The Ladysmith Chronicle
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2017-07-31
issued: 1909-07-10
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note: \ THE LADYSMITH CHRONICLE Issued Every Wednesday and Saturday. (A Vol. I. Ladysmith, B. C, Saturday, July 10, 1909. No^ Charles Jones Identified As the Murderer Local and Provincial News Notes The arrest of Charles James, or Jones, ln Ladysmith a few weeks agd has been one of the leading subjects ot discussion for some time. Young Jones' had (quite a number ot friends here who refused to admit tbat he wns tbe man wanted for the murder in Iowa He'denied strenuously that he bad ever lived In Iowa, and declared that it must he a ease of mistaken identity. When he was taken away from here he assured bis friends that it would only be a question ol a couple of days until, he would be baci in Ladysmith, and they believed bim. But it now looks as if be would never see Ladysmith, nor his friends here, again. Yesterday morning there arrived at Victoria by the steam Ircjojuols from Seattle a party comprising W. B. Griffin, sheriff of Munroe County, AU bin, Iowa; Ur. Hyatt, tbe coroner 'who conducted the inquest over tbe body of the late Charles Jack, and H. A. Armstrong, a . mulato acquaintance of tbe accused, brought out to settlo any doubt there might be, owing to James' stout denial of guilt, as to wncther he is the man indicated in tbe information. Immediately after their arrival thi4 V. S. officials waited on F. S. Hus- sey, superintendent of provincial police^. After presenting their credentials James was produced. Armstrong recognised him, asserting without hesitation, and in an emphatic manner that left no doubt ln the minds of thoae present that he was the party for whom tbe Iowan police have been bunting for the past Ave years and on whose head there was a price ot $200. The American sheriff is delighted nt having brought to bay this fugitive from justice. He says that ever since his election to that office he has t-r en keeping a sharp lookout for Jones, confident that sooner or later he would be found ln some of those small mining towns which he was in the habit of…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Ladysmith (B.C.)
spatial: Ladysmith
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0353618
language: English
lat: 48.993333
long: -123.815556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Ladysmith : Carley & Carley
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