The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-01
!. !. Towns About
Wellington
From the Daily Mail.

From the Daily Nail.
Sheriff Heskett is after the men who
stole a load Of wheat from F. NJ. Yates
bin upon his farm near Milan Saturday
night. The officers here struck the clue
rather unexpectedly. Last evening J..
NJ. Kellogg, the Milan liveryman, came
70 this city in search Of one Of the men
who assisted in threshing his wheat.
The man hired one Of Mr.. Kellogg S
horses yesterday and rode to this city.
Mr.. Kellogg afterwards became suspi-
cious of the man and followed him in
here. Here he learned that the man had
told the officers that he was going TO
Wichita. Mr.. Kellogg finally found him
and learned that he had put the horse in
w. Longman's livery barn, where it
was afterward found. The threshing
hand soon changed his mind after he
saw Mr.. Kellogg and decided to ride the
horse back TO Milan, which he did last
evening. The officers, however, think
he is connected with the wheat stealing
and was also trying TO get away with the
horse. Another clue was also obtained
last evening. Deputy Constable Shaver
learned that two men who answered to
the description Of the campers who are
suspected Of being connected with the
theft, had stopped Sunday night at the
home Of William Ballard. thirteen miles
southeast Of this city. They stayed
there all night, and Mr.. Ballard had
quite a talk with them. They claimed to
be residents of the strip southeast Of
Caldwell and said that the load of wheat
which they had with them was some
they had bought north of Wellington for
seed wheat. They said that they had
lost their way and gave that as their
reason for being so far southeast Of here
on their way home. The men acted very
suspiciously and Mr.. Ballard, as well as
the officers, is now convinced that they
are the guilty parties. 1t is thought
that the man who rode Mr.. Kellogg's
horse in here is also implicated, because
he was continually associating with the
suspected campers while az Milan. He
also left soon after they did, presumably
TO meet them somewhere and receive his
snare OF the ill-gotten gains. Sheriff
He5kett's search was not wholly in vain.
He returned from Ashton today with
man who gives az his name the peculiar
combination Of familiar aliases, John
JONES Jones. The sheriff found him
about two miles south Of Ashton, where
he had gone into camp. The man who
was with him al Mr. Billiards. place left
Ashton yesterday morning and started
east on foot. Officers at Arkansas City
have been ordered to arrest him. Jones
gives his partners name as Will Pen
nington. The men sold the load of whea.
to j. w. Berry Of Ashton. Jones denies
having stolen the wheat, but on the other
hand claims he bought it out of wagon
north OF Wellington; and that the man
Of whom he bought it was enroute 10 the
strip at the time. When arrested Jones
had sl9.43 on his person and had spent
some money at Ashton besides. He had
evidently received the greater part OF
the profits from the sale of the wheat.
A marriage ceremony was performed
at the court house very recently and
everybody UP there is laughing since.
The groom was about the worst rat |
tied" man the court house force has ever
peheld When he went after the license |
ne forgot both mis- own age and his best !!
girls name, and he was in a terrible |
plight for time. He finally remember |
ed when he was born and had some one /
in the office figure UP his age from tina; |
date. He could not have figured any |
thing al the time. He said his best |
girl was one Of twins and he could not |
tell which one she was. He finally pro- |
cured a license. however. and was mar |
ried. When the ceremony was over he |
capped the climax" by seizing his bride |
around the neck and almost suffocating |
her with caresses, much to the amuse-
ment Of the spectators.