People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-06-03
FOR MISUSE OF THE TAILS.
Jerome Entrekin Arrested for Writing
Obscene Letters to Young Girls.

w. L. Sullivan, government detec-
tive, arrested jerome Entrekin Tues
day afternoon on the charge Of sending
obscene literature through the mails
He was taken to Wichita Tuesday
night and locked up TO await triaI
10 United States court.
Jerome is charged with writing In.
sulting proposals to eight different
young girls in this city. This bust
ness has been going on for some time,
but the officers for several weeks were
unable TO trace the author OF the let.
tiers. Several young boys around town
were suspected of being the guilty
party and were put under a system OF
espionage. 1t was soon learned that
they were innocent and the officers
having cause to suspicion Entrekin,
Instituted a piece OF clever detective
work thatreSulted in his arrest today.
The letters written to the girls con.
tanned insults and indecent proposals
OF the mos. revolving nature. Many
OF the girls, upon receiving the let
tiers, told their parents and they in
turn notified the officers, who used
every effort and means to detect the
guilty author. The author of the
letters addressed the girls in the most
familiar language aud made refer.
ences to Illicit relations that he was
supposed to have had with them 10
the past.
1t is not necessary to outline the
Indecent proposals and references to
Illicit relations that the author Of the
letters was supposed to be holding
with other girls in the city contained
in these letters, other than to say
that they were OF the most indecent
nature and contained thoughts and
suggestions that only a criminally
lusiy mind could think Of.
II Entrekin is guilty Of writing
these letters there is no law severe
enough to fit his case. The authOri-
ties claim to have indisputable evil
dence OF his guilt. and Entrekin's
reputation In town Is such that he
will not be accorded much SYM
pathy.
Entrekin was taken to Wichita
Tuesday night by United States
Marshal johnston, to await the
action Of the United States court.
Harry Woods went to Wichita next
morning as attorney for the defend
ant, TO arrange his preliminary and
look after other matters In his be.
half.
Entrekin maintains stout denial
OF The charges against him. This
case is likely to develop into sharp
contest between the best OF legal tai
ent and expert photographic testi.
mony. Entrekin has brother IN
Chillicothe, o., John c. Entrekin,
who was adjutant general Of Ohio, by
when President McKiL.
ley was governor. He has only two
political peers in that state, Marcus
A. Hanna and Myron Il. Herrick.
He is criminal lawyer Of much re-
1Own, wealthy and influential. 1t is
likely that he will attend to Jerome's
defense.
The officers hOpe'tO prove EDtrekin's
guilt by means OF letter he was de-
cOyed into writing for a business man
here, in which he used much the same
language and expressions as were con.
tanned In the letters to the several
young girls In the city. The orthog-
raphy and chirography In both in
stance are precisely alike, and the
circumstances certainly point strongly
TO Entrekin's guilt. His room was
searched yesterday afternoon after
his arrest and another link OF evil
dence was gathered against him by
the finding Of old cheap envelopes
with blue inlinings that Tailed In
size, cut and quality with the ones In
which the obscene letters were mailed
to the girls.
Entrekin has wealthy relatives llv-
ing in Pennsylvania and Missouri
also, and with the financial and legal
assistance at his command 1t is not
likely that he will be convicted Of the
charge without a sharp struggle.