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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-02
Scenes Inside and
Outside the Wall

some day somebody would land in the
penitentiary Then other things we're
missed some of which he got and some
of which he didn't get, but all of which
thefts were charged to him. And so It
went on until a store was broken into,
and then reckoning came, a summing
up of crimes perpetrated, a multiplicity of
charges. an arrest. a breaking jail
flight, a hunting down, a recapture, a SEN
tence, and so I saw him on the road to do
penance for it all, and so l approaches
him.
I used to see him before people got to
believing that he was entirely bad, when
ne was given an occasional friendly
greeting on the street, when a kind
word was not an entire stranger to his
ear. I used to think that there was some
good in him There is some good and
some had in every man. If by training
and the exertion of viii power he keeps
The bad down and causes the good 10
pre6ominate. then he is looked upon as
good man, worthy citizen If by
lack Of training. and lack of determine
tion he permits the evil to get the upper
hand of him then people look upon him
as entirely bad and think that there Is
no good in him at all But the root of
evil is in the good man. and he finds *
continual struggle To keep II from
growing and the germ of cood Is in the
bad one and has but 20 be encouraged
and il WILL grow A. saw the young man
that morning I knew that the public
believed him to be all had. believed that
he was fostering evil thoughts. planning
"a
l could NOT help thinking that he had
gone down and uneavthed some Of the
germs Of good and was nourshing them;
that behind the look Of nate that had
fastened itself Of his face. back Of the
hunted feeling there was slckeuinS OF
il all. a wish that il was different. a
hope that some day * might be differ
ent and 50 I approached him and talked
20 him and ne 20 me.
''Weusv5llc.T yelled the brakeman.
That's the first town ! struck after
broke out Of jail" said the young man,
and / don't know which feeling Is the
worss. that Of going through. sneaking
ana aiding and fearing that every one
You see is AN officer after you. or going
through as j am today"
Tel me about getting out" said.
'Wen that old jail at Lyndon is easy.
1 could saw through i, win pewter
knife In an hour and a half any time"
he commenced
But done yoa know people think
that YOU ousat not 90 have broken QUE"
/ remarked.
That is all right for the people 20
think who are on the outside. but when
one Is locked up in there With nothing
10 think Of but getdns outside. +; sets
mighty treSome- couldn't stand IL.
] suppose when I get 10 the end of this
trip 1 VIII have work so do ana Won't
mind it so much. but % be locked IN
week afye- week with nothing to do. lbs
different, and I made Up my mind ID
get ou,. Z cut through the bars In
hide vllie and cra0lsd through the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-02

as well posted on the needs Of the ward
as any man in it. Mr.. Parkhurst was q
candidate for the council two years ago
and was only beaten by small majority
by his present opponent. Mr.. Parkhurst
is one Of the pleasantest kind of man TO
meet, his acquaintance is large in the
country as well as the city, having car
ried on large business with the farm
ers, who bring their produce. poultry. but
ter and eggs TO the STORE of Mr.. Park
hurst.
w. F. SCHELL.
W. F. Schell, present Second ward
councilman and candidate for a re-elec-
ton, is well Known nurseryman Of the
city and employs from twenty to twenty
five men the year round Mr.. Schell was
elected to the council two years ago and
has been one of the most valuable mem
bers the council has had. He has filled
the craftsmanship of the health commit
tee with the best ability. giving a large
share of his time and thought TO that
which has been largely shared in by the
residents of the city, in the enjoyment OF
excellent sanitary conditions
Mr.. Schell has been ar ardent Repubh-
can all his life. He has given to the Re
publican party of this city, probably as
much Of his time as any other man, hold
ing unremunerative places on committees,
going to many conventions as a delegate.
and last fall gave up almost all OF his
time conducting the county central COM
mittee's affairs as chairman, during the
campaign of Governor Stanley and the
county ticket. Mr.. Schell is large tax
payer and well known business man who
has the interest of Wichita at heart first,
last and always.
II. II. DEWEY
II II. Dewey, the well known insurance
agent. is the Republican candidate in the
Third ward for councilman. Mr.. Dewey
is one of the substantial man of the city.
He has been a resident here since tho
early days of Wichita and is familiar
with the realty and municipal affairs OF
the city. He came from the old Vermont
family Of Deweys. of which Admiral
Dewey did. they being cousins. Mr.. Dewey
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welfare OF the convicts and works inces-
sanity for the improvement Of both. II
was near the noon hour and he invited
un to see the prisoners march into dinner.
