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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
WHO DIED FIRST
Suit Filed by Heirs of Bern
hardt Raises Question.
Estate Worth $4,000 Prize in
Legal Battle.
KILLED LAST YEAR.
Mother and SOR Found Murdered
on Kansas Farm.
Heirs Cannot Agree on Division
of Property.

Olathe, Kan. Oct Bid the man
who murdered Emeline and George
Bernhard hide in the barn or in the
house? If he hid in the barn it is
llkeIy he Killed George Bernhard first.
If he hid in the house it is likely the
woman, mother of the dead man, was
the first victim
Big Estate the Prize.
Heirs of Mrs. Emeline Bernhard and
George Bernhardt, her son, who were
murdered on the Bernhard farm In
Johnson county last December, are
fighting over the disposition of their
$4,000 estate and have put before the
district court the difficult problem of
which of the two murdered persons
died first Upon the establishment of
that fact will determine the proportions
in the division of the property.
The body of Mrs. Bernhardt was
found in a closet in the Bernhardt
home, while Georges body was found
in the barn. The murderer never has
been apprehended and there is no di-
rect evidence to show whether the
mother was killed first or after the
murder of her son. The heirs failed to
gree on a division of the property and
now the court will have to decide for
them.
Mrs. Bernhard was a widow with
three children and Bernhardt was a
widdoWer with three children when
they married. Three children were
born of that marriage of which
Mrs. Nancy Mason of Leaven-
worth is the only one living
George Bernhard, her brother, was
unmarried. Mrs. Mason alleges that
her mother died first and that her
brother, thereupon automatically in
herited share of the mothers estate,
which share, with his own estate,
passed to Mrs. Mason al sole heir when
he died.
Saw Brother Died First.
The other heirs, children of Mrs. Ma
son by her first marriage, take the
other view, alleging in their suit that
George Bernhardt died first and that
his mother thereupOn became an heir
to his estate, and her portion, with her
own estate, descended to them and to
Mrs. Mason. While Mrs. Mason is an
heir no matter what the decision, her
share will be considerably reduced if
it is held that George Bernhard was
murdered first. She will then get only
one-half of her brothers estate and o
share in her mothers estate. The
children of Mrs. Bernhardts first mar
rage live in Colorado and Washington
Mrs. Mason was appointed admins
tratrix of the joint estate. The suit
against her is brought by children and
grandchildren of Mrs. Bernhardt's first
marriage. Her first husband was John
Brundenburg.
Mrs. Bernhard and her son and
Thomas Morgan and Glenn Cotner,
farm hands, were found murdered on
the Bernhard farm in Johnson county,
twelve miles south of Kansas City, De-
cember IL, 1910. A reward of $1,000 was
offered, but the slayer or slayers never
have been apprehended.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

only sixteen years old. But Burns was
an ardent sutton, the petition says, and
persuaded the girl to wed him anyway
The young couple started from Elgin
for Sedan, the county seat, the night
of August %. Reaching here at 2
o o'clock, they routed the probate judge
out of bed and We're married at 8
o'clock in the morning. They return
ed then to Elgin, expecting and hoping
to receive the fathers blessing, but in
stead of bestowing a blessing, the father
made the girl go home, where she has
remained. She and her husband have
not lived together since, according to
the divorce petition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
J. D. McCREA ESCAPES AGAIN.
But Prisoner Does Not Get Far on His
Second Attempt


Second Attempt.
Leavenworth, Kan, Oct 3-Thirty
minutes stolen liberty cost John D.
McCrea and Roy A. Lehman, federal
convicts, a term of solitary confne-
ment. And McCrea probably will
have to wear an Oregon boot because
this was his second attempt 10 escape
within a month.
McCrea and Lehm1n, unnoticed,
crept away from the gang working on
the prison term: 1aL nutsIde the walls.
Henry Reed and W. H Morgan,
guards, missed their faces within 20
minutes, and, leaving other guards
with the gang, they began a search.
Their search was not long. While
they were climbing through a bar5ed
wire fence dbont 200 yards from TIE
tracks the convicts sprang from A
clunp of bushes a few yards away and
started to run Reed drew his revolver
and fired one shot. Both convicts
stopped. The recapture was effected
before the alarm was sounded at the
prison.
McCrea escaped from the railroad
gang September 6. He told a guard
that he was going for a bucket of
water and when out of sight he
changed his prison garb for a soldiers
uniform or civilians clothes and left.
st. Joseph, Mo-, police caught him Sep
TENDER 16 and returned him to prison.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
SUIT INVOLVES BIG RANCH.
Land Valued at $4,000, Subject tc
Litigation, just Started.

