The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-12-19
FEAGLE is FREED
CorOner's Jury Returns Verdict,
Slain by Parties Unknown"
Authorities Back at Starting
Point in Bernhardt Case.
MAN IN THE CORDUROY.
Clew That Police Will Follow
Into Its Every Phase.
owner OF an Olathe Hotel Gives
Good Description.
MAN In THE CORDUROY.

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| Kansas City Mo-, Dec. 1s.-After
TOUR arrests and a week Of investiga-
tlon, the police of two cities and the
authorities of Johnson county, Kan
sas' are back again at the starting
point in the Bernhard murder mys-
| terry.
John Feagle has. been released.
Inc coroner's jury has finished its in
quest and reported that the four per-
sons We're slain by parties unknown
the stranger in corduroy The police
Will investigate every phase of that
clew.
John Feagle was released after the
testlmony Of Henry thinner. chief of
the Kansas City, Kan. police; John
ISteed, sheriff of johnson county: Rob
! err Mcknight and Robert Darnel, city
detectives of Kansas City, Kan, and
Olathe, Kan.
All of the officers told the coroner's
jury they believed Feagle was not
guilty of the quadruple murder and
recommended his release. In accord
ance with the verdict of the coroner's
jury, c. B. Little, prosecuting attorney
OF Johnson county, dismissed the
charge of murder filed against Feagles
in Olathe few days ago.
The Man in Corduroy.
w. ]. Mcintyre, owner of the Ave
lnue hotel in Olathe, told thu coroner's
jury another story of the man in the
corduroy and his recital contained the
best description that has been gained
1T was Sunday, December 4, that
the man came into my hotel" McIn-
tyre said. He appeared to have
walked a long, way and his corduroy
/ clothing looked as if he had been 'on
the road His face was unshaved and
his eyes were a bit wild. A small
satchel was swung by rope over one
shoulder. I asked him if he had
al <06 II1fn and In +,
not; that he had come from the st.
Louis & San Francisco depot to the
hotel.
tThen he walked to the counter and
registered, but noticed he signed only
the name, A. Allen. and did not give
his residence. I asked him where he
Jeanne from. He replied shortly that
his home was in Oklahoma; that he
was a farmland and had worked in
this country about two years ago.
inquired where. He did not give the
name of the farm, but he said it was
near Dallas
Strange Conduct in a Hotel.
And what is the description of this
MANI" c. B. Little, the county attor-
ney, asked.
HE was about 40 or As years old
and of dark complexion and on his
face was. about aEweek'S growth of
beard. 1 believe he weighed about 165
pounds and was about feet inches
tall He appeared to have Indian
blood in him. He wore corduroy
suit and corduroy cap, a dark shirt
and knit jacket. His trouser ends
were stuffed in the tops of boots that
were run down at the heels. His hair
was thin on top ~
t-Soon after he arrived I had cause
to watch him. He appeared to be
thinking seriously. He walked up and
down in the lobby of the hotel, his
hands behind him, his head bowed. his
face of morose appearance. Time af-
ter time he did this. When meal time
came he talked so roughly and so
harshly to the girls who waited on
him that they all became afraid of
him.
Later I learned he had talked to
several persons about town and had
told one of them-a man who is not
here today-that his name was not
Allen and he had not come from Ok
lahoma. He did not tell his real name,
but he said his home was in Wichita
and he was member of the Red Men
lodge there.
Came to Kansas City.
"wednesday, December Z, he paid
his bill about noon, threw his grip
over his shoulder and left the hotel.
He told me that he as going down
told others he was undecided where to
go, whether to return home in Wichi-
ia or to go to Joplin. Mo. I have not
seen him since. When he first came
to the hotel he told me he was look
ing for work, but men were in the
hotel several times looking for farm
hands and he made no effort to get
the place. He appeared always to be
too busy with his thoughts. From
the description I am convinced he is
the man who spent Thursday night at
the Brown home in Waldo