The Topeka state journal., 1908-02-17
UP IN The AIR.
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The man is supposed to have gone tc
the Jordan house in the expectation ot
shooting Jordan through the window
He evidently discovered that Jordan
was not taking his suppers at home
for he went to the restaurant where
Jordan was eating, and stood in the
front part of the restaurant for some
minutes. But the restaurant man, VIII
Swaney, was unable to identify Lally
as the man.
Jordan was shot just after he came
out of the restaurant and started down
the street. The restaurant was near
! the corner of the block. The shooting
! occurred about the middle of the block.
Purchase of the Revolver.
''The man who came in my store and
bought the 32-caliber revolver Friday
/ afternoon was man had never seen
before said G. w. Williams He was
| about five feet ten inches tall and
weighed about $50 pounds. His face
swas round and he wore no beard or
gmustache. 1 did not notice his features
closely, but 1 should judge that he was
about % or % years old. He wore a
black overcoat, medium length, and
overshoes. 1 think he wore a black soft
hat"
Charles Myers. an employe in Mr..
Williams store, who sold the revol-
yer, gave about the same description
of the man. 1T was about 4:30 or
! o'clock in the afternoon when the
| man came into the store" said My
! ers. He first went TO the back or
the store and asked Mr.. Williams if
we kept revolvers. He was told that
we did, and Mr.. Williams directed
him to me.
81 asked him what kind of a gun
he wanted and he replied he was not
particular. He picked UP the first
volver I laid before him and looked
at it indifferently. Then he laid it
down on the showcase and picked up
a second revolver 1 had got out He
snapped the hammer once or twice,
then said. This will do; and 1 want
a quarters worth of cartridges. AS
soon as I had wrapped up the gun ana
the cartridges he took them and left
the store.
ST noticed the man had not shaved
for several days. short time later
1 saw him pass +he store with Warren
Potts"
Myers, the clerk in the hardware
store, who sold the revolver, when
given a chance to pick out the man
at the county Jail to whom he had
sold the gun, James Lally being one
of the prisoners. did not choose Lally.
but selected a man who has been in
Jail for several months.
What Harry Wells Saw.
Harry Wells, former county attorney
of Nemaha county, and a son of Abijah
Wells former judge Of the court of
appeals, is one of half a dozen people
who saw the murderer escape, and
made no effort to stop him..
Mr.. Wells was standing on the op-
posite side of the street just locking up
the office. He heard the shot, and
thought it was a firecracker. When he
turned, he saw the man standing about
the center of the block.
81 did not see the body of Jordan"
says Well, because the street lamps
were not lighted. The moon was sup
posed to be shining, but just at that
time it was under cloud, and it was
getting pretty dark. The man stood
there for full minute. and 1 suppose
was making sure that Jordan was
dead. Then he walked down to the
corner of the block. He did not run
until he reached the corner. AS he
turned the corner, he broke into a run.
thought to myself that possibly it
was some boy who had broken a VIM
dow glass; The man wore an over
coat, and think wore cap. He was
not large man, or didn't look large in
that light
Who Is Miss Jones?"
Herbert Jordan has a photograph
standing on his dresser in his room at
his brothers residence. 1t is a. photo
graph of some girl not known in
Seneca.
One day one of Herbert's little
nephew asked him: ''Who is that a
picture of?''
bert
No one seems to know who the pic
ture really is, or whether or not it was
some one in whom Herbert Jordan
was greatly interested
The air at Seneca is full of woman
stories about Herbert Jordan Jordan
Is accused of keeping company with a
m1llfner at Kansas City and also a mil
liner at Topeka by the name of Miss
Baker. But even the most industrious
gossips fail to find anyone in Seneca
with whom Jordan was IN the least
intimate.
There is a rumor that Herbert Jor-
dan had been intimate with a certein
girl who is reported to be related in
some way to the Lally family-tha
same family with whom he had tha
land transaction If this report is true
II would give motive for the murder
much stronger than could be figured
out of the land transaction.
Efforts to Catch Murderer
AS soon as Sheriff Dennis was notified
of the murder, he at once had the Mis-
souri, Pacific freight train which vas
about to leave town. searched. He also
put a man on the cowcatcher and an
other man on the rear of the train to
watch the track and right of way ais the
train left town. When the train reach
ed COTS, a little town 10 miles south
he had every car again carefully search
ed. He does not believe the murderer
could have escaped by that train
Telephone messages were sent out in
different directions to keep watch for
young man about % years of age. wear
ing a cap and a dark overcoat. But all
efforts to get track of the murderer
failed.
1t is possible that the man is still In
Seneca or vicinity, mingling unknown
with the people of the town and coun-
try.
The Inquest