Salina. kan, Oct. "A law suit
that is said to involve the greatest
amount of money and the largest
amount of land ever filed in western
Kansas has just been fled in Graham
county by A J. Rice against Willard
E. Lyon, a land broker of Lincoln
Center; A. G. Mormis, a land agent
of Hill City, and George Hundermark
of Lincoln, the former owner of 1,48O
acres of land in this county. The
amount of money involved is $4,000,
the consid Grafton of the deal when the
land was transferred from Hunder-
mark to Rice several months ago
The land constitutes what was for
merly known as the Glendale ranch,
located in Glendale township, Saline
county, and was at one time the prop
erty Of ex-Congressman ]. D. Bower
sock of Lawrence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
TRIES SUICIDE ON TRAIN.
Kansan Fails in Death Attempt and
Goes to HOSDifal

Lawrence. Kan. Oct. 3-A telegram
was received here by w. W. Burnett,
Santa F'e agent, that Walter Parrish,
of this city, had attempted to commit
suicide on a Santa F'e train near Flag
staff, Ariz. The telegram asked what
Relatives in this city teIegraphed back
that Parrish should be taken to a pri-
vate hospital and given the best pos
sible care.
Last Friday Walter Parrish bought
a colonist ticket to California and
started on his trip. That was the last
anyone at the Santa Fe had heard of
him until the word came yesterday that
he attempted to cut his throat. This
he did. but not seriously enough to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
HAS ALTERNATELY BEATEN.
sCatch EN- Alive, Kansan Gets ALI
gator -Four Feet Long.

Belleville, Kan, Oct. 3.-Nick Lang
behn is in the Teddy Roosevelt class
now and he did not have to go to
Africa to capture the big game He
captured a four foot alligator in a
pool of water near the tool house on
the Rock Island. The beast seemed to
be having a good time all by himself,
but Langbehn took the alligator home
and put him in a barrel. The alliga-
tor probably belonged to one of the
shows at the fair and the owner sup
posed someone had stolen him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

received the letter and will consider
it. The letter was written by z. Doyle
on the u. S. S. Albany at Shanghai.
China In this letter Mr.. Doyle states
that he has a little more time to do
and that he is an infielder and also
makes application in behalf Of a friend
who is also an infielder.
Both of these young men have play
ed baseball on the team of the L. S. s
Albany and in Seattle. Wash.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

Atchison. kan, Oct 3-Richard A.
Park, last of the Park family of bank
ers in this city, has resigned as vice
president of the Atchison Savings bank
and has sold his interest in that in
stitution to enter the mercantile bust
ness in a town near Kansas City, Mo.
Ill health is the cause of his retire
ment from the banking business.
His father, the late R. A. Park, es-
tablished the Atchison Savings bank
many years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
TWO HORSE THIEVES GONE.
sheriff Decides Not to Ask Marshal to
Make Arrests.

Make Arrests.
Mulvane. Kan, Oct. 3.@Two badly
wanted horse thieves, on whose heads
are $50 reward each, made a neat
getaway. from here while Sheriff Mil
haubt and his deputy, Fordyce, were
on hand, having come down in a motor
car for the express purpose of taking
the much 1onged for young men into
the tolls.
Sheriff Milhaubt was notified of the
presence of the alleged horse stealers
in Mulvane and might have had them
arrested had he telephoned to the
marshal here. But he thought best
the other way and hurried down with
his deputy in an auto. The rest is his
tory. The whereabouts of the two
men is not known today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
BERGER SPEAKS TO STUDENTS.
Milwaukee Socialist Will Lecture al
Pittsburg Normal.

