The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-12

| ceEtdiu amount Oh money Tor tnelr Voses
board of education, in their off.
ciai capacity aud under color Of
their Office; they, the said A. II
Ward and L. r. Cole, agreed to and did Oh
tain from said board of education,a higher
salary than the said teachers, janitors
ana employees, Aforesaid. We're entitled tC
and more than was reasonable and just
| aud SO the said A. H Ward aud L. r
Cole have been guilty of misconduct and
/ misdemeanor in Office and have fraudu-
lently. maliciopsly, corruptiy, wilfuily,
oppresslvely and unlawfully failed TO dis
charge their duties as such members OF
the board of education of the said city oil
Wichita, aforesaid, contrary to the form
OF the statutes. IN SUCH cases made and
| provided and against the peace and dignity
OF the state of Kansas.
When a reporter for the EAGLE saw Mr..
Boone last night at O'Clock be was hot.
Like all Democrats he is clanish and
wanted the paper of his own political af1il-
latlon ID have the news first. He went SO
Tar as 10 give Instructions to Justice Jones
pot 10 give the matter away Till this morn
Ing under the preteXt that be wanted the
arrests made before anything was said
about them. Well, such is politics in the
far west.
At any rate the EAGLE got on to the
night he made clean breast of the whole
Affair. DE said he had no intention of
keeping the facts from the public. but
that he considered it his duty not to say
anything about the charges till the ar
rests were made.
What will be the result of the chargess'
Il don't know. Twill prosecute them 10
be punished; IL they are not guilty they
ought to be relieved from the suspicion
that hangs over them. don't care what
their politics are; my duty i to make a
thorough examination, and l propose to
do il"
DO You think they are guilty ?"
IL did not think SO sir, L would not
have them arrested and put the county to
the expense of prosecuting them. 1t is not
Tor me TO say, however. whether they
are guilty or not; the court viii. decide
that and l have nothing TO say about the
matter besides presenting the facts as they
have been presented TO me. Ii they are
guilty they ought to be made TO sweat and
L propose TO do all l can 10 have justice
melted out to them"
wi o swore to the ccmplaint?"
L swore to the complaint myself. / did
so after thorough personal Investigation.
have had a good deal of evidence, but for
some reason or other it was a di fficult mat
Ter TO get any one person TO swear
out the complaint. Il is a matter con-
ceruiDg which they We're rather delicate
The evidence, however, was so strong that
l could not overlook it. and had either to
swear to the complaints myself or submit
to he charges of being cowardly"
Did you intend to have the arrests
mahe SO soop?"
mo. / did, however, intend to file the
charges tomorrow. but about 3 O'Clock this
afternoon gentleman Came running into
my office ana told me that one of the par
ties was preparing to leave town. That
settled It, aud l Immediately had the war
rants issued"
What is the penalty for tie alleged
crime committed~
at convicted they are liable to Ice sem
fenced to one year in the county Jail for
each count and $500 fine. The minimum
Is one day In the county Jail and 81 tine. d"
"Who is behind the prosecution"
There are number of good citizens,
including some members of the school
board. who desired TO have the guilty par
ties brought to Justice to the end that
suspicion may be lifted from the members
who are honest. just and upright"
''Are there only two implicated?"
There are Others but as Yet have not
sufficient evidence TO warrant me in hav-
ing them arrested. l am, however, satis-
fled in my own mind OF their guilt"
SIS their guilt confined to accepting
brides from te4chers"
NO, not at all. Before / am through
think L will be able TO show that the jsni-
tors and other officers were tempered with,
and / may be able to show that there was
crookedness in the letting of some con-
tracts The fact is / have some very
strong evidence, but it is not judicous Oh
my part to say what 1t Is, aud hope you
will excuse me for not doing so. This is a
ha l.
and | cannot be too laxative on the sub
ject."
SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
Nearly every teacher in the city was VIC
timized by this systematic species of hood
ling. Among others were Prof Ii. j. Bar
Der, teacher of science in the high school;
Miss Ella j. Taft. Miss Fitch, Mrs. More
head, Miss Dora Martin Miss Mary Kelly.
Miss Page, Miss Graham, Miss Mills, two
Miss Triplets, Miss Hlbarger and Miss
Bertha Dougherty.
of Professor Barber. That gentleman has
a wife who is an invalid and four small
children. He used to be teacher in the
Lewis academy, and worked night and
day TO make both ends meet. After the
culliug down of the force in the Lewis
academy be went TO Harper and got sit
uation there. He was getting along nicely
" hen HreslueuG w 6Tu OF the SCHOOL OpGrQ
wrote to him rendering him the science
professorship in the High school. Owing
TO the continual sickness OF his wife Pro-
fessor Barber became involved in debt in
this city to the extent OF some 800 or $780,
and be Was anxious 10 get back so that he
could pay up and feel independent among
his old friends ones more. lt was with
feelings of pride and pleasure that he re-
turned to the city knowing that he would
4. nhli.rarinna Ia. 10 .
enthusiastic student in the department
of science and the first thing he did upon
returning WAS TO go to Kansas City TO see
the workings OF the scientific department
of the High school OF that city. After get
ting all the pointers be could there he had
s. aud purchased passage on stock train
to Chicago TO study science 1T the world's
fair. When be arrived there he had but
81 in his possession. Be worked in a
hotel at nights for his board and in the
day time he studied science, all for the
benefit of the High school of Wichita.
la due time he returned home and began
TO arrange things in his school preparatory
to the opening OF the term
FIRST DOODLE MENTION.
The night arrived for the meeting of the
Board at which the teachers were TO be APP
pointed. Among those who were present
was Professor Barber. who was Sc sling
into an easy seat As Mr.. Ward had all
along guaranteed his appointment. He
was promen aiding happily in the corridors
of the city building adjacent to where the
board met wren President Ward came out
bare beaded aud took him aside for con-
fideutial chat Barber, said he, am In a
little difficulty; there are a couple OF
scoundrels ia the board who, ! am afraid,
will not vote for your appointments with
out being paid. You must give me some
money TO pay them. Professor Bar
Der was astonlshed. Sucn
thing had never occurred TO him. He
never before was asked to buy sd appoint
meut as school teacher. The poor fe low
WAS in a terrible predlesment- His wife
was an invalid. some of his children were
ha had nar cent OF nOQar h-.