The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-23

Squire Jones Caughs Hum.
Fred s. Barton, discharged trooper
from Fort Reno. was arrested last night
and IS now behind the bars y the city
prison.
Trooper Barton caused no end OF trou-
bic and uneasiness for two days among
the good people Of Riverside. There is
a strange story OF some kind connected
with Barton and what 1t Is no one knows
as yet He was dishonoably discharg-
ed from Fort Reno. He claims that he
licked lieutenant for insulting him.
but that part of his story Is not be-
heyed
There IS a woman IN the story. OF
course, to make II complete. Her name
Is Grace Flower. Day before yesterday
Miss Flower appeared at Mr.. Mason ;
residence at Riverside. She was no
fashion plate when she got there, but
Mrs Mason soon supplied hir with clean
clothes and pun her to work Just then
all the trouble among the good people
Of riverside commenced. Simuhane-
Gus with the arrival of the young wO-
man then a gay soldier also arrived He
was a mysterious individual He ap-
as II he came up through the earth and
returned back into II again. He some
times made strange noises like the
screetch owl and at other times made
strange signals with his arms. Night
had nc terrors for him. He never slept
Occa s.onally he would go into the weeds
and take a nap, but never longer than
fifteen minutes. They sent for the po-
Ice and two stout men. we'll armed.
went over there. The police would see
him and when they would go to the
place where he was seen he vanished
They had to give him UP. DR.. johnson.
the wsa Their observer, strolled over
there in the evening and he was solicit
ed to remain all night as protection
against attack. The doctor sat out on
the piazza until after l O'Clock in the
morning with an opera glass and made
observations every few minutes. The
soldier remained awake an night and
was giving signals and appearing and
disappearing Ike a spirit. The thing
was kept up all day yesterday. Squire
Jones was taken into the group OF
frightened observers and ii Is said on
good authority that the squire caught
the soldiers eye, and hypnotized him.
At any rate, the squire arrested him
and kept him under the hypnotic spell
until the police arrived and took him 20
the city Jail.
During all this time the actions of
Grace Flower were about as strange as
those Of the soldier. She. too. was
making some signals and II was evident
to the people IN the neighborhood that
the girl knew the soldier and the soldier
knew her.
IL S,,v nfr> no "a
young lady also came from Fort Reno.
She walked ell the way except three
miles She acknowledged yesterday
that as she was coming along the road
she met the soldier once and that he
assisted her across a swollen creek. She
avowed that she never saw him after
that until she saw him at Riverside.
He says that as he tramped along
the road from Fort Reno he met her
near Wellington and was struck with
the familiarity of her face. He was
sure ne had seen the face before, hut
couldt not place 1t until after she had
left him. He then remembered that II
was tn face Of his cousin, a young wo-
man at Bloomington. Ia. After he
recalled the face he followed her 10 as
certain whether IT was his cousin and
traced her to Riverside. He says that
his actions at Rivrsida were made for
the purpose of attracting her attention
so that he could talk 10 her and find on,
whether she was his cousin or not
The supposition of the police IS that
they are both very hard characters
and that robbery OF some house had
been planned. They think that her
purpose was TO engage to work in some
we'll supplied house in which position
she could aid the soldier in getting his
crooks on some silver spoons and other
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