Pfttsburg, Kan. Oct. 3.-Victor L.
Berger, the sole representative of So
cialism in the national congress, will
speak in the auditorium at Lincoln
park, October g.
Berger is known to be the best rep
resentative of the socalled sane So
cialism" which has made Milwaukee
famous. It is expected that Berger
will have a large audience.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC EXPLAINED
Jetmore Inspection Shows Wen Water
Is Bad.

Jetmore, Kan, Oct. 3.-The unex-
pected increase in the attendance in
the new county high school here has
necessitated the employment of an
other teacher. Miss Florence Pennock
of Baldwin.
An analysis of the water at the
county and city wells here shows that
the former is very bad. This may ac-
count for some of the cases of typhoid
fever that have occurred here. The
city is repairing its water mains so
that there will be no danger of infec-
ton from that source.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
HE WANTS TO PLAY BALL.
Boy on Albany Asks Bill link for Job
Next Year.

HUTCHINSON, kan, Oct. 3.-Bill link,
who finished the 1911 season as mana
ger of the Seward team in the Ne
braska State league, is known every
where the game is known. As an ex-
emplifcation of the fact, he has re-
ceived a letter from Shanghai, China,
from q young man who is serving
Uncle Sam who wants a contract with
him at Seward, Neb-, next year.
This is an unusual request but Bill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

all through the northern and eastern
parts of the county the precipitation
ranged from four to seven inches. The
sudden rise of the smaller streams
brought down quantities of drift mat
ter and several of the smaller bridges
were washed out. The mail carriers
on the six routes out of this city today
reported many washouts of culverts
and small bridges.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
BETTER CORN THAN BEFORE.
Yield in Lyon County Shows Increas,
Over Last Year

corn than last year. is what the farm
ers say, and now that the corn cut
ting is over, they ought TO be able to
judge Whatever the corn growers
have had to say of the extreme pros
poets of the corn-and many of them
have talked freely of it in Emporia
the past week-they end up with the
judgment that the crop will be better
than in 1910. Better corn in spite of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
TAFT GETS BIG MELON.
Kansan Who Gave So Pounds Gets an
Acknowledgement.

Atchison, Kan. oct. g. While
President Taft was here last week
Turke Burke presented him with a S.
pound watermelon raised on +. T.
Schmidt's melon farm east of here.
Today Mr.. Burke. who distinguished
himself several years ago by pummel-
ing Clerin Zumwalt, a spotter. received
an acknowledgment from President
Taft
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
HER ROMANCE SHATTERED.
Father of Pretty Usage Maiden Asks
Divorce for Her.

marriage romance eliminated here in
a divorce suit, when Joseph Boulanger,
q wealthy Usage Indian, brought an
action in the district court as next
friend of his daughter, Viola, to have
her freed from Lee Burns of Elgin.
The petition reveals an interesting
story.
Viola, it seems, is but sixteen years
old and met Burns recently while Wis
iting her sister at Elgin. The petition
says that Burns knew the girl was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
DIES REsCUING WORKMAN.
Emil Utz Gives Life That Linemal
May Live.

Wichita, Kan, Oct. 3.-Emil Utz, a
telephone lineman, died here trying to
save a fellow workman's life. Edward
Trent became entangled at the top of
a pole in wires carrying 1900 volts.
He was burned severely.
JItz climbed to Trent'S assistance and
disengaged him, at the same time re-
ceiving the current into his own body.
Utz was dead when taken down. Trent
NAV recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
BoODIN GETS OUT BOOK.
*. U. Professors writing Brings Him
Worldwide Fame.

Lawrence, kan, Oct. 3--John Elof
Boodin, professor Of philosophy at the
University of Kansas, is the author of
book just issued on Philosophy,
Truth and Reality Professor Boodin
has for some time been given place
of distinction in his line of work
This is the first book that Professor
Boodin has written, although he is the
author of MANY articles and papers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
BIG BLUE RISES 26 FEET.
Rain Of seven Inches Covers Roads to
Denth of Eve Feet.

Marysville. kan, Oct 3.-The Big
Blue river, which rose nearly &c feet
from the heavy rains of Saturday night
and Sunday. covering the wagon road
entering the city from the west to a
depth of five feet. is slowing receding
at this point It has fallen four feet
The rainfall here was six inches and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

dry weather and hot winds and bugs.
The general opinion of the corn
situation is that it is "streaky." This
means that strips of good and poor
corn follow each other over the cOun-
ty as i whole, and even through the
fields
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
No Score at Maple Hi.

