The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
For Fifteen Minutes Drove Vic
tim Through Streets.
HID UNDER COUNTER.
Found by Pursuer, Pleaded in
Vain for Life.
While He Talked TesOn Put
Bullet Through Heart.

desperation by repeated wrongs anu
erazed by brooding over them Ray
Teson. a buggy washer for Edward
Flsh's livery barn at 925 Broaoway'
went to St. Joseph yesterday morning
vouzing murder, and after a sensational
chase through the streets Of that city
shot to death George Adayhan, whom
ne charged with having lured Mrs.
Teson away from him on several coca
sions He gave himself I'D to the po-
lice Immediately after the shooting.
A special dispatch from St Joseph
says that Teson came upon his victim
soon after arriving in st. Joseph. evil
IDENTIFY knowing where to ind him He
chased Mayhan through the streets for
fifteen minutes before he succeeded IN
killing him. The crime occurred IN
Fields grocery store IHenty-slAtl anu
Frederick avenue.
The dispatch says that the hunted
man ran in and out Of yards, through
alleys and across streets in vain Ell
fort to escape the slayer. me thElllllls
chase was confined to the netghborhood
Just north of Frederick avenue ana
east OF TWenty-siXth streets 1eSon
ared at Mayhan whenever he was near
enough to have any chance OF niptlng
him He emptied his revolver in the
chase, and with the blood lust strong
within him reloaded the weapon as he
ran through the yard OF Gus Wenrman,
Immediately. east Of the Fields store
Navhan hid in the rear OF the
store under a counter, and was found
by Teson only after a diligent search
He pleaded with Teson to spare MS
life, but the latter said;
III dx you so you viii never Dreak
an another family and fred a bullet
into Mayhan's heart.
Mavhan staggered to a chair, and
minute later was dead JesOn tele-
phoned police headquarters that he
arT1-l or
an officer on the way to make the
arrest.
Teson's associates at the barn, as Wen
as his employer were not surprised
when informed Of the killing.
II never thought he had the nerve to
do it." said Mr.. Fish, but he has been
threatening for the past week or more
to kill that guy He never mentioned
any name and I know absolutely moth
ing Of Mayhan. Teson talked freely OF
his troubles and made many threats,
but he was a rather laxative fellow
ANYHOW and nobody took him serious
" As matter Of fact. the boys kid
ded' him a good deal on his domestic
troubles. He was not quite right, IN
my opinion.
ssHe was snutty'" said one of the
stable men emphatically. Nobody in
his right mind would have carried on
like he did. One minute he said he did
not care If his wife never came back
to him. The next he would be crying
and going on about her. He made all
sorts Of wild threats, but we joi1ed him
about it. and never thought that he
would work himself up to the point OF
committing murder
Teson went to work for Fish about a
week ago. He was a pickup and
had little to say about himself except
in talking about his troubles with his
wife.
He told several men about the barn
that the guy had caused Mrs. Teson
to leave him two or three times He
hot 1.. foil 177- ffc
and Mayhan, Of whom he never spoke
by name. to Lincoln, Neb.. then to Den
yer. then to st. Joseph. but that a sort
Of reconciliation had been patched up
between husband and wife. Teson and
his wife came to Kansas City about
three weeks ago from st. Joseph and
were apparently getting on all night to-
EeLher until Mayhan again put in an
appearance and last Tuesday Mrs.
Teson went to st. Joseph with Mayhan
according to the stories Teson told at
the barn. After this last desertiou
Teson was unusually morose and it was
during the past few days that he had
red0ubled his threats to get that guy
HE drew some money last night"
said the employer, and said he was
Going to st. Joseph to get q SIS coat
get even with that guy as he always
called him. I let him have S4.65,
which was all that was coming to him.
with the exception of $3.50, which I
=
didn't think that he would commit any
crime. though ] should not have been
surprised 81 he had gone up there and
got into fight. He told around the
barn that he had knocked the block
OF that guy week or so ago when he
caught him with his Wife
Teson went to board with Mrs. Ida
Wright on Broadway near Thirteenth
soon after coming to Kansas City A
week or so ago Mrs. IesOn came down
from ST. Joseph and Joined him.
Mr. Teson was greatly rejoiced
when his wife came said Mrs. Wright
last night. He never talked very
much about his troubles, but 7 learned
that some man had caused trouble be-
tween the couple on several occasions
He thought that this man had been
hnally got rid of and that their
troubles were over
fsNIr. Teson always wore a very sad
look He seemed a hard working and
honest man, though bit queer. He
never threatened to kill the man who
was the cause Of his trouble; that is
ia my hearing. When he left he said
he was going up to st. Joe to give his
wife one last chance. Mrs. Teson was
Of a gay disposition. She liked to go
out
s.-rhe couple had one child but Mr.
rreson said that he had it kept away
from his wife, because she was not the
right kind Of a mother to it. DO not
Enovv where it is
Mr.. and Mrs. Teson had been married
about eight years DUt none OF the man
chocolates knows where he came from
originally. He is evidently & Frenchmau
~ of French descent. He is short and
heavy set with fun round face, very
black hair and eyes. He Is smooth shay
81 and wears glasses. Mrs Teson is q
5srze rather handsome woman, with a
blonde complexion. She was not seen
~-erv often about the barn where her
husband worked or even at the boarding
house. except at meals
Nothing whatever is known of May
han by any of Teson's associates. The
sUeciai dispatch from St. Joseph, where
he had been living until he came here
and Induced Mrs Teson to leave her
husband with him, says that Mayhan
was a tile setter and was about 80 years
Old The dispatch says that Teson claims
Mavhan threatened to kill Mrs. Teson
aEith q knife # she did not leave her