People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-30

Friday last about 5 o'clock Char
lie Shaver stood in Frank Snyders
drug store and noticed the suspicious
actions of two buns on the other side
of the street They were pacing back
and forth in front Of ROSer's and Ed
Hayes jewelry stores. Presently one
Of them went into ROser'S jewelry
store and attempted tOsell something.
He soOn came out and the two went
down to Hayes jewelry store and one
of them went in. Mr.. Shaver went
across the street and entered the
store and learned that the tramp was
attempting tOdispOSe Of watch jewely.
He notified City Marshal Grinstead
and the two tramps were arrested.
They were taken to the calaboOse and
searched. They are evidently jewelry
thieves, as parts of the mechanism of
watches were found on their persons.
The buns gave the names Of Dudley
Killup Of Buffalo, NY, and John
Cartright of New York City. They
are tough looking bats and are held
for Identification.
Daniel Grim, farmer of Bluff town.
ship, met with serious accident last
Friday evening. He brought load
of wheat to town and remained until
about dark. He had not gone more
than mile until he met with az acct
dent which came very near costing
him his life. As he was going down
into draw near John Illusions farm
he fell out over the front wheel Of the
wagon, and as he went over, the team
became frightened aud ran off. The
wagon passed over him and the fall
knocked him unconscious for awhile.
1t is not known just how long he re-
manned In that condition. When Mr..
Grim came TO and realized what had
transpired he managed to walk to
Partee'S residence near by, although
suffering and weak from loss Of blood
caused by severe cut in the face.
Mr.. Partee brought him to town and
left him at the Southwestern hotel.
DR.. Gabbert was called to dress the
wounds the unfortunate man had re-
ceived. The cut was on the right
cheek and it took several stitches TO
close it. There were several teeth
knocked out when he fell.-Caldwell
Advance.
A good story has just leaked out on
}. L. Kise, Santa Fe lineman. Last
week the Santa Fe telegraph wires
broke down west of Woodward. KiSe
went out to repair them. As the
train was slowing up at a crossing,
where the line was down, to let Kise
of, gang of drunken cowboys Just
from Woodward, came riding up at "a
mad gall0p. They saw Kise and Road.
master Nelligan on the rear platform
of the train, and like all cowboys I'M
der the influence of liquor, grasped
the opportunity to have some fun.
Kise was just getting off the Train and
the cowboys were going to lasso Nelli.
gan, but Nelllgan's quick Irish wit
saved him, and the joke was turned
on kise. As the cowboys were about
to throw their lassu at Nelgan, he
pointed 10 Kise, who was on the
ground by this time, and yelled,
There he is! There lie isl Catch
him" The cowboys directed the
course of their lassOs toward Kise. in
tending to trip him as he started TO
run, but Kise WIS too badly fright
ened to move. The lassO fell at his
feet and the COwbOySrOde furiOusly
up to him. The train pulled out and
left Kise helpless with the COWBOYS.
Nelligan says as he stood on the
platform OF the train as it was slim
ping away from Kise and the cowboys
he could see the culver on Kisses lbs
as be clasped his hands, and could tell
that Kise was repeating the Lords
prayer. The cowboys fOurished their
guns at Kise awhile and made him
dance an Alabama hoe down until
he was almost exhausted, when they
rode away at the top Of their speed,
firing their six-shOOters and yelling
like COmanche Indians. After they
were gone Kise scrambled up the tel
egraph pole and did the quickest job
OF line repairing ever made on the
Santa Fe, and footed it six miles back
into Woodward in twenty. two min.
utes.
Irr Nrni.. ~ IT, Ct a..