The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-21
kANSAN IS HELD.
Frank H. Cox Is Arrested at
Baltimore
Charged With Contempt of
Court at Washington.
HIS OFFENSE is OLD.
Sent His Divorced Wife's Piano
to Kansas.
The Young Man Formerly Lived
at junction City.
HIS OFFENSE is OLD.

washington. ID. G., Dec. 21.-Frank II.
Cox. formerly of junction City, Kansas,
who has been wanted in the District OF
Columbia for the past four years to an
swer an indictment charging him with
contempt of court, was arrested in Bal
timore and brought to Washington yes
terday.
The Indictment against Cox is the re-
suit of his failure to obey an order of
the equity court of this city issued in
1896. During October of that year cox $
wife Florence Cox, instituted proceed
ings for divorce. On her petition the
court ordered that Cox should not dlS-
pose of or remove from the District Ger
tain personal property belonging to MS
wife Among the things which cox
was particularly warned not 10 remove
was a piano.
1t was shown the court that Cox had
ample notice to the order issued by the
court in relation to the removal OF the
piano. but notwithstanding that fact, on
November 2. 1896 it is alleged that ne
sent the instrument to sister residing
in Junction City
he could not be found and upon the facts
as related being submitted to the grand
Jury an indictment was returned against
him and bench warrant issued for his
arrest. Cox IS the second person ever
indicted in the District Of Columbia for
contempt of court.
Reuben Cox, father of the young man,
siOns division Of the war department
for many years past. About eight years
ago young Cox left Junction City to
Join his father here, while the other
members of the family remained in the
west.
Shortly after coming to Washington
he learned the tailor trade, and finally
embarked into business for himself
During 1885 he married a Washington
girl They lived together for several
months, but their apparent happiness
was soon brought to an end by the pres
ence of a young man boarder in the
home, whom Cox says his wife was par
ricularly fond of-more SO than she was
of him. 1t was developed in the divorce
proceedings that they had quarreled, and
on one occasion trouble occurred be-
tween them at the dinner table one day
when Cox threw the coffeepOt at his
wife and its contents badly scalded her
face In her charges preferred against
him in the divorce proceedings she
charged him with this assault and other
abuses Cox. in his crOss-bill. charged
her with being untrue to him and in
love with the boarder AS a result of
the trial she was granted a divorce and
given alimony.
After removing the piano to Kansas.
Cox Sappeared. and following the de-
cree of the court. his wife than married
the boarder, with whom she is now liv-
ing.
Since his absence during the past
four years from this city Cox has re-
sided in Florida and Missouri In the
latter state he was engaged in business
at St. Joseph for short time, and had
come to Baltimore to buy cloth goods
when arrested as above mentioned His
father today furnished bail in the sum
of $1,000 for his appearance in court
next week. Young Cox is about q years
old
Much interest is manifested in the
case among the many Kansans here
~aHzEo know the couple and the facts con-
cerning~their affair
Mr.. Thomas T. Taylor of Hutchinson.
now chief clerk of the railway mail ser
vice at Kansas City. Mo. was today a2-
pointed to the position of superintendent
of the mails Of the Kansas City post
office About three months ago a vacan-
cy was Effected by the removal of Web
ster Davis Brother. Since that time
there developed eight candidates for the
appointment Besides Mr.. Taylor there
were two other Kansas men in the fight
Art NOtenan and Ed Fletcher, both of
johnson county. The other six appli-
cants were Missouri men, Although
strong political influence was brought to
bear in the endeavors of each candidate
the appointment was made by the de-
partment purely upon personal merits
Many interesting things could be
written regarding a congressman's mail
Most every day brings requests from
constituents that are both laughable and
absurd, While the wishes of others ex-
hibit monumental gaH of no limited ex-
tent in asking for things that can be OBJ
tained by Uncle Sam free of charge. As
an example Of the character of some Iu-
dicrous requests. one is here given below
which was recently received from Co
manche county by a Kansas congress
man:
-Comanchie co Kas. Dec. IS 1900.
To the Honorable Congressman -:
Sir: VIII you please Send Ne a sitting
OF EGGS of the Government Hatchery or
Hen and Roster Plymouth Rock and
Cbildge 1ourours. DICK j. -"
The senate committee on military az
fairs today referfed the army reorgani-