The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-14
HATES BIG SLEEVES
HOW THEY RAISED AN ALARM ON
THE WEST SIDE

G. II. RswIey Calls Out the Police and His
Neighbors to Assist in the Search for
His Wife Who He Alleged had Died
from Heart Fsilure-Tbe Search is Kept
Up for Hours and the Party are About
to Examine the River, when by Acct
dent They Inquired of Dressmaker and
Found the Lost Woman.
ssSend a policeman over here TO help
mei''
The above was a telehone message
received Thursday night at the police
station The man sending the message
was Benjamin Franklin Draper, the
metropolitan policeman who has charge
of that portion of the city of Wichita
from Il O'Clock during the day until II
pollock at midnight
'SWaalt is the MATTER" asked the
right watch as The recognized from the
trembling voice of his brother officer
Bfrat som etling unusual had transpired.
"a woman is lost. She has heart dis
ease. and IT IS believed by her husband
is frantic, and ] have warned out the
entire neiglnborhoOd. Tell the officer
to bring a lantern as IT would be inn
possible TO find her body without we
had one"
Officer Forby was sent TO assist in the
seardh, and upon his arrival he found
nrne entire populace ready for the great
seapch. Forby ait once assumed com
nland and divided the sesrchers into
squads. giving each party a lantern.
But before starting tine frantic hus-
, band, G. R. R0wley, was placed on the
witness stand TO give what information
he might throw upon the subject. Be
tween subs and with his face as pale
as death ne Sadd
IT was sitting in the room reading tine
Eagle and the baby was playing about
the floor. All at once the baby began
TO fret ard without looking UP I told
nv wife that she had better take the
baby You see I Thought THE poor wo-
man was there. The baby began 10 fret
Worse than ever and ! looked up and
found That Mary was gone. / went to
The door and called, but no answer came
The baby began squalling in dead
earnest and with the child IN my arms
began TO hunt her. She was nowhere
10 be found About two years ago she
the Thought came TO me that probably
she had died with heart failure. had
been reading about persons dying sud
denly and ] became alarmed. ] called
IN the neig1IbOrS fbut the could give me
no information I nave searched for an
hour but can learn nothing. I know
she is detsd and I expect / had better
telegraph for her folks On. God, this
Is more than can fbeari" and the man
burst into tears.
Johnny HOITinger, G. 3. Campbell,
Robert Holden. Hazel SThreaves and Fl.
A. HM were selected as captains with
lhe two officers TO take charge Of search
ing parties.
Every al1ey, street. stable, barn and
vacant lot was examined. In fact, a
stranger might have taken the search
IT'S for a regular parade or torch light
procession as the different parties gath
cred at the COttulan corner grocery
store TO make their reports. There We're
mem women. boys. girls and dogs in the
party, and Commander F'orby told each
oaFItsfn ITO give an account of where he
had been This was done when some
one suggested that the river and the
woods should be searched.
''Wefl, Mary is dead that is certain"
said Row1ey, the rheart-bTol1en husband
as ne was relieved of the child which he
had carried an the tfne, by a woman
waro had Joined THE party. 81 viii go
and telegraph the folks"
mo you wort DO anything of the
kind said ex-Councilman Hill you
don't know your wife is dead yet. She
may have gone TO a neighborS''
mo she has not. I have been TO all
bhe neighbors but one. a dressmaker
who lives up stairs in this block"
81 bet a box Of stove backing that
your wife lis ait the dressmakers. Why
In thunder didn't you go there before
you raised such a fuss as this?" said the
exIcouncalman.
There was no use TO do that My
wife has heT dress cut, and I know she
hid not go there" said the husband
I'VE viii see" said He'll. ard suHting
The action to 1.-THE word ne called upon
The dreSSma lxer. where ne found Mrs.
Rowley engaged in studying the mys-
ferries of cutting mutton legged
Sleeves
The whole matter was soon explained
by Mrs. Rowley. She had been think
ing about how to make her big sleeves, |
and had run out the back door to the |
dressnnakers, and had became 50 ab-
sorlJed ait looking at the fashion plates
that she did mt notice the time until
a few minutes before when she started |
TO go nome and found the alley full of
hoqT-id men with lanterns
The poor husband was almost beside |
himself with JOY, but he did not forget
in mis- eXhulJati6n 70 eXclailn: '.D-r
big sleeves. anyway"