring with their work by
the cold and changeable weather.
William Burchinal of Cans was bad
ly hurt last Friday evening by being
kicked by horse. Mr.. Burchinal was
IN among the horses when one of them
kicked him striking him back Of the
ear. He received an ugly cash In the
head which required IL stitches. He
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