The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-21
HE WILL NOT TELL
e. D. FERGUSON IS BROUGHT BACK
BUT NOT HIS CHILDREN.

q. D. FERGUSON IS BROUGHT BACK
BUT NOT HIS CHILDREN.
Friends of Both Sides are Up in Arms ana
at the Trial Wednesday it is Said Some
Sensational Evidence VIII be Produced
Ferguson Says He Will Rot in Jail Be-
fore He Will Give Up the ChiIdren-TaIk
of Habeas Corpus Proceedings But
.Indee DaIe,s Recent Decision VIII Stop
the Writ.
Constable Ton Voss returned yester-
dav morning with H. D. Ferguson, the
man who Kidnapped the three little girls
on the West Side a few days since.
Ferguson was taken to the county
Hail and shut up in close confinement
and will be given a trial on Wednesday
Ferguson refuses to tell the where
abouts of the three children and says
he will rot in Jail before he will disclose
their whereabouts, further than TO say
that they have a good home, and his
reason for taking them away IS that
their mother can not raise them as uney
should be raised.
The return Of the man has caused
considerable excitement and the friends
of both sides are up in arms and prom
Use 70 introduce some sensational evil
dence at the trial Wednesday.
The husband Is an electrician OF some
note and is highly spoken Of by the men
with whom he has been engaged. sym
patty at first was given TO the VIE VINO
lost the children, but since the return
of the man it is pretty evenly divided.
The mother declares that all she
wants is the children, but the husband
says that no power on earth can com
pei him TO give up the children to the
woman, Who, he alleges, IS unworthy TO
raise children, especially girls
Ferguson says ne is willing to pro
duce the children on a writ Of habeas
and let the judge Of the district court
decide as to whether or not ne should
give the children up, but the decision
given by Judge Dale the other day IN
which he decided that ne could not re-
view the decisions of Judge Reed places
the case in a peculiar light.
There are many friends Of both sides
and the legal battle yin not only be
fierce one and love viii not be displayed
fn the least. The counsel for both sides
are put to their wits end 10 Try and
affair.
as the case stands now Ferguson says
he VIII plead guilty and take his SEN
tence, but viii not deliver the children
REAL DUKE VISITS CRIPPLE CREEK
His Grace. the Duke of Ramsey. Looils Over
His Mine.
Cripple. Creek, Colo, Jan. 2O.-A big
strike was made in the Bent lease on
nhe MOlIie Kathleen 4 few days ago.
This property was equipped with a
steam hosting plant about one month
ago and the shaft is down to d depth Of
sixty feet. Here the vein pinched out
and sinking was continued to 125 feet
and cross cut run distance Of twenty
two feet, and here the vein was found
to be eight feet wide and il all assays
pay The first shipment Of the new
strike was made today to the Cripple
Creek sampler. The Mollie Kathleen is
located on Womax hill a few hundred
feet north of Poverty gulch and is own
ed by H c. GOrtner, and Mr.. GOrtner
is authority for the statement that he
refused $450.000 from French syndicate
for the Mollie and Adelena, located on
Womax hill, and the Silver Bell on Min
eral hill.
Cripple Creek was visited today by a
real live duke, and tonight he is the own
er Of a patented property located on
Raven hill, for which he paid 10000
cash. The distinguished Englishman is
the duke of Ramsey, and George L.
NIechem of the Mechem Investment COM
pany, having offices in Cripple Creek,
Denver and Chicago, made the sale
The name of the property could not be
learned; as the purchaser requested not
to have it mentioned until the deed was
NJ Ia
hotel tonight and said:
This sale is only one Of many that
will be made to EngliShmen in the near
future"
The Johnson Nos. 1 and ., two pa
rented claims located between Big Bull
mountain and Bull hill, were sold to-
day to p. Z. Kuhn of Denver for $4,000
cash. The claim VIII so into a stock
company.
The Alice. a fractional claim located
west of the Elkton on Raven hill, was
soldtoday by II. w. Leonard to the
Alice and Raven Gold Mining company
for $4,000, which was practically cash.
The same company secured five pros
poets located on Cow mountain at the
cheap price of $500 for the group.
John G. Rice Of Denver. the general
manager of the Lincoln Boy company,
purchased that portion OF the Work
company'S properties which was under
lease TO Walsh 4, Nestor, for which he
paid $4,000 cash. These gentlemen Sc
cured a lease on the ground last April
and for the past four or five month have
been shipping regularly ore that aver
ages about $25 per ton. \ few months
ago they sub-leased portion Of their
lease and ore IS now being shipped by
three sets of lesSees. It IS estimated
that there IS 100000 worth or ore in
sight in the lease, and although il IS
low grade, the Lincoln Boy is certain 10
make money on the investment Mr.
Rice has purchased a number Of prop
critics in the district lately, among the