The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-14
Results From Article Published
in Kansas Educator.
MADE UGLY CHARGES.
One That She Minated Affec-
tions of Husbands FormerWife.
An Outgrowth of Her Charges
Against Book Trust.

filed in the shawnee county district
court a suit for $4,000 damages
against I. J.. Dayhofl, who retired to-
day from the office of state superin-
tendent of public instruction. alleging
in her petition that Mr. Dayhoff pub
lished in the October number of his
paper, the Kansas Esudcator. an article
which was libellous and defamatory
to Mrs Burton's character.
1t is likely that criminal proceedings
will also be filed against Mr.. Dayhoff,
based on the same article.
Mr.. Dayhoff's publication grew out
of the part which Mrs. Burton took in
the recent state political campaign,
when she went on The stump and de-
nounced Governor Iioch. Dayhoff, and
others for alleged allegiance to the
book trust"
Mr. Dayhoff's article was as follows:
ut is currently reported that an agent
of CHM & Co. visited Mrs. G. q. Bur
ton a short time before she attacked
Governor Hoch in her Labor Day speech
at Topeka. IL this is true-then what2
The people of Kansas are curious 20
know why this woman should become go
suddenly Interested in the school chill
dren of Kansas. You would suppose,
Judging from her actions, that she had
always been their patron saint, and yet
a court record shows her to be the same
affections from his first wife, Eliza ].
Burton, of Hitchcock county, Neb.
She was the means of bringing DIS
grace and poverty to this family or
seven children. Can we place much con-
fidence in her now if she comes to the
people with unclean hands? What can
you expect from, a man that would
take up with another woman and de-
sert his own wife and children? Aiid
what good can come from woman who
would help destroy a happy home,
and innocent children OF their SUPPORT
and father? The curses of all decent
people should rest on this crime against
society"
speaking of her avtien against Mr..
Dayhoff:
''I know, and everyone knows who
is at all familiar with the conditions.
that this man Dayhoff is tool of the
book trust. Hence / feel confident
that this article which he printed in
his paper was printed for the purpose
of causing me to do exactly what
have done-bring an action against
him for libel The book trust wanted
to get me into court, expecting that it
could. with its usual infamous assur-
ance, buy the judge and jury and ruin
my character.
= 1T have accepted this defiance of the
book trust and have brought the suit.
I place my confidence in the integrity
and honor of the Shawnee county dis
trict court do not believe that court
can be bought or tampered with. 1
shall fight this ease through to the bit
ter end for the purpose of exposing
the real iniquity of this attack on me,
and it makes difference what
charges the book trust makes against
me, 1 shall continue my tight on that
concern.
THE charges made against me by
Dayhoff are false and slanderous, but
they are what might be expected. The
day after my husband, Mr.. Burton,
resigned his position as agent for the
book trust because he would not en-
dorse their boodling and bribery, an
agent of the trust. George S. Wedge |
wood by name, came to my home and
right in my own parlor said to me,
Mrs Burton. the American Book |
company instructs me to say to you, |
that if you attack their methods of do !
ing business. they will make you sick |
of it, In the last campaign, L at |
tackled the company, and now they |
are undertaking to punish me and |
ruin my character and good name
bout that same time, there was |
caucus of book trust agents at the
Throop hotel. One of the agents
who didn't approve of the campaign
which was there being mapped out to |
ruin the character of Mr.. Burton and |
myself. came out of that caucus and
said to me, Mrs. Burton, for ten years
YOU have been trusted and respected by
the book trust / know you to be
woman of honor, and 1 want to say to
YOU that whatever may happen, don'l
let the American Book company blun II
you You have resigned from the COM
pany and / would do the same if it
were not for the fact that 1 don't care
to make the personal sacrifice involved
when this case comes on for trial,
t win he shown that Mr.. BurtonS first |
wife was false to him; that she admit
ted this in letters to him; that to shield
her name from her daughters, he al
lowed her to obtain a divorce on her
own terms. That was in 1890. In 1891,
when Mr.. Burton proposed matrimony
to me l insisted that he prove to me
that he had not wronged his first wife.
He showed me two letters which he had
received from her. One of these let
ers has been lost. The other letter L
still have. and will produce it at the
proper time. Those letters convinced
ne that Mr. Burton was fully justified
n leaving his first wife did not know
Mr. Burton until after those letters
we're written and hence could not possi-
oly have alienated his affections.
Il will also show that Mr.. Burton
rave his first wife and their six chill
lren all his property, and that after
We were married, we sent about $6,-
100 in cash for the support of the
children, part of which money 1
,arned myself. That shows how much
ruth there is in the statement that the
act Is that the children were spoiled
~ too much money!
Mrs Burton has been identified
With educational matters in Kansas
or many years. She was educated in |
Winfield. and taught school in Cowley
from the State Normal
the was county superintendent OIL