The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-27
HIS OLD CLOTHES.
One Valise. Full of Cunningham's
Apparel Here.
No Blood Stains Found on the
Garments.
ANOTHER is l. o S It.
Grip Thrown Away on Road
Hasn't Been Found.
Supposed to Be Somewhere in
Vicinity of st. Louis.

The valise and part of the clothing
left by Nate Ferrand. alias w. B. Gun
ningham, at the laundry agency at
Lima has been received by Sheriff
Lucas.
The vaIise contained a suit of cloth
ing. which is supposed to be the suit
worn by Cunningham the night he
stole Chester Woodward's automobile.
The clothing was carefully exam
ined by Sheriff Lucas but he found
no bloodstains.
When the valise was left at the
laundry agency il contained a shirt
and some undercIothing. These were
beer received by Sheriff Lucas. The
police at Lima are searching for the
clothing which was sent to the laundry
and Will forward it to the Topeka Of
hcers as soon as il is found.
The other Valise thrown away by
Cunningham during the flight of him
self and his wife across Missouri in
the stolen automobile has not been
found.
The missing valise. the shirt and I'M
derclothing sent to the Lima laundry
and the whereabouts of the Cunning
hams the night of the murder of Mrs.
Nickum are now demanding the atten-
ton of Sheriff Lucas and John Wiki
erson.
Mrs Cunningham failed entirely to
point out the farm house where she
and her husband claim they stopped
at 10 O'Clock Saturday night, Novem-
Der 19.
MIR. Cunningham will not be given a
chance to point out the farm house as
the officers do not believe that he could
do so and they will not give him any
chance of escaping by taking him from
the county Jail.
What would like to know now most
of all is where the Cunninghams were
the night they left Topeka in the stolen
automobile said Sheriff Lucas today.
They are supposed to have taken a
route from Topeka through Pauline
Wakarusa, Carbonate, Lyndon, Halls
Summit, Burlington, Waverly, Leroy.
Yates Center, Neodesha, Independence
and Cofeyville- 1 know they were at
Yates Center for breakfast at o'clock
Sunday morning, November 20, but be
tween Topeka and Yates Center we
have no word of them. I am hoping to
hear from some one who saw them in
the stolen automobile somewhere be-
tween Topeka and Yates Center.
The strangest thing so far is that
we have heard from no one who saw
them at any point on the long ride
from Topeka to Yates Center.
I received the valise of clothing from
Lima The valise contained the suit
which we think that Cunningham wore
when he left Topeka. 1t resembles the
description we have of the clothing he
wore that day. 1t was an old suit.
When he was arrested he wore a new
suit of clothes
In the valise had been sent to a laun-
dry The Lima police will forward them
TO me and will investigate at the laun-
dry to see if anyone employed there
saw any blood stains on the clothing
before it was Numbered
The other valise which Cunningham
threw away we have been unable to 10
cate but think he threw it away some
where near St. Louis.
Mrs. Cunninghams mother wrote to
her daughter and advised her if she
knew anything to tell all she knows.
Airs. Cunningham has not changed her
story and says she has told all she
knows"
Several people who have been mis-
taken have reported seeing the Cum
ninghams in the stolen automobile.
The Ottawa Republic says:
Ottawa people have watched with
some interest the chase of Topeka Off
GERS after Cunningham. the automobile
thief of Topeka, who is also suspected