The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-25
TWO MEN ARRESTED
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SLUG.
GERS AND ROBBERS,
Specific Charge Against Them is That
of Sandbagging 4 Butcher Al Her
rington-Both Deny the Allegation
and Claim to be Victims of Grover
Cleveland's Tariff Policy.

Paul Barlow and Al Miles, two colored
men, were paced IN Jail last night TO await
the coming of the officials OF Harrington.
They are supposed to be the two men who
ssndbsgged butcher of that place aud
robbed the victim of $500
Yesterday the city marshal of Herring
| ton, Kan, telegraphed Sheriff Royse and
| the chief of police to be on the lookout for
two colored men, who left that place dur
| ing the night previous, and who were COM
| ing in the direction Of Wichita.
When Conductor Doyle, a freight con-
ductor On the Rock Island arrived in
Wichita be received telegram notifying
him that two coiored men had boarded
his train at Lost Springs, and for him t o
arrest the couple and turn them over to
the officials to be detained until officers
from Harrington could arrive. Tue tele-
gram did not give the name Of the man
who was robbed, but simply stated that
he was butcher of that city.
Conductor Doyle remembered having
put two men answering the description
given off his train at the kechi station
and he telephoned the police notifying
them of the fact. Officers Sutton and Fox
were detailed to GO in search OF the men
whom they found near the stock yards on
Twenty-first street.
About tue sa me time the operator at the
stock yards, who had heard the message to
| Conductor Doyle passing over the wire,
saw the two men on the Rock Island rail-
road coming in the direction OF the city,
aud telephoned Sheriff Royse, notifying
him of the fact, aud the sheriff immedi-
aiely started in pursuit. He found the
two men in charge of Officers Sutton and
Fox, and the prisoners were turned over to
the sheriff
The sheriff placed the two men in the
county Jail, and wired the officials at Her
rington of their capture. After their
arrest an EAGLE reporter met the men and
learned from them the following particu-
lars Of the affair, Paul Barlow acting as
spokesman:
MY name is Paul Barlow. l live at
Man haitian, Kan. | came to Harrington
last night, where | met this man, Al.
Miles. Miles SAID he was going to Okla
hOma, and we concluded to go together.
We both took the blind-baggage on the
Rock Island road and rode as far as Lost
Springs, where we were fired from the
train. We then jumped the local freight
train aud by getting into IA box car made
it all right till the brakey spied us near
the little station of Kechi. Here we were
fired again and walked to the city. We
are both well acquainted here and have
been in Wichita often. We expected to
take "A train cut of here tonight, but Harry
Sutton concluded be wanted us for sand
baggiug a man at Harrington. There is
nothing in the matter as far as we are con-
cerned. If anybody was robbed or hurt
at that place we knew nothing of it. Why,
when the officers searched US they did
not find 80 cents, let alone $500
That is more money than l have
seen since the Democratic party came into
power. They have simply arrested two
hungry negroes, and will have TO feed Us
tonight. I can not say what the fellows at
Harrington will do when they come,
whether we will be allowed 10 go on our
way to Oklahoma or whether they will
take us back, but know they are on the
trail of the wrong coons, if any coon at all
sandbagged man at that place. When
we We're brought along the street We
placed a coat over our hands so that pto-
pie could not tell we We're handcuffrd."
Il lived at Topeka" said Al Miles, 81
WAS out of work and concluded to go to
Oklahoma. At Harrington | met Barlow
and We concluded to go together TO Okla
homa. don'J know whether this is joke
or not, but do know that we did not rob
any person at Lexington or any other
place"
No better speeches viii be made
here this year than those which will
h.. delivered by Chester long and
james TrOutman at Garfield hall to-
night.