The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-01-11
KANSAS NEWS.
Two Wichita Girls Have q Rum
away Experience.
Change Clothes, Dye Their Hair
aud Go to Fort Scott.
ARE PLACED IN PRISON
Father Who Was a Railroad Man
Recognized Them.
Have Unpleasant Experience in
the City BastiIe.

Fort Scott, Kan, JAM IA case
which is likely to furnish some sensa-
tfonaI developments within the next
few hours was started here when Off
Ger White arrested Mamie Brooks and
Hattie Hastings at the Missouri Pa
cific depot at an early hour. One of
the girls is IA years old and the other
is past Is. They came to this city
from Wichita, arriving here on
freight train at o'clock.
Chief Of Police Adendenhin was called
to the long distance telephone late and
was notified that the girls had left their
homes presumably for this place, and
was instructed to look out for them
and If he found them to hold them in
Jail He compiled with the request and
the young ladies spent all Of yesterday
in the cooler. the surroundings of which
are evidently a little different from
what the girls are accustomed to at
home When they were found here yes
terday morning they presented an ap-
could be imagined. One is larger than
the other. considerably so, but in spite
Of this fact they had changed clothes
and each had made an effort to dye her
hair. As the attempt at hair dying was
made by their own hands without any
previous experience in the art, the
statement that it was not a complete
success will not be disputed. In fact
Lncy presented a picture OF utter us
tress in more than one way.
The father of the Brooks girl ar
rived last night from Wichita He is
a brakeman on the Missouri Pacific be-
tween Wichita and Yates Center The
meeting between the father and the
daughter at the jail was an impressive
one and gave no indication whatever
that the girls story of abuse at home
was true. Mr. Brooks was pretty badly
worked up over the affair and express
es himself of the belief that the girls
are not alone in the runaway. Every
effort will be made to ferret the matter
to the bottom and if his suspicious are
true somebody viii be made to suffer
for the part they have taken in the
matter
Mr.. Brooks stated that he saw his
daughter on the train when he was en-
route to this city Sunday afternoon He
was working on a train west of Yates
Center when a passenger train passed
his train. He recognized his daughter
but could not realize that it was his
girl as he knew of no reason why she
should be leaving Wichita. When he
arrived at. his home. however. and
found her gone, he was satisfied that
he had not been mistaken.
The girls had a genuine Jail exper-
fence last night about u o'clock, which
was very unpleasant to them Officer
Miller arrested a man on Main street
who was crazy drunk. and when lock-
ed up he was quite mad He INDUCED
in the vilest language the human
tongue can express, and raved and
yelled for more than an hour. He final
" went to sleep and disposed Of a part
OF his Jag. When he awoke he again
began to talk and for more than an
hour he made night hideous with his
cursings and vile language. All the
time the girls were crying and calling
upon the police for protection. OF
course they were in no danger at any
time as the man was locked in a cell
by himself. The girls declared if they
were successful in getting out CT Jail
they would never commit another act
that would get them behind the bars.
Some sensational developments may
be expected this morning in the case.