The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-06-23
WORKED A LANOLADY
Mrs. KinseadeJS Boarder8
Borrowed Her Money
ARE NOW UNDER ARREST
Pretended to be Going Into
Business Here.

A state warrant sworn 70 by Mrs. John
Kinseder was issued yesterday afternoon
for Ny. and Mrs. Wilhelm Frank. and the
couple were taken from the police lookup
to the county all.
This couple buncoed Mrs. Kinseder out
Of $50 in money and a whole lot Of mis-
placed confidence. Franks and his wife
are Bohenians and come TO Kinseder' s
place, the Germania hotel. at the corner
Of Douglas avenue and Water street, a
week ago yesterday. They told Mrs. Kin
seder that they had just arrived from
Omaha few days before anu that they
were stopping al the Keystone hotel. but
that they wanted to get some where where
it was cheaper. They engaged q room
and afterwards told Mr.. and Mrs. Kin
seder that they had concluded 10 locate
here and that Mr.. rank had rented a
store building at $40 North Main and was
going into the wholesale and retail
butcher business.
On Thursday afternoon while Mr. Kin
seder was away. the Franks woman went
to Mrs. Kinseder and told her that their
goods, amounting in value to a couple Of
thousand dollars. had arrived from
Omaha and were then at the Santa Fe
depot; that they were snort Of money,
and needed So or $50 70 help pay the
freight and get the stuff OIL the cars, and
that they had spoken to Mr.. Kinsede-
and he had said fer mem 10 tell his wife
that it was all right, that they could have
the money.
These people were well dressed and pre-
scented a good Appearance, and Mrs. Kin
seder thought they were all right, so she
let the woman ave $50. and nat night
did not happen to mention it TO her hus-
band. The next morning she told him
that she had let them lave the money,
and he said that she ought not TO nave
done that; that the people were strangers
and IL wasn't good business. Ills wife
then told him that tie couple had told Aer
that John said It was all right and 10 let
them have It.
John was pretty certain that he had
not told them any such thing, and he told
his wife to keep a close watch on the
pair, for he thought something was rot
ten IN Denmark" Yesterday morning
the man Franks and his wife came down
stairs all dressed up like they were going
somewhere and the kinseders were
watching for them. John Kinseder asked
Franks for the return Of the money and
Franks declined TO cough UP and told his
wife not TO let loose Of II. Kinseder call
ed IN a policeman and had ne pair ar
rested and taken 70 the station.
At the station the man gave his name
as William Franks and his wifes as
Rosa Franks They spoke only broken
English and conversed togeUner at all
times in German. The woman was
searched by he police matron, Mrs.
Shields, and the mans wearing apparel
was gone through by the officers, but
not one cent Of Mrs. Kinseder's $50 could
be found. They had spent e. or planted
It somewhere, and IL could not found
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Kinseder
swors out the state warrant charging
the Franks with obtaining money under
false pretenses, and they were removed
TO the county Jail. ne staff that they
told the Kinseders about starting q. store
and their goods being at tho depot was
Just nloonshine, and that's all. The police
think they are professional grafters.
The man Is about IS years old. small in
stature and is light complexioned and
has q reddish mustache. The woman is
apparently about p and is very pretty,
having black eyes and air They were
well dressed.
John Einse5er says he viii try and
send them UP FOR lengthy stay at Ian
sing.