The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-13
Was Finely F. Wilson Victim OF
Murderous Robbers!
All of His Money Had Been
Taken From Him.
Thrown FROM TRAIN
Apparently There Is No Doubt
of That Fact.
How Parkhurst- Davis Got Ihelr
start in North Topeka.
FROM TRAIN

1,,-.,,,s+ances IN the case of Finely
T. wilson formerly of Elmont' Who
died Thursday afternoon at OaAieS 80 80
n a possibility of foul play anu nc
tbree negroes may be implicated - ~.
ever a train crew found wilson
o,,slv hurt and unconscious near
.oi, cost of Page Wednesday morn
sng saw there were no Indications ~
-,.,7rdar This is according TO W.
ward of Page, a former North 10
relxa man. who brought the oouS %
Mr.. Wilson to Topeka yesterday "A
C. Ward and Mrs. r. Wilson me the Iil NJ
or of the dead man, and Mrs Nay
Wi,eon his widow, also came with the
remains. ~, a
MIR wilson's death was caused by
clot on the brain ACCORDING 70 d Do
cific AT Oakley who attended MN. ne
died at the latter's home he never
regained consciousness so that the eH-
act manner in which he met Win me
accident resulting in his death VIII
probably never be learned.
However it is known that ne hau
considerable money with him Wnen ne
left here but only 10 cents IN casn
1Sitt, a draft for about $500 were found
1t was also told by the wife of sec
ton man at Oakley that on the morn
ing of the accident. three negroes IN
formed her they had passed man "
sng near the tracks but didn't KNOW |
Whether he was dead or not and they
were going to find out. she sald tndt
they also stated that they notiIe9
man AT a store in Oakley OF thelr us
covery. and then started in the dlrec-
zion where the injured man was AFTER
ward found. Regarding TINS a -.
Ward who has store in Oakley. says
that the men answering to the descrlp-
zion of the negroes were in his store,
hut told him nothing of their find Ihe
two of the men are described as belng
and the other rather tau anu
slim. and dressed in ordinary working
IT seems that crew of a west
bound extra freight saw the injured
They picked him up and took him TO
oakley They say that wilson was
living partly on his face which was /
badly skinned and bruised When 1
found his coat was buttoheo up anu
he wore ear muffs. His hat was torn. {
as if from contact with the cinders OF
the track. but there We're no marks IN, /
dicating that any one had dlsturD eu
his pockets. A watch was SUN on MS
This strengthens the accident $
theory. However, the Wards seem in
clined to think that he had been '
that the guilty persons took only cash II
and were afraid to take the watch Tor c
fear it might be Identified. S
According to the Wards. John t
Bradbury, VINO 1eIL 1OT age at IiAO Y
same time as Wilson, told them that l
before starting he suggested taking +
more money but Wilson replied that l
he had enough for both of them VIII
son was in the caboose of the freight d
and Bradbury went in the car with a
their household goods which were be- t
ing shipped to Page.
Bradbury said that when Salina was .
reached Tuesday. Wilson told him he b
was going to Page ahead of the car
to attend a sale on Wedn esday. He e
also said he saw nothing of Wilson t
since, but that the agent at Salina b
stated that he sold one ticket to V
Oakley that evening. b
This leaves the supposition that T
Wilson boarded a freight at Oakley. "
The through passengers do not stop at
Page
There are two kinds of men: Big men E
and little men. Little men pull apart;
Dig men pull together.-Old Saying.
The destruction of the Parkhurst~
Davis wholesale grocery house by fire /
Thursday night. recalls the fact that t
he firm originated in North Topeka and L
hat the members of the firm were t
North Topeka boys. +
The Parkhursts came from Madison
Wis, to North Topeka about 1870 The j
boys were in the senior year of the @
| l.