Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-07-12
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
If Mis-. Morrison Zoe. to Lnn.inE.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
II Miss Morrison Goes to Lansing.
IF Jessie Morrison fails to get new
trial and is sent to the penitentiary,
she will be a good tailor when she gets
out, for she will be put in the tailor
ing department.. sAbout the only
place we can work the women at the
penitentiary is either in the laundry
or the tailor shop" said Warden Ed
Jewett. 81 think we will give Jessie
place in the tailor shop. If she were
a. typewriter we might put her in
the Office. Women prisoners are
handled differently from the male
prisoners. We don't keep them in
single cells. We put all the women in
a couple OF big rooms with doors and
windows barred. They sleep in these
rooms. Some of the beds hold two
women and some only one. The women
are brought in contract with the men
at the chapel and in that way ac-
quaintances are struck up, despite our
efforts to prevent it. Men and women
prisoners should not be at the same in
stitution by any means. We now have
26 female prisoners, and there are five
more headed our way, including Miss
Morrison. From what I can under
stand, Jessie has always borne good
reputation, and this killing is the
only thing against her. This being
true shall take special care to locate
her. The fact is that the women who
come to the penitentiary are as a rule
pretty hard citizens
Shot Down on the Streets.
A shooting scrape occurred at Es-
bon, Jewell county, which resulted in
w. A. johnson, farmer, losing his
life. johnson went to town presum-
ably to do some trading. He was
walking along the street when he met
Roy Wilson, another young farmer.
A quarrel began and Wilson knocked
johnson down. He got up and started
to run when Wilson pulled his revolv-
er and fired four shots, three of which
took effect, one entering his neck,
another his back, the third his right
arm. No one knows what the quarrel
was about, but the supposifion is that
it grew out of an old grudge. Wilson
was taken into custody at once.
To the POOrhouse at 9S.
On her ninety-ffth birthday Mrs.
Katherine Leggett was taken to the
Douglas county poorhouse from Law
renee. Coupled with the statement
is the almost unbelievable assertion
that Mrs. Leggett has son and
daughter, both in more than COM
Portable circumstances, who have re-
fused to do anything for their moth
err.
Marvellous Wheat Harvester.
A California wheat harvester, the
first one ever used in Kansas, was at
work in Barton county. This is the
marvel of all agricultural machinery.
It cuts, thrashes and sacks the wheat.
Twenty-six horses are required to run
it. It cuts a swath Is feet wide and
will 90 over 40 acres in a day.
Youth Violated His Parole.
William Berger, aged II, was sent
to the Hutchinson reformatory a year
ago from Cloud county for theft, but
Gov. Stanley recently paroled him.
At Clyde last week Berger quarreled
with a boy named Naylor and stabbed
him dangerously. Berger was taken
back to prison.
Railroad Mems Wages Decreased.
The annual report of State Labor
Commissioner johnson will show that
there has been a decrease in the wages
of all railroad men in Kansas, except
general officers, of from to Is per
cent. in a year. The pay of general
officers has been increased ten per
cent.
New Piano at State Prison.
A new $3.50 piano has been placed in
the state prison chapel at Lansing,
purchased from the fund derived from
charging visitors ten cents each. The
new piano was dedicated at the Fourth
of July exercises. There was min
| strel performance by about 20 of the
white prisoners.
Twin Babies Killed.
Leo and Leonard Cook, 1s-months-
old twin babies, were run over by a
passenger train near Woodston. They
| were the children of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
| c.. Cook, who live on a farm near the
! railroad track. They crawled out to
the track during their play and sat
| on the rails.
| At Ottawa a man and his wife were
thrown from buggy. Both were in
jured in precisely the same manner
and to precisely the same degree. The
man sued the city for $4,000 damages;
| the woman sued for So, 500.
| Robbed Kansas Harvest Hands.
Sixteen harvest hands returning
home on a freight train were held up
near Junction City. At the point OF
guns Is young men had TO give up $40
to $50 each.