The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-19
MURDER ALMOST DONE.
Man With a Knife Among the Rye Family
just Back From IA Funeral

Man With a Knife Among the Rye Family
just Back From Funeral.
George Giles, while drunk, last night
made an attempt slaughter whole
family with d butcher knife He was
making good progress toward accom-
plishing his Intentions when the police
broke i'll the door and stopped him.
Mrs John Rye has for a long time
been running lunch counter at ia
North Kansas avenue, with cider as u
side attraction. This IS In the heart OF
what is called "Smoky Row." Mrs. Rye
was the wife of John Rye, the veteran
who died suddenly of apoplexy at the
home of DR.. Roby this week. Mrs. Rye
had been separated from her husband
for nearly six years Giles has been
rooming at Mrs. Rye'S place.
Yesterday Mrs. Rye with her two
daughters and son Thomas went to the
gone Giles tanked up on ''cider." BY
supper time he was very drunk but he
went to bed early At about 10 o'clock
he got out of bed and going TO ID rear
room found carving knife with blade
nearly foot in length. Thus armed
with this weapon he went to the front
room where Mrs Rye was sitting, the
rest of the family having retired lie cool
ly told Mrs Rye he was going to
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her.
Mrs. Rye realized that the man with
whom she had TO grapple was ID maniac,
for the time at least, and screamed hys-
tericalIy. The screams aroused Thomas
! Rye, an athletic boy 19 years of age,
who rushed into the room and found
Giles and his mother engaged in life
and death struggle The woman finally
clutched the knife, and her hand was
badly cut, the thumb being nearly sew
cred
Young Rye and Giles grappled and
| fought furlously for several minutes and
finally Giles got Rve's head under his
/ arm and attempted to cut his throat.
Had the knife been sharper ne would
surely have done SO. As it was a
cash was inflicted several inches in
| length about the fore part of the
neck. The jugular vein and wind pipe
were barely missed. Rye was then stab
bed ia the back and badly cut on tho left
! arm.
By this time the screams of the women
had aroused the neighbors, and Officers
Ewing and Burgess, who were passing,
attempted to get in. They found the
door securely bolted. With some diff
Guilty, however, they succeeded in kick
! ing it in. They found Giles lying on the
! floor and Rye behind the counter bleed
ing terribly. The officers supposed that
Rye had murdered Giles, bur Giles soon
got up from the floor. fourishing the
bloody knife and detied the officers. He
did not last long with the two burly po-
licemen and he was disarmed and hand
cuffed
The patrol wagon was summoned and
Rye was taken to County Physician Nc
Clintocks office. Five stitches were
taken in the cash in his throat and hi!
condition was pronounced serious though
probably not fatal The young man sui
fered intensely and passed "a wretchec
night Today, however. he is improved
Giles was turned over 10 the state to
day to answer to the charge of assault
with intent to kill He was seen in hi,
cell by JOURNAL reporter. He denieC
any knowledge of the affair and said ht
was not in his right mind when it oc
Cured. He laughed when he told hov
he drank all of Mrs. Rye's cider wheI
she was attending her husbands funeral
Giles appeared to have no realization o
the seriousness of his crime He is
rather small man with heavy mustach'
and bad eye. 1t is said that he ha
"killed q man." or at least he himself ha
| so hoasfad whom DRINK