The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-12-08
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Pithy Pointers from
The County Seat....

nance and a Writ.

A Romance ana WITH.
' Six years or so ago Sam Frazier, OF
Austin, married Mrs. Amelia Part
ridge, of Moorehead, MINI. Mrs.
Partridge was widow with "roll."
Sam was handsome fellow, Of brill
liant mind, which latter he used as an
incubator of schemes to spend money.
This is Mrs. Sam Frazier'S story.
But every pipe dream has two sides,
and in simple justice to Sam 1t may
be stated that his story hasn't been
told. The Frazier matrimonial sea
was considerably disturbed by howl
ing winds and tempeStuOus waves.
Sam had a chronic itch for money, his
wife chronic aversion to giving 1t
up. They moved about from Dan to
Beersheba, and from Beersheba to
Springfield. Mo. Meanwhile two
children were born. Six weeks ago
they separated and Mrs. Frazier
brought suit against her husband for
abandonment. Three weeks ago Sam
Kidnapped the eldest child, a girl of
five years. Last Wednesday the wife
located her at the home of her grand
parents at Austin, and went after her.
She failed to get her, after a personal
encounter with the Fraziers, and sued
out writ of habeas corpus command
ing that the child be brought into
probate court that the right to her
care and custody might be determined.
The grandparents of the child, by
first disregarding the provisions of the
writ, and then imposing upon the
lenlency of the court, gained enough
time to allow Sam TO come on from
Missouri and again smuggle the child
away. 1t was plain case of hectic
fiapdoodle cleverly worked. AS re-
( suit James and M. NJ. Frazier, the
grandparents, are under bend OF $500
each to answer to the charge of con-
tempt of court. This latter case
came up Monday, but the attorneys
for the defense knocked the jury sky
high on technicalitY, and it went
over for thirty days. The writer
guesses that it will never come to
trial.
Our Next Governor.
The esteemed Erie Sentinel, and
the esteemed Topeka Capital, have
turned loose upon the public J. M.
Allen boom for governor. This re-
port, coming as it does from source
so near to Mr.. Allen. may he assumed
official. If Kansas is to be afflicted
with another ''refOrm" governor the
writer would as soon see James M.
wear the toga as anybody. He couldn't
he worse than those who have gone
before, and he might be great deal
better. He has better article of
backbone than the late Mr.. Lewell-
ing, and he could grow frieze of
whiskers that would put those of his
excellency, j. Winklereid Leedy to
shame. The Sentinel says 'Mr. Al
len would make an excellent governor
ii he could be persuaded to accept it,"
Down here the impression prevails
that he could be persuaded" to &C
cept it. OF course he wouldn't en-
gage in an unseemly scramble. He
wouldn't go into vulgar, plebian
con vention and ask for 1T. But il 1t
were thrust upon him-if the people
of his state were to call him as with
one voice-he'd take it. The Sentinel
lis distressing itself unnecessarily.
In District Court.
\ Court convened for the December
term Tuesday. The chances are that
it will be a pretty tame session insofar
as the spectacular and vaudeville fea-
lures are concerned. There are no
big criminal cases, and tbe civil dock
ct looks as dry aud juiceless as Con-
gresham Ridgely. Theodore BANTER
will be tried for shooting John Mead
in the leg on dark night last sum
mer. Banter loved Mrs. Mead to the
point where it became a town scandal.
He also shot of his 0reech loading
mouth unnecessarily. After several
attempts somebody punctured Mead's