The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-25
THE MOTHER
HOLDS OUT.
Mrs. Parmenter's
Condition No
Worse.
Reward Nor Rustling
Avails to Locate
Murderer.
Police Exertions Are Wasted in
Running Down
Rumors.

the Territory OF Hawaii, being first
duly sworn says that he is informed
and has reason to believe and does
so believe that one Edward NJ Jones
OF Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Territory
OF Hawaii, did at said Honolulu. on
the 23rd day of August, 1903, without
authority or justification or extenua-
ton by law and with deliberate premed-
itated malice aforethought, shoot
kill and murder one Mrs. Linda K.
Jones and did then and there and
thereby commit the crime OF murder
in the first degree, contrary to the form
OF the statute in such case. made and
provided.
Arthur NJ. Brown. High Sheriff,
Territory OF Hawaii"
The foregoing is the formal COM
plant sworn to by High Sheriff A. NJ.
Brown yesterday morning before Judge
Lindsay. It needed no sworn COM
plant. however. to set the guardians
OF the law hot on the trail of the wife
murderer. Squads OF police have been
securing the whole island since early
Sunday morning. the hunt being led
by Deputy Sheriff Chas. Chilling
worth.
While the police and private parties
all over the island are keeping a sharp
lookout for Jones, special squads are
stationed in Kalihi. Manoa, Palolo and
Pauoa valleys. In the Kalihi district
Lieutenant Sam Leslie has charge of
the search.
With $4,000 on his head, it was
thought by many that Jones would be
landed long before nightfan. but up
to a late hour last night no trace of
the fugitive could be found.
All day yesterday reports of Jones
being seen or captured were being cir
culated about town. The Police Sta
ton people were kept busy running
down the clues as to the murderer's
whereabouts and denying the reports
of his capture.
There have been various rumors of
Jones being seen up Nuuanu valley.
1t was thought he might be prowling
about the murdered woman's grave.
G. Lee and E. c. Lawton, employees
of T. Give Davies. report seeing a
man whom they believed was the
fugitive at about Z o'clock Sunday
night. The man seen acted very
strange. being seemingly out Of his
mind. While talking to the two men.
the stranger suddenly turned and
Jumped the fence. going in the direc-
ton OF the cemetery.
1t was also reported yesterday morn
ing that Chris. Holt had captured Jones
at Makaha. Like other stories, this
turned out to be without foundation.
Another report was to the effect that
a man answering Jones's description
had been seen by Chinese in the Eva
district. This report was investigated.
but nothing tangible was gained.
Ben vickers, an employee OF the
Shoe Co. who lives on
King street, near Artesian, furnished
another so-called clue. He was awak-
ened about 1880 Sunday night by a |
mans voice crying: II love her still. /
love her still She is gone. but 1 love
her still" vickers, who knows Jones, |
says the general appearance Of the
man, whom he saw on looking out, tall |
lied with that OF the man so badly |
wanted by the police. The Advertiser |
IS Informed, however. by other peo-
pie OF the neighborhood that the man
causing the disturbance was a drunken |
Portuguese who often goes on a toot |
and makes things howl in that
Mrs. John F. Colburn stated over
the phone at 1890 last night that her
Mrs. Parmenter, was in
the same condition, showing no signs