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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
5
Earnest Jones and Farl Jones attempt escape as officers surround a B and O Railroad Bridge scene. One brother is captured after a rain of bullets. the other flees. The captured Jones is positively identified by a man formerly living in Centerburg.
In Knox county two Jones brothers eluded capture after bold robberies at Centerbury and Taylor Station. Ernest Jones, captured near the B and O bridge, matches the description and is jailed in Knox county. Brnat Jones escaped, pursued along Gambier street toward the spur tracks, with officers recovering clues including money and a ring. Prosecutors plan to arraign Ernest for burglary and larceny and seek extradition while police compare photos and descriptions to confirm identity.
Four men levelled with Jones at a Canterbury school and were confident the prisoner was Ernest Jones. J. McKinley also identified him at the Knox county infirmary. The suspect, held in the county jail, refused to name his companion and appeared in Chicago Junction by train after security flagged him. Sheriff Woolfson and Chief Parker coordinated identification efforts and confirmed the capture near Mansfield.
A reader quotes fragments from newspapers arguing over taxation, prosperity, and policy under different administrations. The note jokes about contradictory items from the era, expresses skepticism about political rhetoric, and laments tariff and economic shifts while muttering about historical editions from 1912 and 1913.
A meeting of Associated Charities supporters and others discussed maintaining the district nurse in Mt Vernon. The group referred the issue to the Ways and Means committee to raise funds to keep the service operating.
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