The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-07-18
state News.

State News.
MAIL ROBBER CAUGHT.-The Concorlia CORES
pOndent of the Leavenworth Call gives the follow
ing account Of the arrest Of mail robber:
Maj. Crowell, the indefatigable special agent
ofthe Postoffice Department arrived in town last
Tuesday, having in charge J. II. Embry, whom he
arrested on Monday at Junction City, for robbing
the mail. 1t appears that about week previous
thee were seven registered letters stolen from
the mail somewhere between Junction and this
place They were traced as far as Eagle Bend
PostOffice. but beyond no trace Of them couli be
fannd. He suspected Embry, the driver Of the
coach, as being the thief and was not long in
hunting him up.
"He found him in Junction spending money
freeley, when Maj. c. knew that the Company
had not paid him Off The Major told him he
had better acknowledge the corn" as lie (C.)
had found out all about it. Embry then owned
up. He. said that while going up on Sunday,
there being no passengers, he opened the sack by
filing off the lower portion ofthe staple that holds
the strap. He then tore open the packages alb
srracted the money, and concealed the wrappers
under the bridge at Elm creek, covering them
with dirt. Embry says there was 1912 in all the
packages. The file was discovered under the seat
Maj Crowell went below with his prisoner on
Wednesday morning. The Major is indefatigable
in his efforts to suppress mail robbing, and we
shoui, think thieves would learn that they rim
great risks in committing depretlations in this
locality"
Mrs. Anderson, who lives near Florence, met
with quite serious accident this week. During
the rain of Tuesday, while walking the prairie,
she fell, and broke piece from the end of one of
the bones of the forearm, where it connects with
the wrist.
The Mirror says that a man named George
Wright was drowned. on Sunday last, in Kill creek,
insthe western part Of johnson county, near where
the Lawrence road crosses that stream. Wright
snhiect to fits, and it was generally supposed
that he hal been attacked by one when crossing
the stream. the water was ouly about foot
deep where his body was found
Julia Randall, young lady aged fifteen, from
Shawnee, Johnson county, asljudget insane
and sent to Osawatomie ON Friday last.
The Pottawatonsie county assessment for 1872
rolls up upward of s3.0OO.OO0.
Boyf. the murderer of Marshal Taylor at Baxter
Springs has been committed to Jail to await trial
at the next term of the District Court.
Mr. Richardson, living near Winnona. Kansas,
was attacked by mad horse and frarfnly ham
died, on Wednesday of last week. The horse
seized him by the wrist, crushed the bones and
almost entirely served the arm. He rescued
by stranger, who came upon him after he had
suffered untold agony for fifteen minutes.
The body of young Estep, drowned at Elwood,
has beeu found in the river at Leavenworth.
The st. Joseph & Denver City railroad will
soon he completed to Fort Kearney. The grading
has all been finished, and soon the track
can be laid. which is expected to he within the
next six weeks, the road will be done. Regular
trains commenced running to Alexandria, 1854
miles west of Elwood. on the first Of July. The
track is completed fifty miles further.
A young lady at IndianOla, not very long since,
killed Il skunk with butcher knife. Her lover
came that night. and told her that he could not
marry her unless shrquit using that hair oil.
1t has been ascertaned that there lisa regularly
organized band of thieves who infest the through
trains on the Kansas Pacific railroad, east of
Junction City, with headquarters at the former
place. The officers he road waging relent-
less against them, and will soon extinguish
them.
The Holton Erprcss tells strange story about
the rendering ofa verdict in that place, on the
trial of Captain Williams, the confidence man.
The jury failed tn agree, when two of the jurymen
of either opinion, agreed to settle the ques-
tion of guilty or not guilty by square hold wrcsle
The result was complete vindication of the
accused.
On Sunday afternoon Philip Cuendet an ap-
prentice of Lonis Rochat, jeweler Of this city,
left the house of his employer, and failing to re-
turn at supper, search was instituted for him. II
was kept up until eleven o'clock at night, but
without the discovery of the missing lad, or any
tidings of him. At about three o'clock yesterday
morning the search was resumed, and an hour
later the clothes of the missing boy were found
on the river banks abont mile above town.
There is reasonable doubt that he went in hath
ing and was drowned. lie had asked Mr.. Roch-
ats permission to go bathing early in the after
noon, and il had heen refused, Mr.. X. warning
him that it very dangerous to venture info
the Missouri. The hoy was about fourteen years
of age, and Swiss by birth. He came to this
country with Mr.. X. in 1870 He bright.
intelligent lad. of good habits, devoted to his
business and quick tolearn. He had no relatives
in this scountry-CkdmpiOB 10th,
James Faulkner, an employee of the Telegraph
Company now buil.ling a line from Atchison to
Lincoln Neb.. had his leg badly broken yesterday
in this city, by telegraph pole falling npon il.
He was taken to the Atlantic House, and was
attended by DIR. Burge, assisted by Dr. Lewis, of
this city. At last accounts he was doing well.
4 severe thunder storm passed over Williams
town. Sunday night, doing considerable damage.
Mr.. Juhn Strafton and daughter we're struck
down in the house, while his struck in
sensible about ten rods f~m the house. and
mare and colt We're killed close by. slr. Bronson
Jones had n steer killed.
Ross, the murderer of Douglas, in Jail at T,ayer,
has been released by the prnI,ate judge on writ
of habcas corpus. From all the arronnts that we
have been able tn gather, Ross was deliberate
murderer. That such man siould be turned
loose, necessarily excites suspicion, and the
of the judge is severely criticised.
On the evening Of the Sth inst, Edward Wilcox,
driving on the horsepower Ofa threshing machine,
slipped, his right foot passing down in the cogs of
the wheels causing the machine "a ten horse pow
er) to stop. The machine had to be taken to pie
ces before the limb could he removed, and it was
literally ground to MASS below the knee, and
the bone broken above.
careful canvass Of Butler county. Kas, has
resulted in the discovery oftwo Greeley Repub-
licans. In Anderson county are just four.
4 painful rnmor has reached the Topeka Com
m0nwcahh concerning Col. Vim. A. Phillips. of Sa-
lima. He has not been hearl of by his family for
some time and they fearful that he has been
foully dealt with. The Colonel left Washington
City for his home, june 26th, since which time
nothing has beeu heard from him. ANY informa-
tion woud be gratefully received by his relatives
who are much distressed and harasscd by fears
for his safety.
The venerable "tncle Chester" Thomas, Of
Topeka, married in the presence of large
number Of his descendants, ON Sunday last, to
Miss Lizzie McComb.
bufialo was killed on the streets Of Cawker
City, On the morning of the 5th.
On Saturday evening Mr.. John Whitman, of
Grasshopper Falls, had his nose and face terribly
injured by bat flying from the hands of a boy
playing ball. He will recover.
Two horse thieves. W. T. Craig and George
johnson, stole some horses from Mr.. Od-kirk. near
DeSofo johnson county, on the I'D Of Jnne and
they were arrested in Cass county. Mo-, on the Sd