The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-18
FOOLED THE TOWN
Capitalists Have Humboldt in
a Culver of Excitement,
were Going to Install a First
Glass Light Plant.
TWO OTHER SCHEMES
RUSinQSS Man ond N;4~ Co.t
TWO OTHER SCHEMES
Business Men and City Council
Giving Them Aid.
Finally Turned Out to Be Sue.
cessful Joint Spoilers.

humboldt, Kan, Dec. 1S.-A few days
ago prosperous looking gentleman
showed up IN Humboldt and announced
mat ne was looking for a location to
put in an electric light plant He was
also installing burglar alarms. He an
peared TO have the keen business in
stlncts of an eastern capitalist and pro-
1Tieott,, cautiously to investigate the adj
EIsaDlHty or investing several thousand
collars He went around to the prin
cIpdl business men of the CITY and con-
1erred with them about the matter.
ashing them for their advice and as
surlng them that, if he ascertained
that such plant would be we'll patron-
lied, it would be built as he had plenty
OF capital to push the enterprise
through. The business men became
very much interested, and proceeded to
oHer every encouragement and induce
ment- The capitalist took up the mat
ter with the council and was invited
with much courtesy to appear before
! them' they stating that If they posi-
ply could they would give him some
| financial inducements
About the same time that the electric
| light capitalist came to Humboldt there
appeared another capitalist who also
| picked out Humboldt as a fine place
| to locate business enterprise. He was
not interested in electric plants. how
ever. He thought that Humboldt need
ed milliner's training school Upon
hearing that another capitalist was in
the city he desired to meet him and
the citizens readily saw to it that they
were made acquainted. The two
thought that their projects would not
interfere with one another and worked
together from then on. The man who
was pushing the miIliner's training
school went even farther than the cleo
trio light man: he all but closed a lease
on one of Humboldt's most pretentious
buildings. Ladies fairly crowded the
hotel to get few pointers on the train
ing school. The capitalists were so
overtaxed with the investigations of
the city'S possibilities that they thought
they needed little stirnulant. They
seemed to have met with good success.
Everything was proceeding nicely until
Saturday evening about o'clock. The
citizens were almost assured that two
institutions of no mean caliber were to
be theirs and they were expecting to
see ground broken for the electric light
plant at any time. Dispatches were
sent cut Of Humboldt to the press over
the state telling the glad tidings.
1t was just about five o'clock Wyhen
Sheriff c. o. Bollinger and Jailer
Hoover Kerr arrived in the city and
they had not been there fifteen min
utes when all hope of landing the two
business enterprises were blasted. The
officers proceeded to arrest Mrs. VIM.
Bailey, Will Schleicher and G.. L. Green
on the charge of violating the prohibi-
tory law. Upon inquiry the citizens
learned that the information upon
dITeSlS were nldOe ndQ Do0n Sc
cured by two detectives who had been
in the city several days. The detectives
proved to be the two capitalists who
had been creating the excitement in
business circles.
Injunction proceedings have been
fled against the buildings of the Bailey
restaurant and the Green livery barn. |
Mrs Bailey is the wife of Bill Bailey |
now in Jail. and is charged with two
counts Schleicher is a barber and is
charged with two sales.