The turnkey at the big gate was Watt
Campbell Of Usage county, and il IS his
duty 10 see that the prisoners are well
secured. We saw the prisoners coma.
marching up in squads. with the lock step
and arms folded, and the swung about
the corner with a precision that would
have been beautiful but for the melsn-
choly surroundings, stepping with regu-
larity of cIockwork.
The lead man OF the second squad was
a little fellow. There was a set expression
to his face, but even with that he ap-
peared little Ike felon. i was Willie
Sells. convicted and serving FIFE sentence
for numbering his whole family.
, On talking about going through the in
sttution after dinner we noticed that the
warden seemed anxious 20 nave us. and
he told the deputy warden 10 give Us plenty
OF time and show Us every nook and
corner. down the coal mines. anywhere,
everywhere.
And 20 81 1870 Sheriff Hoover. Deputy
Warden Gable and myseif went through
the Big iron doorway 10 see the home
life OF the 81 men and p women Kept
there
1t Is but simple justice 70 The warden
to say that ne has admirably managed
tha, institution. Everything was the
perfection ~ neatness, the acme % order
An interest attaches 20 the eel houses.
within whose walls All these men spen5
their nights. thinking. dreaming. ponder
Ing. regrsttlug and hoping. What thoughts
are there. what acts are Gepsored there.
what deeds are regretted there. what fond
remembrance are gone over and over
again there - each man locJzed n his
Hide cell. nig1t after night thinks q ire
folly which le3 him % do tast wn.ca
brought him there
There are fo-ty-rhree cells n a ro~.
two r3ws. and four csIs h.za. making a
tofaI ~ - cells "a the cell house. ard
there are three q tae houses f1r aen.
ard one smaller ore fo- women.
Besweea t5e paTtztloE ina: 1lvds IRE
Two roEs q cells T. a nsllgw SPACE sat
ls76l1g into i from esra csa Is q fs3e-
a tuae f2r ventilation. Stnes co-n-rx
tne-e Warden lands has 1zd a rr fsa
placed 81 she to7 ~ the al9ek ~ esrs
vaea = kept In mo.lo1 az nizat l5ng ar3
v-h.cs draws the f0a asr sar8uzz the
rEoes. thvogE1 tire ho.l1w vaE ard aa cssc
% she prison. Tbs gives the pr-s5uer
change q air every thres 10 Eve n.ncges
throaEn taa r.EhI and hss d7ae msea
coward keeping ghsE iu a aesI.alsF cs15l-
AGA In ssca eel = a narr9E hauk a
snail char ard sse1 Wsl feeo-atssrse -
TIE prlsazer or ~ frea1s Furnish
+ has been ths am - re Ea-ys ~ 20
Eet taem % read as mace good E.srs-uTs
as 2@sss5e ard ~ tod RS taz- thsy a7e
rfoE asiag ere 5eok seek % esra rna--
ere eaF newspaper - every fsgr ner.
ere 81 rews14peE e every nan. ere
E.oasrly nzEaz.ns 70 eTery * rs-
Their zsaeh TAXED: eosi sAaft sas =
a5e-ztsoa. re MAJ 1zrt Q. re zsrk 5sl<
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-02
WICHITA TEN YEARS AGO.

Just ten years ago the principal tele-
graphic news was about the war in Samoa,
which is now prominent.
Wallenstein & Cohen opened up a OBJ
bling department in connection with their
store.
Wichita was the headquarters for the
Oklahoma contingent, and the town look
ed boomy again.
There was little concern in town over
the danger of Oklahoma draining Wichita
OF it's population. II is thought that about
5000 people left Wichita for Oklahoma
Mr. and Mrs. H. Scott entertained.
Their guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Cole, Mr. and Mrs Durham, Mr. Charles
Anderson. Miss Mary Durham. Harry
Hatfield, Miss Elva Cole. Miss Sallie Cole.
Miss Pena Cone, Alfred Hatfield. Walter
Scott, Clarence Hatfield. Willie Cole.
Congressman Mansur. who was an Okla
homa boomer. was in the city. Mansur
was from Missouri.
w. W. Taylor celebrated his twenty
third birthday. His guests were: Misses
Hattie Murphy. Maggie Garvey. Amy
Brooks. Rosa Shearer, Franh Cramphin,
Mile Dura, Ida Hale, Mamie SOuthwell.
Estella Backenstos, Hester Orcutt and
Mrs N. Z. Murphy, Messrs. P F.. Taylor.
