The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-12-14
HANS AS | L T. ,
sI1MMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

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the lodge of the Anti-Horsethlel Assn
citation at Arkansas CITY.
Crushed by Machinery. - Franz
Richardson. employed in the sick
brick works at Wichita, was caught
NV revolving shaft and whlrled
rapidly around, striking various par's
of the machinery and sustaining IN
iuries from which he will die. his
skull was fractured, several rips proh-
en- and one leg so badly crushed that
amputaton was necessary.
Killed by a Falling Derrick.-Louis
Kavoes, Hungarian carpenter, III
the employ of construction company
that Is building new steel bridge Tor
the Rock Island road over Slate creek
near Wellington, was instantly killed
and two of his fellow employees IN
| iured by falling derrick. me acci-
dent was caused by the breaking OF
a guy rope.
Two Negroes Convicted. - Pet
Dunn and Bud Gibbs, negroes, were
convicted in the diAtrict court at
Wichita of robbery in the first de-
gree. Together with another negro
they waylaid and robbed William Suy
ton. a Wichita merchant. SutteN
was beaten almost to death with a
bar of. iron The third negro, Leon
ard King, has not yet been tried.
II Was JustifiabIe Homicide. -
Wicoff Wright the street car con-
ductor who killed Edward Hoehle at
Wichita, was released by the coron-
er's jury 1t was shown conclusive
ly that Hoehle was pointing his re-
volver at Wright and had snapped II
once before Wright shot him. 1t was
also shown that he had shot at an
other young man shortly peio'e
boarding Wrights car.
Application for Pardon. - Appli-
cation has been made to Gov. Hoch
for the release from the state peni-
Tertiary of George w. Dull, who was
sentenced to a twenty-year term for
the murder of DR.. G. w. Rowland at
Horndon, Rawlns county, in July,
1902. Dull says that he has no idea
who shot Roland, but the jury con-
victed him on circumstantial evil
dence.
Will File New Cases. - Carr W.
Taylor, attorney for the board of rail-
road commissioners. is working on
new cases to be filed before the new
board of commissioners. He will pre-
pare and file cases for the reduction
of freight rates on wheat, cattle and
hardware. These cases have been
before the board and have been dis
missed because the board said they
were not properly prepared.
Lewis Bloomfield Captured.-Lewis
Bloomfield, wanted for murder In
Butler county, was captured by
Sheriff Welfelt, of Cowley county, at
Ponca City, o. T., and taken to the
Winfield Jail. Bloomfield shot and'
killed Jess SCISSOR on the streets OF
Leon, September %, claiming SCISSOR
was too intimate with Bloomfield's
the time and in charge of Constable
Kiser. whom h shot through the
wrist, after killing SCISSOR. He then
made his escape to the timber and
succeeded in eluding the sheriff and
several posses with bloodhounds, al
though he was surrounded twice In
large corn4elds. He was supposed to
be in hidiry in the Flint hills for two
weeks and several people claim they
saw and recognized him. He dlsap-
peared again and was not heard or
until he was arrested at Ponca City.
Bloomfield was later taken to Eldora-
do and placed in Jail to await trial
for murder. It is thought he will
plead guilty If an agreement can be
made with the officials
Oklahoma Man Disappears. - F. G..
O'Blander, Of O'Keene, o. T., went to
Wichita to have his eyes treated by
specialist. After two weeks he dis
appeared. He is known to have had
several hundred dollars on him. It
, Is feared that he has met with four
play.
Game and Fish Car Arrives.-The
Kansas game and fish car built by
the Hicks Car Company of Chicago
has arrived at Pratt The car has
been named Angler One" and 1t is
something that the citizens Of Kan
sas should be proud of. In one end
of the car is the game and fish de-
partment with tanks runnil; along
the side that will hold from 20 to 80
thousand fish. The other end is d.
= vided into three departments-kitch-
en-, dining room and toilet. There
= are berths for three people and ev-
e erything handy. The car is finished
in fine oak with leather upholstered
{ furniture, and there is nothing need
p 81 hut what is there in its place. d.
e w. Travis has worked hard to secure
+ this car and 1t will fill the necessity
Q for distributing fish and game over
the state.