The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-27
Spent Friday Night In Ens|ey
and Exhibited Roll Con-
tanning $500 In Bills
WORKED AS CARPENTER
IN CONSTRUCTION CAMP
Men All Remember Him and Members
of "Show Me- Club Are Casting
About for "AIcsIde's"
Motive

The aicalde bubble has burst with .
! loud report.
Daniel Jones has been shown to be =
most monumental specimen of cupidity
or candidate for a ward down at Tug
caloosa.
The "show Me- club has been enlarged
so as to take in all north Alabama and
few sections of foreign countries.
| cablegrams from Kingston state that
neither Jones nor Ennis is known In
| that city, although The Age-Heralds
cablegram to the governor of Jamaica
| filed Friday night remains unanswered
There is every indication that the man
who has been posing as Daniel Jones, q
jamaican alcalde. is none other that e.
| d. Ennis himself, the man who was en-
gagged to pretty Claudio Clark in Bir-
mingham IS years ago. and who fled to
escape punishment for shooting affair
in which he was involved.
Up to Friday night, February Is Ennis
was working as carpenter in the con-
struction camp of the Birmingham South
ern, near Ensley.
What Was the Motive
| The question in the minds of the people
| of Birmingham is, What was the mans
| motive in telling such a tale? Was It
done in spirit of revenge to humiliate
the woman, whom he found happily mar
| ried upon his return to Alaabma? Or Ia
the man mentally unbalanced?
He spent Friday night in Ensey and
one report says that he was seen in
| Birmingham yesterday afternoon While
| he was in Ensey he exhibited roll OF
| bills and counted them out before spec
tators and showed that he had $500.
| w. S. Emmal, the timekeeper in the
Birmingham Southern construction camp.
| is positive that Ennis had been working
| there carpenter for over a month. He
came to the camp from ST. Louis. and the
Birmingham Southern paid his fare from
| that city to Ensley. Mr. Emmal thinks
he was one of the shrewdest men he
has ever seen. He was continually talk
| ing about Jamaica and Darien and told
the story of having lost his family in the
Kingston earthquake although. accord
| ing to that story the name of his family
was Ennis instead of Jones.
| A woman called at the Birmingham
hotel yesterday afternoon and asked for
| information about Mr.. Jones. 1t was at
| the BlTInlHSildIl uOltl tudl tiic diSdidc
stopped while in Birmingham and which
he left with a balance of Sc due on his
board bill.
Cronk Has Another Shock
"I told her I knew nothing about
hima' said r. d. Cronk, proprietor
of the hotel yesterday afternoon. "Shs
then said that he had spent the night
at her lodging house in Ensley and
that he had paid $40 for his room.
She said that the man counted out
$500 in her presence during the even
ing. While we were talking in the
lobby she suddenly exclaimed: There
he is now,' and started for the door.
L went to get my hat because I. too
wanted another glimpse of him. When
returned, however. both the man and
woman were out of sight and have
heard no more from them"
| John Mcqueen was one of the party
that accompanied Jones to the Mercy
Home on Thursday and he says that
Jones showed him roll of money as
big as a mans fist.
J. b. Smiley Joined the "Show Me-
club Friday afternoon. Jones went to
his livery stable and asked Smiley to
indorse a draft for $4,000 on the Ja-
maican government. This is the only
evidence obtained to the effect that
Ennis had tried to procure money IL
legally.
Worked In Construction Camp
One of the most interesting features
in connection with the whole affair is
that told by w. e. Emmal of Ems
ley.
Mr. Emmal declares that when he
t.+.. ..fs ausf -
pers he grew suspicious and was finally
convinced that the man was e. d. En-
mis-, who was engaged on the work
near Ensley. Mr.. Emmal states that
so or 60 other men working in the
construction camp also reached the
conclusion and he is positive in his be-
lief that Ennis is the man who put
up game the people of Birming-
ham, with what intent he cannot i'm
agine.
II. D. Ennis says Mr.. Emmal, left
St. Louis on January IL, this year. on
transportation of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company for Ems
ley, and on January 13 he arrived at
the construction camp TO start his work
as a bridgebuilder. I met Ennis on
the afternoon he arrived in this dis
trict and took him, together>with IL
other men, to the camp at No. Is
shaft to work as trestle constructor.
Ennis went to work on the morn
ing of January IA and my time sheet
shows that he worked steadily until
last Friday a week ago. 1t will be re-
called that he turned up with his won
derful yarn on Saturday, the following
day. a.
Ennis told me of his experiences in
Jamaica, how he lost his family in
the earthquake. of what hard luck he
had had in all of his affairs and of
troubles he had in Panama. / believe
he told all of these stories in good
faith and l have no doubt that he has
been to Jamaica. He is evidently
widely Travelled man.
'The first day l saw Ennis he Inn
pressed me as being rather peculiar,
as well as rather remarkable man.
have been engaged in construction work
for "a number of years and In shining .up.
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