The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-05
DR., CLAWSON GETS
Many Warm Assurances of
Sympathy.
HIS PRELIMINARY TODAY
He Is Glad That the Burden of
Dread viii be Gone,
HIS PRELIMINARY TODAY


kansas City Wednesday by Deputy Mar
shaI Trigg and Harry Sutton.
1.-The strain has kept me up and wide
awake and it is wearing me out"
The doctor was nervous and when the
reporter for the Eagle went in he was
walking back and forth. his nands On
his hips, looking out of the windows. lie
has not been put into cell. Jailer Docd
has allowed him the freedom Of the or
ridor.
During the forenoon the doctor re-
ceived a massage Of reinsurance and
sympathy from the people Of Ar
kansas City, through his attorney
Judge J. Y. Beekman, who promised 10
be on hand for the preliminary before
the federal commissioner, which viii
take place at Il O'Clock this morning in
the United States court room. This, with
the friendly words from friends here and
other places, had put the doctor more
at ease than he seemed the first day. He
was more calm, his eye was steadier and
he seemed to be more in hope.
You feel better after all these friendly
assurances, don't you, doctor?"
well, sir, I do. II this comes out all
right, YOU know that load-that burden
that l have carried all this time, will be
gone. Don't you see. 1 am glad / lived
and associated with the better class Of
people the past four years. You know
I've found out that the only free, CHEEKY,
delightful way to live is honestly openly
treating everybody in an open, honor
ID - erV
goodness Of my wife, the innocence, just
the playful innocence, Of my little girl,
have made failure in my good plans ut
terly Impossible. I was really trying to
do the right thing. All the wrong 1 ever
did. ANYWAY, was when I was under the
influence Of whiskey. Now you don
know how I appreciate the good offices OF
the people Of Arkansas City. They have
promised to help me.
But, say, do you know 1T really breaks
my heart that I can't go back TO my
family for my birthday Saturday-just
for the sake Of my little girl. You know l
told you she said to me when I got on
the train, Papa, you must come back
for I've got something for you. p"
The doctor ran his hand over his eyes
and turned toward the window and the
conversation stopped.
No incident in the life OF busy city
has awakened a stronger pathos than the
overtaking of Dr. Clawson and his incar-
ceration here day before yesterday. Many
men are arrested daily and the world at
large, not closely allied to those arrested
either by consanguinity or acquaintance,
pays very little attention.
But DR.. Clawson had made such an eff
fective effort at reformation that the ir-
revocable decree of the law now seems un-
just and hard 10 the people Of this city,
and the crushed man, who had been hunt
ed down. who is lying up in the jail. was
one Of the foremost topics Of conversation
on the streets yesterday.
Those who were present at his arrest
say that the scene enacted was proof
positive that much of the alleged over
acting on the stage in dramatic situations
IS indeed true TO life and not exaggerated
in the least.
DR.. CIawson had been fugitive from
justice for seven years. He says himself
that during all that time there had never
been an hour when the sound Of an ap-
preaching footstep was not ominous, when
every knock upon the door did not fiji him
with heartsicl1 dread. when every voice
was not accusing. For years the laughter
% children filled him with ineffable sorrow
for his own inability to laugh happy and
care free. For years he had no joy with
out the henumbing paralysis Of fear that
1t might be estOpped Instantly. He had
guarded himself carefully. Several times
during his residence in Arkansas CITY he
had been n Wichita. He always went
direct 70 the depot and the car. He al
ways avoided a crowd. When the fateful
hour for his arrest came he was sitting
in his Office looking out the front window.
smoking a cigar. The ONCE IS on sec
ond story, and when he heard the men
on the stair he knew that his long fight
was over. He had a premonition. The
strangers he had met in the drug store
the day before, when they were secretly
identifying him, came before his minds
eve and he knew they were coming 10
get him-to take him at last.
There were three Of them. The two
strangers were introduced by the Arkan-
sas City man. one sat down near him
on ore side. another on the other side.
and Mr.. Trigs directly in front of him.
Trigg said: Doctor. I am deputy
United States marshal
The doctor looked him straight IN the
eye.
And am hunting fer George r.
Howard"
The man did not change color HIS head
did not drop. There was no change IN
him anywhere except in the despair IN
his ewes. He had surrendered.
Perhaps the fear that someone might
ove-hesr came first to his mind. and the
utter tIt1:ty Of such q precau.i0n did net
anDeai 70 him. for he arose and SAID.
'Ler me close the door"
Had he been the wrong man, he wou'3
not have asked permission. But - felt
he was a prisoner felt il hundred times
where the unwilling officers fe'. Il once
They. fearing escape. tod him 70 he seat
ed and closed the door for him.
Doctor" said Mr.. Trie-. taking out
Towards Photograph ana ha'5inE If t.
him, here Is a photograph 7 wish YEA TO
see-a photograph NJ Howard
Tire man in the net :ook The r17to.~.arh.
bur 6ld not look at it, II would have
only brought hack The cd prison DAYS md
its stripes and icuomiuv He knew whs.
+ was Why give himself the AGONY of
looking uTo0 in Ee was ~es-ars-sr'e
now-prcs0erous, han1v. Why sh'a,s he
look upon the old picture IF d3ssracee
He suddenly dropped the pi,-1-a and
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