The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-10
ACK CASE GOES OVER
OVercharge Will Be Settled
Sometime Later.
Mr.. Dryer POstpOnes His Search
in Raging KaW.

Two jail birds saving diligently and
silently as possible at the bars of a
rear window of the mems quarters of
the city prison would have succeeded
in making their escape last night had
not a faithful trusty informed the
chief.
one bar had been sawed off and two
more would have opened a space
large enough for a person to crawl
through. The saving was done just
above the highest cross rod of the
window and was not visible from the
floor, having been done while stand
ing on a bench.
Clarence Young, spending twenty
five days there for stealing a watch at
the Holiday house, and Robert Ches-
ney, a colored parole prisoner of the
reformatory, who had violated that
parole, were the would-be jail break
ers. superintendent J. F. Cady of the
Hutchinson institution was in the city
preparing to take Chesnev back with
him, but in another half hour would
have found his Jail bird flown.
A pal of Young, who has visited
the prison frequently, is suspected of
passing the saw which was found on
He will be watched for and investi-
gated.
Directly below the sawed bar are
three spliced bars which were sawed
off a year ago when two prisoners
escaped.
There is a great deal of delay in
getting Hack Driver Travis to trial.
Yesterday morning the plaintiff came
late and found Travis already gone.
This morning the defendant came late
and found the Griffith boy had been
on time and had some.
The boy was late yesterday because
his mother could not get ready on
time and this morning the hackman
was late because he had to prepare
his rigs for funeral. The judge de-
clared the Travis bond of $50 forfeit
ed this morning and let the plaintiff
go home. few minutes after, Travis
came in with George Kline, his attor-
ney. who contrived to get the case
continued until Monday morning at s
o'clock when an effort will be made to
get everybody around.
In order to launch out early with
the motor boats in an attempt to find
the body of David r. Thomas bv
dragging in the Kaw, D. A. Dryer
employed by the relatives of the miss
ing insane man to conduct the search
arrived in Topeka from Emporia on
Santa Fe train No. 10 at 5:45 this
morning.
When he had gone down to the
river, however, and looked across the
whirling raging high waters filled
with drift, he grew fearful of his
task deciding to wait until the water
had gone down.
Peg Leg McCafferty. much prose-
cuted cider and other drinks dispen-
ser entered upon his sentence today.
On November II, Peg Leg was ar
rested for selling cider spiked to such
a degree that it was intoxicating and
that quickly On December IS, r
was convicted and appealed to the
district court playing for time. There
he pleaded guilty to one count and
today drew his sentence to serve 80
days In the city prison and pay 500
fine.
When he has finished that, he will
still be confronted by another similar
service for selling whisky as side
line all spring to which he has plead
ed guilty on one count.
Calling plain clothes man into his
cider, dispepsary the other day Pes
said. Now, what do you advise me
to do? Shall go to 5ail or shall I
go to the poorhouse. I've got 5000
invested in that jail already. Tell me
Y hat to do, if I go Up there they will
arrest me-" And poor old McClaf-
ferty shook his head in abject dis
couragement.
A certain Jap cook in town is caus-
ing all kinds of excitement because
of his marked resemblance to Leon
Ling of murderous fame in New
York.
9hs city detectives had him down