Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-06-20

was on his ROAD TO the pen1tent1ary
was the record-breaking leap into
states prison by J. B. Smith, a negro
stone mason, at Pittsburg. He rob-
bed the home of Mrs. Emma Kelly at
o'clock in the morning. was arrest
ed at $3.50. waived preliminary ex-
animation at $3.50 O'Clock and plead
ed guilty in the district court at 1
o'clock.
Says Others Are implicated. =
County Attorney Herrick, of Sumner
county, says he is in possession of
sufficient evidence tn implicate other
parties than John W. Gray, now un-
der arrest, in the conspiracy to MUIR
der his son-in-law, Handler. whose
dead body was found on the railroad
tracks on the morning of March Z.
last 1t is now believed that two men
were engaged in the sandbagging
and other arrests are expected in a
few days.
Schools Get $4,000 Less. = BY a
decision rendered by the attorney
general upon the request of the
state treasurer and the state super
intendent the Kansas schools will be
deprived annually hereafter of about
100000 charter fees which now go
into the general fund. A law passed
in 1901, amending a law passed in
1898, directing that the fees received
for charters granted in Kansas
should go into the permanent school
fund. was repealed by the last legis-
lature by a new act relating to pri-
vate corporations, which absolutely
fails to mention what disposition
shall be made of the fees received
Will Parole Twenty-Four. - The
state penitentiary doors will swing
open to twenty-four prisoners for dis
charge on parole, upon the recon-
mendation just made by the state
pardon board to the governor. Six
prisoners who were so discharged
some time ago have received for
their good conduct final discharge.
For discharge on parole the follow
ing are recommended: H. w. Lewis,
grand larceny, Neosho county; r. N.
| Gilkison. assault with intent to COM
NIT manslaughter, Shawnee; Van
Bowdry. assault with deadly weapon,
Cowley; Fred Pugh, burglary, Jeffer-
son county; E. r. Winder, larceny,
Shawnee county; James Smith,
grand larceny, Montgomery county;
Babe Lee, assault to kill, Labette
county; Niles Frye, grand larceny,
Sedgwick county; Isaac Bolt, grand
larceny, Washington; Thomas Cole,
forgery, Montgomery county; Fred
erick Wahl, burglary, Dickinson
county, Alfred Fischer, grand lar
ceny, Kearney county; Arthur Lee,
grand larceny. Montgomery county;
Charles F. Chase larceny Potta-
ceny, Washington county; William
Sherrow, grand larceny, Greenwood
county; ]. A. Smith. false pretense,
Pawnee county; Charles A. Shields,
grand larceny, Barton county; Pat
| Hogan, grand larceny, Crawford
county; Charles Callan, larceny,
Wyandotte county; Charles Steven
| son, manslaughter second degree,
Rawlins county; E. S. Robbins, lar
ceny, Morris county; Matt D1cken-
son. ENLIGHTENMENT, Crawford coun-
ty; William Curtis. All of these
men will be released as quickly
as suitable employment is found
| for them. The following were re.
commended for final discharge be-
cause their conduct since leaving the
penitentiary has been satisfactory:
James Butler, Walter Rollins, Jack
Wright, G. E. O'Brien, Wiley Black
and w. H. Manor
Fatal Runaway Accident-Claude
Buchner, of Concordia, youth of 10
years, met with an accident that will
prove fatal, he having sustained a
fracture of the skull and vertebra He
was driving a high spirited horse
that ran away and pulled it to one
side to keep from running down a
wagon was dashed against a tree and
Buchner was thrown out with the re-
suit stated.
Giving Them a chance.-An effort
will be made to transfer about fifty
prisoners from the state penitentiary
to the Industrial reformatory at
Hutchinson. The prisoners are ali
less than rs years old, and most OF
them were sentenced for minor
crimes. Gov. Hoch found there were
ninety-five Kansas prisoners and
seventy-one Oklahoma prisoners in
the Kansas penitentiary less than %
years old and there are mora than
100 Kansas prisoners less than %
years old. The Kansas law permits
trial judge to send men under 25
either to the reformatory or the peni
| Tertiary.
| Farmer Killed by Cars. = While
crossing the track in the rear of a
switching freight engine in the Mis-.
souri, Pacific yards at Ottawa, Allen
Hall. a retired farmer and an early
settler in the county, was run over
and manied so badly that he died in
a short time.
| Preference Law Is valid. - An
opinion from the attorney generals
office to the county attorney of Shaw
nee county holds the old soldiers
preference law constitutional, and
urges its enforcement along with 9th
/ er laws.
Wichita Loses Its Battery.-Orders
have been issued for consolidation
of the Wichita and Topeka batteries
of the Kansas national guard. The
wichita battery of two guns will be
taken to Topeka and the members Of
the Wichita battery will be mustered
out of service.
Woman Killed by Lightning.-Mrs
Margaret Eagle, of Hutchinson, 6;
years of age. widow. was struck by
lightning and instantly killed during