Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-02-20
WITH BOMB he
DEMANDED $1,000
Desperate Holds Up Man, wife
Son In Their Home.
CAPTURED BY A TRICK

Kansas City Merchant Tripped In
sruder In Hallway and overpewsred
Him - cenfesses He Planned to
Chain and Carry Away His Victim
After Getting Money.
Kansas City, Feb. 17.-Armed with
revolver in one hand and a dypa-
mite bomb in the other, . man giving
the name Of G. II. Garrett, about forty
years old. entered the home OF Law.
renee M. Jones. president of the Jones
Brothers Dry Goods company, OF this
city, and demanded $1,000.
The man appeared At the Jones home
and asked for Mr.. Jones. He was
shown to the library. Mr.. Jones. who
was in another part Of the house. upon
entering the library was confronted
by the intruder. He told Dir. Jones "a
be seated. He then drew from under
his overcoat q dynamite bomb and ex.
planned that unless DIR. Jones have him
$1,000 ne would Immediately blow him
into atoms
In an endesvor 10 calm the man Mr..
Jones talked with him over half an
hour. Mrs Jones, feeling apprehen-
sive on account OF her husbands LONG
interview. entered the library at this
point. The intruder ordered her to be
seated. The conversation was resum.
ed Chester l. Jones. = son. followed
his mother. and he, too. was ordered to
be seated. Mr.. Jones then suggested
that SIS he did not have the necessary
de- In
him to the bank. This was agreed 70.
AS the pair were passing through
the lower hall Mr.. Jones stepped sud
denly back and, placing his foot IN
front Of his visitor, hurled him to the
floor. Mr.. Jones and his son then
overpowered the man and stripped
him OF his weapons and called the DO
lice. The bomb did not explode when
the intruder fell.
At the police station the man said
he planned after securing the money
from Mr.. Jones TO take him TO hide.
pendence. e suburb. whore he would
have chained him up in a house ne
had fitted I'D for the purpose He said
he had been planning the scheme for
several months.
With his arms folded and his SLOUGH
hat pulled down over his eyes. Gar
nett stood surly and defiant in his cell.
Am l sorry for what I've dons7" he
said. NO. I'm not. The only thing
I'm sorry for is that did not kill my.
self before the officers got me.
Tires month"; ago Quit my Job in
Omaha and decided that rs soon as my
money ran out I'd kill myself I came
TO Kansas City Jan. Is. About ten
days ago, when my funds got low, I
decided that the time had come e
Quit this world. took the revolver I
had bought In Omaha. and went out on
bridge that spans the Missouri Jus.
&C 7 =%s about 20 kill myself the
thought came 70 me that I still had
one more chance-if could only get
few thousand dollars The thought
then came TO ne to make an Internal
machine.
II went TO 4 hardware store ~ In
dependence and purchased ton sticks
or dynamite. + believed this would
scare my victim. had no intention
or harming any one. simply wanted
money"
Police officers and newspaper men
found the house described by Garnett.
II was q small vacant frame house in
Independence. The closet contained
three padlociks and a number OF Ion
chains attached to the wall. Garne
planned TO imprison Jonea until ]
could escape with the monev