The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-25
A TRIAL FOR THE KIDNAPER.
Sismolick, Who Is in Jail at Emporia
Must Face the Court.

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Sismolick, Who Is in Jail at Emporia,
Must Face the Court.
Emporia, June ga warrant has
been sworn out by County Attorney
w. C. Harris for Edward Sismolick on
| a statutory charge brought by Hazel
Barnett. Mr.. Harris said other charges
| would be brought later. The other
charges are for resisting the officers,
for assault with intent to kill, and for
kidnapping. The preliminary trial will
take place in Justice Combs court, but
| the date will not be set for several
| days.
Sismolick is in Jail and Hazel Barnett
at home. Speaking Of their capture the
officers say:
Sismolick and the girl spent the
night in the big Whipple orchard, IL
miles north of Emporia. Sismolick
shielded himself from the officers by
| getting behind the girl and aiming his
revolver at the officers when they at
| tempted to approach. Twice Edward
Walton attempted to take Sismolick,
| and both times he was repulsed by
shots from Sismolick's revolver. Both
shots whistled past Walton's head and
| none of the other officers made an at
| tempt to capture Sismolick.
Seeing that all efforts were futile to
make his getaway SO long as he was
| with the girl, Sismolick left the girl
| in the orchard and slipped away. The
|
prfsed when the girl came toward
| them. She told them that she was by
| herself, that Sismolick had gone. The
girls brother Homer Barnett, took his
sister to Reading. where they boarded
Santa Fe train No. 5. arriving in En-
pOria at o'clock in the afternoon
The officers continued their search for
Sismolick- At about 1890 o'clock, Wal
ton. Fowler and Godsey were Joined by
Sherin Cowan, Dan Dryer, John Ring
er and Eli brennan. Each of the men
was armed with a big Winchester rifle.
They hunted until noon and finding
no trace Of Sismolick, returned to En-
poria and found the much-wanted man
in the hands of Fred Vincent, consta-
BILE at Admire.
Fred Vincent was telephoned to be
on the lookout for a couple that had
eloped. He came to Emporia partly on
business and partly to learn more of
the affair. AS he was returning home
he passed man on the Burlingame
road five miles northeast of Emporia,
who was repairing a fence. Vincent
thought the fellow didn't look exactly
right. So he continued to look back
as he drove along. After he had gone
up the road a hundred or more yards
the fellow left his work at the fence
and started up the road. This con-
firmed Vincent's suspicious and he was
sure he had the kidnaper spotted. He
stopped in the farmhouse nearby and
asked them if they knew who was re-
pairing the fence across the road. The
people did not know, so Vincent Dor
rowed a saddle horse and a revolver
and started after the fellow. Sismolick
made a desperate attempt to escape.
| He left the road, crossed the creek and
a cornfield. in the hope that Vincent,
who was on a horse, could not follow
him. The horse happened to be good
one at roughing it, and Vincent rode
| across the fields and overlook the fugi-
tive. When he was ten feet from Sis
molck he pointed his gun at Sismolick
and yelled, up with your hands"
The fellow didn't hesitate about doing
ii, and while Vincent had the drop on
his man. he relieved Sismolick of a
first class shooting iron, the same one
that had been discharged at Walton.
I After Vincent had placed his man
under arrest, bringing him to Emporia
was an easy matter. The first thing
Sismolick did was to go to the Nit Way,
where he treated the constable to a
constable that he wanted to pay some
of his debts. Together they went to
the Hereford market, and he paid the
Barnett restaurant account in fun at
that place, which was s7s- From there
| Sismolick asked to be taken to the
Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile company
of Topeka, and he paid a debt there of
$16S. By this time the sheriff and his
deputies returned from their wild
goose chase, and Sismolick was taken
to the county Jail After paying these
two debts, Sismolick had $50 when
searched at the Jail. This makes the
amount of money that he carried over
$500.
Fred Vincent said that after he
caught Sismolick, the fellow pulled out
all his money and said he would give
him half, providing he would turn him
, loose.