People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-06-10
Entrekin Talks to a Reporter.

Eagle reporter interviewed him after
his preliminary. The Eagles account
Of the manner in which Jerome was
induced to write the letters that will
be used to show the similarity Of
handwriting is slightly mixed. The
Eagle has this to say Of the inter.
view:
Entrekin is a man of medium
height and very pleasant talGer.
He is apparently somewhere about 50
years old and says he has "seen better
days"
When asked Friday how all this
trouble came about, he said:
81 don't know. They just arrested
me and rushed me off up here and l
didn't even have time to get my
specs. l don't know what its all for,
I'm sure"
you didn't write the letters, as
you are charged?" =
mo, sir, l did not. Never thought
OF such thing"
what is your business in yelling
TOM"
II have been working By the day
for man down there. l have seen
better days"
"Are you brother to John C. En-
trekin VINO was adjutant general of
Ohio under Mckinley"
Eyes"
"Have you any relatives?"
VI have brother in Blackburn,
Mo-"
1t was learned afterward thatL. H.
Entrekin Of Blackburn has lately
been appointed postmaster at that
place by President Mckinley.
"HOw did they come to arrest you,
Mr.. Entrekin?"
81 don't know"
And that was all he would say
about the matter.
1t occurs that these letters have
been going through the Wellington
postOffice since last September and
we're usually written to young girls
from IA to II years old.
They were Of the most vulgar and
immodest character that could be
imagined and held no signature. For
months there was no suspicion of who
the author was until Entrekin vas
seen following some of the girls who
had received these letters, after
which the letters were sent to the
government authorities and Entrekin
watched. POstoffice Inspector W. T.
Sullivan of Kansas City went to Wei.
lington and after he had seen enough
OF Entrekin's action to warrant sus-
piCion Of his guilt he set about to tran
him.
The inspector took four or five of
the letters written to the girls and
from them Culled a number of mis-
spelled words and wove them into an.
other letter. Then he went to En-
trekin and told him that he was
doing some work for the government
and would like to secure his assist
ance In the matter of correspondence.
Entrekin wrote the letter with ap-
parently little misgiving, but made
almost the identical mistakes in
spelling that Sullivan had found in
the original.
Then Inspector Sullivan took yer.
oatim copy of one Of the letters that
had gone through the mail from
which he had left the address and be.
gan debating. Here Entrekin stop.
ped and wanted to know what it was
all for.
write it and III tell you," said
the inspector.
I'm not very good at penmanship
and am rather nervous" he said, but
the detective insisted that he fin.
ish 1t.
When he was through he was In.
formed that there was proof enough
to warrant his arrest on the charge Of
writing the letters.
81 did not write them," said Entire
kin.
Will you take an oath that you
didn't?"
"Yes, SIR"
Mr.. Sullivan took his affidavit O.
innocence, and now II be is proven
guilty he will get sentenced for tn,
crime and for perjury also.
Entrekin has, aside from this scan.
dal, good reputation In the county
He was at one time well off and n,
cause can be assigned for the action
II he really wrote the letters.
He has no family.
Suicide of Z. r. Person.
Chicago, ILL.,, June &C. R. Person