The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-10
Kansas City's Good" Time.


J. N B.ddle. salesman and buyer for the
Co,t,ngaam Bros stables. was stabbed
twice yesterday by P. Lawson. Of Peculiar.
No. Lawson had been drinking freely. -.
Z z. Chapman. OF Hills City. Kan. had
too much carnival and has broken nose
John Bennett a laborer. tried 10 crawl
under some box cars to Gu, short lbs trip
home after the parade. and was crushed
10 deathT & Brannon. Of Minneapolis.
was run over and killed IL the union Depot
yards...-A man. supposed 20 be L b Moan.
OF Gallat:n. No.. was picked up dead IN
an alley las, night. Death was evidently
caused By partaktag OF uorphine. John
W. Dunlap. aged q driver fer q supply
company. a sober. Industrious young man,
who lived with h.s mother ani sister az
Kansas City. Kan, was attacked BY
gang OF ,oughs a, the height Of TIE csrni-
val carous.ag on Delaware stree; lass
hight. and turned TO dee from them one
OF the gang pursued him. and stabbed him
between tbs rtos with a sharp knife Dun
lap managed 70 stasger Into a saloon near
by, where he fell 6ea6- The murderer Is
unknown and the deed was committed
without provocauoa....W. II Gold. aged
50. negro. was set upon by Frank Medley.
another negro. n a quarrel over a woman.
and his brains were beaten out with a rock
Some carnival roisterers threw a Light
ed cigar on the roof OF the stable OF the
Kansas City Transfer company al Fourth
and Broadway at o'clock tbs morning.
Eight hreHen who were or he roof night
Ing the flames were carried down with
Il when 4 fell and two were seriously in
tured Al least eighty horses los, their
lives. Carnival night has crimson rec
order IL Kansas City that IS not more dis
graceful than the sentences gwen the
murderers who have made the occasion
disgraceful Two years ago. Bill Alder
struck and killed Postofrice Inspector Jesse
Mcclure. He was let or with the ridicu-
lousy light sentence OF ten months IN
the county jail. \ year ago. Ben F. Gates
shot and killed his cousin. Monroe Bales.
He has been tried twice. Each time the
jury disagreed. and he Ii now out on bond.
............The Kansas City Journal makes
complain; on other grounds. saying: Chief
of Police Hayes and the police commission
ers back of him for weeks laid schemes
10 make a record during the Carnival
just ended. That was the sole object in
View. The question of law and order was
necessarily considered 10 some extent, bat
this was subordinate TO getting the police
department before the public In favora-
bic light and making a record for TIE new
admin istratiOn. The result has been a Sc
ries OF grand stand plays 20 attract at
tention. while the deep current Of crime
underneath has flowed on greater than ever
before during the festivities. There has
been no more skill displayed in the hand
ling Of the crowds than during the past
carnivals, while. on the other hand. the
police for the first time have been insxcus-
ably rough, over-bearing and insulting.
They were not Individually 10 blame. per
haps. but We're acting under orders. on
Grand avenue. IN front OF The Journal Of
fee, Thursday afternoon, a citizen
Wantonly dubbed as he sat on the seat
OF his wagon by mounted policeman sim
ply because he had started 10 drive down
Grand avenue. a public thOroughfare. Pc
liceman used their whips and clubs on the
crowds as never before. and wholly with
cut necessity. Many were rough Of speech
and rude OF manner. The dignity of
thority was lost IN harsh bullying. The
plain fact IS, as shown by the records az
the station houses, that there has been
more crime in Kansas City this week
than ever before az carnival time-mOre
crime of All classes. robber.es. pocket-pici-
ing assaults. fighting and petty crimes OF
IL QtStE4pNiOilS- Ll4tNte anu lux Ntth
advantage Of their opportunity. They very
soon saw that the police were being pa
raded as the champion preserves OF or
der before crowds that would have been
orderly in any event and 30 the criminal
element went to work To carry out The
plan OF making a showing" wholesale
arrests were made soon after o'clock OF
Carnival night. one hundred and hfty
Was the reoord for the day Many az these
arrests were unwarranted and outrageous.
Dozens Of boys and youths were arrested
for no other offense thar wearing masks
after O'Clock. They were hustled 10 the
station. locked Up FOR the whole nigh; and
let 20 again yesterday morning without
even beng arraigned police court. Mos;
OF these youths were ignorant Of the police
regulations. A single word from an Of
fcer would have caused any OF them 20
pocket his mask. But the police had 70
make a showing"