Harrison Jones, Constable

Smeltertown, Jackson Township

On the evening of Wednesday, February 15, 1911, Constable Jones had gone to the home of Dal Conrad where a large disturbance had spilled over from a fight at a dance at a boarding house two doors down. Constable Jones deputized two men to help him. The officers arrested Pete Baber for throwing rocks and took him into the Conrad’s house. When the officers came out of the house to make more arrest, they were fired upon from the large crowd. All three officers returned fire. Constable Jones fell with a wound in the groin and bowels with 14 pellets from a shotgun. One of the men in the crowd, Paul Polliver AKA Cajavish, had been wounded by the officer’s return fire. The County Sheriff and some Deputies arrived and quickly restored order. Constable Jones identified Polliver as the man who had shot him before he died two days later on Friday, February 17th shortly after 4 P.M. Polliver was arrested and charged with the murder.