Maple Hill, Kan, oct. 3.-Maple Hill
and Alma high schools played the first
game Of the season here yesterday. the
final score being 0 to 0. Maple Hill
made most of her gains on end runs
while Alma used line plays with bet
ter success. Attendance, 200 Referee,
Joe Romick: umpire. +. A. Adams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
WOMAN FALLS INTO FIRE.
Almost Cremated Before Burned Body
Is Found.

lola, Kan, Oct 3-=Stricken with
apoplexy while standing over a pile of
burning trash, Mrs. E. Underford col
lapsed in the center of the bed of fire
and was fatty burned here. The body
was almost cremated. No one wit
messed the accident.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03

cause his death or any bad effects
Dependency was given as the cause
for attempted suicide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-03
4Days More FREE t; { $ !: !;
Choose From
Newest Fall
Woolens

We do not restrict your
choice. Our entire stock of
hundreds of rich, crisp, pure
wool fabrics is at your dispos-
al. Choose any one for your
suit, overcoat and pants, or
choose a different pattern for
each.
Our fabrics are woven in
our own mills from wool as
pure as a sheep can grow.
They are dyed in the wool
sun and dew tested. The most
fashionable patterns are
thickest here.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
RAT HAS HIS USES.
For Telephone Companies He Is
Proving Great Asset

Chicago, April 2S.-A crate of 20
live rats viii be shipped to the Rock
ford, Ill, telephone exchange today.
1--WE are laying several miles OF
conduit" Frank Eby, manager of the
telephone company explained. THE
cable could be fished through by US
ing a thick wire, but we understand
there is quicker operation to use
rats,
"A light cords is fastened around
a rats neck. 1t is released at the
mouth of the conduit; instinctiyely
it runs to the other end, where our
men capture it. With the string we
pull through heavier cord and fin
ally the cable
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28

men seized the youth early in the
evening while he was walking home
from a tennis club They bound and
gagged their victim, threw him into
a closed carriage and took him to a
deserted shack in q little suburb
According 10 the young Smyth 5
story, one man departed, saying he
was going to get Frances Hochstet-
Ter, the 16-ycar-old girl chum of
Smyth who also had been threaten
ed. The remaining kidnaper was oy-
ercome by the fumes of chloroform
he was administering to his captive.
At that juncture the lad escaped
to street car, which took him home.
He is in a serious condition of ner-
vous fright and stupor. The affair
marks climax to a mystery which
has alarmed the city for three weeks
Letters demanding $1,000 on threat
of kidnapping the boy and the girl
aad been persistent up to Sunday and
detectives guarded both the threaten
ed families.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
PEACE IN MEXICO BLOW
TO SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE.
Many Had Gathered at New Orleans
and Have Nothing in View.
May Start a War.

New Orleans, April 2S-The
peace negotiations in Mexico have
left high and dry in New Orleans an
unusually large number of so-called
soldiers of fortune" who had all
but completed arrangements to join
the insarrectos when the news of
Madero's agreement to an armistice
was received. The contingent of figh-
ters here includes ten men who were
recently discharged from the revolu-
tionary army in Honduras, a Swedish
artillery officer and a German ma
served in Gen. Bonilla's revolution
in Honduras and who came here en-
route to Mexico, are two captains,
two machine gunners and six sharp
shooters.
If peace in declared in Mexico,
these men may be expected to start
something in Central America, al
ways an inviting field for the profess
sional fllibuster. Already there is
talk among certain well known local
promoters of revolutions of another
uprising in Nicaragua and several of
the men just back from Honduras ac-
knowledge that they have given
Gen. Lee Christmas their promise TO
hold themselves in readiness for fur
ther service in Honduras All of them
expect further trouble in that repub-
lie following the elections in No
vember.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
Reached CenturY Mark

