The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-10
TOWN is DEPRAVED
UNGODLY TOPEKA AGAIN Dis
GRACES THE STATE

| ShamefuIiy, Knocking Her Down Twice
the Drug Stores and Could Not be
| Reaehed-oIr Smart is Nominated for
Judge at Lawrence-Mr. Morrow Makes
aTaIk for Governor Morrill,,
Topeka, Kan, April 9.-Henry Sneed,
a thoroughly dissipated character, walk
| ed into the police station early yester-
! day morning, and said he wanted 10
| plead guilty 10 assault. 1t was soon
learned that he had made a murderous
attack upon May Edwards, and war
rant was issued for his arrest, charging
| him with assault with intent 10 Kill.
| Justice Guy fixed his bond at $500 IN
default of which Sneed went to jail The
| hearing was set for Ajril IL.
Before daylight yesterday morning
J Sneed went to the Edwards wonan's
home. near the corner of Crane and
| jefferson streets, and was admitted. He
| had been living with the woman tor
some time.
The woman saw that he was drunk
| and made some remark TO him, Wnlch
/ he resented with his fist. he struck
! her three or four times, knocking her
| down. The woman's screams brought
1 her I4-year-old daughter, who hung 10
! Sneed's coat while he was attempting
to continue the assault. The little glrl
! finally decided to run for help.
| Before help could be secured, how
ever. Sneed made repeated assaults on
| the woman He picked up large lamp
/ and knocked her down the second time.
! She was screaming and he was swear
| ing at the top of his voice.
When the little girl returned with
night Waterman and one of the neigh
bors, the Edwards woman was found on
| the bed, helpless and covered with
blood. There were bruises all over her
head and her face was cut in several
places.
DR.. Mitchell was called early yester-
day morning and dressed the wounds
The room showed signs of the strug-
gle There was blood on the walls and
and floor, and much of the furniture had
been broken. 1t is a wonder the wom-
an was not killed before help arrived.
The Edwards woman is police court
character. Both parties are white.
SMART IS NOMINATED.
Lawrence, Kan, April 9.-The Repub-
licans of Anderson, Franklin and Doug
las counties, comprising the Fourth
judicial district, met tonight in this city
to nominate a candidate for district
judge. The Anderson and Franklin
county delegates were solid for c. A.
Smart, of Franklin county, and the
Douglas county delegates were for
Judge w. W. Nevison. The Franklin
and Anderson county men obtained con-
troll Of ha a
refused to allow the Douglas county
men any privileges whatever. This
precipitated a fight on the floor of the
convention, which lasted over two hours
and which was ended by the final with
drawal of the Douglas county delegates
from the convention. One member OF
the Douglas county delegation had been
elected secretary Of the convention, and
he remained with il. The work of the
convention was then completed in short
order. c. A. Smart of Ottawa was NOM
mated as the candidate for judge, and
after a little routine work the cOnven-
ton adjourned. There was no other
name presented to the convention,
Smart got all the votes of Franklin and
Anderson counties. Smart is a leading
young lawyer of Ottawa. and two years
ago was prominent candidate for the
district Republicans as congressman.
The man whom he was nominated TO
succeed is Judge a. w. Benson, of Otta-
wa who has been on the bench for ten
years. and who was retired al his own
request.
TALKS FOR MORRILL,
Topeka, Kan. April 81. c. Morrow,
member Of the lower house of the Kan
sas legislature from Washington county
is in the city as a delegate 10 the cattle
shippers meeting. TIC a correspondent
Mr.. Morrow said this morning that MS
section appeared to be united upon a
proposition shat Governor Morrill, and
the entire state Administered ton had
earned a reelection. Washington cOun-
". he said, was for the governor beyond
any doubt, and he believed this to be
true of the entire Fifth congressional
district.
Mr.. Morrow processes to have no pOlit-
zeal ambition for himself, but it is none
the less a fact that he will he promoted
to the senate this fall by the Republi
cans NJ Washington county without op-
position. William Rogers, the present
state senator from Washington, who
was depOsed from the office of regent of
the university on the charge Of drunk
enness upon the complaint Of Cy Leland
announces that he has left politics for
good. Washington county is now safely
Republican. and none Of the POpulist
statesmen are betraying any anxiety
10 try for Rogers place.
ANOTHER KANSAS FEUD.
Here is a Kansas story" that ap-
peared in last Sundays New York
World:
Hill City. the county seat Of Graham
county. Kansas. is a very small place,
but large enough 70 contain a feud that
for deep hate and Wild fury surpasses
anything ever heard Of in the wilds OF
Kentucky The feud divides the town
into two factions that relent not for
day or for night. Whenever a stranger
comes 70 town he is Immediately en-
listed on the one side or the other. and
must stand by the faction he haSchosen.
The rival factions center each about
a leader Who is rich. on the one SIDE
Is Pomeroy; on the other McGiu. The
principal street Of the town j. the line
between the two. No Pomeroyite ven
lures into the territory Of the McGil-
ties. and no McGillite ever crosses over
into the Pomeroy regions. This main
street Is the frequent battle ground.aud
many fray has RACED there. with the
town officers divided between the TWO
contending parties.
The bitte-est Pill the Pomeroy faction
has had % swallow has been the pres
ence Of the poStofice on the McGlu side
Of the main street. Il was no small
thing, when you come - think OF II.
that every time Pomer0y man wished
10 get his mail he had 10 cross over the
edce o. the McGiu territories and -
ceive favor q the McGulites. his hated