The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1909-02-19
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Desperate Hollis Up Man, Wife
Son in Their Home.
CAPTURED BY A TRICK

Kansas City Merchant Tripped In
truder In Hallway and ovsrpcwered
Him - confesses He Planned to
Chain and Carry Away His Victim
After Getting Money
Kansas City, Feb. 17.-Armed with
a revolver in one hand and dyna-
mite bomb in the other. a man giving
the name of c. II. Garnett, about forty
years old. entered the home of Law
renee VI. 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 Mr. Jones TO
be seated Tie then drew from under
his overcoat a dynamite bomb and ex-
planned that unless Mr.. Jones have him
$1,000 he would Immediately blow him
into atoms.
In an endeayor to 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, a son, followed
his mother. and he, too, was ordered IN
be seated. Mr.. Jones then suggested
that as he did not have the necessary
funds i'm the house the man accompany
him to the bank This was agreed to.
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 ther
overpowerei the man and stripped
him of his weapons and called the po
lice. The bomb did not explode wheI
the intruder foll.
At the &c station the man sai'
he nlannsa after securing the monel
from Mr.. Jones 10 take him to hide
pendance. suburb. where he would
have chained him mp in a house h'
had fitted ua for the purpose. He sal'
he had been planning the scheme To-
several months.
With his arms folded and his sloucl
hat pulled down over his eyes Gar
nett stood surly and defiant in his cell
Am ! sorry for what I've doneg b.
said. no. I'm not The only thin
I'm sorry for Is that did not kill my
self before the officers got me.
Three months ago ! quit my JOB u
Omaha and decided that as soon as m
money ran ont I'd kill myself. | cam
10 Kansas City Jan. 2s. About te
DAYS ago. when my funds got low.
decided that the time had come I
omit this world took the revolver
had bought in Omaha. and went out o
a bridge that spans the Missouri. Jus
as was about to kill myself IN
7 flOuENl CAME W liAt AAoN 1N'N' -
one more chance-if ! could only &c
a few thousand dollars The though
then came TO me to make an inferno
machine.
81 went TO a hardware store at II
dependence and purchased ten stick
Of dynamite believed this woul
scare my victim. had no intentio
OF harming any one. ! simply wante
money"
Police officers and newspaper me
found the house described by Garnet
II was a small vacant frame house ]
independence. The closet containe
three padlocks and number OF Ion
chains attached to the wall. Garnet
planned to imprison Jones until b
could escape with the money.