The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-11-05

Doc Newman, treasurer of the First
congressional district committee and
the field agent for Congressman Chas.
Curtis in his campaign for reelection,
made a flying trip to Doniphan county
to mend the fences, make the medicine
and pull the wires into shape for Cur
tbs.
When the Rock Island train stopped
at Troy Newman stepped off to the
| depot platform. Even then he had no
idea of how he would capture Doni-
phan country but Field Marshal Oyama
Al Rodgers had sent him to take the
Port Arthur of the First district and
he must do it.
Newman walked up the main street
and he tried to decide whether to make
flank movement or a direct attack.
He wandered over to the hotel and I'M
der the cooling influences of q cigar he
planned his course of action.
He walked up street and in passing
the big general store owned and opera
ted by c. Leland he saw Uncle Cyrus
behind the counter, apron on and lin
en- cap, selling butter, muslin, cheese,
socks, salt pork and sal soda to the
people of Troy. 1t was along towards
dark and Cy paused while wrapping up
six cents worth of dried herring to
light the kerosene lamp.
Doc Newman hung around. He knew
that his future in politics depended
phan county for Charley Curtis and the
only way to do it was to smuggle I'm
Gle Cy out of the county and across
the border. Doc smoked another cigar
and watched the storekeeper put up a
jug Of vinegar for customer and take
eggs, good, bad and Indifferent at IL
cents a dozen in payment.
Then trade became lax and Uncle
Cy extracted a long green nine inch
Old Virginia from the show case, light
ed it over the chimney of the kerosene
lamp and leaned back against a barrel
of brown sugar and smoked 1t in a
meditative way. Perhaps he had seen
Doc Newman was smoking a ten cent
clear Havana. 1t was the Havana
against the long green.
Soon Cyrus, of Troy, the storekeeper
decided to close up for the night He
cut a slice of cheese and a few of the
short ribs off the collection of pork
chops on the meat block and prepared
to go home. He closed the front door
of the store, drew the shade blew out
the lamp and started cut the back door.
1t was time for Doc Newman to act.
He ran to the rear of the store, grab
bed gunny sack as he ran and as
Cyrus stepped out the door and turned
to lock it Newman slipped the sack
over his head, tied a string tightly
around the neck of the victim, pinioned
his arms and feet and carried his vic
tim to the smoke house just as the
town marshal passed by on his even
ing rounds.
Newman gave two shrill and distinct
whistles and quickly two confederates
We're Instantly upon the spot. They
grabbed the tied up man and ran with
him to the railroad yards. A stock
train was just pulling out. They bum
died the captive into a cattle car and
showed Newman in after him and then
the two confederates stood guard by
the track as the train pulled out
1t was a long and tiresome ride but
the next morning soon after daylight
the stock train pulled into Excelsior
Springs Newman bundled Cy off the
train, put him on a baggage truck and
him to a Turkish bath parlor
and gave the bath artist 100 dollar
bill and instructions to keep Cy in hot
water until November g.
Doniphan county was wont Uncle
CYRUS was Struggled over the border
into Missouri. The voters would be
made to vote for Curtis in Doniphan
county Cy would not be there to tell
them they could not vote for him. The
Port Arthur of the First district had
fallen. Kuropatdn Leland was safe in
Excelsior Mulden. Newman had made
the political record Of his life-and Just
then he rolled off the sofa and woke
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