Free press., 1907-06-22

land Morey. the 9-year-old son of G.
A Morey, local manager of the Long
! Bell Lumber Co., was drowned in the
Arkansas river at Wichita while IN
bathing. The body was not recover
ed for two days.
Wait Heir to Fortune.-Harry Pos
ner, aged 10, a waif, brought from
New York several years ago, and
now studying at the normal institute
at Howard, received a message from
New York City stating that he had
fallen heir to half a million dollars
left by his father, who died in Cape
| Town, South Africa. The boys
mother died when he was a child and
his father disappeared.
jackson Is Thrsatened-It is up
to" Attorney General jackson and
his assistants to go to Hutchinson
and show the saloon element what
| ne can do when he is 'riled" lie re-
| ceived an anonymous letter from
Hutchinson telling him what may
happen if he or any of his hired men
set foot in the town on Cow creek.
The letter was as follows: Mr.
Attorney General: You may clos
We voted wet, church peepuI and all
County and city eleted officers are
with us in sympathy and the leeding
newspapers to the railroad men and
all our collard folks and if you or
your hired men gets to busy here
you'll hotfOOt it cut of this town
quicker than you com in. A word to
the wise is enuff. There is more
ways sellin goods than over a bar.
Committy''
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 a final discharge.
For discharge on parole the follow
ing are recommended: H. w. Lewis,
grand larceny, Neosho county; r. NJ.
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-
wattomie county; Jake Baker, lar
ceny, Washington county; William
Sherrow, grand larceny, Greenwood
county; j. A. Smith, false pretense,
Pawnee county; Charles A. Shields,
grand larceny, Bartcn county; Pat
Hogan, grand larceny, Crawford
county; Charles Cal1an, larceny,
Wyandotte county; Charles Steven
son, manslaughter second degree,
Rawlins county; E. S. Robbins, lar
ceny, Morris county; Matt Dicken-
son. embezzlement, 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.
President and supt. Resign. =
The resignation of Rev. C. S. Nus
baum, of independence, as president
and superintendent of the Ottawa
Chautauqua Assembly was accepted
by the assembly board. The action
grows out of the dispute over the
Sunday question. Rev. Mr.. Nusbaum
resigned a few days ago because a
program is to be given and special
trains run to Ottawa on Sunday.
Gambler Assaulted a Man. - Bill
McCarter, a Garden City gambler,
made an e>sault on George D. Har-
rison of the Evening Telegram,
wounding him in the face with a
piece of iron. The Evening Tele-
gram had been vigorous in its efforts
to clear out a small company of
gamblers which has been operating
in Garden City. McCarter took Of
fense at an article, telling of the at
tempted suicide of young man who
had lost his money in McCarter's
rooms. Harrison was talking the
matter over with him when McCar-