The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-29

! from a Nebraska sheriff asking informa-
| ton about family by the name of Bal
! lard, al Of whom were wanted or the
/ charge OF stealing cattle. No family OF
: that name could be found, but suspicion
pointed TO the Carriers, whom the police
| knew came from Nebraska After the
| father and son had been released from
| JAIL Detective Sutton passed the son one
| day and called him Carter, which he sup
posed 10 be his right name. The young
| man was in a had humor and informed
| Sutton that his name was not Carts-, bEt
| Ballard. Upon further questioning he
! said that the name Carter was assumed
! by the family upon their leaving Neo-as-
| ka. Then followed fast the downfall OF
/ the Bal.ards. Family quarrels rent the
/ household. which paved the way for life
I Of wickedness and crime. Old man Eal-
lard went to the officers with co-nlsiDts
of his wife's infidelfty. This was follow
ed by a visit TO the police department bv
Mrs. Ballard with complaints OF a hus-
| bands cruelty. Then in her ire she made
a confession. telling of their former life
in Nebraska and accusing Ballard Of cat
tie stealing. His arrest followed and he
was given a term in the Nebra ska state
penitentiary.
Mrs. Ballard continued to 60 wrong.
Intimacy with the motorneer. whom her
husband had mentioned in his complaints
TO the police, continued, and she moved
from the West Side TO a house at the
corner Of Thirteenth and Fifth streets.
near the fire house of the coIored fire de-
partment. She now went by the name of
Ballard altogether. Here she began to
take up with q colored man at the fire
department. and her former lover, who is
married man, rent the air with his de-
nunciations. This state of affairs ended
in a shooting scrape a police headquar-
ters one morning in hich the fireman was
wounded. Both men quit Mrs. Ballard
after this. and she moevd to a room over
246 North Main street. Here she got
mixed up with another man whose
criminal record goes no telling where, but
ends probably with the arrest OF a few
days ago. Frank Algood was arrested
at that time and brought here from
Greenwood county. The charge against
him was counterfeiting. Mrs Billiards.
big heart and kindly nature prompted her
to visit the Jail with confectioneries,
sweet smelling boquets and cigarettes
She saw Frank AlIgood and it was case
Of love at first sight. She bedecked his
dingy eel with roses and stuffed his sensi-
tive stomach with delicacies. Finally she
learned that the charge against him could
not be backed up with very good evil
dence and she hired Attorney &wson to
defend A,lgood. The attorney dia so. and
Allgood was cleared of the charge, there
being no evidence sufficient to convict
Algood and Mrs. Ballard lived together
at her rooms. While living together, old
man Ballard arrived on the scene, having
served his term In the Nebraska peniten-
tiary. His Interference amounted to but
little. From this time on the Billiards.,
Allgoods and young Herb Simpson have
a more or less unsavory experience. Old
man Ballard began peddling medicines
for Dr. Cross, during which time he hired
a team from a livery stable on North
Lawrence for three days and kept It
three weeks. The rig was thought TO
have been stolen, and so reported TO De
tective Sutton, who found Ballard after
the buggy had been almost ruined The
old man was put in jail for this. but was
paid out by his son Alvin, after which
hs left the city.
Attorney Crewson, who had not yet been
paid his fee for getting Alleged out OF
jail, attached a team which he believed
belonged to A,lgood. T'hereupon, All
good. Alvin Ballard and Herb Simpson
swore that the team belonged TO Simpson
and ballard. and Attorney Crewson was
beat out of his fee. From this on, old
man Ballard and Lawyer Crewson rdop
out of the story.
If Herbert Simpson is innocent of the
charges alleged against him, he made the
mistake of selecting very unworthy asso-
ciates in his youthful career. For a
long time he was the trusted companion
Of Alvin Ballard, who is now serving an
eight-year sentence in the Kansas peni-
tertiary. While Mrs. Hirsch was keep
ing roomers In building just west Of the
court house Herbert Simpson and his
young wife and Alvin Ballard and a
woman, whom it IS said was not his
wife, lived in one room OF Mrs. Hirsch's
house. One day Detective Sutton hap
pened to visit the place and he noticed
pieces of plaster OF paris scattered about
the door of Ballard and Simpsons room.
Sutton suspicioning counterfeiting, asked
Mrs. Hirsch what it meant and she in
formed him that it was swept out of the
young peoples room A large piece OF
the plaster of paris moulds was picked up
and taken to the police station. where it
still is. and Detective Sutton told Mrs.
Hirsch TO keep still about it until he
could find some evidence of their having
handled counterfeit money. But Ms.
Hirsch was so frustrated that she told
Simpson and Ballard about it, and the
room was vacated in short order.
Immediately after this Angood and
Mrs. Ballard left Wichita and went to
Sedalia, No. and since that time Mrs.
Ballard has not been heard from, Alleged
probably having deserted her
Alvin Billiards. rush 20 evade the A.
ccveTy Of Detective Sutton at Mrs.
Hirsch's caused him to play a high hand
al crime. He dropped the girl with whom
he was unlawfully living and ran away
with Simpsons wife. Then he took the
team which he and Simpson swore away
from Attorney Crewson's attachment
proceeding went 70 Surgeons barn and
hired a buggy. He and Mrs. Simpson
drove to Rice county, where ;hsy pa; Up
at the home OF Mr.. and Ms. ". r
Matths with whom Ballard. AilEooa and
Herbert Simpson had made their stop
ping place before. Ballard drove 50 hard
70 get 70 Matthe's that one Of his horses
died on the arrival there Leaving Mrs
Simpson there he returned 20 his CITY
by the way Of Reno county. where he
stole set Of harness and brought them
here and sold them. He was arrested On
this charge BY JEFF Thompson. police (
man. who let him break aRay from him