The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
HOLD A MURDER SUSPECT.
The Police Say Dale Jones Knews
About Box Car Killing.

The Police Say Dale Jones Knew
About Box Car Killing.
Dale Jones, wanted by officers i
. two Missouri counties on charges Q
) having something to do with the muir
, ders of Patrollmaf William F. Koge
and Sam Queene, constable at Hume
Mo-, was arrested at 6 o'clock Fr7da,
, night in Marshall's drug store, Mint
Street and Prospect Avenue.
In an effort to escape from ]. Nv
Farrell, A. M. Dorset, R. E. Tur
} man and M. j. Halvey, all city de
} tectives, Jones struggled to get hi
hand on revolver he carried. HI
was taken only after the four detect
ives has overpowered him.
I At police headquarters Jones ad
mitted the detectives had made nc
mistake in his identity, but denied any
connection with either the murder Of
Patrolman Roger or Constable Roger
or Constable Queen. The police say
Jones has been masquerading as a
woman, and went under the name OF
Flo Engles.
It has been known at headquarters
for week that Jones was in Kansas
City. Truman, Dorset, Halvey and
Farrell, working on another case
stumbled into Jones near Ninth st.
and Park Avenue late Friday after
noon. They followed him. He sus-
pected being watched, and lodged
into the Marshall drug store.
Inside, Jones darted toward the
cigar counter and whirled around
facing the four detectives. He was
reaching for revolver, evidently
when Farrell caught him by the arm.
Jones is Is years old. His girlish
face and fair skin make it easy for
him to dress and pass as girl.
The most damaging evidence found
on the boy was sealed letter which
was addressed and ready to mail to a
brother of another man suspected of
a part in the murder of Roger.
Fatrolmen Roger was murdered by
box car thieves in November last
year. The night after the murder
Dale Jones was arrested by Constable
Queen of Hume, NO., as a suspect in
the case, the police say. Queen and
Jones had started for Butler, Mo-,
and were on the train at Rich Hill,
when John Shed entered the coach
and killed Queen. Jones and Shead
escaped. Shead was later captured.
The police say rewards amounting
to 500 are offered for the arrest of
Jones. John Shead is being held for
trial at Butler.-Kansas City Times.
Arrest Halted Prison Plot.
A plot to blow up the Bates county
Jail at Butler, Mo-, to effect the res
cue of John R. Shead, held there for
the murder of Sam Queen, constable
at Hume, was stopped with the arrest
here Friday night of Dale Jones, the
police say.
Jones is only Is years old and is of
girlish appearance, but the police say
he is a desperate highwayman. He
has been identified as the boy who
was freed by Shead at the time Queen
was killed. The constable was taxi
ing the boy from Hume to Butler
when man said to be Shead held up
the constable and shot him. Both
men escaped.
The police trailed Jones all over the
western part Of the country and have
a number of his letters at headquar-
tiers. He had planned to blow up the |,
Butler Jail to assist Shead in escaping.
and was on his way to Butler to carry
out his plan when he was arrested.
Jones and Shead are said to be two
members OF gang Of box car thieves
who shot and killed William F.. Ko-
ger, patrolman, the night of No
vember q. Jones was arrested the
next day at Hume, driving stolen
motor car that contained stolen freight
from the Missouri Pacific Railway.
.s 'ls Jones Admits . Point.
Dale Jones, alleged accomplice 81 /
the murders Of William F. Roger,
Kansas City patrolman, and Samual /
Queen, aconsahle Of Hume, Mo-, ~ |