Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-10-06

General j. 7. Little and others. At the
appointed time / was at that house and
met P. w. Kline and James F. Legate.
We remained there some time engaged In
conversation but Mr. Little did not
arrive until after Mr.. Kline by reason OF
business engagements was Obliged to
leave. When he did come, however, it
was developed that his coming was to
arrange for and to induce Mr.. Kline to
furnish and pay over to Mr.. ]. F.
Legate an additional 1.500, to DO ak
pend for some purpose at Topeka which
was not a. the time fully explained to
me, and Mr.. Little than and there
gave positive assurances that In the
event Mr.. Kline did furnish said
81. 500, for such purposes, the orizI-
nal agreement should be ut once;
carried out. This meeting was before
any appointments had been made by
Governor Lewelling for Kansas City,
Kan, and day or two previous to the
time when, as aftsrward learned, Mr..
Kline did pay over to Legate at Topeka
the 81, 500, that was the subject of so
much comment at that time and since.
afterwards met General Little on
sundry occasions and at each occasion
ne extended to me assurances that mat
ters in Kansas City would soon 90 sat
isfactorily arranged"
On the day previous to that on which
Mr.. Fred Close had arranged to leave
for Chicago TO attend the fair, Mr..
Kline came to me and said that Mr..
Close had come to him and demanded
OF him in consideration for certain pro-
lection of his (Kline's) business, 81, 900
per month, and that they had come TO-
an RRreement about the matter. He
said further that Mr.. Close asked as y
| first payment under such agresmsnt
$500, and that no (Kline) wished me to
take some money to Topeka and deliver
it over to Mr.. Fred Close, and he gave
me 800 for that purpose. Il
was Saturday evening when
called at the residence of Mr.. Close,
| but he being out I was unable to see
him. however left word for him to
meet me the following morning st the
| Chesterfield. The next morning Mr..
| Close came to the Chesterfield with his
family, on his way to the train. MIR.
| Close recognized me at once and seemed
very glad to see me and Immediately in
vited me to private interview. When
in seclusion and apart from others told
| him Mr.. Kline was unable to raise him
the $500 which had been asked and bad
been agreed upon but had sent me with
| 500. / then gave him the $780, which
he received and which disappeared
in his pocket in an incredibly short
space of time and then Mr.. Close said:
1--WE have been so busy getting things
ready to 20 to the fair that nothing In
| particular has been done, but just as
soon as we return We will arrange every
thing satisfactorily"
On several occasions have met Mr..
! Close in Mr.. P. w. Cline's rooms in Kan
sas City, Mr.. James F. Legate being
present at times. On these occasions
he or they Invariably had private
| conversations with Mr.. Kline. On one
OF these occasions Mr.. Close remarked
in my hearing to Mr.. Legats that he
| did not like the arrangement "here." In
response to which Mr.. Legate said:
"What is the objection?" Mr. Close
cautiously and in an undertone said he
| did not like the presence of a certain
| gentleman who was sitting near by and
| with whom he had an acquaintance.
| He said the gentleman acted as If be
know all about what wEs going on; that
he sometimes drank and was liable to
talk.
At various times after the pressnta-
ton of my application for the. appoint
| ment a. q member OF the board of police
| commissioners l met Governor Level
| ling, and at each of such meetings more
| or less was said concerning the affairs at
| Kansas City. Until tho appointments
were made he invariably gave me assur-
| ances of his inten lions; be at all times
| expressed a willingness to arrange mat
tsrs "satisfactorily". After he made
the appointments he made excuses of an
| indO6nits character, intimating that for
certsin reasons he had been compelled to
do things not originally intended, but
gave me to understand he intended soon
to rearrangs and reorganizs matters In
Kansas City. s. s. SHARPE.
State OF Missouri, County of Jackson. SIS.
| S. g. Sharpe, OF lawful age. being du ~
sworn, UT on his oath states that the above
| and foregoing statement Is true and correct
to the best OF his knowledge and BELIEF.
| 8. 8. SHARPE,
| Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of September, A. ID 1894
JOHN o, STEARNs.
Notary Public. jackson county, No.