People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-10-17
NUMBER 9.
A Prisoner ESCAPES.

Prisoner Escapes.
The expected has happened. W.
T. Crissman has escaped from the
Sheriff. It used to be understood that
when man Was committed or SEN
fenced to Jail that this meant that he
was to be imprisoned. But. practi-
cally speaking, it has not meant any
thing of the kind under Sheriff 5. S.
WoOdcOck. Thomas Mcdonald was
committed to Jail without bond on a
charge Of murder last year, but he
loafed around town until his trial.
de simply boarded and slept at the
jail at the cOunty'S expense.
Later on Steve Robinson, negro Of
this city, was sentenced to Jail. But
thereafter he was just as familiar a
Slght on the street as before and even
more prominent as he seemed TO have
changed his occupation to that of
purchasing agent of whiskey for the
jail. AT their July session, the board
OF county commissioners went through
the formallty of releasing Robinson
from Imprisonment so as to stop the
expense to the county and at the
time it was publicly stated by
members OF the board that they were
compelled to make this order IN bro.
lection to the county officers: that
Robinson was constantly roaming
through the court house stealing all
the stamps and stationery from the
county officers.
During the term Of court just closed
Geo. Horton, negro, and VIM. Dock.
morn, both Caldwell jOintists, were
sentenced to Jail. Horton had been
roaming all over town at his pleasure:
but DOckhorn is too high-toned TO
walk. He rides around in a buggy
with Deputy Sheriff Ed. Coates.
Each of them is simply havinga little
picnic at the expense Of the taxpayers
of the county.
AS stated in yesterdays Mail, W.
y. CrlSsman was sentenced to thirty
days in iail on Monday. Well he
never went to Jail. Several hours
alter sentence was passed upon him,
we met him on the streets alone,
When he ought under the law to have
been In Jail. The story of his escape,
as 1t comes to US, is that Monday
evening, Ed Coates, Crlssman and F.
A. Dinsmoor, Of South Haven, his at
torLey, were down on the streets, pro-
fessedly waiting for pardon for Criss-
man to arrive from Topeka. The re.
ports are that they found some fellow
who hadn't quit the whiskey business
yet. CriSSman naturally showed bis
appreciation Of the sheriff's kindness
to him-to the profit of the joint keep
er. After so long time Coates looked
around for Crissman. Like the Irish.
mans flea, he wasn't there and hasn't
been since. All developments up to
date lead to the belief that he has
gone to join Bob Freeman.
Comments are unnecessary. Our
readers can make them for them.
selves; each fellow will probably be
suited better in this way. But such
things. make the Mail man tired.
WoodcOck was elected as a Republi.
can and to a certain extent the Re.
publican party must bear the odium
OF the malfeasance In office Of his ad.
ministration. But, as the Republican
party can always be depended upon to
do, it repudiated him in the county
convention by refusing him the usual
denomination. Outside of this. he
and his deputies who are guilty Of
such conduct ought TO be prosecuted
under the criminal laws for such cases
made and provided.-Mail, 9th.