The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-05
Gov. STANLEY
INVESTIGATES
nense Tor anyone to aid a prisoner in
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offense for anyone to aid a prisoner in
making an escape.
] I do not know who is TO blame 7
| feel that it was some one IN the institu-
! ton, but do not believe that the officers
/ had anything 10 do with it. The Arkansas
! officers certainly knew that il they
should kidnap him they could never con
vict him in the supreme court Of the
/ United States. There have been instances
/ where men clearly guilty OF crimes have
/ been turned loose because thy Wer forci-
! bly, rmoyed from one state TO the scene
/ OF their crime. You can see that il was
not at their instigation that this man
Went out Of the hospital.
Then. other officers Of this city and
I county would have no reason TO kidnap
I him. If they decided that he was likely
/ 70 get away, it was their privilege TO take
1 him to the county jail at any time
I am going 70 the bottom OF this mat
( ter This is only the preliminary. II
we can find any clue We will follow Il up
10 the end Of time. We want to locate
this man, and viii do anything to find
him. 1 have given notice that tie requi-
sitiOn for Dunn is in fuH force"
1t IS possible that Wednesday night
was not the time the friends were to try
10 get Dunn out. bat the knowledge that
! he was TO be taken from the hospital
soon hurried them up a little. There is,
! however, every reason to believe that the
first stormy night was the time planned
for the escape. The friends could not
have found better time than Wednes-
day night BY midnight the sky was
clouded in inSy blackuess, and by hale
past I there was a heavy wind and rain
and It would have been impossible Cor
anyone to have seen them twenty Seet
away II was a wild, bad night for a
sick man to be out, but Dunn realized
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possibly death if he left the hospital. and
he was willing 70 take the long chances
and leave the care OF the nurses"
5. 3. Amidon, Dunn's attorney. yester-
day made the following statement to q re-
porter for the Eagle: L want il dis
tinctly understood that I have nothing to
DO with this case. I begged the sheriff
TO move the man TO the county jail
week ago, but the doctors refused to al
low him TO be taken away. Then 1 told
the sheriff l would pay guard 10 stay
1T the hospital and suggested DIT Clark
as the man. l paid his wages up to the
first of April did not want him 10 get
away lie was my client and il is nv
business TO look out for him in court.
1 received fees for my services. and would
continue 10 receive them when the case
was tried in the Arkansas or Kansas
courts. II was my loss when he made his
escape
of course, I would fight that requi-
sition. I have a1idsvits that would prove
that Dunn was innocent Of the Clarks-
vile crime, and these I intended to pre-
sent TO the governor today.
To-day the hearing was to have come
up on the requisition before the governor.
Mrs. Dunn came here last nieht from
Wellington. and intended to accompany
me to Topeka last night. but Dunn es-
capped too quick
"Dunns escape was due entirely 70 the
Arkansas officials. They are having a
political campaign there now The gov
eruCr set the date for a hearing on
March 24th. one Of the Arkansas people
showed up. so he continued II until April
lSt. rs he and the rest Of Us wanted him
TO do. because we wanted a fair trial
Then after the date Of the hearing had
been set for April 1st, the governor Of
Arkansas asked that il be continued until
April 9Th They had IL postponed. and
that p0stponemsnt allowed Dunn 10 es-
cape"
Sheriff Simmons was closeted with Mr..
Amidon for nearly an hour yesterday
afternoon. They refused TO give out any
OF the details OF their conference
Mr. simmons said yesterday in regard
70 the Interview with Governor Stanley:
II think the governor ives q little hastr
I'M making the charges OF neglect against
me He Acknowledged that he did not
know 2 thing about the circumstance
Of the escape. Re did not know when
he made those statements whether I had
been negligent OF NOT lie had not inves-
tiEated The matter and I an sure THAT
when he comes hero This ereninc that
Z VIII be entirely cleared Of blame
Il had no interest in Kidnapping
the man II had had the LEASE idea
that he was not safe fri the hosrital
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