The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-25
NJ 'CORMICk IS IN JAIL
Prize Fighter Held IN $1,000 for As
sauIt and Robbery.

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saultilsg Fred Durham, was arraigned
before Judge Dabbs yesterday after
noon and placed under a $4,000 BOND,
in default of which he was taken 10
Carthage Jail.
The only statement that McCornlieA
would make after his arrest was to
say. Il met Durham yesterday after
noon near Fifth and Main streets and
got in the buggy with him and went to
Denton's saloon, where I arranged -
open a boxing school. and then got IN
the buggy with Durham and rode 70
Seventh street and here Durham turn
ed around to go back to sixth street,
saving that he was going 70 whip 4
man. I then got out of the buggy ana
Went home. The statement that mas
been given publicity in when was
quoted was not the truth, l never tola
anyone that Durham and had been
drinking nor did say that either d
US were ssoused I told them just
what I have told you and I do moi
know how Durham was hurt
After being given a preliminary
hearing he was taken from the jail and
as soon as he stepped out OF the court
room a crowd gathered and followed
him to the car.
Yesterday two of the men who saw
the buggy, which belonged to Durham,
driven into the ditch, were taken TO
the police station and both OF them
positively identified Mccormick as the
man who was in the buggy at tfzs
time. These men are A. Ward and
Clay Obrien, who tried to stop McCor-
mick at the time and get him to help
get the horse out of the ditch, but
when they went towards him he ran.
After arresting Mccormick the ponce
went back to his rOOmfng mouse ana
after considerable search found suit
of clothes stuffed in a corner behind
trunk. These clothes We're vet ana
answered the description OF those worn
by Mccormick when last seen last night
before the assault, being white shirt
and q pair of black belt trousers. The
is the description of the clothes as given
by people who saw Durham and Nc
Corrnick together. and of the men who
claim to have seen him leave the over
turned buggy.
Mccormick claims to have been at
his rooming house at 8 o'clock last
night, but the people who run the place
say that neither he nor his wife were
there until nearly midnight, and that
Mrs. Mccormick did not leave the house
until o'clock.
Durham. when seen yesterday, also
denied that he and Mccormick had
been drinking and said that he was
under the impression that he was TAX
ing Mccormick home because he had
told him that he lived near the Bart
lett steel works. He says that When
they came to the road that turns south
and goes past the steel works that Nc
in few minutes" and shortly after
grabbed him by the neck and pulled
him out Of the buggy. While McCor-
mick had hold of his neck he offered
to give him the money which he had
with him, but then he was struck on
the head and knocked senseless.
When seen yesterday Durham was
unable to straighten up as he had re-
ceived an injury in the back. Besides
having his back injured he has two
large bumps on the back of his head
where he says that he was struck
Late yesterday afternoon the police
went to the shaft which Is supposed
to be the one in which Durham was
thrown. and found that it had caved
in several feet since the preceding
night and that now there is a mass OF
rock and dirt in the shaft.
Mrs. Mccormick, bride Of few
months only yesterday retained Clay
& Sheppard as counsel for the de-
Tense of her husband, declaring her
intention of devoting all her energies
to solving the riddle presented by the
strange circumstances Of which she
says her husband is a victim.
Mrs Mccormick is a young woman
of evident education and refinement,
and of exceptional beauty. OF Ca
nadian-French and English ancestry.
she takes pride in the family name of
Vincent, and declares that the prize
fighter also is of an excellent family.
his father, John Heiman, of Galveston.
lex. DGiM$ SnETl1L u Tie 4EAcS county
in which that city is situated
The name Mccormick is the family
name of the mother of the prize fight
ter and is the name he has borne
throughout his career in the squared
circle.
Mrs. McCormick's maiden name
was Lucretia Vincent, under which
name she won g degree OF fame as a
vaudeville artist on the lyric stage.
It was while she was a member OF
Seattle, Wash. that Miss Vincent met
Mccormick, who was the sparring
partner of the great ex-cfann pion.
Last March the prize fighter and the
contra1to singer of the sweet voice
were married They lived for a time
in Topeka, Kas., where Mrs. McCor-
mick sang in the Eighth street Cath
Ollie church choir
Speaking of her prize fighter hus-
band last night Mrs. Mccormick said
with visible emotion:
Tim was ever a kind and loving
husband. and now that he is IN
trouble I shall be loyal and true to
him.
II am sure he Is guiltless of the
awful charges preferred against him.
and while at this time am Instructed
by nay lawyers not to discuss the
case. I am assured that at the proper
time and place we shall be able TO
fully establish his innocence. What
I most dread Is the disposition OF peo-
pie to conclude that one charged with
crime is guilty. I hope the people Of
Joplin may patiently await the day
when am sure my husband shall be
vindicated.''
Mrs Mccormick is a brunette of
striking beauty. with expressive dark
eyes which by turns were suffused I'm
tears of pity and blazed with indigns-.
ton at the recollection of what she
termed her husbands wrongs.
Mrs Mccormick has telegra pheS
her husbands parents at Galveston.
and expects they will come to joplin
to aid their son in trouble
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