Writ Taylor. George McMurdy, John
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G" Mh GOSSIP FOR fOT1E PEOPLES: uaem nWhha

McClees. Mark Im6oden. James Rule.
Clarence Siuss. Charlie Campbell. Warren
Cobb. Willie Hays. Ray Joceyin. elmer
Reece. Nelson Kramer. Fred Hnl. Fred
Little. Charlie Bsseley. George Wilson,
George Majors. vermiIllon Harris. John
LeIbrand. Louis Dyer. Lee Corbett. VERNE
Dyer. sheriey Joceyln, Amos Burr. Bob
bic Campbell. Ed Hyde. Roy Corec;t.
Frank Davidson. Charlie Jennings. Roy
Humble John Baldwin
John 3. Young Jr.. OF Young Brothers.
cut his arm with a little piece Of glass.
Blood poisoning set IN and he had 10 have
his arm amputsSed,
Mr. William Quinneil died at bis home
on the West Side
The Eagle Rides voted to become part
OF the X n. c.
G. H. Hackeit. manager Of the Western
Union az this place. announced n redue-
ton in telegraph tolls 20 this city.
Verne 5. Burt infant son OF Frank 8.
Burt. died suddenly.
Lew Lindemuth was thrown from BIZ
cycle and hurt,
J. s. Stinson OF this city died at Hot
Springs. Arkansas
The first strawberries OF the season
reached Wichita from the south.
Fanny Davenport was here in La
Tosca"
A r. Museller was appointed police
judge.
Mr. Charles Edwards. a newspaper man
Of this city. and Miss Mary r. Frazer OF
Texas, were married.
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speculations about it but none states pos
itively when it originated. The most prob
able theory is that Adam was born on
April FOOLS day and because he was af-
forwards 50 Sticky fooled by Eve. his
birthday was designated. This theory
is not given by any of the encyclopedias,
which adds to the probability of its being
the correct one
References 10 April Fools day may be
found in literature as far back as Shakes
peares time. The custom is. therefore,
much older. It was borrowed from the
French, which proves that Englishmen did
not propose that the French should out
do them, even in acting the fool. The
adoption of the custom of observing this
day proves that the English were cor
rect.
April FOOLS day is a very useful insti-
tuition. 1t enables you to discover the
temper and characteristics Of your friends
and also, If you are not too dense, your
own disposition. The man who can run
the gauntlet Of jokes that the many fools
in Christendom cOncoct on April FOOLS
day and not get mad needs no further test
to prove that he is possessed Of an angelic
disposition He can read his title clear
to the most magnificent and enduring of
all the mansions in the skies. He is too
good for earth and ought TO be able to ele-
vate slightly even the standard Of good
ness among the angels. At the same time
the person who flies off the handle be-
cause Of some innocent little joke, ought
to be ostracized from association with his
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then make a start"
And he talked on and on, of Burlin-
game and old days here, and I could see
the expression of nate and fear leaving
his face and could see some Of the boy of
fourteen that I used to see
The change Of cars was made at Holi-
day, and then the end seemed to come
nearer. He talked pleasantly, cheerful
Iy, occasionally casting furtive glances
out of the window. looking for what ne
dreaded 10 see. And then when in the
midst Of a pleasant conversation there
doomed up before him a large stone
structure. how he shrunk from it! How
his face whltened! Goodness. how pitied
him, How I thought that surely the
way Of the transgressOr Is hard,
But a few minutes and Sheriff Hoover
was walking by h.s side up the big
stone steps 70 the main entrance OF the
Kansas penal institution. Another min
ute and they were in the chief clerks
office That official took the young
mans measurements and asked him
questions, calling them off 10 a very fine
looking man who wrote than IN Big
book. But the man who did the writing
was not dressed IN citizens clothes. he
had on a loose fitting shirt and light
gray trousers with a stripe down the
leg L was the prison garb. And the
fine looking man who did the writing
was jim Calere from western Kansa =,
and MS is a story u 10 less interest. He
was "A trusted official a bank cashier
but he wanted more profit. He speculateS
in wheat on the big city market
There was rise and a fan Up and down
went ne prices. HIS all seemed wiped
away, but if ne could only hold on a
while longer there would come a rise
,hen ne could recover his own and more
too There was money ~ his elbow
other peoples money. He'd usc g., win
and replace IL. He used g. lost. then
came the discovery % q shortage. a Eve
years sentence, and 50 re = there writ
ing down the names ~ new ores who
come in. and eating me prisoners fare
at meals. sleeping II the prisoners cell
az night. and again I thought that The
nay Il -he transgressoT = hard
Then. the young man vas tsksr
through the corridor. The Iock clicked
the big iron door Swung open. ~ 7assss
through. the Jock clicked again ard
t5st click sounded the knel - twelve
years - hts isber-y-
sheriff Jonn T. Hoover aud 7 rad 1-or7-
SD the young man taat We would Sps K
n The warden in his bshalf and ak thai
he be s5vea an opportunity &c earn a
trade ard Tor s8at pur7-sse ~ called on
Il 5 lands. the Esrie1
must confess that I had something
% a political preju5ice against TIA; or
ficiai. bUt found hin xsry much lnta--
esse6 n hAs work ANXIOUS 70 learn every
detail about these who coae there M
der MS care. that rhe.r stay Ray nor -
merely one q punishment. hal thst BE-
may d. his psE1 io7sars having tnem
leave taere better prepared s3r cllizen-
ship. determined T. DO dsGersH.. NJ
Lands seemed lrreresfed n everything
:aa; 2sz.z.nea % the nor4I and gagzies1
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Z. z. ENOCH.

