People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-01-17
WITH A HEDGE AXE.
Mrs. q. II. Stuck Attacks J.W. Wake.
field, Near Rome.

field, Near Rome.
Sheriff J. r. Heskett arrested Mrs.
G. II. Stuck, living half mile west
and three quarters Of mile south Of
Rome, On the South Haven telephone
road, Saturdaymorning, on charge
Of felOuiOus assault upon Jesse W.
Wakefield of this city, a brother of
Prof. Geo. Z. Wakefield Of the County
High school.
Tae assault occurred Saturday
morning whea MIR. Wakefield and
several other men went 20 the farm
to naul away some wheat owned by
Prof. Wakefield and stored in a Din
on the farm. The StuCkS live on a
farm formerly owned by Prof.
Wakefield. When the farm was
sold to them last year, Prof. Wake
field reserved the right to use a
wheat bin for the purpose Of storing
his wheat until it was marketed.
Saturday morning Jesse Wakefield
and several men, with teams, went to
the farm to haul the wheat away.
They found the gate and grain bin
locked. The gate was opened and Mrs.
Stuck and her husband protested
against the wheat being hauled away,
saying that storage was due on it.
Wakefield claimed that the storage
had been paid with a load Of corn.
The Stucks still demonstrated with
the men, and Mrs. Stuck procured a
revolver and urged her husband to
shoot Jesse Wakefield. Mr.. Stuck
would not do it, and taking the re-
volver herself, said as she applied an
objectionable name to Wakefield:
"I'll shoot him."
Mr.. Wakefield took the revolver,
which had all the chambers loaded,
away frvm Mrs. Stuck and was argu.
ing with her husband when she picked
up hedge axe unnOticed and dealt
a powerful blow at his head. The axe
flew from the handle, which probably
saved Wakfeld's life, as the force of
Of the blow was lessened and did no
damage except to cause painful in.
jury. Wakefield was stunned by the
blow and dropped The revolver. He
quickly recovered himself, however,
aud picked up the weapon and gave
it to one of the men. The Stucks
were finally prevailed upon to allow
the wheat to be hauled away.
Wakefield, upon returning to Wei.
lingtOn, made complaint to the
county attorney and a warrant was
sworn out for Mrs. Sucks arrest,
charging her with feloniOus assault.
She was brought to town Monday and
waived preliminary examination and
was bound oyer 10 the district court
in the sum of 5000. Her husband &C.
cOmpaned her and authorized the
following statement of the trouble:
Wakefield, with several teams came
to haul away the wheat; the other
teamsters drove through an open way
to the barn; Wakefield broke open q
gate and when requested not 70 drive
into the barn, insisted that he would
Stuck and Wakefield were strug-
CLING with barn door, the former
shutting it and the latter opening it
when Mrs. Stuck came to her hus
bands rescue with revolver, offering
it to him for protection" Stucl
denies that his wife struck at Wake
field, with hedge axe.
Wakefield has 4 large bump on hi
head, caused by blow of some kind
Mrs. Stuck formerly lived In thC
north part6f Wellington, and gained
notoriety through an assault upon al
old man named Merrill for cutting tb,
rope of her COW, which had beer
tied on MerIill's lots against hi
wishes. Several months ago she ere
ated stir near Rome by telling he
husband that she had taken poisoI
with suicidal intent. A physician
from Wellington was hastily summon
ed and found her feigning illness.