LaSalle County IL Archives Obituaries.....Jones, Lester H 1907
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Cook County Herald, Apr 19, 1907
Cook County Herald, Arlington Heights IL
Apr 19, 1907

Death Mystery at Ottawa

Internal Organs of L. H. Jones are Sent to Chicago for Analysis

A sensation was sprung in Ottawa when the internal organs of Lester H. Jones, 
who died the other night while in an orgy in his apartments at the Clifton 
hotel, were removed and sent to Chicago for chemical analysis to detect if 
possible traces of poison. With Jones at the time of his death were his wife 
and W. F. McLeon, a traveling salesman. Jones was a wealthy tailor and was 
past exalted ruler of the Elks. He was one of the leading citizens of the town 
and before his marriage a year ago to Anna Bartels, a milliner, he was a 
social favorite. After his marriage he was ostracized. He was found dead in 
his room at an early hour in the morning. On the floor, on the tables and even 
on the bed were champagne bottles, wine bottles of every description, some of 
them empty, others half empty. Half-smoked cigarettes were strewn everywhere. 
When Jones' body was found by physicians, who were summoned by other guests in 
the hotel, it is charged Mrs. Jones and McLeon were in such a condition from 
the night's orgy that they were unable to shed light on his death.

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