The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-03-24
Excited Woman Apparently
Satisfied With Her Work.
S'I'm Going to HOrsewhip the
Governor" Said She.
Mr.. Parker Says He VIII Not
Prosecute.
Miss Boise Tells How She Made
the Attack.

Miss Blanche Boise, a protege of Mrs.
Nation, horsewhipped Mayor Parker in
his office at the city building this morn
ing about o'clock. Three times she
lashed the mayor, and then he sprang
at her, gripped her by the throat, chOked
her. tore the rawhide out of her hand,
and pushed her into the hall.
1t was all over in a few minutes. Not
another person in the city building knew
that the mayor had been attacked.
AS Miss Boise was thrust out of the
Office by Mayor Parker. she exclaimed,
THANK God, I've done it, I've horse
whipped you. and now I'm going to
horsewhip the governor!"
Mayor Parker still has Miss Boise's
whip as a souvenir of the interview.
AS far as known, no effort has yet
been made by Miss Boise to carry out
her threat to horsewhip Governor Stan
lsy.
USES HER TONGUE.
Before beginning her horsewhipping,
Miss Boise gave the mayor a blistering
tongue lashing. and accused him of be-
ing responsible for the fact that the
joints are running openly in Topeka,
and for the murder which was recently
committed in Roy Daniels saloon. She
then pulled the horsewhip from the
folds of her dress, and before the mayor
knew what had happened. she struck
him three times across the head and
shoulders.
Miss Boise is nurse by profession,
and lives at Ills North Central avenue
She is about 30 years of age, and is
quite handsome woman. In stature
c11s &c IL
She is said to have become greatly en-
bittered about the liquor traffic, because
of some unfortunate occurrences in her
family due to the excessive use of
liquor. She had been a willing pupil
OF Mrs Carrie Nation, and was associ-
ated with the Home Defenders in their
anti-joint crusade. Miss Be Sc is said
TO be quite wealthy, having inherited a
fortune from relatives.
PARKER IS RETICENT.
Mayor Parker would not give any in
formation about the encounter.
1T didn't amount to anything.
would rather you would say nothing
about it" he said TO State Journal re-
porter.
1t is reported that she struck YOU
several times with a whip said the re-
porter.
H' wen lheSe reports are greatly
exaggerated I don't care to say any
thing
What did you do when she came into
your office?''
We'll, she abused me for allowing the
Joints to run. We didn't have any trou-
bic to amount to anything. 1 don't
know who she was Never saw her be-
fore to my knowledge"
Are you going to prosecute her?"
No. I'm not going to do anything"
Miss Boise was probably stirred to her
foolish act by the violent anti-Parker
sermons which have been delivered re-
Gently by the various ministers in the
city she had been led to believe that |
1arker was wholly responsible for all
the evils which exist in Topeka.
w WHOLESALE WHIPPING PLANNED |
II Is stated by a friend of Miss Boise /
that some time ago the Home Defend
ers laid plot for a grand simultaneous !
horsewhipping of lot of the officials of !
Topeka. One woman was to go after
Mayor Parker, another would take CITY
Attorney Spencer, third would attend 1
to Police Judge Magaw, and others /
would administer thrashings wherever :
1t was deemed they would do the most
good The plot did not end with citv
oIHclais' however. It was planned to
Include Governor Stanley. Attorney Cod
ard Judge z. T. Hazen, County Attor-
ney Galen Nichols and Sheriff Cook. 1t
s said that the plot has progressed to
such a proximity to execution that each
woman knew exactly who was to be her
victim The horsewhippings were all
to take place at exactly the
'ame hour of the day
For some reason this elaborate scheme
Vas allowed to go by default The rea-
son probably was that Mrs Nation the |
OF the project, left town. and
acklng the proper stimulus to action.
none OF the women dared to carry the
plot to an issue
Miss Blanche Boise is said to have