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Show ATTEMPTS TO EXTORT $7,IM FROM 'MILLIONAIRE MERCHANT " Man Gains Admission to Home of Lawrence Jones and Threatening Him With Revolver and Bomb, Demands the Money By Clever Ruse He Is Overpowered, and Says at Police Station He Is Only Sorry He Did Not Kill Himself Before Apprehended Kansas City, Feb. 16. Armed with A revolver In hand and a dynamite bomb In the other, a man apparently about 40 years of age. today entered the home of Lawrence M. Jones, president presi-dent of the Jones Brothers' Dry Goods company of this city, and demanded $7,000. By a ruse Mr. Jones overpowered overpow-ered the man who was arrested. At the police " station the bomb thrower gave the name of C. H. Gar-netL Gar-netL He said ho was 40 years of age. The man appeared at the Jones home, 2613 Troost avenue, shortly before noon and asked for Mr. Joues. Ho was shown to the library. Mr. Jones, who was In another part of the house, upon up-on entering the library, was confronted confront-ed by the intruder's revolver. -The man told Jones to be seated. He then drew from under his overcoat a dynamite dyna-mite bomb. He explained to 'Mr Jones that unless the latter gave him $7,000 he would immediately blow him to pieces. In an endeavor to calm the man, Mr. Jones talked with him over a half hour. Mrs. Jones, feeling apprehensive ap-prehensive on account of her husband's hus-band's long interview, entered the library li-brary at this point. The intruder ordered her to be seated, The conversation con-versation was resumed. Chester I. Jones, secretary of the Jones cora- fany, a son. followed his mother and e.too, was ordered to be seated. Mr. Jones then suggested that as he did not have the necessary funds in the house, the man accompany him to tho tank. This was agreed. As the pair were passing through the lower hall, Mr. Jones stepped suddenly back and, placing his foot in front of bis visitor, hurled him to the floor, Mr. Jones and his son then overpowered the man, Hrlpping him of his weapons and called call-ed the polfee. The bomfe did not ex-plodo ex-plodo when the intruder fell. At the.poliee Rfatlon, It was paid that the officers had not investigated the bomb and would not. Mr. Jones is, one of the best-known dry-goods merchants of the country. He is reputed to be worth over a million mil-lion dollars. At the police station, the man said ho planned, after securing the money from Mr. Jones, to take him to Independence, Inde-pendence, a suburb, where ho would have chained him up In a house ho had fitted up for the purpose. He Bald he had been planning this scheme for j several months. I With his arms folded, and his slouch" . hat pulled down over his eyes, Garnet t j F.tood surly and defiant in his cell at j the Flora Avenue station this afternoon. after-noon. "Am I sorry for what I've I done?" "No. I'm not. The only thing; ; I'm sorry for. is that I didn't kill myself my-self before the officers got me. "Three months ago I quit my Job In Omaha and decided that as soon as my money ran out, I'd kill myself. I came to Kansas City January 2$. "Yes. I've had family troubles and business troubles too." Garnett acknowledged that the name given to the police was fictitious. He said he had no intention of telling his real name, even at his trial. Garnett continued: "About ten days ago. when my funds got low. I decided that the time had , come for me to quit this world." I took I the revolver I had bought In Omaha I and went out on a bridge that spans the Missouri. Just as I was about to kill myself, the thought came to me that 1 still had one more chance If I could only get a few thousand dol-1 lars, The thought then came to me to ' make an Infernal machine. I went to j a hardware 6tore at Independence and ' purchased ten sticks of dynamite. Then I decided to construct a box. I believed this would scare my victim. I had no intention of harming anyone, I 6imply wanted money." Garnett said he rented a house in Independence and constructed many chains with which to chain Mr. Jones, had be been successful.' The police have been unable to find the house. Mr. Jones said this afternoon that when Garnett first presented himself at hie door, he said his name was D. Jones, and that ho came from Grand Island. Neb. Late this afternoon, police officers and newspaper men located the house described by Garnett. It was a small vncant frame house at 313 West Kin-don Kin-don avenue, in Independence. The closet contained a number , of long chains attached to the wall, and threo padlocks. Garnett planned to imprison impris-on Mr. Jones until he could make his scape with the money. f . |