The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-30

count OF my administration ShOulu De uobe
| only by cooperating with the board OF po-
lice commissioners. and / have decided to
| leave them free to do what in their Judg.
| ment seems best, as they are on the ground
| and can understand all the bearings in the
case. Mr.. Dixon will speak for the board.
| yours, L. ID. LEwELLING,
| Governor"
in his letter that Mr.. Dixon Will speak
! for the board. Mr.. Dixon said TO
me, after / had red the gov
errors letter, that the governor had re,
| considered the matter and had decided
that 1t would be to the best Interests of the
administration TO let the joints run, but
| that no new ones should open up. and
| that when one dropped out none should De
started in its place.
cones DISGRACEFUL THREAT.
Owing to the fact that Governor LEVEL
| ing was personal friend and fellow
! townsmau, aud was elected on the fusion
| ticket as Popuiist at the same time
was elected on the county ticket as a Dem
| ocrat and also Knowing that without the
assistance of the metropolitan police de-
| partment of this city, neither the ciii-
zens nor myself could accomplish
anything, / was willing that the
board of police commissioners shoull
do on their own responsibility as they saw
| fit in SO far rs it did not effect my official
duties under my oath of Office. therefore
told Mr.. Dixon that whenever sufficient
evidence Was presented to me l would GER
tainly have to prosecute. and have doue so
in everv instance, will the result that the
Jury has convicted In every case L have
commenced and tried When commenced
the first liquor cases during The fore part
of my administration, which 1 was COM
PEELED to do on evidence presented to me,
Chief of Police Cone, said TO me:
against the whisky men they will get
up mob and mob you" at which remark
| was very much astoniShed from the fact
it came from an official whose sworn dury
it was so enforce the law, and not Co violate
it. At another time Mr.. Cone (using his
own language said: 1.-The whisky men
can hire man from the territory TO slug
any man who swears against the joints
By paying his fare and giving him s. for
the job" and intimated that the officers
would not interfere, and said that if the
party who did the smuggling should get
caught the liquor men and their friends
would have enough witnesses to clea- him
of the charge.
DECENT PEOPLE ARE THREATENED.
In this connection, l have found from
my official experience that honest aud
conscientious citizens are deferred from
making complaints through fear of bodily
harm. with no protection from the police
force OF this city; and consequently L am
compelled to swear to complaints myself
in order to perform my official duties.
Some days ago evidences was presented
to me against the joints, and l have filed
some cases and expect TO file more. j Can
not see how | could do otherwise.
On Sunday, the 9th day of Sept 1894,
Colonel H. l.. Ttylor. state coal oil III
sDector under Governor dwellings ad-
ministration, wrote me the following let
ter, to-wit:
H. L. TAYLOR. STATE OIL INSPECTOR, ]
Room 203 SEDGWICK BLOCK.
WICHITA, Kan, Sept. 9, 1894. J
Hon. W. II. Boone. Addressed:
DEAR SIR:-I am ANXIOUS to have talk
with you some time today. Therefore L
would respectfully request you to meet me
at your office in the courr house this p ~
| would say at the hour of 2 o'clock, but |
am willing you should fix the time to suit
your Gwu convenience. | feel it Is i'm.
portant that l should see you soon, as it
may result in much good to you person
ally. Very truly your friend.
Fl. l.. TAYLOR
Mr.. Taylor came to my Office the next
morning, or the morning following, l
don't Just remember which, and said to
me, "Willard. | come to you as a friend,
and l think you Will believe me when L
say am your friend. Some of these fell
lows are going to try and get your scalp
unless you drop the liquor Cases you have
commenced and refuse to commence any
more" To which L replied in substance
that the evidence was presented to me, and
/ considered it nv sworn duty to act, and
would continue 10 act, and have continued
to act.
HOW WICHITA Is ROBBED.
Furthermore, there are, according to the
statistics complied by reliable parties.
thIrty-three JONES in this city running
wide open and at full blast, which, accord
ing 10 Cnitf Of Police Cones theory Of
running things, ought to pay into the city
treasury each month the sum OF fifty
dollars apiece making the total of Sl,650
per month. | understand these joints
formerly paid S15 and We're reduced by
Chief Cone. According to the estimate
made, there should BE- at least $500 per
month collected from the bawdy houses
aud unfortunate women of the town.
According to the estimates, there
are two gambling houses. which Ply
500 each, and one which pays $50, making
a total of $3.50. Besides these which pay.
there are. am reliably informed, six or
seven gambling rooms, which the police
department. claims pay nothing There is
also one policy shop, and a lottery, which
il is claimed by the police depai tmeDt pay
nothing. The fines IN the police court tor
violation OF city ordinances other than
timated are on an average of at least 500
per month. This makes "A grand total of
S3, 400, which should be turned into
the city treasury every month.
Some OF our best and most reliable
citizens place the amount much higher. /
give you these figures because, from in
vestigations mace, | believe them TO be
more nearly correct. Yet the police court
records, which are controlled by the met
ropolitan police department of this city,
show that there is not more than half that
amount accounted for TO the city treasurer
monthly.
POLICE CTRCUMVENT THE LAW
Furthermore, these fines are recorded
under fictitious names, so that the parry
paying the fine has no credit on the record
tor what he has paid, while at the same
time the police department had full
knowledge and knew the real names
of the parties paying such fines. The
above facts convince the best citizens
of our community that IN. Guy J. Uci,L
robbed each month of from u. 500 To 5000,
and these tact>, III NV Judgment, are su>-
cepgible of proof sufficient to convince any
twelve fair minded jurors in the state of
Kansas.
Furthermore, it is openly and publicly
charged in this community 10 be fact
that the chief of.Jhe N trop,l An police
force, Rufus Cone. i q, silent partner OF
the Wholesale liquor tgm Of Mahsu Bros.
and TO nv personal kuowle ige "a systems
effort la, been and IS being made by tue
metropolitan police deDarim MT OF this city
To control the liquor TT fiic OF tins
city Ia the Interes OF said firm of Mahan
Bros, which IS also suscept bic of the most
convincing proof Aud the nteres:s OF
sai, firm of Mahan Bros. are protected TO
q ne injury OF al other wholesale liquor
men in this city.
Therefore, General Little. / have given
YOU honestly fairly. conscleutiously aud