The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-03
He WAS ORUGGEO
Runyon Thought TO be Insane
Has Recovered.
DRAFT IN HIS SHOES
Sheriff Given Clue by Mr.. Pat
Heron.

The mystery in the case of F. c. Run
yon, the crazy man found barefooted
southwest of town was entirely cleared
up yesterday Runyon himself was the
principal factor in Strengthening out the
tangIe as he got over his temporary in
sanity and was in his right mind.
The only things found in Munyon's pos
session were an old deed dated 1S4s to
some property in Ohio and three bag
gage checks from Bucyrus, Ohio.
Tuesday morning a stranger in COM
pany with a Wichita man went into Pat
Herron's place on West Douglas and
bought a drink The stranger had been
in the place several times during the
last day or two and while talking 10
Mr.. Heron told him that he had a draft
which he would like to get cashed. He
and Mr.. Heron went across to the Bank
of Commerce and the man presented
draft for 800 on New York payable TO
J. c. RunyOn and signed by a bank in
Bucyrus, Ohio The bank refused 10
cash the draft because Runyon could
not be identified. After leaving the bank
Runyon told Mr.. Heron that he had a
brother in town who had come with
him from Ohio, but that they had lost
track of each other that morning. Mr..
Heron then asked him if he did not
have any papers with him which would
prove him to be the owner of the draft.
He said that he did not have any, hut
had some letters addressed to his broth
er and Missouri Pacific train checks
from st. Louis to Dexter, Kan, one of
which he said belonged to his brother.
He then said that he knew one of the
bankers at Winfield and that he thought
he would go there so as to get his draft
cashed. The fellow then went out and
Mr.. Heron saw no more of him, but
supposed that he had gone to Winfield
Mr.. Heron thought that the fellow
was all right, honest and the man he
claimed to be and forgot all about the
matter until he read the account in
the Eagle Of man named Runyon be-
ing found under circumstances that indi-
Gated that he had been drugged and
robbed.
Mr. Heron went back to the Jail ard
found that Runyon had sufficiently re-
covered to be able to give an account
OF himself. His mind was still little
hazy. but the last thing he could re-
member going into place, taking
drink ot something and then getting
into a buggy with two other men aud
driving away. He also said that he tad
a draft fer $500 and thought that he mad
$40 or $50 in bills. He had concealed
IL
in his vest pocket. He also had dim
recollection of having pulled off his shoes
and thought that if he could find them
re would also find the draft. So he and
Mr.. Simmons drove out to where he had
been found and hunted up the men who
had found them and made a careful
search over the ground to discover the
shoes. They found the place where
Runyon had jumped through a hedge en-
the east side of Seneca street, about two
miles south of Douglas, and then run
across a plowed field These tracks
showed that he had had his shoes On.
They then went on to the river and
found barefooted tracks where he had IN
but had always turned back After riak-
lHS d pretty careful search they CDQIQ
find no trace of the shoes and had about
given it up when they struck the r'ver
bank higher up and found the shoes with
the draft lying on the ground beside
them.
Instead Of going to Winfield Runyon
had spent the afternoon looking for his
brother and not finding him had started
on too Dexter hoping to find his brother
there. He had to lay over all night in
Conway Springs and in the morning
learned that a man named RunyOn had
been found in Wichita. Sure that it
must be his brother he at once came
back. They met and got things all
Strengthened out. They were two coun-
try boys and lived near Athens Ohio.
Before starting west they had gone 10
Bucyrus where they bought their drafts
and tickets. On reaching Wichita they
Thought they would stop over for a
few days. The initials of are F. c. and
the other J. c. This close resemblance
was the reason why J. c. was suspected
of having robbed his brother. The two
boys left over the Santa Fe last night
for Winfield where they can get thar
drafts cashed and will then so or to