Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-13

but much or it. iu view of our kn0wi. edge, we were able To reconstruct Thus-Jones ote his supper that night, a mild and well disposed individual During the afternoon before he had read prayers for the soul of Schwartz. fin whose departure he may or may not have had part-I am inclined to think not, Jones construing his mission as being one to remove the wicked and the oppressor. and Schwartz hardly coming under either classification.
 He was at the wheel from midnight until in the morning on the night of the murders. At certain hours we believe that he went forward Co the forecastle head and performed, clad in his priestly robe. such devotions as his disordered mind dictated. It is my idea that he looked. at these times. for heavenly signal. either a meteor or some strange appearance of the heav. ems It was known that he was a poor sleeper and spent much time at night wandering around.
 On the night of the crimes it is prob able that he performed his deyouons early, and then got the signal. This is evidenced by Singleton's finding the aX against the captains door before midnight He had evidently been dis turbed. We believe that he intended to kill the captain and Mir Turner, but made a mistake in the rooms. He clearly intended to kill the Danish girl. Several passages in bis Bible, marked with a red cross, showed his inhamed hatred of loose women, and he be- lieved Karen Hansen to be of that type.
 He locked me in, slipping down from the wheel to do so, and pocketing the key. The night was fairly quiet He could lash the wheel safely, and he had in his favor the fact that Oleson, the lookout was slow thinking Swede who notoriously slept on his watch. He found the ax. not where he had left it. but back in the case. But the case was only closed, not locked-Singleton' error
 Armed with the aX, Jones slipped back to the wheel and waited He had plenty of time He had taken his robe from its hiding place in the boat, and had it concealed near him with the aX. He was ready, but he was wait ing for another signal. He got 1t at 2:3O. He admitted the signal and the l time, but concealed its nuture-I think 1t was u shooting star. He killed Vail Itf Iaa rtfl uaking with his aX the four signs of the cross. Then he went to the Hansen girls door. He did not know about the bell, and probably rang 1t ] by accident as he leaned over to listen if Vail still breathed.
 The captain, in the mean time, had | been watching Singleton. He had for bidden his entering the after house; fl he caught him disobcying he meant to put him in irons He was without shoes or coat and he sat waiting on the after companion steps for develop ments. It was the captain, probably whom Karen Hansen mistook fol Turner. Later he went back to the forward companionway, either on his way back to his cabin, or still witt an eye to Singleton's movements.
 To the captain there must have ap peared this grlsly figure in flowing white smeared with blood and armed | with an ax. The sheet was worn ovel Jones head-a long. narrow slit serv ing him to see through, and two othei slits freeing his arms. The captain was a brave man. but the apparition gleaming in the almost complete dark ness, had been on him before he could do more than throw up his hands.
 Jones had not finished. He wen back to the chart room and possibl! even went on deck and took look a the wheel Then he went down agaiI and killed the Hansen woman.
 He was exceedingly cunning. H, flung the aX into the room and wa up and at the wheel again, all within a few seconds. To tear on and fold ul the sheet. to hide 1t under nearby cord age. to strike the ships bell and ligh his pipe-all this was a matter of twl or three minutes. l had only time t look at Vail. When l got up to tn
 wheel Jones was smoking quietly.
 l believed he tried to get Singleton later and failed. But he continued hi devotlons on the forward deck. visibl when clad in his robe. invisible whei he took it off. It was Jones, of course who attacked Burns and secured tn key to the captains cabin; Jones wh threw the ax overheard after hearin the crew tell that on its handle wer finger prints to identify the murderer Jones who while on guard i'm the afte house below had pushed the key to tn storeroom under Turner's door; Jone
 who hung the marlinespike over tn side, waiting perhaps for anothe chance at Singleton; Jones in his devC
 tional attire who had frightened tn
 crew into hysteria and who, discovere
 by Mrs. Johns in the captains cabiI
 had rushed by her and out with tn
 aX. It is noticeable that he made n
 attempt to attack her He killed onl
 in obedience to his signal, and he ha
 had no signal