, 1903-01-16
Friday, January 10, 1908.
Jones Gets Four Years.

tertng the hotel OF William X. tinker at Holly
Beach, and with the larceny of money and
whiskey from the bar room. The defendant
was represented by good counsel, Jonathan
Hand and James M. 4. Hildreth, and while
they did all in their power to save him from
the consequences of his act, the foolishness of
the accused himself made the task an impos-
sible one. The first witness was VIM. II.
Pinker, who said that on the 2lst of last No
vember he went away for a week, leaving
Joseph Finley, his bar tender, in charge of his
hotel; before going he put s. in the cash reg
lister, and gave Emley S5 or $40 for use during
his absence.
Joseph Emley testified that on the after
noon OF the same day, about half past five
o'clock, he put the lights out and started to go
home to supper; as soon as the people who
were In the bar-Gus Wilson, Oscar Olsen,
John White, Isaac Murray and Frank Jones
had gone out, the witness unlocked the door
and relighted the bar before going home. Was
absent about 15 minutes, and on his return
found a rear window mashed, the cash regis
ter broken and robbed and two quarts of whis-
key gone from the shelf behind the bar. He
then recalled the fact hat before supper he
had noticed that when the men went out Jones
did not accompany them more than one
block, but turned back and went toward the
beach. The witness said he at once went to
Justice Bridges and procured a warrant Tor
Marshal Frank Shill. On cross-examination
Emley said that when Jones was at hotel in
the afternoon he bought a half pint of liquor
and paid for a game of pool.
VIM. Schellinger ana Ralph Norton, who
passed the hotel on their wheels about 5.45 on
the evening of the robbery, both testified to
seeing Jones and a man by the name, of Co
tello standing near the bar room, within lO
feet of the building. Isaac Murray, the next
witness, said that he was at the hotel in the
afternoon in company with Jones, and that
paying for the whiskey and game of pool.
Was also there in the evening when Jones In
vited him to drink and said he had 'ten or
twelve to blow in, and plenty of booze on the
outside" Just then the Marshal appeared at
the door and Jones exclaimed with an oath
"-Murray, Pm pinched for robbing Billy
Pinker." Witness Said he then asked Jones
what made him do it, and he replied, "H-,
he amt the only one I've DONE On cross
examination the witness said this converse
ton occurred before the officer had made
any attempt to arrest Jones.
Harry Brannan swore that on the evening
in question Jones told him he had plenty of
coin; and he heard Murray accuse him of
robbery, and was positive the accused did
John Nelson testified to some business deal
ings with the accused on the afternoon of the
robbery, and said that Jones could not change
"A So bill.
Officer Frank shill testified to conversation
with Jones after he was arrested; told me the
$500 l took from him he had gotten from a
Mrs. Sheehan, with whom he boarded; l
locked him up and went to see Mrs, Sheehan,
from her and she replied yes, S2.25.' | asked
her If that was all, and she insisted that 1t was.
Later at the hearing when she testified to the
same thing Jones prompted her, and she said,
'Oh yes, there was some more upstairs On
cross-examination witness said Jones lived
with this woman.
The next witness was Sheriff Ewing who
produced IA pile of papers which he said were
copies he had made of letters which Jones had
written to Mrs. Sheehan during his incarcer-
alton in the county jail, and one of them was
n copy of a letter she had WrltteQ to MIN.
%conffssf fof ds1efdiihI OF couise oDlecJed 10
the admission of these letters on the ground
that they were not the originals. Mrs. Shee-
han was then called and swore that she had
burned the originals, and Judge voorhees, per-
mitted the copies to go TO the jury. The let
tiers were in the main a series of appeals to
the woman to swear to facts which would re-
suit in Jones acquittal, and repeatedly re-
fnrrpd In Soma act he NVnnI6 naPfOFm for her
benefit at Atlantic City If she secured his nc
quittal; ~ will do this for you If hang on the
gallows for it," All the letters alluded to an
evident effort on her part to raise money by
mortgaging her property, and as she had a
husband living, il would seem that the act he
was promising to do for her was of a very
serious nature.
Court adjourned to $50 n. m. on Wednesday.
Frank Jones, the prisoner at the bar, was
sworn and said he was 30 years of age and had
resided in Philadelphia most of his life; came
to Wildwood in the spring of 1900. On the 2lst
Sheehan's, where l have boarded for IL
months. In the afternoon Mr.. Nelson paid
me Sl.60, and l. went over to my boarding
house and took two 81 bills from n vase where
she hid her money, and n lot of silver from
under the carpet up stairs, there must have
been So or $6 that / got from the latter place.
/ then went to Barker's and got a half pint of
whiskey and "A bottle of beer; later | went to
Schlichting's and got another half pint and
3 or 4 beers; was at Pinker's at s p. m. and got
another half pint; played a game OF poolthere
and paid 40 cents for 1t, holding out "A big
DdDdlull III Sllidl tltbSt NAtii 4 dIQ
there with the Others at 5.25, but did not go IA
square and Il half with them, but went directly
to the "Macedonia" where found Mrs; Shee-
ham,, a colored fellow by the name of Baker,
and Costello. l ate my supper there, and
then sat down to smoke. At six O'Clock | left
there to go to Schlichting's for a kettle of
beer; then went up to Pinker's where ! got a
half pint; then back to the "Macedonia;'
then back to Pinker's to play pool. There
were several in there, Murray among the
number, and | asked him to take II drink
with me-; he wanted to fight; was then ar
rested, but did not have the least idea what it
was for until after / had reached the lookup.
On cross-examination Jones said that he
always paid Mrs. Sheehan $3.50 per week
board; denied meeting Costello after leaving
Pinkers ut $50; accounted for not counting
the money he took from under the carpet by
saving he was afraid Mrs. Sheehan would
come in and catch him, although he insisted
that il was only IA loan; admitted that this
was rather an unusual way OF borrowing
money; admitted writing the letters which
had been offered in evidence against him, but
denied prompting the witness at the hearing
before the magistrate.
Mrs. Sheehan took the oath and accounted
for the money that the accused had in his
possession on the night OF the robbery, by say
ing that he had taken S2.25 from the vase ana
something less than SO from the bedrooms;
said that he had always been in the habit OF
stealing her money when he could find it, but
that he was sure to pay it back. She denied
that Jones had smoked his pipe after eating
supper on the night of his arrest.
On cross-eXam1nation she impeached the
testimony of the officer who made the arrest,
and denied that she had any knowledge Ofthe
whereabouts OF her husband.
The last witness was Mrs. Watkins, the col
ored woman who keeps the Macedonia
which she insisted was not ii boarding house,
but a laundry, where she accepted boarders
when they came along. Her testimony was
u-nimportant, being simply aimed ut assisting
the accused in proving an alibi.
After able argument by counsel, Judge
VOORHEES, charged the jury at length and,
while his remarks We're fair and impartial, 1t
was evident that the legal features of the
charge were adverse To the defendant. The
jury retired at 3. ~ p. III. and returned at 4.4O
p. IN, with a verdict OF guilty
Judge Voorhees, sentenced Jones TO tour
years at hard labor in the state prison at
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