The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-02
Writer Requested Wolff to Meet
Him at Rock Island.
The Packer Discharges Watch
man for Neglect of Duty.
Police Appear to Be Working
in the Dark.

Another mysterious attempt to entrap
Charles Wolff was made Sunday At 4
o'clock in the morning. a man slipped
past Mitch Bundy, ex-policeman, who
was guarding Mr.. Wolff's residence at
7O1 West Tenth avenue. The man
knocked on the door and rang the door
bell. The family was aroused, but it
was deemed wise to pay no attention to
the knocks. After awhile the men went
away.
After daylight Sunday, Mr. Wolff
called Mr. Bundy to account for the
mysterious visitor. Bundy claimed that
he had heard nothing of any disturb
ance. Bundys instructions were not to
allow anyone to come near the house
under any pretext. Having failed TO
carry out these Instructions, Mr.. Wolff
dismissed him on the spot. The watch
man had evidently become sleepy.
About O'Clock that morning, mes
senger boy came to the house and left
a note for Mr.. Wolff The note was writ
ten on a small double sheet of note pa
per. in lead pencil. It requested Mr..
Wolff to come at once to the Rock Is
land depot. that by SO doing he could
obtain some valuable information about
the attempt at biackman which had
been made upon him.
Mr.. Wolff suspected that something
was behind this which might end dis
astrously for him, and refrained from
going to the depot as requested
1t is supposed that the mysterious
O'Clock visitor had something to do with
this note. It may have been part of the
plot to entice Mr.. Wolff away from
home at that early hour, and do him
some violence, as the blackmailers
threatened they would do unless he paid
over the $1,000 blood money demanded.
When Mr.. Wolff was seen this morn
ing by a reporter for the State Journal
he said:
.'Yes. 1t is true that received a third
letter Offering to give me some infor-
nation about this case. This letter
cane from out of town parties. I did
not know anything about its origin,
and have as vet done nothing about it,
it. It is in the hands of the officers, and
may be a clue from which something
will develop"
Mr.. Wolff refused to give out a copy
of the letter, refused to tell what was
contained in it. and refused to tell what
he expected to do about it.
1T wouldn't be good policy to talk
about this. he said.
Have you had Mitch Bundy guard
ing your house?' was asked
Mr.. Wolff hesitated a moment, and
then said, We'll, had man watching
out there for two or three nights. but
he has quit"
Mr.. Wolff denied the story printed in
Sundays Kansas City Times to the ef-
feet that he had received a third letter
from the blackmailers, making fun Of
the Topeka police. It was stated in this
story that the blackmailers said: The
Topeka police can't smell out anything
except the odor of beer since Carrie Ma
ton struck the town"
THAT may be all very true about the
Topeka police" said Mr.. Wolff when this
story was shown to him. but I have not
received any letter like that"
Police Officer Pavey was in consulta-
tfon with Mr. Wolff for some time this
morning. Mr.. Pavey is working on the
talking much about his progress.
Il don't know anything about the case p
he said today. There are no develop
ments Mr.. Woln has not received any
more letters. The story in the Times is
false. I don't know anything about the
guards at Mr.. Wolff's house Ask him.
third letter had been received by N1f
Wolff, but said that the piece in the
Stahl said there were no developments
of any consequence.
The impression among the police Off
GERS that the Wolff blacknaa ling letters