Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1908 — Jones Tells Many Tales. [ARTICLE]

Jones Tells Many Tales.

A young man came to Rensselaer Thursday of last week and registered at tfce Makeever Hotel as D. F. Jones, of Idmonston, 111. He soon showed unmistakable signs of being broke ahd It was observed that he was applyidg to various people for aid. Bte claimed that he had come down from Chicago to see Fletcher Monnett about getting a job as manager for lps< b|g Evanston hotel, claiming that city & his home, notwithstanding that be tjid registered from Edmonston. Mk. Monnett Was out of town and he applied to JSr. and Mrs. H. L. Brown and later to Dr. Gwin, Delos Thompson, Revs. JCindig and Parrett. Monday evening the landlord of the hotel got after.'ifcim for his board and he was badly frightened and several young men that Jones had met around town chipped in and paid his board, pud he went home with one of the boys for all night He has called Ptople at Evanston up over the telephone and asked for money and it is said money came to him Staurday but that he biowed it in and failed to settle for his board. That he is a great fibber seems certain from some of the tales he has told in his effort to procure aid. He is still in town aqd is still looking for some one to endorse him so that he can borrow a little money to return home on. He has a phenominal nerve, which would indicate that he lived in some Chicago suburb. He talks about his guardian, and claims to have plenty of money -butiean’tget atjt, which would indicate that Ills guardian was a very wise one. Jones would probably fnltlat* any person into the "sucker” circle who would let him have a little coin.