The San Francisco call., 1906-07-07
JONES MUST FACE
A TRIAL FOR
MURDER.
Justice Harmon HoldsKanaka
on a Charge Of Killing
Mrs. Elizabeth Brandrup
FAILSTOPPOVEALIBI
Testimony Of the Witnesses
for Accused Man Becomes
a Boomerang to Defense

George Jones, the Knnaka, has been
committed to the custody Of the Sheriff
of San MateO County and held. with
out bail, to face charge of numbering
Mrs. Elizabeth Brandrup In his room
in the Linden Hotel ut Baden on june
22.
The preliminary hearing before JUS
tice Harmon, which has lasted several
days, came to an end yesterday, and
resulted in the holding of the ac-
cused man for trial in the Superior
Court of the State. The three days
hearing brought out a preponderance
of testimony against the suspect, even
the witnesses for the defense giving
boomerang evidence for the prisoners
cause
The summary of the hearing is
ciearly~and succinotly set forth in the
words of Justice Harmon:
Il have had time during the hear
ing to give this case ample considera
tion," he said, land do not believe.
making allowance for slight discrep-
ancies, that the witnesses for the
prosecution are mistaken in their tes-
timony I would be the last person
to do the defendant a wrong, but l
cannot believe his testimony is true.
cannot believe that the defendants
testimony is even probable
FAILS TO PROVE ALIBI.
From the time the carpenter. L. r.
Hansen, testified to hearing the death
screams of the victim in Jones room
the demeanor of the prisoner has un-
dergone change. He showed nothing
of the bravado yesterday that has
characterized his early action during
the hearing. When witnesses called
by the defense failed to corroborate
his statements as TO his whereabouts
on the day of the murder Jones black
hair became damp with perspiration.
Throughout the hearing he has said
that he would be set free at it's con-
clusion. Although the courts opinion
was anticipated by almost every one
in the courtroom, the decision came as
a shock to the prisoner.
There was q hurried conversation
between the accused man, his brother,
Charles Jones, and his attorney, Harry
Styles, but no word was given out by
any of them concerning the line of de-
fense they will adopt at the murder
trial.
NO STARTLING TESTIMONY.
The testimony during the day did not
develop startling features. Harry Coff-
land on whom the defense at one time
tried to cast suspicion, was present
under a subpoena served by the defense
He swore that he saw Mrs. Brandrup
enter the hotel a few minutes before
she was killed and had seen Jones
taking 10 hef on street corner just
before.
William Green, the carpenter on
whom Jones was depending to furnish
him an alibi, denied that he had seen
Jones On the day of the murder. He
also said that Jones did not work dur
! ing the morning, as the defendant
/ claimed. The witness, called by the
defense. made case for the prosecu-
| ton.
| E, S. McPike, butcher, was called to
/ the stand by the defense. He became
SO tangled in his testimony by the
questions of District Attorney Bullock
that his evidence was not considered
The other witnesses for the defense
Nellie Cohen, q barber; o. Gita, the
japanese cook at the Linden Hotel, anc
Joseph David, the dishwasher. proved
immaterial witnesses.
| Jones was recalled to the stand a.
the last witness and questioned as Il
his family history and life in Hawaii
The case was submitted by both sides
without argument.