The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-30


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Collector of Criminal Records
VIII McClaughry, head Of the United
States bureau of Identification at
Leavenworth, has probably the larg-
est collection of criminal records in
the world at his headquarters in the
federal prison He has 10,959 photo
graphs of United States prisoners
from the state institutions and over
10000 finger print records of criminals
besides nearly $1,000 cards containing
names and criminal records
Kansas Students Best Judges
The beautiful silver cup offered by
the Kansas City Stock Yards COM
pany for proficiency in stock Judging
by college students passes into the
possession of the State Agricultural
college at Manhattan for the ensuing
! twelve months. This splendid tro-
ply wac first competed for at the
American Royal show last year and
was won by the Iowa team. In the
contest this year, held Monday Octo-
Der 10, Prof. Kinzer's aggregation of
stock judges secured the victory in
a closely contested fight, Ames taking
second place and the Missouri boys
third. In order to secure permanent
possession of the trophy the same col
lege must win three successive times
The Airship Came Down.-Frank
Goodale, naviator with the Roy Kna-
benshue airship. which has been in
, Wichita making flights since the jubi-
lee week, narrowly escaped death
while attempting flight. AS he was
ascending into the air. heavy gust
of wind caught the PROV of the air
ship and turned the balloon almost
over. Goodale saved himself by turn
| ing the airship east and righting 1t,
but another gust of wind caught the
forward part of the balloon and bent
it downward striking the tin rudder
when a hole was torn in the balloon,
allowing the gas to escape. Goodale
was about seventy-five feet in the air
at the time and the airship dropped
almost straight to the ground. AS
sistants rushed to the scene and pick
ed Goodale out, expecting to find him
injured severely. Not a bone was
broken, however, and he only sus-
tanned few slight bruises. An at
tempt was being made to circle the
city and pass around the city build
ing.
Old Soldier Committed Suicide
William X. Dixon, an old soldier uf-
wards of sixty years old, shot and ib-
stantly killed himself at the home of
son living near Wayne. Trouble in
the family over the disposition of his
property, which caused him worry,
is given as the cause of his having
taken his own life. Mr.. Dixon was
member Of the Seventeenth Ohio
volunteers in the War of the Rebel
lion and was wounded in the battle
of Chickamauga, so as TO be crippled
for life.
Frank Burford Is Freed.-Frank
Burford, accused of an assault on lit
tie Mabel Gay, was discharged after
the preliminary hearing before Judge
Earhart at Winfield. The child was
on the stand, but her testimony could
not be drawn out only by leading
questions. She confessed to being fire.
quently whipped by her mother for
telling stories" For this reason her
testimony was not given much weight.
Burford is an intelligent looking man,
one Of the foremen OF Besler's cement
good impression on the stand.
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The Auto Turned Turtle.-W. s.
Romigh, prominent farmer of Chase
county. SO years cid. was killed while
driving an automobile he had recent
ly purchased. The machine ran off
the stone culvert at Spring Creek
crossing, just west of Cottonwood
Falls. and turned completely over Mr..
Romigh taught the Cottonwood Falls
school in 1868 and 1869 and was ccun-
ty surveyor one term and editor OF
the Courant and Reveille for some
years. He lived on his farm one mile
west Of Cottonwood Falls.