The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-05


erate character whom the Kenosha
Joliee We're asked to arrest in 1919 at
certain address on Sheridan Road
where he was supposed to be living
Ath woman, has meta violent end
It Arcadia, Cal, where he was shot
lown by the police when he tried to
cot bank single handed. The in
ormation reached the police office
oday, and as result Secretary of
'olice Meisener wrote "Finis" and
pax Vobiscum" at the end Of the rec
rds at headquarters on the case.
Jones was a blue eyed, soft spoken
outh, who often attired himself for
ne purpose Of disguise in clinging
bnts and wells end passed as a wo-
IAN, but the police here when told to
lex him up were warned that he was
leader of the most desperate trio
criminals in the middle west, in
luding Frank Lewis and "BlacKie"
sncaster, and responsible for various
zines of murder, arson, robbery and
ain wrecking. The Kenosha police
allied to find Jones at the Sheridan
Dad address, and it was thought at
ne time that he might have gotten
ind of the fact that they were on
is trial and slipped out of town in
ne Of his clever DISCUSSES.
no Woman Pal Now in Prison.
Meanwhile Matte Howard. woman
Who was said to have been partner
Jones in many of his criminal un
lertakings, is serving time in the
Missouri state prison. She has APP
1ealed, to the governor of Missouri
OF pardon, on the grounds that she is
about to become a mother. At the
time of her trial Jesse James jr., a son
IF the famous Jesse James, was her
attorney. He believed in the woman
apparently to the extent of going her
bonds of $4,000 for her appearance
1T trial, and shortly afterward she
disappeared. Circulars were sent out
offering $4,000 reward for her cap
lure, and she was picked up later in
Memphis, Tenn.
This woman met Dale Jones in Jail
at time when he and his two part
ners were held as suspects in Sante
Ee train holdoup. lShe was an import
ant figure in the underworld and
appeared to exercise some mysterious
charm over the murderers and bandits
with whom she came in contact, in
spite of that fact that her personal
appearance was not prepossessing. Her
nola hira ot11 how'd
cheeks white except for the round
pattern of rouge and her lips hard
scarlet painted line.
Jones History Told by Police.
When she and Dale Jones emerged
from the Jail where they became ac-
quainted, she soon became known
among the underworld as his girl.
Other men had been the choice of
this frail scarlet mouthed girl, and
all, some time or other reached a sud-
den and untimely end. Dale Jones
was one of them.
Secretary Meissner of the local po-
lice department recalled this morn
ing the history of Dale's life as writ
ten on police records here, and the
search made for the man three years
ago in Kenosha.
Dale Jones was considered one of
the most dangerous gun-man listed
on the records of police departments
throughout the country At the time
the Kenosha police were appealed to to
arrest the man here, where he was
suspected of being in hiding, Jones
was wanted for the murder of the
chief of detectives at Colorado Springs
and for the hold-up and robbery of
ailway post-office near Paolo, Kan
sas.
Other Members of Gang Caught.
The railway post-office robbery oc-
Cured on July 10, 1918. Dale Jones
together with gang of other gun
men held up and robbed the Kansas
City and Denison railway post-office
Of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway at Koch Sidink near Paolo,
Kansas.
Within year, all the other members
of the gang who robbed the train were
either dead or in custody with the ex-
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