The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-29

The rewards will likely be further
augmented by the state as Mr.. Schenck
said before the commissioners. .sI
thought that ]. would go before the
governor and ask that he, too offer an
additional reward for the capture Of the
criminals
In presenting the need for reward to
the commissioners, Mr.. Schenck said:
THE newspapers have said that these
prisoners were held on trivial charges
less serious than those now against
them. That is not true All were held
on felony charges and / consider them
the worst citizens we have had to deal
with in a long time. This Herman
Thompson has confessed that he is
guilty of burglary and larceny. He
broke into the room of Mr.. Leopold and
stole diamonds worth more than s1OO
and the least sentence he can get is six
years in the penitentiary. I do not call
that trivial Yet he might get 16 years
as maximum.
Garter is convicted of breaking into
a freight car for the purpose of stealing
and the least he can get is five years
in the penitentiary. Jay Steen also
broke into freight car and stole wheat
and he too can get no less than f1vS
years. I consider all of them dangerous
men trying to escape severe punish
ment."
"GIadness' Gets His Freedom.
While the offers for reward were be-
ling made for the capture of the men
who assaulted Jailer Bayliss a reward
was also meted out to the young negro
trusty who fought for his keeper during
the scuffle. This is Robert O'Bryant.
more commonly known as Giadness be-
cause of his cheerful disposition. At
torney Schenck suggested that GladneSs
be granted his freedom for his conduct
in assisting Bayliss and the suggestion
impressed Itself upon the commissioners
as an encouragement to others who are
disposed toward good behavior.
Gladness was fined $40 and costs Of
S42 for shooting craps one Sunday out
in Highland park. Gladness often shoots
craps, but this time the case was not
very strong against him anyhow. His
time was to be up the 18th of next
nlonth. 1t was decided that his fine
should be RENTED him as additional
IecogniZance of his faithfulnesS.
In the investigation as to who brought
the cayenne pepper TO Carer in the Jail
the officers have good case against the
mans father, as thought yesterday, and
Green G. Carter. stone mason of North
Topeka. is now under arrest and con-
fined in the county jail from which he
assisted his sen to escape.
The officers have learned that an old
negro bought three pounds Of the pep
per from the Weber grocery store on
lower Kansas avenue Tuesday. The
package of three pounds is now at the
Carter. search is now being made for
the old negro to prove that this is the
same package OF pepper.
There is no doubt that Carter
brought that pepper to Floyd in the
Jail Wednesday when he visited him in
the parlor cell. There is no other
way for it to have gotten in," said Mr.
Bayliss today. He begged and
pleaded his innocence pitifully, but
there is no other way out of it"
| A conversation which took place in
the jail not many days ago between
Deputy Sheriffs Sauls and Green Car
ter leads the officers to suspect the
father much more strongly than they
| otherwise would. Mr.. Carter had
come to see his son and after talking
! to him said to Sauls:
eff was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary, I would kill every man in Shaw
nee county before 1 would be taken
there
The descriptions of the three es-
| capped prisoners follow:
| Floyd Carter-Age 20 years, height
| 5 feet inches. weight about 15b
pounds, light complexion, due to con-
finement, black hair brown eyes. has
| three toes off on right foot. and has
ends of toes off on left foot. Wore
when he left a blue serge coat and
pants, no vest, black soft hat. He
was convicted of burglary and larceny.
| His residence is in North Topeka.
/ Herman Thompson-Age 20 years,
| height feet 6 y inches, weight about
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