The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-07
LET CLOTHES
OUT WINDOW
Mark Sebrice Is Arrested by
Hotel Proprietor.
CAPTURED BY TWO WOMEN
Charged With Attempting 10
Jump Board Bill.

Mr.. kark Sebrice Of this city was ar
rested Monday night charged with trying
to jump a board bill Of s45 at the Balt-
more hotel He was gotten out on bond
Immediately by friends. The hotel au-
thorities had him arrested after some
exciting work figuring out his mode
Of procedure They claim that he let his
clothes down out Of the window Of his
room on the third hoor by the use Of a
hundred foot rope, more or less, for they
didn't see it long enough to count the
number OF feet exactly.
Mrs. James McVeign said yesterday to
a reporter for the Eagle In speaking OF
the matter: 1T was about o'clock
was standing here at the desk when q
man came rushing in and said wildly that
there was somebody letting their clothes
out the side window. i Immediately sUs-
pected that some one was trying to make
their getaway without paying their
board bil, 50 I rushed out into the
kitchen for one of the girls. We rushed
out 10 the north side Of the house and just
got there in time to see the tail end of
long rope shoot around the corner. we
went to Mr.. Sebrice's room and found the
door locked. The girl had pass keg
and We went in. There sat his trunk. but
II was empty. and YOU could see where
he climbed over the bed when he was let
tiIsg his clothes out of the window. [
then remembered seeing Mr. Sebrice pass
through the hail on his way down stairs
a little while before
The night clerk and Mr.. McVeigh went
each TO depot and 1 telephoned up to
1fr Van Wcrdcn's, as ] knew Mr.. Sc
brice was often there AIr. Van Werden
suspected that something was wrong and
came down and asked me. I told him
the facts in the case. and then he said
that sebrice was down in the store. I got
G policeman, and he arrested him.
''1vhcl he brought him i'm here Sebrice
was as white as q ghost He told me that
he was not going away. VOL ! said
What do YOU mean by these queer tao
tics. Is this the way you treat US. after
We have done all we have for you? Why
didn't you come to us like q man and say
that you wanted to change your board
ing house% He said again that he didn't
mean to leave the city They wanted
70 know what 70 do with him, and I told
the police to take him down to the sta
ton
NJ. McVeigh finished the story as fol-
lows: Wei. he came around 70 me this
morning and gave me his wagon and har-
ness to settle things up. You know, he
IS horse trainer. IIe has not been
boarding with us for some time. lie was
training a horse for O restaurant man
down here and was taking ont his board
that way I have been pushing him kind
of hard for his bill lately and he has
promised TO pay it many times but never
seemed TO have the money"
The gentleman who notified the Nc
Weighs Of the queer rope action on the
north side of the hotel is Mr.. J. r. Snive-
l.. He. his wife and daughter live up
stairs in the building just north - the
Baltimore hotel. Mr. snively was not at
home yesterday afternoon, but Mrs. Snive-
", TO whom the credit of discovering
the man with the clothes is due. said TO
q reporter for the Eagle:
Il went TO the windows TO put them
down and I saw man kind of sneaking
around below me. 1t aroused my curl
osity. and 7 watched him He locked az
all the windows on hearing noise rs
Al r.'tilcti-i- httN tdl-illE a. Nll-tAtAh- L-f
did not see me though He next kind of
stepped back into the shadow OF our
building and got behind a telephone pole.
Here he remained in a crouching atti-
tude for some time. but finally withdrew
into a shed near bv.
y went back into the parlor and said
something TO my husband about some
one stealing around down there behind
the restaurant Wen. sou know how men
are He didn't pay any attention to
what J said. lie went down stairs after
something and I get kind "a curious as 70
what had become Of that provler. 7 went
and looked out the window, ana sure
enough. there he was again This time
he was behind a piano box. right next 10
the wan Of the hotel X WAS only
minute when I saw him gathering a big
bunch Of something under his arm. Tt
seemed awfully big. for he could hardly
carry it under one arm. Then I could SEP
the long rope. rushed in and told my
husband OF it, and he told the hotel PEG
PIE. Ny hut 7 was excited"