The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-13
HARRIES IS HELD.
Young Telegraph Operator Who
Shot a Boy.
Protested That He Didn't In.
tend to Hit Him.
THOUGHT HIM TRAMP.
Was Afraid He and Companions
Would Make Trouble.
Frank Carlisle Adjudged Insane
in Probate Court.

Harries, the night operator at the
Santa Fe junction over in North To-
peka, was held in city court today
and Harries was bound over to district
court in the sum of $500.
1t will be remembered that Harries
shot Clarence, the 14-year- son of
1. w. Parker, els Leland street,
while the boy was at the depot on the
night of June 81. The bullet from
Harries' pistol struck the boy in the
foot, infiicting a bad wound.
The testimony introduced today by
the state was to the effect that the
Parker boy in company with a negro
boy named Jordan, Gilbert Brennan
and another boy were returning from
fishing trip on Soldier creek. They
stopped at the junction depot at 10
o'clock that night and the Parker
boy went inside to ask the operator
the time of night. The latter gave
gruff reply and ordered the boy out
of the depot. When Parker reached
the end of the platform Harries drew
his pistol and told him 10 move faster.
The operator fired at this moment
and the boy sank to the platform
moaning with pain. foung Parker
appeared in court today on a pair of
crutches.
The. plea of the defense was that
Harries thought the Parker boy and
the negro Jordan We're couple of
hoboes and was afraid of them. Har-
ries. who is only a boy himself, took
the stand and testified that Parker
and Jordan carried clubs in their
hands. He declared that he only
fired to Brighten the Parker boy away
and did not aim to hit him at all.
That after the shot was fired he car
ried the wounded boy into the depot
and did all he could for him.
The depot is situated in a lonely
spot, and the boys nad no business
hanging about there at that time of
night, but at that they were only
boys and it is hard to justify Harries'
indiscriminate use of a revolver. 1t is
severe lesson to both defendant
and prosecuting witness.
Frank Carlisle, the Santa Fe shop
man who left here a short time ago
for the harvest fields in the west part
of the state and who became insane
while in Abilene and was brought back
here by Sheriff Wilkerson last Saturday
was today adjudged insane by the pro-
bate court and ordered sent to the asy-
lum. Carlisle refused to talk to the
commission and merely answered few
of their questions with a shake of the
head or brief yes or no. Carlisle's'
the worst ordeals a woman is called
upon to go through in this world Is to
hear her husband adjudged hopelessly
insane.
The Shawnee county commissioners
today received word from the commits
sioners of Wabaunsee county that they
would arrive here this evening for a
consultation with the Shawnee county
board regarding bridge matters. While
appear before the state tax commits
sion in regard to several assessment
cases appealed over their decisions
Margaret B. Cutbirth has fled suit
for divorce from Robert G. Cutbirth,
alleging gross neglect of duty. Her Pc
tition states that the defendant spends
his nights away from home and his
money for liquor" The plaintiff asks
for absolute divorce from defendant
because of his faults and wrongs above
narrated
c. S. Bone was arrested in Kansas
City and brought here to face a charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Sheriff Wilkerson was the suf-
ferer, having endorsed the young mans
check for $50 while the latter was here
about a month ago. The Kansas City
bank refused payment on the check and
the sheriff was out the $50 and the
young man turned up missing. Last
week the sheriff learned that Bone was
in Kansas City and he wired the Off
GERS to arrest and hold the youth. The,
sheriff was induced to sign the young
mans check from the fact that he had
known the older Bone, preacher
years ago and had often listened to his
sermons. The son has evidently stray
ed far from the path his father had
followed before him.
An Indian boy named Andrew Jack
son was arrested by the police as a
runaway from Haskell institute. The
officers from that institution arrived
today and took the boy back to the
school. This Indian youth with the
famous name of the old conQueror of
the Creeks evidently does not take to
the white mans ways.