The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-04
WHO Jones Was.

many evidences about him That he was
lost that he accosted him and asked
him for information concerning him
self. Jones could give very little. He
didn't know whether lie was In Boston
or Chicago. He didn't know how nor
when he got there. He didn't know
whether his name was Jones or Mont
morency.
1t was the duty of the police to solve
the mystery. The case was written up
and published broadcast. A close per-.
sona description was given. and many
Of the papers published his picture.
After he had hung around for a
month he went TO work as common
laborer. but waiting and hoping for
news all the time II was we'll for him
that a wealthy man living in New Ha-
ven became Interested in the case and
determined to follow II up as fad.
Jones was only too willing.
He was first given thorough exam
inatlon by alienists. Jones was found
Just as sane as the allenists them
selves. That may have disappointed
them, but they had to admit 1t. Emf
nent surgeons then examined him to
see IL his state had not been brought
about by some accident to the brain.
Nothing of the sort could be shown.
Jones was of Dhlegmatlc temperament
and not the man to worry his head
over anything. A score Of people were
allowed to question him. OF course
the idea was to bring forward some
thing to remind him of himself and
surroundings before the mysterious
change. Almost every family name
ever heard of in New England was
mentioned, but he did not recognize
his among them. Quite sure that he
had wife, over fifty given names
were called over In hopes to strike
hers, but this failed. Then there was
a list of names of boys and girls, but
he shook his head at each one. Then
a list of trades was called over. He
asked what a carpenter and black
smith were He did not know what a
scythe or plow was.
For two weeks the wisest and keen
est of men worked over Jones to re-
kindle the lost spark, and then things
changed about just as might have been
looked for. A majority of the COM
mittee and through them four-hfths of
the public denounced the man as an
impostor. 1t was argued that he was
a tramp who was looking for a soft
thing, and it was even urged that he
be arrested. Only the New Haven man
stuck to him, and perhaps that was
more through obstinacy than anything
else. He went back and reviewed the
whole case from the beginning. As
Jones had no money, it was fair to
on foot. A man out of his right mind
and acting queerly could not have trav-
eled far even over country highways
without being noticed or taken up. As
the newspapers, daily and weekly, had
given the case so much prominence,
but without anybody coming forward,
his nearest relatives We're not SUBJ
scribers to any public journal or lived
In a secluded locality. Again, Jones
must have been man who frequently
absented himself from home or his
wife would have been worried about
him and announced his disappearance.
This was the correct line of reason
ing. and 1t soon brought results. Had
1t been followed from the first there
would have been no long drawn mys-
terry. The New Haven man drew a
circle on the map for fifty miles
around the landward side of Boston
and then set out with his man. He got
just one hint to guide him before
starting. On the street one day as
they were passing machine shop
Jones paused to inspect machine at
the door. From the way he went
about 1t 1t was judged that he had had
considerable to do with machinery. 1t
is wonderful how easily any knot is
united when you get hold of 1t the
right way. The two men Travelled over
the highways with horse and buggy.
every farmer or traveller was asked If
he knew Jones. On the second day,
when forty-fve miles away and Just as
they were descending a long hill with
house and chair shop at the foot of
1t, they encountered woman. She
was asked II she knew him.
"Why, he's, my husband Samuel.
where on earth have you been all this
timer
Samuel rubbed his eyes. stretched
and gaped and got down and kissed
her. Nothing allied him now. He was
all right. He was country chair
maker, with shop driven by water
power. He was also an inventor. He
had left home to visit Boston and see
about having model made. On the
way he had either lost his money or
been robbed Of It, He may have fallen
or got blow on the head. He may
have been badly frightened. Brooding
over his invention might have unset
tied his mind. At any rate. he reached
Boston as one walking In his sleep.
and, as no newspaper reached the
house, his wife had seen nothing about
It. He had often been away for
week, and on this occasion she figured
that he was staying little longer to
complete tho machine.
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