People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-03-07
NUMBER 20.

fallen to the lot of Sheriff Woodcock.
especially as the prophecy was made
tuesday morning that Freeman
would not come back with Woodcock.
II he failed 10 get bOndsmen.
The Wichita Eagle of Wednesday
gives the following account of Free
mans escape:
BOP Freeman, the accused Mulyane
burglar, at sund0wn last night was
nylng over the prairieS west of Mul-
Vane with team of bloOded horses
10 new surrey, followed by a deputy
sheriff and farmers.
The wild chase was kept I'D until &
O'Clock last night when il was dem.
onStrated that Freeman.s chargers
had Ontwinded all the good horses in
That neighbOrhOOd and the pursuing
party lost all trace Of Freeman four
miles northwest of Hayesville.
Robert Freeman was arrested by
Sheriff WOOdcOck last week on a
charge of grand larceny and burglary
Tor ro66ing store in Mulyane. a full
account of which was published in the
Eagle at the time Of the arrest.
Freeman was put in the Sumner
county Jail and he claimed if he was
taken to Mulvane he could give a
good bond for his appearance at the
district court and would not be COM
PEELED to remain in jail to await his
trial.
Sheriff WOOdcOck wanted to give
Freeman a chance so agreed to take
him to Mnlvane and allow him to see
his friends. He accordingly brought
Freeman up to Mulvane yesterday ON
the cars. Freeman called on several
parties in Mnlvane in company with
Sheriff WOOdcock but they all made
one excuse or another and refused TO
go Oh Freeman's bond.
Freeman then claimed that Joseph.
Chamberlain, wealthy farmer who
lived across the river from Mulvane.
would go on his bond. He offered to
pay for team and the sheriff for his
time to take him over to Mr.. Cham
berlain's.
Sheriff Woodcock deputized Grant
Green, a former policeman in this
city, who now lives in Mulvane, to 90
with Freeman over to Mr.. Chamber.
laln's. They secured a fine pair of
high bred horses from George Hill and
they were hitched to a new surrey and
Green and Freeman started for the
Chamberlain farm.
1t was about three miles TO the
Chamberlain farm and the house
stands in from the public road and
gate had to be opened. They went in
and saw Mr.. Chamberlain but he re-
fused to sign the bond and Green
started back to Mulvane with his
prisoner. All hope was gone and
Freeman nmust now return to the
Sumner county jail.
When they came back to the gate
Green got out to open it and allowed
Freeman to drive through. When
Green opened the gate quicker than
thought Freeman grabbed the whip
and cracked it over the spirited team
and they were off like pair of bullets
shot from a gun leaving Deputy
Shellif Green standing in the road.
Freeman drove them west and
south, lodging aronnd section lines,
and in half an hour a company OF
farmers and Deputy Sheriff Green
who secured horse at Chamberlain's
were in hot pursuit.
Freeman had good team and a
mile start and even the fresh horses
brought INTO the chase after an hours
run were unable TO Overtake the
team of flying bay horses and the
trail was lost as above stated.
Sheriff WoOdcock, George Hill the
owner of the team, and young Mr..
Chamberlain were in the city last
night about 10 o'clock sending out
to the surrounding towns
to head off the flying fugitive.
Mr.. Hill was heart-broken about
his team and said: 81 am more
afraid of Freeman killing my horses
than am OF his getting safely away
with them. | will be likely to get
my team but they will be ruined. It
is a splendid team and they are spir.
tied and will go as long as he gives
them line or until they drop dead"
A telephone message was received
from Sheriff WOOdcock at Arkansas
City this afternoon, stating that the
team had been heard from at Clear.
water but all trace of Freeman. is