The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-04
MAYOR CALLSF0R
INVESTIGATION
Of the Mysterious Escape of
J. P. Dunn
ON THURSDAY MORNING
Police Guard Did Not See Him
Leave Hospital.
Or. CLARK MYSTIFlED
Governor Stanley Accuses the
Sheriff of Neglect,

els hospital Thursday morning about
o'clock
Last night Mayor Mclean wired Gov
ernor Stanley asking him to bring At
tOrney General GODDARD and come TO WITCH
tia TO investigate the case; that he be
lieyed that an investigation would show
the escape was due to people in thi.
city. Governor Stanley VIII arrive thi.
morning.
Dunn is probably still in Wichita He
cannot walk, nor could he he moved in
daylight or on a train at night without
attracting attention.
This strange ending to case that has
had many strange turns in it set loose in
Wichita yesterday a cyclone of rumors
which grew in numbers and intensity as
the day grew older.
Some day Mr.. Dunn viii clear the mys-
terry Of his escape from Wichita him
self. Whether he is guilty Of the ohense
charged in Arkansas or not there is a
$1,000 reward for him and a man cannot
travel far with that price on his head.
When he IS taken. he viii probably tell
how on a wild, black night he was able
TO accomplish his mysterious escape.
DR.. Clark, the house physician OF the
st. Francis hospital, tells the most in
teresting story Of the escape. Yesterday
he said 70 a reporter for the Eagle:
7 have known that there was some
thing brewing for several days. Last
Tuesday morning Dunn sent for me and
when I reached his room he said: Doc
tor. I want you to be my friend. I am
all ready TO go out of here. Everything
has been fixed except you and now if
you VIII name your price everything viii
be all right and you viii not be both
cred with me much longer
4 told Dunn that ne was in no con-
dition 10 be moved at that time and I
would not give my consent and that he
could not buy me to give me money At
that time I became suspicious.
THE man was in no condition to be
moved and he was taking his life in his
own hands when he went out of the
hospital There was that big abscess in
his hip. A few days ago we removed
the tubes TO allow the wound to heal
and last Friday it became infamed and
the man was in very serious condition.
He could not use that limb without great
pain and It was dangerous TO DO SO.
How he got out of the hospital
have no idea Some one In the house
was bought TO let some one in and then
lock the doors after they went out The
keys to all the doors are hung UP after
they are locked at night and there was
no way for anyone to get in without
using those keys unless they had q
skeleton key.
There are two nurses on duty at night.
One stays most Of the time on the
fourth floor and the other on the lower
floors. Now. it was an easy matter for
some one in the house TO watch and
when the second nurse was on the sec
ond floor and at the farthest point and
then TO open the door and let the men
In. They could have worn rubbers and
not made any noise and slipped Up TO
the room and taken the man and gone
outside long before the nurse had com
pleted her work"
Dunn left in a big hurry" said the
doctor, as he and the reporter walked
to the room that Dunn had occupied
Here IS the way ne left the room.
The bed was in just such a condition
you or I would have left it If we had
been suddenly called ont Of bed and had
thrown the covers back and gotten up.
His overcoat was lying on Q chair. 1t
has been hanging in the closet an the
time and his hat was suu on the table.
His rubbers were lying on the floor
and his night shirt had been thrown on
the bed. On the dresser was a fine toilet
set That clearly showed that he left
the room in a big hurry. 10 is my opn-
Ion that two men bribed some one here
20 let them In and that last night they
found that something had TO be doae.
so they came here and Eot into the
bufidins and went up 10 The room and
told Dunn that this was his only chance
20 set away and for him 10 set ready
10 go with them in a very few moments.
Dunn could not walk SO ] think that
the two men simply assisted him down
The steps and out onto the porch and
then "a the buggy and away they went.
II IS my opinion that friends got him.
He has been feeling very jghilant Tor
several DAYS and when DE tried 10 buy
me Tuesday morning ] felt that some
thing was going 20 happen. pr Bowers
was out of the city when TIE man asked
me 70 aid him Last nieht 7 met him
NJ the depot about half past nine and
we went To the hospital together and
examined the man about 30 clock.
Dunn lcIt the hospltll some time after
that hour and 6 o'clock and ] think e
was about o'clock. as there IS q lady
patient in the room near that door who
says that she heard the Clock strike
and then within q few moments heard
some men talking outside her window
I feel sure that il was those men who
took him.
The first that I knew that DE had es-