San Antonio, Texas, April rs
With the death of Mrs. Ann Webb
yesterday another person more than
100 years old and a resident of San
Antonio has passed away. Within the
past three years more than half
dozen people whose ages were be-
yond the century mark from one to
eight years have died in this city,
many of them having lived here for
three-quarters Of a century. Among
these was Sonora Candelaria, the one
woman who was in the Alamo when
its 1874 defenders were massacred by
Santa Annals men She delighted to
talk of her experiences, particularly
of the exciting time when she was
caring for Bowie after he was wound
ed in the Alamo siege. She always
insisted that the names of four Mex
leans. one of them being that OF her
husband, should be added to the list
of the Alamo defenders, Sonora Can
deleria was an inyeterate cigarette
and consumed great quanti
ties of coffee, but notwith stlading
this she retained all her facilities &c
the time of her death. 1t is maintain
eq by those who have given attention
tc the matter that moe people live
beyond the century mark in this city
than in any other city of the country.
Residing here now are half dozen
or more whose ages are from two tx
five years above the hundred.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
REFUSE
TO NAME TRIPLETS,
Roosevelt, Taft, Miss Gould and Mrs.
Sage Asked to Give Names to
Kentucky Babies


Henderson, Ky, April 2S.-Mr.
and Mrs. George w Duncan of Cory
don, this county, parents of triplets,
born March s, last, yesterday gave
out for publication letters received
from President Taft. ex-President
Roosevelt, Miss Helen Gould and
Mrs. Russell Sage and the editors of
the Christian Herald, all declining
with thanks to name any one of the
children.
President Taft congratulated the
parents and wished "a long, prosper
Gus and happy life" for the children,
but declined to name them. c l..
Roosevelt rendered hearty congrat-
ulations" to both parents, particular
ly Mrs Duncan The colonel was ask
ed to name one boy and Mrs, Roose-
welt to name the girl He wrote that
he could not break a rule not to
name children in such a case.
Miss Gould and Mrs. Sage also de-
clined to name the children but sent
expressions of appreciation to the
parents The Christian Herald thank
ed the Duncans for a photograph Of
the triplets.
After they had been refused as
sistance from so many distinguished
sources, the Duncans decided to do
the naming themselves and the rip
lets are now Ralph, Ruth and Ruby.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
A Guaranteed Substitute for CaIomel
-Dodson'S Liyer-Tone.

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fuse substitutes. Fearis Drug Store
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Good results always follow the
use of Foley Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief in all cases OF kidney
and bladder disorders. Try them.
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
Onion Crop Is Immense.

San Antonio, Texas, April rs
Some notion of the vast onion crop
grown along the Rio Graude river in
Texas can be gathered from the fact
that the Laredo district alone has
shipped during the present harvest
/ 43 cars. About two-thirds of the
crop has been gathered, but the re-
turn 50 far has given to the onion
farmers moro than $1,000,000.
Large shipments have been made
from Cotulla, Asherton, Eagle Pass,
Gardendale, and points in the Lower
Rio Grande valley and on the Gulf
coast. Five years ago the land from
which millions will be realized this
year in Bermuda onion production
was uncultivated cattle range. While
the onion crop of Texas this year will
almost double that of last year, il
will be short of expectation from
the fact that onions are not as large
this season as last.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
ESCAPES FROM KiDNAPERs.
Son of Former Nebraska Official
Leaves Den When Captor is
Overcome

Omaha, Neb., April 2S.-Dazed by
the influence of choloroform, Bern
ard Smith, Is years old walked into
his home about midnight and told a
remarkable story of his escape from
kidnapers.
In fulfilment of many blackmail-
ing letters demanding high ransom
from the boys father, c. j. Smyth
former attorney general, two masked
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-28
WAR ON LAKE TROUT.
Declared Miniature Sharks, Their
determination Is On.

Buffalo, n. y, April 2S.-A cam
paign for the determination of lake
trout has begun by Charles Bully
mere, president of the Erie County
Society for the Protection of Birds,
Fish and Game. He declares that the
trout, which he calls miniature
sharks, are a menace to all Other
lake fish.
Speaking of carp, Mr. Bullymere
says in his annual report that in his
opinion the present law regulating
the use of nets to within one-half
mile of the shore should be modified
allowing carp to be caught with nets
at any distance from the shore.
These fish, he explains, are enemies
to all others that spawn near the
shore.