The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-22
Old Timers Meet Again After
Long Separation.
One Wore the Blue and the
Other the Gray.
HEARD ON THE PICKET
Exchange Compliments at a
Dangerous Time.
Are Arraigned Together Today
Before Judge Urmy.


unique acquaintance and friendship
formed during the battles of the Wild
erness met for the first time since that
memorable year in the police court
room, both answering a charge Of
drunkenness.
Both veterans are now old and gray.
Jack Patterson of the Fifty-fourth
Pennsylvania regiment has passed his
73rd birthday and p J. Stamford of
the Fourth command of Virginia cav
airy Is 65 years of age. But in the days
of the rebellion and the long and tedi-
Gus campaign Of the Wilderness both
were hardy and daring. The Wilder
ness was full of skirmishes and strategy
and careful watch and picket line
were always kept with utmost dill
gence. Patterson, out on the picket
line one night when the moon shone
beautifully through a mass of drifting
clouds, stepped uneasily about listen
Ing and trying to peer through the
darkness at each faint light from the
moon. Suddenly he heard a small
movement to his right and instantly
his rifle sprang to his shoulder. But he
stump not twenty feet away. Don't
move, old pal, or I'll put a sinker in
YOU" it said. But how far out are
you?" None of your business; how
far are you?'' About a quarter of a
mile 1 guess. pickets several hundred
yards maybe just now, let's talk it over
and be sociable for minute" Same
here. Lonely amt it? Got any tobacco.
We're out on our side"
With the extended Chew of peace,
the two came together and shook for
a short armistice. How the thunder
did you Yanks get over here? We
thought you were still several miles
away?" asked the south. And you
Johnnies, where the h did you come
from, thought you we're down by that
Internal little creek" replied the north.
But say, how much of that weed
have you got? If 1 take the fellows a
little O. that they'll make me a gen.
eral." Take the whole twist, friend,
with best regards for your taste. We've
got lots of it-buJ that's all. Can you
get me a sack of the black brew some
day? Guess We'll still be here tomor-
row. If you see a red rag on a bush,
I'm in it and if you don't want to get
shot say, D the mosquitoes and
whistle a little-and don't forget that
coffee"
Several times later the men met on
friendly terms and then brought com
rades for a swift game of sevenup
where a few minutes served to decide
to whom belonged the spoils of the rapid
stolen campaign. Then Skirmish en-
sued and they were lost to each other
Patterson is now sickly and much con-
fined. To alleviate his suffering yester
day he took too much of the distillation
ard was locked up. Stanford was &C
ordered out of the house. He went to
seek another room and was arrested
trying to get through the lines though
he does not think he was drunk.
Owing to the law of preference to
old soldiers the old veterans we're ex-
cused for their department and released
by the police judge.
AdeIia.
CHAPTER 8.
With the dreadful turn affairs had
taken the wife began to recall things
Frank had told her and the course he
had pursued during the latter months
of their married career. He received
a salary of $125 a month but she never
had seen a cent of his money. Her own
property was fast being used up pay
ing bills incurred by him as well as
herself. 1t began to dawn upon her
that his one desire was to get all her
property away from her. He had of
fered investments for the money and
had suggested mortgaging the home
which belonged TO her. He had made
her a beautiful birthday present of a
horse and buggy in his pretended infatu-
ation-but later on the bills for the
same came to her for payment.
More than that notes made by Frank
for sums of several hundred dollars
were found to have been left to their
securities to pay. and affairs with his
insurance company were not ALWAYS
manager. He continually wanted to get
money from Adeiia and her folks to nav
for something or finance some wildcat
scheme.
Upon her refusal. Frank became furi-
Gus and threatened her with all sorts
of degradation. You do as tell Won
to. come through when 1 say so. or I'll
ruin your reputation and make your
daughter ashamed to face her friends -
he had sworn. She became afraid of
him and dared not appear on the
streets but that he followed her every
step.
terrible charge brought against her
by her prosecutor was made in a full
fillment Of his threats, AdeHa en-
q ployed a private detective to work on
the case and thwart the purpose of
her tormenter to defame her good
name and disgrace her family
That a young man should call upon
her need not indicate disorderly con-
duct as charged by the violent hus-
band TO the police. That was the first
part of Frank which led to the sus-
picion that he was "jobbing" the
whole deal Then his remark that he
would want the officers soon and his
query if they would help him, further
aided the clue. ellison did not know
the man who gave him the address
nor he did not know the woman he
met there. But at the precise min
ute when he arrived there, Frank was
at the police station getting the Of
f1cers to go down and confront the
pair with his vicious charge.
All these points seem to tend to-
ward the conclusion that the accusa-
ton was the result of deep strategy
on the part of the husband to furnish
evidence in the divorce case and to
defame and disgrace the wife whom
he took to protect and defend against
the world.
Adelia, however, has in her possess
sion papers and documents and re-
ceipts which in the opinion of counsel
will present evidence adequate to free
her from her prosecutor and restore
her good name.
CTo be continued,1