Show The Murder of Dr A E Jones CINCINNATI July 2iThe murder of Dr A E Jones familiarly known as Colonel Jones is one of the most shocking occurrences occur-rences that could have occurred in Cincinnati Cincin-nati The colonel was in his seventysev oath year but was as active as a man of dUty He had always had an inclination t f1nIlitzsry life and kept it up by his connec Vx > n with the Ohio National guard sarving for a long time as surgeon of the Frst regiment regi-ment Governor Foraker who was his neighbor appointed him a member of his staff as surgeongeneral He had been staf sUIeongenera active In puaIc affairs serving often in the municipal council and had besides held Bcveral offices under appointment from the general government Ho was perhaps more gener gvernment widely known in Cincinnati than any other citizen DrJones left his houso about 130 oclock Thursday afternoon wearing no coat his faOt In slippers and went in the direction td of Fhis stable That was the last seen of I him alive The family did not become alarmed until after night and then aare unt aft nigt prosecuted prose-cuted their search quietly until yesterday when notice was given t tho police During Dur-ing the day yesterday a trail of blood was disco vert a opposite the doctors stable and being followed was traced t Park avenue thence south two or throe squares t the junction of Cypress street and Francis Jane whtro on the graswas quite a pool ot blooJ It was here n the man hole of the sewer tuat the body was sound t lis I morning I was wraped in u horse blanket or rather sewed up so that it was drawn out by means of arooe fastened around it by a man who bad been lowered Qf that purpose The body had been uofebled completely a I for convenience I V A in carrying and it is apparent that the trail of blood was that which trickled from his wound as his murderer carried him to the place where he thought to conceal forever all trace of his crime for he hoped the water would carry the body into the river It was found that the doctors gold watch and his money were gone This must have been the motive for the murder for the doctor had not an enemy in the world The police are already making arrests among them being Charles Bligh the colored hostler who ldr been with the colonel about two months There was but a single wund upon the back of the head as if a blow bad bpeu given from behind The theory now prevalent preva-lent is that the murderer is Charles Bligh a colored servant Bligh was at the house all day yesterday and told of his last interview inter-view with the colonel When lie left last night he said he would return at 530 this morning but has not yet been found A hoe in tho stable bears the marks of pronounced nounced blood stains Andrew Hudson colored who had formerly worked for Colonel Jones and Richard Lee colored also a former employee em-ployee wore arrested this afternoon on suspicion Wir told such straightforward stories that the police later released them house Frank Bufort a bricklayer in whose Bligh and his wife boarded was examined by the pole and stated that Bligh treated them to drink last night in the saloon and niglt te saoon lst t drnk tem a large bill changed The police be lievo that Bligh committed the murder as the result of a quarrel Later Charles Bligh the colored servant ser-vant suspected of the murder of Colonel Jones was arrested this evening at Madi sonville 0 and brought t the police station sta-tion hero at 825 oclock I 10 pmThe negro servant Bligh who was captured this evening at Madisonville f h Colonel i O has confessed to the murder of Jones Bligh said that Tuesday afternoon he was working near the stable pulling weeds when Mr Jones came out and scolded him for lr working faster Some words working passed between them and the doctor struck Bligh with a light stick He then Bligh alleges cursed him and said ho wanted the work done HUgh became and as the doctor passed by him angry jtl jt picked up an oak stick ra dSS struck the doctor on the back of the head He fell and was speechless but not dead Bligh worked on in the garden until 030 when 10 got a sack in the barn and put Jones body in it The unfortunate man was still breathing Bligh doubled his legs and pushed the body in a sack tied it with u hitching strap and then went Into the house to supper The folks asked him if he had seen the doctor and he told them ho had not After supper they sent him to the house 01 the doctors soninlaw to see if he was there and he returned and old them the doctor had not been thereAbout there-About 2 oclock at night he took the sack and ococt down Park avenue and shoved it in a manhole Friday he worked as usual answering many questions about colored the doctor a former Last employ night of Andy the doctor Hudson told hugh detectives had been asking about trim Hudson thought the officers were trying to connect BligU with disappearance disappear-ance This morning he got up and packed a valise and went to Fultonville to take the train t Madisonville but missed it and walked out Bligh claims ho did not take Dr Jones watch and money but the au I horities think differently |