Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1897-06-03
A MAN CREMATED.
The Body Of a Young Farmer Found in
a Burned Straw Stack.
DURRANT DEMANDS LIBERTY
Part OF the Proceedings for an APPeRl-A
Domestic Tragedy Iron Workers
Strlke-GuArdS to BE Put
In Cages.

OTEhLlNb, liz, June Ss--lODlhS MAUI
mann, prosperous farmer living about
five miles north of here, has two dwell
ing houses about quarter Of mile
apart Lately Kaufman discovered
that thieves We're robbing his granary
near Che. old residence. He asked his
son George, aged 90, to take up his
night quarters in the deserted home
and watch for the plunderers. George
Kaufman began his watch two weeks
ago, and regularly went back to the
other house for his breakfast. Yester-
day morning he did not come at the
usual hour. His father became
alarmed, and started for the old
house to investigate, accompanied
by Charles Schrader, the hired man.
They went to the house first, but there
was no trace of the young man. They
saw the straw stack, which had been
nearly burned, and on examining it
found the charred body of young Kauf-
man on top of the stack. The victims
skull had been crushed, his throat cut
and the head nearly severed from the
body. A bullet hole showed that the
murderer had shot the young man.
No clew to the murderer was found.
Bloodhounds have been put on the
trail, but without success.
DurrAnt Demands His Liberty.
SAN Francisco, June 2.-There will
be 200 invitations issued for the execu-
tion of Durrant. Warden Hale has
fixed 1890 a. m. as the hour of execu-
ton. Twenty-Five medical men will be
permitted to witness the tragedy, at
the request of his attorneys. Durrant
yesterday made a formal demand for
release, claiming to be unjustly inn
prisoned. This will be part of the APP
peal to the supreme court, and Is
to cover the point which might be
made that by failing to protest
and demand his liberty he had lost
the right to complain. The appeal
raises point whit, n, according to the
statement OF Durrant's counsel, has
never been raised in this state and
must be decided before Durrant Gun
be hanged. The contention is that
Judge Bahrs inflicted two penalties
Imprisonment and death-while the
law says one or the other. Counsel
will hold that Durrants life in San
Quentin is not detention, but impris-
onment that the position of the attor-
ney-general is untenable, as life in the
county jail carries with it no shaving,
stripes and no indignity other than d.
tention. This statement will also be
heard in the federal court where it is
expected that the same action will be
taken as in the Worden case-that OF
securing a writ OF habeus corpus.
A Domestic Tragedy
BALTIMORE, Md, June Edgar
Harris, letter carrier, 81 years OF age,
to-day shot and killed his l2-year-oid
son George and his young daughter
Ada, wounded his daughter Ella, aged
Il, and then turned the pistol on him.
self. He is now lying at the point OF
death in the Johns-Hopiins hospital
Little Edgar Harris, DR.. aged nine,
was the only member of the family
who escaped uninjured. He was lying
n bed beside his BROTHER George In
he front second-,tory ROOM His
father fired at him, but the bullet
missed his head by half an inch and
buried itself in the pillow The in
sane father then rushed into the back
room to kill the girls and the little fel.
low He'd iown the stairs and escaped.
Harris is thought to have been made
mentally unbalanced by the recent
death OF his wife, to whom he was
deeply devoted.
Iron Workers Strike.
PITTsBURGH, Pa. June 2.--The strike
at Jones Il Laughlin's iron works has
sprcad to all departments except those
operated by the Anal amateI associa-
tioA. This morning the engineers.
polishers and shippers came out. swell
ing the number of strikers to $500. A
mass meeting was held during the
morning and it was resolved to stand
firm for the old wages. The strikers
are now gathered about the mill gates,
but no disorder has occurred.
Guards to BE Put In Cages.
SAN QUENTIN, Cal, June 9. -Warden
Hale has decided to build cages in the
jute mill in order that armed guards
may be placed in them to watch the
convicts when they return to work.
The cages will be arranged in such
manner that they cannot easily be
reached by the prisoners in case of
riot. Each guard will be armed with
a rife and will be given orders to shoot
in the event of another revolt ia the
mill
Fifteen Hundred Delegates.
TOPEKA Kan, June Alt is esti-
mated that 1880 delegates are here to
attend the annual convention Of til,
Christian endeavor. At nine o'clock
the convention opened in the Pres
byterian church During the day adj
dresses were made bv Rev. W. l..
Byers William Shaw l.. l.. Roby. Rev
d. d. Boyle. r. f. Crabtree Rev Jane.
\. Lawrence. Miss Louise AIcL1u EhAn |
aud Mrs olillwei, of the Sllvlim
lrny. To-nigh, Rev WaltcrC. Nc-E.-