The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-03-28
Sam Davis Pays His Life as the Price
of Three Dozen Eggs and
Bottle Of catsup.
A Midnight Marauder Caught on the
Fly and Sent to the Happy
Hunting Grounds.
An EfFectual Way to Stop Sneak
Thieving-A !ustiiabIe HON.
icide.

1uCco dlU AooiC0tAohS ~ WeS SAeAsN@s S>~>-
pected and unlocked Tor by the deceased
who had, judging L'om what was found nea
his person It the time he departed from thi
Terrestrial globe to wander in the realms ol
the blest, made every preparation TO keep oil
living. The gentleman whose demise occur
red 50 quickly has been taught a lesson which
he will not forget, unless he took his thies
ing proc!ivities with him across the Styx, buI
from the best authorities upon the subject
LARCENY Is NOT A CARDINAL VIRTUE
in the Eiysian Fields, and not practiced &
any great extent. Attention has been calles
heretofore to the numerous petty robberie
which haye been the order OF the day OF late
and not a day has passed within the pas
month which has not seen the record OF ont
or more sneak ak-thieveIies. These small depre
da,ors had become So bold that they woulc
call upon a man at midnight or some otheI
unseemly hour, take a walk through his
house, make a personal examination of his
premises, and If they saw anything which
suited either their fancies or their appetites
they took it-,nd they usually found some
| thing worth taking. In no instance have
any of them been caught In the act so sly were
| they, and the people had almost begun to
believe that it was as possible matter t6
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about half past four O'Clock, when the town
was wrapped in sleep and entirely obiiyious
| TO the attentions of these aforementioned
iight-ingered gentry,
A SNEAK THIEF WIS SHOT
and instantly killed in the rear of iae yard
at No. .Oo Delaware street, between Seventh
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that of a small cracksman and petty thief,
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Ma;nprize then raised his gun, being at that
time some thirty-iive or foIly feet from DAVIS,
and aiming at the fellows legs, wishing 10
cripple. but not kill him, fired. 1t 50 happen
ed at that time, unfortunately Tor Davis, that
he was descending the declivIty leading from
h,e level of the yard to the alley, the latter
having been graded some six or eight feet be-
- the level of the io,s fronting on Delaware
street and when Mr.. Mainprize fired, Davis
h..d waS inst on a level with the point at
wh,ch Mr. Na,pp-ize fired. and the thief fell
a.oa With +. ,oa.I of shot
r,,Srrn rSro HIS BRAIN.
D.,-,s bod ,,;,, him when he died. gunny-
s.cr .or,ainipya nan full of eggs and a bott tie
.f..,..,,,, ,h., form.r having been stolen from
,,,a r,sia.nce n, Mr. lanes Franks, at the
corner Of Seventh and Delaware tceets, and
,ha Ia,tar from the cellar of Mrs. L. +, Mich
o,s frst door west of the residence OF Mr..
Ma,nprize. The latter was confident, as soon
as he saw Davis fall. that he was badly hurt,
ir not killed and nntt;np on his clothes. he
woke sCopstable Franks and made him
.oono;nt AZ, ri,h tho facts i'm the case. To-
oether thew nroceeded 10 the SCOT where Davis
Law and soun A MIN living upon his face dead,
c,..r,,, ,r b;s arms the stolen property for
,vh,cn he h,d Maid so dearly. The gun with
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