The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-03
CONSTABLE JONES
BACK FROM CHICAGO
CONSTABLE JONES, AFTER TWO
WEEKS IN ILLINOIS CAPITAL
AND TWO WEEKS IN WINDY
CITY, RETURNS TO CITY.

After spending two weeks in
Springfield, Ills, and two weeks in
Chicago, Constable S. J. Jones is
home again, returning with A. A.
Wellesley, wanted for embezzlement,
in custody. Although prisoner, Mr..
Wellesley gave the officer no trouble.
Convinced in his own mind that he
has committed no crime, he comes
back, and will face trial here. He is
specifically charged with the embez-
Element of the sum of $100, the prop
erty of Mrs. Mary E. Wood, a visitor,
whose home is in Kentucky, but who
was here at the time OF the alleged
offense was said to have been COM
nitted.
Immediately upon arrival he was
given bond, in the sum of $500 for
his appearance on date to be named.
This bond was made upon telegraphic
instructions to the defendants attor-
neys, and he was released on said
bond when the train reached here.
Constable Jones, it must be said, is
deserving of some considerable credit
for bringing back his man, but it cost
him no little money to do it. He left
here on September 8, and after two
weeks spent with the Illinois state
officials in the capital at Springfield,
went over to Chicago and spent an
other two weeks there. Upon the
requisition being honored attorneys
for Wellesley endeavored to get his
freedom by the habeas corpus route,
but this failed. All this time, how
ever, the expenses of the local officer
were piling up, and his business in
Pensacola was suffering in conse-
quence of his absence. Mr.. Jones was
personally before Governor Dunno OF
Illinois, on more than one occasion
defending the papers which he had
presented from the governor of Flor
ida, and as a matter stroke, after all
the other obstacles had been over.
ridden, the defense announced thai
the documents from Florida were un-
signed, and this was found to have
been true, Governor Tranmell having
failed to attach his signature as re
quired. It was then necessary to re
turn the requisition to Tallahassee
for the governors signature, and this
required about week.
Thirty minutes after the courts
turned Wellesley over to the custody
of the Florida officer, the latter was
on the way TO the nearest point on the
state line, and the party went about
fifty miles from Chicago, reaching
Crown Point, Ind, by auto over the
famous Chicago highway TO the south
about which Mr.. Jones had lot t
say in talking of his rather unusua
fight for prisoner.
Mr.. Wellesley, it is charged, is al
legged to have gotten the specified sur
from Mrs. Wood, and while he wa
in this county, he had purchased Ian
! near Roberts, which he had attempte
p to improve. Although he made tn
I. very hardest fight against being re
; turned to Pensacola, he came alon
: willingly after the court had decree
that he be given in the Florida of
s GERS custody. He was accompanie
Z south by Mrs. Margaret A. johnson
by whom he was employed, it Wa
. said, and also a sister of the lad
. named.
j. N. Hutchins, Esq, Of Pensacol
appearing for the alleged victim, mad
a trip to Chicago, and also appeare
! before Governor Dunno at Springfield
and he returned with the others.