The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-19
SMITH TURNS ON LIGHT
Gives Additional Facts About
Manhattan Middle.

Since the c. A R. post of Manhattan,
or certain members of it, have made an
attack on Governor Bailey, and have
carried it into state G. A. r. circles. be-
cause the governor turned down w. A.
Limbocker. an old soldier and appoint
ed ]. NJ. Woods, an ex-confederate and
a Democrat as justice of the peace of
Manhattan, the friends of Governor
Bailey have begun an investigation of
the affair.
1t is discovered that LiInbocker. the
man whom the governor turned down,
is now under indictment in the United
States district court for pension frauds
and his case win conn up for trial next
month in the federal 1ourt. He is Il
pension attorney and ehe charge against
him is that he altered a pension affida-
Wit in order to get pension through.
w. r. Smith, who formerly edited the
Manhattan Republic but now resides at
Garnett, is in Topeka today and in dis
cussing the matter he said:
THE charge that Governor Bailey
turned down an old soldier and aD-
pointed an ex-confederate on the face
of it looks bad, but to a person who is
acquainted with all the parties and
knows all the circumstances, it seems
ridiculous. l knew Woods. but l did
not know before that he was ex-
confederate.
wv. A. I.imbocker. whom the gov
ernor did not appoint. about whom all
this fuss is being made, isAa brother of
John M. Limbocker, who created so
much strife ill will and trouble at the
State Agricultural college during the
Populist administration. w. A. Linn
booker has been pension attorney, but
he now has a prosecution pending
against him in the United States dis
trict court for pension fraud. Woods.
the man whom the governor appoint
ed. is a highly respected citizen of Riley
coun'-T-
81 notice that the resolutions pur-
frar1 larax l1x- 1,n
Manhattan G. A. r. were signed bv
William Lee Limbockers law partner
a strong anti-Republican, who would
seek any pretenSe to injure Governor
Bailey. John e. Eessin and the other
leading attorneys of the Riley county
bar endorsed Mr.. Wood, and in Man
haitian there will be absolutely no
criticism passed upon Governor Bailey
by people generally. Mr.. Limbocker
was defeated for this same office in the
last election by good majority, which
shows how the voters regard him.
The records in the United States dis
trict court show that Limbocker was
arrested under an Indictment by a fed
eral grand jury at Leavenworth on Oc-
tober 10, 1901. The specific charge
against him is altering affidavit in
pension case He was tried on April
49, 1902. but the jury disagreed, and his
case is set for hearing again next
month.
1t is stated that an affidavit was made
in a case in which Limbocker was try
ing to secure pension, and considerab bic
vacant space was left above the sigma
ture. Limbocker is charged with filling
in this space with several material ale
cations himself
Governor Bailey admitted today that
Limbockers record in the federal court
has been presented to him, but he re-
fused to discuss the matter for publica-
ton.
Accompanying Woods endorsements
for the place was a letter from R. j.
Brock, county attorney of Riley county
stating that while Woods is a Democrat,
he is lawyer and will make a very sat
isfactory justice. and that there was no
Republican lawyer in Manhattan who
wanted the lob.