The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-26
ANOTHER WICHITA MURDER,
Detective BranO Mandel. of
LeavenwOrth, Kan,
the Victim.
While After a Gang Of Whisky
SmugglerS He Meets
his Doom.

WICHITA, KAN AaIca 3, 1874.
Anohe. murder, which fog t,u;ai.ty aud
disb,iisu, c. noi b. SURPASSED II, the sunsls
o: crime, has just come to light The sect
of action from which the victim vas .uticei
to b. s!ain, was the
OLD CITY OF WICHITA
which has sheltered so many such crimes.
New Wichita OF this dry knows no such
deeds; they arc Of the past, ard never will
be committed more in the ci-anssd city Of
the valley.
In this instance, as well as IN the McNutt
affair, money Was the cause OF one man tax.
ing the life of another. The victim was IN
e1 detective from Leayenwor;h by the
name Of
LEANo MsNDEL
who was employed as a de!t c,ive in the
Indian territory.
The facts of the clse, Us brought 10 Light
By Tie officers are Ties:
About four months stree II man by the
name OF Brsno Maniel c4Ine TO his city and
registered his residence as L-aSenworth. He
stated, and from subsequent inquiries by the
officers found true, TIA; ne had bsen de,ec-
tive IN the territory ierreiiia. OFT those who
sMUGGLED SPIRITS
to sell 10 Tie iDdisus. Most o! lis time
was -ient in the saloons and among the
lower places oi the city, where he a. serted
that be had ahsu: eight thousand dollars
with him; he showed large roll Of bills,
which were Of the denomination OF $50 and
SlCO.
He remained in town about a week, when
some person or persons, iIs,igaied by the
devil, conceived the
DIABoLICAL THOUGHT
OF staying him in cold blood, and appropri-
ating his money. That this man has been
murdered is proven beyond a doubt, but by
whom is rot certainly known.
The air is full OF corjeciures, but as none
Of them come from official source they caE-
not be believed. Tie mort likely supposi.
ton and the one that the officers are work.
ing upon now is this:
In order to slsy their victim, the murder.
ers made him drunk, and then Induced him
to go out with them in order to see some
land they had for sale. II is known that he
vent on such an errsnd with one by the
name Of
JOE FISHER
Since that time nothing has been heard from
him.
A few weeks since a mans remains were
found about eighteen miles due west from
this city, torn and estan teyond recognition
by the wolves. An inquest WAS held over
the remains, and the jury returned verdict
that he came to his death by some disease.
Since then the facts "a above given have
been developed and the man
FISHER HAS BEEN ARRESTED
on the charge of having murdered tie man
Mandle for this eight thousand dollars.
Whether the missing man WAS the same as
found, your correspondent il rot prepared to
say. But that he has not been seen since he
lett the city in company with this man Fish-
er. and that he
HAS MORE MONEY
than usual are all very significant facts.
By the untiring efforts of our coroner, Mr..
Owens, assisted in a measure by the other
officers, provided they do not fight or quar-
rel amo Dg themselves, and feel tco jealOus),
We will soon have all the facts of the case,
and the criminals brought to justice, as in
the case of the McNutt tragedy.
Mr.. MandeIl resided on Broadway, be-
tween Walnut ard West Chestnut. He was
not known to the City Marshal or police
officers of this city "a a teiec,iye