The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-02
Something thin Of his Disgraceful,Lifs
in Connection With the
Kansas City Sun.
Fired Fire eff'of a Reputable Paper for
"Faking Escaped tile peniten-
tlary by Taking Flight.

Kansas City, Star, October 90. 1860
1t is y curious happening that ;thr
yerecity. Ola former editor Of The
KnnsRs cit,. Sun should become an IS
sue OF the closing days of the national
campaign. Hence more interest In
Fdasas City: than cls.wher- -:.acheh
to the progress Of the "Burchard" story
et 1900. which is being blown into
great proportion by The leaders OF the
Democratic campaign in theseast.
The man who sprans the sensation
is ,1sanc II. La yeen.t one OF the found
ORE OF the Sunday Sun, the sheet sup,
pressed by the police and It's pcrpetra-
tor. driven out of town on pain OF
being sent to the penilentiary.
All those present ut the Roosevelt
dinner at tho Fifth Avenue hotel in
New York. on Friday evening. deny
that Senator Scott said: Right here /
want to say that believe in trusts;
they are q good thing" and tie story
II upheld solely by the veraclty OF La
Veen. the only reporter present, In
dorsed by Mr.. Croker. Ex-Governor
Stone and others. who say that La
Veen is a truthful man. Mr.. Bryan
used the La yeen story in his New York
speeches and It is being made an Issue
in tho campaign. with the senator from
West Virginia naturally protesting that
he is the victim Of fake.
La Veen WINS known In Kansas City
ns Ike" La Veen. In 1887, before his
character was known, he was en-
ployed BY the Star as court reporter.
On Decoration Day OF that year In
Veen turned In an account Of q .frightful
runaway accident. In the most con-
yentional style he described In detail
how horse, frightened by the parade,
had dashed three women and n man
against q Chicago & Alton freight car.
at the foot OF Main street, after a wild
rush down the steep hill to the Missou-
r! river. Ono woman was killed and two
others injured. La Feen gave their
names and other essential particulars,
among them that they had come from
East Leavenworth to see the Decora-
ton Day parade.
No such persons existed aud no such
accident had occurred. After his dis
charge Il was discovered that La 'Veen
had done other wunton mischief Of
this kind and also had secretly work.
cd for another newspaper while in the
employ Of the Star. Such offenses are
very rare in the newspaper profession
and renegade newspaper men arc never
,r-ntter by those who know Of the cir
cumstances. Hence La Veen's offense
against the Star is wildly remembered
by all tho older newspaper men In
Kansas City.
After running himself In the leglti-
mate newspaper profession In Kansas
City La Veen became associated with
Fl. B. Preston In the Infamous sheet
called the Sunday Sun. While asso-
clate editor Of the Sunday Sun, La
Teen was known as an .all-round news
paper ghoul. When the police seized
the plant and Office OF the Sunday Sun
and stopp.d It. publication La Vecn
disappeared from Kansas City and has
not been heard Of since. except that ha
secured an ob.curc job with the City
Press Association, In New York. y,
II seems TINT, on the occasion OF the
private dinner to Governor Roosevelt
only La Vecn as representative OF the
City Press Association, was. admitted.
Afterwards he declared that Senator
Scott had said: Fright here want to
say that believe IN trusts; they are q
good thing" and had threatened La
Qeen II he reported the ,remIlrk.
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