The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-20
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Screams in Dead of Night Cause
Excitement.
Woman and Man Seen Carrying
Bundle.
WAS CHILD IN SACK?
"Put My Apron Over It'' Said
Stranger.
Suspicious of Foul Play Small
Satchel Found.

man and woman, the latter carrying a
bundle, were seen to disappear in the
willows in the back of the J. G. Stevlc
lot at SIG North Kansas avenue. Near
the willows this morning a woman
handsatchel was found. 1t con-
tanned shoestrings, white silk
gloves. and a bottle of dark liquid.
There was no clue to the identity Of
the owner.
One theory is that the woman is the
one who is supposed to have accom-
panied two men, dope" tiends, who had
been arrested and released Tuesday
morning. This is because Of the shoe
strings found in the satchel. The men
referred to had been selling shoe
strings.
The police were called when the cries
were heard and went over the ground
where the man and woman had been
seen. The officers found nothing OF the
parties. The satchel found this morn
ing is a small, cheap leather, evidently
much used. Mrs. Stevic found it. she
also says she saw a man carrying a
child under his arm walking along the
dixie either Sunday or Monday night,
she does not remember which and ne
resembled the man whom she saw last
night or rather early this morning.
This afternoon the police report no
further developments. Many think that
the child met with foul play
Fred Krauss, of 533 North Kansas
avenue, and F. B. Simms, county COM
missioner, who lives at 519 North KAN
SaS avenue, also heard the screams, but
could not identify the parties they saw
in the dim light of the early hour.
About o'clock this morning l was
awakened by screams, said Mrs
Stevic. Il arose and went to the Win
dow. I saw a man and woman
standing near the Mattern marble
works adjacent to our lot on the north
The man was dressed in dark pants
lfe~l,+ frt he n a
skirt and light waist. She appeared TO
be slightly stopped and was carrying
something. 1t looked like sack II
seemed that the screams were coming
from the sack. I heard the woman
. There. throw this apron over it,
'Then the two walked east in our
yard to the clump of willows and dis
appeared. AS they started to walk the
cries ceased. I am positive a child
wrapped up in sack, carried by the
woman, had been crying
The following is the program for the
concert to be given at Garfield PARK
tonight by the K. & L. of S:
| March-The Winning Fight ....-..
Observation-Disclosures. A be Holman
Medley waltz-Its Always June When
You're in Love. $500. Chas. h. harris
Selection-A Stubborn Cinderella.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. JOS Z. Howard
Medley-Patriotic-- Geo. Rosey
Overtllre-Parago Geo. D. Bernard
PART II.
March-Champ Clark's Congress: - :.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES w III hun
selection-F'rom the Girl I Love-.
...-.-...--.--:---- D z'ail 1ts+4ae
WaltzeS-Georgia. ...........-.-.. feteee
Rag-Wild Cherries. Ted snyder
Teddy Trombone henry fillmore
Notes and Personals.
No. XyoIlrnan IF 1924 North KANSAS
avenue who was operated upon at
Stormont hospital for stomach trouble
Saturday, is reported to be slowly I'M
proving
Mrs. E B. Robinson is visiting Mrs.
e. B. Bradbury in Page
J. T. Tenant of Silver Lake IS
North side visitor today
Roy Boast Of 900 North Jackson
street, now employed in one OF the
! largest grocery stores in SpOk9ne,
Wash. writes to friends that he is ex-
periencinz some hot weather with the
thermometer at 81 at Spokane mot Tor
that climate) and 116 at other places in
the state.
The Loyal Daughters will give an ice
cream social at the CHRISTIAN churcn
Friday evening.
Miss Jen Cooley Of 1o6 West Twelfth
street. well known on the North side,
| has left for two weeks visit IN Colo
RADIO.
/ The contract Tor the new c6it0iII
/ floor of the North Side Baptist church
| has been let to Cries Bros.
/ Wampanoa tribe No. SO will adopt a
new member at the meeting ot the
| lodge this evening. Other matters of
| Importance will come up and a full at
| tendance is desired.
| Concrete culverts are being placed in
Menoken township where needed in
| stead of the old fashioned wooden ones
The township board decided that the
| cement culverts. while costing about
5000, would be more economical than
| the wooden culverts as the latter wear
out in a couple of years and have to be
replaced. while the cement culverts last
Indefinitely.
Water was shut off from the First
ward today while the new main was
being connected up on Central avenue.
The main was installed when the prop
erty owners of the block agreed to use
enough water for two years to pay 10
per cent of the cost of installa ton.
The engine from headquarters was sent
over to fire station No 1 in case Of
need while the water was shut Of
Mrs r. L Hart has left for a visit
in Los Angeles Cal
Ralph Diffenderfer and Ray Diffen-
derfer of the Union Pacific freight Of
flee have left for a two weeks vaca-
ton in Pueblo
| The Union Pacific has been asked by
the North Topeka drainage board to
build two new jetties just west Of the
west end of the dixie on the Kaw.
A NJ. Petro. druggist
Adams & Adams. pumps, windmill
gas and pipe work, 1006-100S North
| Kansas avenue. Ind. phone 1883
He Favors Arbitration.
Bogota, Colombia, July 20.-President
/ RestrepO. in his message 10 congress,