Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
KANSAS NEW S.

ly called to Canada TO settle up
the estate of deceased brother
and would return in the course of the
summer or fall, and in the meantime
had left the stock and other property in
his charge until his return. This Tut
wiler had been. and then was. a royster-
ing whisky drinking young fellow, who
seemed anxious to impress the people
round about as "bad man." Tmie
passed and the registering went on, and
Tutwiler kept and worked the horses in
the neighborhood; but few of the
neighbors seemed to think it strange that
q man of the well known prudence of Hall
would leave his property and interests
in such hands. Finally suspicion of
foul play came up, and the old mans
cabin was visited and evidences of foul
play were soon discovered, and aboutthe
middle of June q searching party vas
organized who found the murdered man
upon an adjoining farm. Upon examina-
ton it was found he had been shot with
arevolver, his skull crushed, and there
after loaded into q wagon and hauled to
the adjoining farm, where he was dumped
into disused quarry and covered up
with earth. Tutwiler was at once ar
rested and the result of his trial was
conviction and sentenced to life impris-
onment.
A dispatch from Louisville, Pottawa-
tonne county, says: Jos. Manang, a
German farmer, living four miles from
town. came her the other day, leaving
only his mother and an unmarried sister
at home. A short time after he left
home q negro suddenly entered the
house and locked the door after him. He
then drew pistol and told the women
if they undertook to give an alarm he
would blow their brains out, and COM
manded them to give him all the money
in the house. Being told there was no
money there he seized a huge billet OF
wood and struck Mrs. Manang a power
full blow across the mouth knocking out
her teeth and breaking the lower jaw
bone and disfguring her horribly. She
fell to the floor seDseless, and the young
lady screamed with terror. The black
villain then made an outrageous assault
upon her. She is very muscular and re-
sisted vigorously. While the struggle
was going en- MIS-. Manang recovered
from the swoon ard staggering out OF
the house shrieked for help. II neigh
Dor heard her cry and came quickly
across the field. In the meantime the
fiend cut Miss Manang in TIE thigh with
a large knife, dashed out of the house
and escaped. The young lady was found
upon the floor in a pool of blood with
the knife, which had been several times
twisted around, piercing her flesh. Both
women are dangerously wounded, and
Miss Manang perhaps fatally. The ne
gro is a stranger, but the lnturlated
neigh bors have an accurate description
and organized to hunt him.
Seven miles south of Gaylord, in o.
borne county, an old man 55 years OF
age, named Joseph Phillips. in company
with his two sons. aged respectively
eighteen and twentY-one years, noticed
that strong wind was about to blow
the roof from q shed barn. The two
young men went on the roof, and with
log chain fastened the same to ratter.
In the meantime the old gentleman had
hold of the other end of the chain in
tending to drive stake into the ground
and fasten the chain to it, but the winds
started the roof, and it landed sixty feet
distant taking the two young men along,
iniuring one of them internally so that
he probably will die, and breaking the
shoulder blade and ankle of the other.
The hook of the chain caught in the leg
of the old man and drew him sixty feet,
ipiuring him so that he lived only two
hours.
During the prevalence of strong wind
storm at Burton, Harvey county, a FIRE
10 oh noIIQa north M
that place, and swept over an area OF
about thirty miles, doing great damage
and causing greatlossof property; About
one thousand stacks OF hay and grain.
several houses and stables, one lot OF
horses, sheep and hogs, and the extern
sive cattle sheds on Thompson q Glaz-
brook land and cattle company's ranch
were among the losses reported. About
100 men turned out, and by extraordi-
nary effort, succeeded in e1tingulshing
the fire near the town.
When the passenger train of the
Wichita & Western railroad was enter
ing the city Of Goddard man named
VIM. Schroeder threw himself on the
track and was crushed to death beneath
the wheels. He was an old citizen OF
Goddard and had just been married
short time ago. No reason is known
why he should have committed the rash
act.
The police of Wichita made raid on
the joints in Wichita, where intoxicating
liquors was sold the other day and in
each instance the defendants were fined
500 and costs and sentenced to impris-
onment in the comfy iail
The police of Ottawa, Franklin county,
are waging q war on the gambling
houses. Andrew and William Barnes
were arrested at this place last week and
fined in the aggregate sum OF $500.
The population of Mcpherson county
is sc, 24S; acres of taxable land, 5l9,480;
value of live stock, $1,776,197 value OF
field crops, 81, 435, OH 25; total valuation
of all property, s., S4l ,S42.H.
Frank Graham, the bookkeeper who
obsconded with an Arkaneas City lum-
Der firms cash few weeks ago has been
captured away out in Primal county,
Arizona.
The farm house of Dura Warren, of
Maple Hill, Wabaunsee county, caught
fire the other day and burned to the
ground. Loss $7.10O. Insurance s., 600.
Abilene officials are waging . vigo.
rous war on al parties throwing refuse
and dead animals into the running
streams of Dickinson county.
Henry Jones fell off q moving freight
train near Fort Scott the other day, and
received injuries which it is thought
will prove fatal.
w. D. Street of the Kenneth Sentinel,
is engaged in writing up . history Of
northwestern Kansas.