The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 3, 1899, Page 21

(,"‘\'\r UIT/V,#\ ws the same r he case be . 1 1 » next term of this . . rtw a gh the kindness of Attornevs . e & helpless wa M A tor Metealf-1 have ere . ? ? the e r x x study the case e murder 4 w 3 order willtngty: wo the coupls started JONES SAYS HE Tecawarssthe' aficer pirme. o o SAT BESIDE Two v e et . harmless druak. The MEN WHOM HE officer noticed that the old man seemed by | much engaged talking HEARD DIS: and that he frequently throwing out first the right and then the left. The policeman, think prisoner Imagined i elf ad- dressing an audience, walked along the street without a thought beyond the faet that it would scen be time to change the wateh, Suddenly & man who had been follewing In their wake called to them to stop. When he had caught up with.them be asked Jones it he hadn’t dropped sseme- ing. The old man dented anything, but the man tol mistaken, and offered te raturn m purse. In order to settle all con- troversy the policeman took the pures, informing the stranger that the old man was & little b » drunk to know just what he was doing ctdent the officer kept a sharp char, ng he migt money in the same prodig. h not A usciess waste of the old n's money but some very hard ques 18 to answer from his Chief in the morning. When they as not cor erime of the & The tfll, In which all the receipts were kept, was found open and empty_ its edges covered with w ON THE BED PARTIALLY ASPHYXISTED™ a chance te imber of elgn coins and & pecullar seal, were als J “THE OFFICERS WERE T he datestist ek Jo work an the case - REWARDED BY FINDING THE and worked with & wifl; clews of the m enifi ch acter were worked WATCH AMD CHAIN AND the ve ery unemployed crook and every su erson in the nelg borhood was kept under close surveillance tor weeks. without re n = tangible. At last the gave up the case as hopeless to them, repeated many times. After- € gated to t ward, Auring the trfal. It was proved that crimes and ¢ this was a mistake; that the expression Nothing mor, really lieard was n sentence In French: of Dutil for some m ‘me tue pas”—in Englieh, “do not kill ing the papers star me.” Now, although this may seem insig- !lc With the annour nificant, it really had a great deal to do derer had been arre with the case, for It was never even s\ cum gested by the prosecution that the hang a dozen men The name of the mur- cused, Jones, had any knowledge of the derer was given as George Jones, an old French language. Then why, asked the man who had been emploved for vears rd of the murder hs: then one morn ! the reading pub ement that the mur 1. with enough cir ntial evidence on his person to der of one T a restdent of Oak- sted for the cr mal and ordered a new connected with the saloon, & customer eme tered, and Dutil went into the saloon te serve him. One witness tes ng. followed by the room. This I for fully hour, but the guests pald little ion to the noise, for they supposed mome drunken customer or = customers were having a good time in their own wa The only word that the friends of Dutil were able to distinguish during all this time was “Papa, papa,” as it seemed scuffle detenne, should Dutil have addressed him in that language, knowing bim to be ig- norant of the tongue? And the expres- slon brought forth still another point Many witnesses who were thoroughly conversant with the French language, and more particularly with the manners and customs of the people. stated posi- tively that such an expression in French would only be used between old friends, for it contained the frien *thou.” which amounts almost to a term of endearment and that a stranger could never be ad- dressed In such language. It was sorus- what strange that this vital point was not-more thoroughly Investigated, for It certainly meant much for the defense of Jones. After the nolse had ceased, which, all the witnesses agree, lasted for fully half an hour, a heavy thump was heard, as If made by a body falling to the floor, which was probably the case, for when the guests entered the barroom Dutll was found dead. An examination proved that he had been beaten to death with some blunt instrument, presumably a rock or an fron bolt. All the circumstances point- od to robbery as an Incentive for the ds a carelaker in the homes of some of the wealthiest residents of Oakland. This announcement sent er up and down the spinal column of more than one good citizen of the suburban town, for the old man had been trusted with valuable prop- erties and had worked for peapls who kept a great deal of money about the house. One night Jones, who had returned from San Francisco, where he had been to col- lect Guite a large sum of money, was di covered in a saloon somewhat intoxi- cated. He was throwing his wealth about in a reckless manner. and was advised by the keeper of the place to go home, it was dangerous to be seen on the street In his condition with so much money to tempt robbers. The old man gave no heed to this friendly advice, and finally & young man named Latarop, who knew Jones, went out and called a po- liceman. He told the officer of the old man'’s condition and of the large amount of money he had with him. The ofMcer concluded, as he could not Induce Jones to go home. to lock him up untll he was sober enough to care for himself. Ha offered no resistance, but obeyed every I to examine t had been the night befor, out dropped th known to have murdered Dutil Certainly, here was o nvict a man. The fact of the murdered Jones' person, together wit efforts to rid himself of the dama cumstantial evidence. made out strong case against the susp Add to this chain of In that there appeared every re leve the man had tried to cide, and you have about as case of circumstantial would be possible to Imagine satisfied the wants of the p and the case came to trial as soon as toe varfous legal breathing spells had been allowed. Now for the defense. Many of Oakland's leading citizens, men of wealth and stand. ing in the community, came forward and testifled as to Jones’ previous good cher- Continued on Page Twenty-four,