office.
Z. z. ENOCH.
Z. Z. Enoch, who is the candidate for
police judge, has built UP the reputation of
being a man who has large following Of
personal friends. lie has built this repu-
tation up by repeatedly proving in the
politics of the city and county that when
he goes after a thing he usually gets it.
He has been deputy probate judge, in
which place he acquitted himself ably.
For the past two years he has been
justice of the peace, and in that capacity
has tried a number of cases impartially
and with general affirmed decisions. As
police judge viii be his duty TO handle
the wilder elements present in every com
munity, and that he will do so justly,
without weakening sentimentality and
also with occasional gently rebuking for
bearance, goes without saying.
BRUCE KEENAN,.
Bruce L keenan,, the candidate for
Judge of the new city court, is an able
man. The new court is to have an i'm
mense amount of business. 1t will be a
very busy one and much of the litigation
of the citizens will come before it. ANY
you that Bruce Keenan, is incorruptible.
and that his mental characteristic, above
everything else. is close-cutting delbera-
ton and sound judgment. He is a man
who would not, for the world, decide I'M
justly. He is also q man who in making
up his mind strives to eliminate all per
sonal views and decide things on their
merit. This is the life of the man. 1t is
apparent in his conversation in his writ
ing, in his whole conduct of his life. He
is always fair. He has been justice of
the peace once, in which capacity he was
noted for the elements mentioned above.
He is fair square, honest, and aims al
ways to be just.
HENRY SCHAD.
Henry Schad has long been a citizen of
Wichita, where he has run a harness shop
Mr.. Schad has been a strong Republican
He is always active. He never fails to
take part in the primaries. and like all
the rest of mankind some times he wins
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-02
THE NEW CITIZENS.

-Four thousand more people are regis
tered this spring than two years ago.
Hundreds and hundreds of these have
moved into the city since last city cleo
ton. The issues in the campaign they
are already familiar with. The candidates
they probably do not know so well. For
them the following sketches have been
written:
Many Of the new citizens know practically
nothing about Finlay Ross. personally.
For years and years ne lived in Wichita.
a merchant He is a plain. quiet, unas-
suming man. He was regarded as a man
against whom nothing prejudical could be
said. So true was this that he was once
elected unanimously treasurer of Wichita.
Two years ago there was a demand for
the business mana cement of the city's
affairs. He was elected mayor During
the two years he has been generally re-
Carded as a man who was fast improving
the city and should be reelected. Then
a campaign came on. Villihcation and
abuse being the most handy weapons
around, they have been used against him.
Nothing else has That is an honest state
ment Of the case. Nearly every man who
VIII vote against him, viii do so from
prejudice, worked up violently for cam
paign purposes.
JAMES L. DYER.
James /. Dyer, who 10 running for city
attorney. has lived here since the earliest
days of Wichita. Naturally he has a wide
acquaintance and has a wide knowledge
of this part Of the country, both as to its
land. development and its population HIS
remarked characteristic in law has been
his ability TO build a case skinfulIy and
solidly, leaving no ragged edges or poor
work to cause the whole fabric to fan
The city attorney often has difficult uues-
tons to solve. and as city attorney James
/. Dyer viii take into the office the faculty
of handling them ably and to the profit
Of the city. He IL a man VINO is feverish
10 WIN when once in a contest and cases
in which he win appear for the city viii
have the full force of his capacity. and
legal strength expended for the purpose
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E. G. Pipp Of Burli1game, who was le-
GENTLY in Wichita, made a trip with a
sheriff and unfortunate to the peniten-'a-y
lie thus describes it:
He was very young. scarcely p, but over
HIM hung the awful charge of burglary.
