The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-17

The ofHcerS hope that Lee may be
able to give them some information
about Jordan's habits and acquaint-
ances in Kansas City. 1t may be that
Lees testimony will help to exonerate
Spec Hurlburt.
The Arrest of the Lallys.
There are three brothers living on a
farm near Havensville by the name OF
Mike, Anthony and James Lally. Hav-
ensville is a town in the northeast cor
ner of Pottawatomie county, just over
the Nemaha county line
Saturday morning, Deputy Sheriff
Armstrong of Havensville, on request
Of Sheriff Dennis Of Nemaha county,
arrested these three brothers at their
home, and brought them to Seneca
These were the three brothers who
had been negotiating the sale of a farm
to Herb Jordan. The abstract of title
had been examined by Judge Stillwell,
Jordan's lawyer, and the deeds we're to
pass on March 1. Jordan paid $39 an
acre for the lard, and had made the
statement to good many people that it
was a great bargain He gave 1t out
that the land was really worth much
| more than he had paid for it. The sus-.
/ picion- arose that the Lallys had become
| dissatisfied with their bargain, and had
sought to, break up the trade by the
horrible crime Of murder.
But after Sheriff Dennis and County
| Attorney Emery had examined the Lal-
| lys they became so certain that the
three men had nothing to do with it
that they allowed them to go. The Lal-
| Tvs proved that they were getting all
| they expected to get out of the farm;
| that they had been trying to sell it for
! $35 an acre for some time and had fail
| ed There was not a thing to show
| that they had had any trouble with
Herb Jordan about the trade.
The Lallys all gave testimony at the
coroners inquest Of Saturday afternoon
and after that they were allowed to go
home.
The Case of Jim Lally.
There are still some things to be
brother, a boy of about 23 years. There
are many people in Seneca who con-
denim the officers most severely for
| turning Jim Lally loose. They believe
that he is the guilty man.
On Saturday afternoon, Jim Lally
| claims that he went on horseback to
Corning, which is about half way be-
| tween Havensville and Seneca to see
a doctor about a sore ear. After see
| ing the doctor, Lally claims that he
went to a restaurant in Corning and
got his supper. But the restaurant
man does not remember seeing him
there at supper time. After supper.
Lally claims that he went to Neu-
| chatel, a little French settlement south
of Corning. with the intention OF at
| tending a dance, but when he arrived
there he found it was q mask ball. and
| he did not go in. He says he merely
| looked through the windows of the hall
| where the ball was in progress. After
| staying around there some time. he
| claims that he left for his home,
ride of some eight or ten miles When
| he arrived there, the deputy sherfn,
Armstrong, had gone back to Havens-
VILE. Armstrong returned about a.
M and took James and his two broth
ers to Seneca.
The officers put in Sunday in Corn
ing. Neuchatel and vicinity, looking for
evidence to corroborate or break down
Lally's story. The officers believe that
Lally may have ridden direct from
Corning to Seneca, instead of going
| home by way of Neuchatel.
Warren Potts Failed.
Warren Potts, a little 12-year-old
| bow is an important witness He is
the boy who was asked by stranger
to show him where Herbert Jordan
lived Potts walked with the stranger
/ for five block to point out the Jordan
house That was just after this same
stranger had bought a revolver at the
i Williams hardware store
When Warren Potts was confronted
| with James Lally at the time Of the
inquest, he said he didn't think Lally
| was the man with whom he walked to
the Jordan house
dence of his brother, w. H. Jordan, and
had a night key by which he could get
in and out at any time. He took his
breakfasts with the Jordans, but his
| dinners and suppers he got down at
| ther estauarant. Mrs. w. H. Jordan
saws that Herbert was usually at home
| and in his room by 10 o'clock at night.
When the stranger reached the Jor-
dan corner he met a girl named Emma
| Underline, who lived few doors away.
| He asked her if that was where Jordan
4 lived. and she said it was. But she
could not identify Lally as the man.
The stranger went down the sidewalk
/ outside the Jordan fence, and then
Tho, or-6 haf he a
| and the coal shed. He was seen in
there by D. ]. F'irstenberger. neigh
| hor who was walking past. F1rstenber-
ger saws he thought the man was either
Herbert Jordan or w H. Jordan.
FTirstenberger could not identify La1ly
toa he