The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-05
BIG REWARD OFFERED
Nickum and Jobe Cases Are Revived
This Morning.

Sheriff Lucas and Sheriff Cody. of OF
tawa, have issued a circular telling OF
the Nickum and the Jobe murders.
which will be sent to police and sher-
ifs in all parts of the west. The circu-
lar says;
Mrs. Mary a. Nickum, a, widow, o.
years old, the proprietress of the Nick
UNI hotel on East Fifth street, in the
city of Topeka, Shawnee county, Kan,
was assaulted by some unknown per-
SOL. She was struck in the head with
an ak belonging to her, and after she
had been so assaulted her body was
nutilated by being cut by a knife which
belonged to the hotel. Mrs. N1ckum
died the next day without recovering
consciousness except for a moment or
two during which time she said to
those in attendance that she was struck
with an ak by a man at the Kitchen
door. There was absolutely no clue 10
the identity of her assailant. The as
sault took place as nearly as can be
ascertained in the neighborhood OF
o'clock at night.
Mrs Jobe, of Wellsville, Kan,
widow, age Y years, was assaulted
Franklin county, Kan, where she was
being treated at the Semple sanitariu!n
She was struck in the head with the
pole of an ak which belonged to the
premises, and after she had thus been
assaulted her body was mutilated by
beng cut with a knife in the same
manner as the wound upon the body of
Mrs. Nickun. The assault, as nearly as
can be ascertained, took place about
1:3O at night, March 81, 1905. The party
who committed the crime entered the
window of her bedroom, which was on
the first floor, and escaped the same
way, leaving tracks plainly visible IN
the mud. This assault occurred curing
heavy rain storm. The track, as near
ly as can be figured out, is that of a
narrow No. mans shoe. one pecull-
arity of the same being the conslderao PIE
distance between the heel and pail OF
the shoe. Mrs. Jobe recovered conscious
ness shortly after she was found, when
was about an hour after the assault
but could give no information concern
ing the identity of the criminal, as she
was struck while she lay asleep in her
bed. She fingered for one week. when
she died.
mentioned was there any evidence OF
any attempt at larceny or criminal as
There is reward of 5000 soffered for
the arrest and conviction of the muir
derer of Mrs. Nickunn, and reward OF
s6oo for the arrest and conviction of the
| murderer of Mrs. Jobe. These two
| crimes are as nearly identical as 1t IS
| possible for two crimes to be, ana IN the
opinion of those who have investigated
! the same they were committed by the
| same person, who was a sexual pervert,
and for no reasonable motive.
The undersigned fear, from the fact
that there is such a party-At large, that
there will be a repetition OF TINS CRIME
| al some time in the future, and sug-
gest to all peace officers that if any
such thing should occur within their
| jurisdictions that they proceed with the
! utmost haste to investigate the same,
completely isolating the premises from
ali spectators, and would further sug-
gest that if possible they secure blood
| hounds. Should anything of this klno
| happen it would be a favor to the un-
dersigned if you would wire mem Z e d.
| once "A. L. IL r, C<As7,
f>'A"'7S' W. R. CODY,
Sheriff of Franklin County, ottawa