grand larceny and jail breaking; over him
hung the judges sentence OF Twelve long
years in the peniten,iary. over HIM hung
the dark shadow OF despair ;hat took the
eleam Of light from his eye. the freshness
of youth from his CHEEK, and left the
pallor of hope having fed, the stony stare
of desperation having been conquered by
the MAJESTY of the law
He hated al the wo- d. lie hated the
Witnesses who had come TO testify against
Inn in such formidable array that he
rIeaded guilty TO three counts that he
might escape added punishment for others
shat could be brought asains- him; he
hated the judge who sentenced him; he
hated the people on the cars and at the
depots. who. with cranug and side
giauces of eyes. looked upon him and
sighed for one SO young he hated the
sunshine. the gentle showers. the opca
fields a they flew by the swiftly passing
train and from which he was 70 be shu,
out so long: the happy farm homes and
the villagers gathered az the depoJs 10
bid departing ones fond farewell. he
hated them ALL \ younS man. bright
happy. joyial. with ringing laughter came
in the car ne hated that mans happj-
ness. and looked down upon his own
manacled wrists, hated his own misery.
Surely the way OF the jranssressor is
hard
Upon him was that hunted look which
had come of years OF terror. He had in
earlier days walked the streets i'm fear os
an accusation and arrest. be had later
hid under the cover of night, he had
fed pursued by officers; ne had trem-
bled az the coming o. the strange. every
friendly approach or confidential talk was
10 him bUj a trick or trap 10 hunt him
down The world had turned against him
and il looked gloomy that March morn
ing. He was on The road 20 where his
partner who had been sent before him.
mis- partner wno had helped plan she
burglary. had helped steal the goods, had
aided IN Juggling yhem away. had been
taken 20 jail w.th him. had broken CUT
with him. had H-5 vi.h him. had been re-
arrested before h.m; and. As ae thought
Of the fact that his partner was serving
toward the end Of but one years SEN
tence. while he himself was jus, going
over the road 20 begin his twelve years
sentence. he hated the fate thai made his
punishment co heavy. He could not
understand IT,
1 mad watched that youns man fer
seven years. had seen him on she street.
smoking cigarettes when he should have
been in school. He had been caught
skulkins in the alley at nlgbt when he
should have been kept in doors. Then.
E there was talk among the boys that he
had taken knife which belonged 10
another but that be had returned IL.
Next il was a revolver followed bv "A
warraEt and a fixing up" Of rhe aFslr.
and = vague limiting by the villagers that
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What Some of the Well
Known COnViCtS Do

''Tha; = Judge Reed. ho replied ''Hs
used 20 be a judge la the southern part
Of the state. 4 man accused him ~ undue
attention 20 The mans wife. lie H. II
after the Judge and followed him upstairs.
when the Judge. on the stairway. TUNED
and sh1, him The judge vas tried ara
wac scntenced 20 twelve years IN ne peni-
Tertiary. he asked for new trial Fet 4.
was again convicted and sentenced f0r
Ne"
We went over 90 the crank Houss'
where the unuIiy or insane prisonesz are
kept TIE room g. ia charge ~ e large.
Gne looking coiored prisoner. sfoo. -
were glad % learn. AL have served rs
term t1is sunmer There were rot many
IN che crank house. One fellow Uaz pze-
ing up and down the corridor ~ E,siy
raee. HIS bgiRihr. blank boxing sTes
showed that ma mind vas n hpt ~
80 fnu~h as appeared far be- would zip
up 90 Hoover. stHea o35 - ssarhE
- che drpoty. ard rp ogt trs-
meudous aat1 ia p zhs7sr about ths
- hole Institution .pTfo1e-s officials and
visitors ALIKE
Az the ehspaln's headqasrfera - f74nd
sae g8arg nan p19 had e1ue orsr sfn
ss in fhe u-ofnloz- DEE haa hs8 BATH.
saase erd "a Ha.r raf. bsf rs "a rev
Uniform. a aahf gragen brown. ere vss
Being q8-atsae9 ~ ere raaratr- Thrr.
fte essrusrs sca = v-r7 fr1rsazz an4 fhs
range ~ qgas.rHs covers ersrJfaI0x tom
.stEfau ~ u1Gaes. fesrrr -.s haHfa saA
ss3a-st.s-. Har hls evenings we're 1899
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