Show SUICIDE identified 0 maj gon gen blackburn jones it prominent teader leader in the war new york april IS the herald this morning published a detailed story giving an account or the identification of 0 the remains of a suicide in the hudson river arliver ot off yonkers according to the herald tho the facts concerning the suicide were concealed cotic caled by the mans friends at tile the time of ills death in ili connection with the case the herald says cays mr air jones jonea as he was declared declare d to bo by the coroner and the police was maj gen blackburn jones and lie was a commander during the civil war and subsequently it a lawyer in st luls louis chicago and this city gen jones was waa in command of 0 the sixty sixth regiment united states colored troops and was mustered out with the brevet rank ot of major general ot of volunteers ile he received oveal wounds in battle and was awarded a pension which he had made arrangements to collect through william A harding of 0 this city at the time ot of his suicide gen jones stopped the practice of 0 law about three years OBO ago and accepted the proposition of 0 several mining 9 companies to become their confidential abent in europe lie he arranged to float their bonds aud and stocks in foreign markets he had 9 wide acquaintance in london paris and berlin and alid tho proposition being very grateful to him was accepted he ha made several trips abroad and was at first greatly encouraged cou couras raged fd bv ills his lie he finally became more opec lally in the queen city iron mining comps company by end and devoted most or oc ills his mitten attention tion to ta that corporation then tho hard tinion times affected all american securities abroad and lie he took the fallaro very ery much to 10 heart heam I 1 IS he became despondent as one or of his old wounds was troubling him and ho he decided to active business gen jones joner called on mr hardin hardene two weeks week 1 fore his suicide nil and d I 1 told 0 id him I 1 that h a t ills his head was waa troubling him bilm greatly ile II 11 continually heard headd ringing nola and lie ho bald he believed ills his mind was becoming affer affected ted gen jon jones committed suicide auk ide om cm tho the day mr harding received his pension certificate with the tha request that lie ha collect the men mony Y en jones belonged to the celebrated blackburn family of kentucky lie he had three brothers brot liers one om of them col john wesley jones ot of this city was postmaster of brooklyn and 1 H 15 5 still a v very cry |