The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-07-07

No was Jones answer. tCoffland
was the last person in my room that
day. We left together and went IL
Tom Connolly's to have a drink. That
was in the morning. Then 1 went to
work on the mantels in some cottages
up the street. I polished the mantels
with acid
Would that acid remove blood
stains?''
Il cont know. / didn't kill the wo-
man. In the afternoon I worked on
the roof of the Linden HOTEL
Friday night Jones told Carroll that
he had worked all the afternoon with
Hansen. The latter denies that state
ment. He says he met Jones in a sa-
Icon about 3:45, that he had seen him
before, and that the two were together
until about $50. 1t is the theory of
the prosecution that Mrs. Brandrup
was slain between noon and o'clock
in the afternoon. The officials believe
| Jones, whom Mrs. Brandrup knew as a
! friend, met her and asked her to share
| a glass of beer with him. Their the
| DRY is that the two, with possibly Cof-
| land, went to the halfbreed's apart
rnent. There, so they claim, an attempt
was made TO injure her, and when she
| fought for her honor she lost her life.
| This theory is corroborated by the fact
| that in the room We're found several
| full bottles of beer. while in the store
room where the body was hidden the
| officers found three empty bottles.
Among Jones' effects was case
knife, sharp as a razor, and six inches
from the tip of the blade to the handle.
Jones is known to have been in his
room shortly after / o'clock. At that
hour Miss Elise Vandenboss knocked
at his door and asked permission to
make the bed. Jones opened the door
slightly and refused to admit the
woman. She saw over his shoulder
what appeared to her TO be a body on
the bed. and reported the matter to her
sister-in-law, who owns the hotel. Miss
Vandenboss and the two Mcdonnell
girls passed the door of Jones room
several times in the next hour. They
declare they heard no unusual sound.
MY work took me upstairs several
times in the afternoon said Miss Liz
zie Mcdonnell "and 1 went to and fro
along the hall as usual. After dark 1
went up the back stairs, past the
storeroom door. It was closed, as
times before, and have never thought |
OF opening it.. Last night I could not
pass. Something told me I must open
that door. 1 fought the idea. 1t SEEM
ed foolish
Then I heard my mother calling me.
opened the door. It stuck. 1 pushed.
saw my mothers feet. She was lying
on the floor. Her face was covered
with a cloth. did not touch her. for
somehow I knew she was dead and
that she had been murdered. I got
downstairs and told Mrs. Vandenboss
and my sister Mary"
Mrs. Vandenboss said: II do not
think they will hold Cortland. He was
here all Friday afternoon, in and out
of the place, and 1 am sure he did not
go upstairs. I know he was in Jones
room some time in the morning, but I
think that was quite early. I never
knew Mrs. Brandrup was on friendly
terms with either Jones or Coffland."
Mrs Brandrup was popular among
her neighbors.
.tShe was one of the best women l
ever knew said Martin Roob. she
was always willing to help my wife,
and whenever we wanted to go to town
we got Mrs. Brandrup to look after
5CcN
her murderer.
On Wednesday next at 10 a. M. the
Coroner will hold an inquest at Baden.
Meanwhile Cortland and the dark, pow
erful kanaka who carries the big
sheathknife will be cross-questioned
behind the bars of the Redwood jail.
The Call of June % says:
The inquest held yesterday into the
Heath of Mrs Elizabeth Brandrup. I
who was assaulted and strangled and
Ter body thrown into squalid store
com at the back of the Linden Hotel
n South San Francisco on June p, has
served to deepen the mystery surround
ng the murder. The Coroners jury
makes no accusation against any per-
son, stating only that Mrs. Brandrup
vas choked to death by an unknown |
person possessed of great strength.
yesterday afternoon Elizabeth McDon- |
Id, the murdered woman's little daugh- |
er. swore to a complaint charging /
George Jones. a burly halfbreed ka- Il
1aka, in whose room it is believed the II
Killing was done, with committing the II
rhine. The arraignment will take place II
oday and the preliminary hearing is
let for next Tuesday. II
The verdict of the Coroner's jury has Il
n a measure upset the case of the II
Prosecuting officials of San Mateo Il
,ounty Circumstances strongly point II
ng the finger of guilt at the k9,naka II
ave been discovered by Sheriff Mans II
ieId and Constable r. j. Carroll, who |
ave followed up these clews on the |
heorv that Jones did the killing. Jones |
accounts for his whereabouts on the
av of the murder with the exception
+ the three hours intervening between
con time and o'clock in the after
oon The testimony of the autopsy I
urgeon, DR. D. B. Plymire, would
nake it seem that the murder was done 9
fter O'Clock.
NRRYRIEne Ar