Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-07-07
J. B. GANo ARRESTED.

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not succeed; but we did not expect that
he would return one day after we made
our boast and capture one of his men,
but this IS what came TO pass neverthe-
less. 1t seems that Mr.. Gano was the
man he wasfafter and it is also evident
that he did not want him unless he
could get him out of the county before
a writ of habeas corpus could be served.
Accordingly Under Sheriff Kensler 1--WE
were fortunate enough to learn his
name this time) and two other men
drove silently into our city on Thurs
day morning at about o'clock and met
Schmidt and GanO near the Usage no.
tel, who had just started on their regu-
lar morning route to deliver ice. All
forces were Immediately directed to the
arrest and seizure of j. B. Gano and a
lively contest ensued. 1t was the un-
der sheriff. force on one side and the
ice force on the other, but the former
finally triumphed. 1t must have been
a very lively struggle and had it not so
happened that Mr.. Gano got one of his
legs twisted between the spokes during
the affray it is more than probable that
he would have been taken In charge by
Sheriff Mills or Marshal Updegraff be-
fore the Wichita gentlemen had driven
away. But when Jim got mixed up in
the wheel Gus Schmidt could not con-
tinue his effort in releasing him for the
reason that three men pulling in Oppo.
site directions while leg was between
the spokes would more than likely have
broken his leg. But even then the kid
napers were very grateful that the re-
sistance had ceased and in considera.
ton of submission they agreed to take
Gano to his home and allow him to
change clothing and arrange business
matters before going; but Jim says he
did not give any weight to this promise
and told Kensler he did not because of
previous threats which were made. and
he submitted only because he had moth.
ing else to do. At any rate after they
got him in their wagon they did not
take time to go to Jlm's house or any
where else but hit the road hard for
Nashville in Klngman county. AS
soon as they departed haste was made
to get out writ of habeas corpus and
to start Sheriff Mills in pursuit The
papers hadbeen made out previously but
unfortunately they were locked up in
Long Il Mobiles Office and 1t required
some time to get them into the sheriff's
hands. Judge Funkwas in his Office
in few minutes after the seizure and
I Sheriff Mills was also on hand but at
that moment it was found that the pa
pers were in the possession of Mr.. Ga
! nos attorneys. This caused the delay
which made the Wichita officer success
full. However Sheriff Mills got started
about half an hour later than the fee,
ing party and he made an excellent run.
He overlook them about half mile on
the other side of the county line and
called on them to stop which they did
not do until Tonk showed them that he
: meant business by pulling a persuader
in the shape of a big A callbre revolver.
: This induced kensler to stop very sud-
denly and after some inquiry it was
. found that the prisoner was short dis
lance out of Sheriff Mills jurisdiction
, and no further attempt was made to
p get Gano out of the Wichita officer s
. hands. Under Sheriff Kensler, however,
q was considerably excited; he feared
that parties here had wired to the sher.
lff of Kingman county to take the out
! fit at Nashville, and he at once changed
. teams and drove to Hazelton where
. they took the Missouri Pacific for
Wichita. They would have been just
as safe at Nashville as the Kingman
8 county sheriff was not wired at all and
could not have made an arrest If he had
y been.
y AS soon as Sheriff Mills returned to
4. the city and it became known that the
t chase was unsuccessful. Mr.. Gano's
i. friends wired to J.W. Dobson at WITCH.
s ita and G. s. Jobes at Attica, of the af-
fair aud as soon as jim landed In Wich-
tia bond was awaiting him and he
= was promptly released. The bond was
fixed at $500 and A. G. Jobes, of Wich-
ita, and J. w. Dobson were the sure
ties. The preliminary hearing will &C.
: cur tomorrow at Wichita before JUS
| tice Walker, and we suppose Mr.. Gano
and his attorneys will leave for that
city today.
i. Altogether this is very trivial affair
J. to make so much fuss about. Schmid,
q & Gano are charged with having OBJ
4 tanned goods from the Wichita Whole
v sale Grocery Company under false pre-.
tense but whether the company car
make a case or not remains to be seen
The company itself is said to be divided
q on the matter and some of the members
"a and officers severely condemn the arres
Il as we'll as the manner In which it wa
a made. The fact of the matter Is tina
Schmidt & Gano failed i'll business ant
are unable to meet all their liabilitle
le at this time. They could probably pa,
IS every dollar they owe if erybody ow
y ing them would call and settle. Blu
s. this IS just where the trouble lies. ant
he it seems that the only motive that tn
st Wichita House has is to scare thes
r men into raising the money. We fai
he to see anything in this whole affair tina
re can commend itself either to the WITCH
so ita house or to the SodQWick count