The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-06

Was All Done
The hoodlum wagon came TO the sta
ton at midnight with Two policemen.
/ three prisoners and reporter IN IL, all
up to their boot-tops in blood.
One Of the prisoners WIS the man who
was bleeding. and for awhile Il looked
as il he would bleed 10 death before the
I station could be reached. The arrests
were made on South Fourth avenue by
Chief of Police Burrows and Officer
John Kerwin.
The story, as related by some Of the
prisoners, is as follows: John and Kit
~ McLain live at 2e1 South Fourth ave-
nue.. John is usually known as Kay"
and is pure black. Kitty is an octo.
room and is said 10 be kind of Cleopa-
ira down in that neighborhood. Abou,
a week ago young white man from
Springfield. Mo, saw Kitty on the stree,
and he followed her to her house and
pledged her his love. He vowed tina,
she was exactly the kind OF young
woman he loved in Missouri and wanted
to marry. but his father and the people
would not let him because she had o
trace OF the blood of Africa in her veins
He did not know where his Missouri
love is now. but Kitty was SO much
like her that his old flame came back
and began TO burn right ito his heart
He asked her 10 fOrsake Kay" and 10
with him, and she refused because he
had NO means of making a living for
her At that moment he went into a
secret pocket OF his clothing and pulled
out roll of bills as large as Kitty's
wrist. This daZzled her eyes, but still;
she did not feel like deserving Kay"
This young advenIureer's name was
'Claud," but Kitty, nor anybody else.
knew his other name. Several times
every day he went to her house 10 try
and induce her TO desert Kay and ~
away with him. Finally in a moment
OF confidence he told her that he was a
confidence man and besides that a coun
terfeiter and that money. such a. /,
was, was no object to him. He went
into another secret pocket and brought
out another rool Of bills that. he as
sured her, were counterfeit She did
not care for the counterfeit money, bur
he assured her that he had a means or
working it as side line to his conf
dence games. He then told her how
he worked the "geeZerS that sit on
depot platforms and swung their legs"
Kay was the great obstacle to their
happiness. He told friend OF Kitty's
that he was going 10 have her, even
though he had 10 kill Kay"
He was probably in that humor last
night when he entered Rays" resi-
dence while its lord and master was
eating his midnight lunch. He told
Kay" that he had come there on pur,
pose TO square matters with him anu
at the same time put his hand to his
hip pocket. Kay" picked up poker
and commenced TO pound him with Il
until the place looked like a slaughter
house.
That is the story told by Kay" and
his wife Kitty. The other side has not
been heard as "Claud'' was more in
need of a preacher and doctor at his
bedside when the reporter for the Esg'e
called. He was so deiuged in blood
that even a description of his face is
impossible.
Chief Burrows thinks there wound.
were made with a knife or razor. but
Kitty insists that they were the work
OF a poker. The whole gang, includ-
ing Kitty, were locked up. Dr. Rentz
was busy long after midnight trying tn
patch up Glands" wounds TO keep
him froom bleeding to death.