The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-08-25

menter, Mrs. Jones who heard tn,
shot, cried Mamma. mamma" who's
there" but Mrs. Parmenter sal,
she did not answer for fear that Jone.
would shoot at her again. The mar
heard the voice. and recognizing It a.
his wife's started toward her. Their
Mrs. Parmenter heard him repeat after
Mrs. Jones WHO'S there, and a mo-
ment later heard the shot. Mrs. Par.
menter, much frightened, began call.
ing upon the neighbors In loud voice
She cried Haul in, haul in, several
times. and Jones approached her on q
run, repeating the same exclamation
and firing another shot at her. This
also missed its mark, and then Jones
approached still closer and this time
the shot took effect. Mrs. Parmenter
| was able to reach the house of G.. w.
X. King. which is n but short dis
lance away and saw Jones disappear
down the lane which runs along side
the scene of the tragedy.
SEARCH FOR THE MURDERER.
The hunt for the murderer was begun
within an hour after the commission
of the crime. Deputy Sheriff Chilling
worth, who had Just returned from a
raid at Waikiki, took charge of the man
hunt. and was reinforced by almost the
entire night police force. The only clue
to the murderer was his disappearance
down the lane leading into Befetania
street. The first thing discovered was
the hat and the shoes worn by Jones.
These We're found in an adjoining lot,
where evidently they had been dropped
before he entered the premises occupied
by his wife. An empty wine bottle was
also found mar by, and Sheriff Chilling
worth believes that 1t had been drained
by Jones earlier in the evening. There
seems to be but little doubt that the
murderer really was drunk. Earlier in
the evening he was seen on an electric
car and told native girl that he was
going to Waikiki. 1t is known that
he had been drinking heavily for sew
eral weeks past.
SEARCHED THE HERAT.
J No trace of the murderer has been
discovered since his mysterious disap-
pearance though the search has been
most thorough. All the old haunts
of the man have been watched. but
so far not the slightest clue has been
found. Early in the morning it was
reported that Jones had been seen on
the water front and Captain Flint with
two men explored the whole front with
out verifying the report. The only
outgoing vessel was the Italian ship
Herat and she was searched from top
to bottom, Chillingworth himself I'M
dertaking this work. Captain Olivari
was just as anxious as the police not
to carry away a murderer and assisted
in the search.
Later came another report that Jones
had been seen heading towards Wal
alua where he has relatives and Officer
Vida made the trip down but could find
no trace of him. Vida notified the
police all along the railroad to watch
out for the man.
The whole country has been secured
from Waikiki to Kalihi, while both Ma
noa and Nuuanu Valleys have been
patrolled by the police officers. Vida
and Richardson have been sent to Eva
where Jones also has relatives. while
Officers Carter and Cornwell were de-
tailed to stay in the vicinity of the
Parmenter home. Other officers are
watching at the Lucas house. for It
was reported that Jones had threaten
ed to kill his sister in-law, Mrs. Lucas. |
Still another squad is hunting in Pauoa
Valley, while in other parts of the
city a careful watch for the man is
being kept. Altogether there are eigh-
teen officers hunting for Jones and
High Sheriff Brown said last night that
his capture was only a question of
time. The reward of $500 which has
been offered is for information leading
to the capture of the murderer. 1t is
not as ordinarily for his conviction.
The police will attend to that.
COLLECTING EVIDENCE.
Attorney General Andrews with High !
Sheriff Brown started early yesterday
to collect evidence against the
murderer. Statements We're obtained
from Conductor Prixley, officer Kane
and a native girl who saw Jones
earlier in the evening. There is also
the statement obtained from Mrs. Par
menter.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
The coroner's jury was summoned by |
Sheriff Chillingworth early yesterday
1t is composed of e. w. /
Campbell, II. w. Kinney, C. D. Prin-
gle, w. IT. Blacker, G. w. r. King and
d. l.. Sprinks. After viewing the re-
mains an adjournment was taken until
afternoon at o'clock.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral of Mrs. Jones was held
afternoon from Williams's
parlors. 1t was attended
only by the relatives and a few init
mate friends.
WHO JONES IS.
The murderer is well known about
the city. His father ]. w. p. Jones,
was formerly the owner of Kahuku
ranch and sold 1t to Col. Norris.
Eddie" Jones, as he is best known, Is
about forty years of age He has a
brother Dayton, who is luna at Oahu
Prison. Two other brothers, Arthur
and John. are employed at McInerny's
shoe store.
Jones has been twice married. His
first wife was n Miss Kaai, who is
lead. He has four children living,
oliver, John, Hattie and Violet
He was married to the woman he
murdered a little over a year ago. and