The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-23
A DUDE BURGLAR.
Circumstances Point to VIM. Gehright
as Snsll's Murderer.
A Stylish and Most Accomplished
brakeman.
Burglars Outfit and Silverware Found
in His Room.
Texas Bank Robbers Surrounded in
q Thleket.

CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Ihe Identity or
one of the burglars who threw the town
into fever of excitement by murder
ing Amos J. Smell, the west side mill
ionaire. about 2 O'Clock Wednesday
morning, February 8, has been discoV-
cred, but the burglar himself is still
ENJOYING all his freedom. During the
latter part of January blonde young
man OF about nineteen or twenty years
old, rented a room of Amos Hicks, who
keeps boarding house in West Madi-
son street. He was slight and about
plexiOn was light, eyes blue or gray and
quite large and round. He had a small
brown moustache and wore seal skin
cap, brown plaid cape overcoat, wide
cut striped trousers OF grayish color,
and was altogether of stylish appear
ance. The young man said his name
was Scott.
1.-The day after his arival,' said Mrs.
Wicks yesterday, Scott got up and
sack overcoat. Before going he told
me that he did not wish to make any
body's acquaintance in the house; that
his business required him to be out all
night, and he could not be social. The
morning of the Smell murder, between
8 and 4 O'Clock Mrs. Wicks heard her
lodger GENE up the stairs and go to his
y
man with him. The ledger turned the
light out in the hall between s and Q
O'Clock. He came out of his room
dressed as if for journey. Another
man, whom the woman describes as
being older and genteel in dress, was
with him. This man kept his face
turned SO she could not see it.
Scott had a SLOUGH hat which
she had never seen him wear before
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her: "Well l am going out on the
road to-day. may come back in two
weeks and it may be two months
While am gone I want you to take
care of my things" AS soon as they
were gone Mrs. Wicks' curiosity was
aroused to such a pitch that she began
an examination of the room just
vacated. She found in the closet a
quantity of silver ware, two coils of
fuse, several old chisels and handles of
chisels and bits and a lot of silver
knives and forks and spoons and knic
knacks. Mrs. Wicks also discovered
| in small drawer pair Of burglars
felt slippers and three sperm candles,
one of which was half burned.
Now comes some of the links of the
charm that will probably convict Mr..
Scott whose name is said to be Will
liam Gehright, one of the most
dangerous and accomplished cracks
men in the country. Jennie Cliff
ford, the proprietess of a disreputable
resort on the West Side, has given the
police valuable information regarding
'Billy Gehright" who on the night be-
fore the murder called at her house
and staid short time. On that oc-
casion it was showing and he wore
a seal cap, otherwise he was dressed
just as Mrs. WickS describes him.
Miss Clifford remembered that he
carried with him when there a mahog-
any case just like the one found at
Snell's house, filed with his tools. She
notified the police and said she was
willing to aid the police as far as pos
sible. Afterwards she identified
same she had seen in Gehright's pos
session. The police have discovered
that Gehright is the son of respecta-
BILE family living on the north side.
They Rave found two or three acquain-
tances of his who have agreed TO as
sist in the search for him.
BOOMERS" ELECTED.
WICHITA, Kas., Feb. I6.-Fresh
ejectments from Oklahoma have taken
place, at the hands of a company OF
colored troops, who are said to have
handled the settlers jim anything but a
gentle manner. The prisoners were
taken to Fort Reno and there, in most
part, turned loose, though some were
held tor trial at the next term of the
federal court. Though the leaders OF
the Oklahoma colonies with headquar-
tiers here say no attempt will be made
to make fOTcible entry into the terri
tory, those in command seem surprised
and have called for reinfOrcements OF
troops. Two companies of regulars
passed through here yesterday en- route
for Fort Reno.
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
LITTLE Rock. Ark, Feb. 16.-Clabe
Vincent, white man, was murdered
in the Indian Territory near Little
Horn creek, Tuesday His body was
discovered near the county road, rid
died with bullets. 1t is believed he
started on trip Monday night with a
man named Belk, and that Belk and a
confederate decoyed him into the
woods next day and murdered him for
his money. He wore watch and chain
and had some money, but when the
body was found the money and watch
were gone.
TOPEKA HIGHwAYMEN.
TOPEKA, Feb. 16.-Gus Rhodehamel
was assaulted by two highwaymen on
his way home early this morning and
robbed of 500 and frightfully beaten.
Although his injuries are pronounced
dangerous, ShOdehamel refused to
break his wedding engagement, the
ceremony being fixed for to-day, and
he was married.
LAID BEFORE THE GRAND JURY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16-The charges
against Jay Gould and Russell Sage,
made on behalf of the stockholders of
the Kansas Pacific railroad, of appro-
priating to their own use So 600, 600 of
the company's bonds, were laid before
the grand jury this morning. The
Jury was given all the documents bear
ing on the case, and on Monday next
witnesses will be summoned.
POISONED BY A NEGRO RIVAL.
SPRINGFIELD, o., Feb. 16.-WilIiam
p. Hanes died yesterday under suspic-
ious circumstances. To-day Jarrett
Brooks was arrested on the charge of
poisoning him. Brooks, negro, had
for years been unduly intimate with
Mrs. Hanes, a good looking white
to poison to rid her OF her husband.
The woman has not yet been arrest
ed.
WANTON MURDER By A NEGRO.
. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 16.-In Barney
MaginniS' saloon at 10 O'Clock tonight
William Ferguson, colored, who had
had trouble with one of the attaches OF
the place early in the evening, returned
with rife announcing his intention
crowded at the time and when Fergu.
, son discharged the weapon, instead OF
hitting the man for whom it was in,
tended, the ball took effect in Ole Ole
sons breast. killing him instantly. Fer.
guson was arrested.
THE HATFMLDs ARRIVE.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1.-THE nins
West Virginians known as the "Hat
6elds'' arrived here last night in charge
Of deputy, United States marshal AMI
the jaiIer of Pike county. They vii
appear before Judge Barr of tn,
United States district court, Monday
where the habeas corpus application
on the governor Of West Virginia vii
be further heard.
> KILLED BY A HORSE THEE.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. IA Time
special from Granada, Colorado. saws
, Deputy Sheriff Bill Thompson of La
= AnimaS county was shot in the necl