The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-17

cheSI III such a fashion as to pioion his
arms aims. At the same time by trick he
learned when boy, he kicked TIE mans
rect from under him. Both fell al, i rolled
down the stone steps at the edge of the
Jones porch. Chester, the son. was upon
the intruder before he could recover The
young man seized the mans pistol in one
hand Just as the trigger was pulled. The
weapon failed to explode. Mrs. Jones then
ran IN close and seized the bag containing
the bomb which she carried to the house
An examination of it showed that the
match had ignited, but failed to explode
the powder, doubtless having smothered
the flames.
Desperate Foreigner.
At the police station the intruder gave
the name of c. H Garnett He acknowl-
edged, however, that this was not his real
name. Garrett is about five feet six
inches tall, weight about $50 pounds. and
IS 40 years OF age He has the appearance
OF being foreigner, but speaks English
quite Wei He has a tanned skin and
dark hair recently cut. His eyes are a
watery brown and are crossed. His ears
are set close to his head and with his
black SLOUGH hat pulled far over his face,
one instincuVely thinks of border ruffians
Garnett says he is 40 and in hard luck.
His home is in Omaha. I'm not ashamed
of my intentions" said he. Il wasn't 60
ing to slug poor man over the head in
dark alley. | made up my mind to go
out to some mansion in broad daylight
and make my demands
A maid at the Jones home corroborates
Garnetts statement that he called there
viewer that he planned to make the late
j. Il. Burnham, also a wealthy dry goods
man, his victim. At the Burnham home
he learned that Mr.. Burnham had beeh
dead two years. ''On my way down town
from Burnham's' he said II saw the
Jones Brothers sign, and decided to go
after Mr.. Jones. I looked his address up
IN the telephone directory and you know
the rest"
Following Garnett's statement, the po-
lice late this afternoon found the house
where Garrett proposed to imprison Mr..
zones after getting the money. 1t is
small frame affair at 3l3 Linden avenue,
in Independence, Mo. a suburb. closet
on the second floor of the house was
rugged up for the prison. large screw
ring was set into the wall about four feet
from the floor A chain with links of one
quarter of an inch thickness was at
tached, so that about three feet of chain
fell on either side. At each end of the
chain was new lock. These were for
Mr.. Jones arms. On the floor Just inside
the door sill. was the second chain, each
end of which bore q lock. Then Garnett
had made a bench that Just fitted into
the closet. It was sufficiently high so that
when the victim sat down he could have
been securely chained in place. The house
is in a secluded spot. Garnett said he
proposed to chain Mr. Jones up. notify
Mrs. Jones of her husbands Whereabouts
by mail and make his escape.
Sir. Jones was full of praise for his
wtfe's bravery when seen this afternoon.
Praise for Wife and Boy.
1.-TWO hours and half prisoner" said
Mr.. Jones, with a sigh of relief "and
throughout the neTve-racking experience
Mrs. Jones was more calm by far than l.
My boy, too, deserves great credit for his
GOODNESS l knew we would get the man
sooner or later but I was helpless in
the face of that dynamite. ] feel that we
all have came through a dangerous ex-
perience with the greatest good fortune
Mrs. Jones said she offered the man
some coffee shortly after entering the IL
brary and seeing the situation.
I've neither eaten nor slept for four
days" he told her.
Poor man." she said, have you wife
and babies?"
Yes"
Tell me about them
oh you wouldn't be interested because
you have plenty of money, responded the
Lawrence NJ. Jones 5 well known
the entire country because of
his interest in national waterways. He
was a delegate to the recent national
waterways convention in Washington He
has been conspicuous in Republican party
circles in Missouri. In 1908 Mr.. Jones
was a delegate at large from Missouri to
the national Republican convention. He
is a pioneer merchant whose fortune has
grown in equal proportions with Kansas
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