The Topeka state journal., 1912-07-25
Young Farm Hand Missing
Since Night of July 6.
NOT ENOUGH INVESTIGATION
NeighbOrhOOd Regards Police
and Sheriff Derelict.
Urge That Force Continue
Search for Man.

the w. S. Robinson farm, known as
4 the Page farm" northwest of To-
peka, is still a mystery although he
has been missing since June 6. A few
days later Mr.. Robinson reported his
| ifs force. They promised to look into
the matter, but today the farmers or
/ the neighborhood think that the in
Testigation was not carried on thor
/ oughly enough and the suspicion OF
| foul play grows stronger each day.
NJ. Lewis, a confectioner and dealer
! in musical instruments at BIB North
Kansas avenue, appears to be the last
person to have seen Mr.. Denny when
| the farm hand was in his shop about
| II o'clock of the night of his disap-
pearance. According to Mr. Lewis he
came in to inquire about trading a
violin. He walked out of the store
after a moments conversation. He in
timated that he would call again.
Shortly before this he left his COM
panions, Charles Jackson, Earl Taylor
and a Mr.. Young, according to their
statements, at Kansas avenue and
Laurent street, saying that he was go
ing to see about getting violin, and
requested them to wait for him a few
moments.
The young men mentioned are also
4 farmers. The few moments lengthen-
ed into half an hour and the party
! began to hunt for him. After an hour
| they gave up and went home.
Was He Slngged and Robbed?
At that time Denny had about $40
| in his clothes. 1t is feared that some
| one slugged and robbed him and eth
er carried him off alive or killed him
and hid his body. No other reason for
! his staying away can be given as far
as is known. He had no love affairs
| as far as was learned. He was about
25 years old and nice appearing. He
was quite intelligent and well edu-
Gated. He had attended an agricul-
tural school in Oklahoma. but left on
account of being mixed up in hazing
scrape. His parents, he said, are dead,
but he has an uncle living in Nemaha
county, his boyhood home.
Because no relatives are prodding up
the investigation, and because the
farmers feel that proper steps are not
being taken to learn the truth of the
affair, the farmers who knew him are
becoming indignant. They think that
the fact that young Denny left good
and medium suit of clothes at the
Robinson farm, had decided to take
violin lessons of Charles Calkins,
whose farm is not far from the Robin
son place, and had taken one lesson, as
tention of the young man to remain
near Topeka. They are inclined to
think that he did not voluntarily leave
and from day to day greatly fear that
he has been done away with.
Mrs J. E. McDaniels of 1915 North
Quincy street, Kansas state secretary
of the c. w. B. n. of the Christian
gram is completed for the annual state
meeting of the society to be held at
Larned the first week in october. Ac-
cording to Mrs. McDaniels among the
features of the week will be talks by
F. NJ. Raines of Cincinnati, national
secretary of the Christian church for
eign missionary work, recently return
ed from a world wide trip; also ad-
dress by /. n. McCash of Cincinnati,
national secretary of the home mis-
sion work, and lectures by Miss An
Meta Newcomer, Iowa state secretary
of the G. w. B. M, who has just made
a visit of the mission stations in India,
China and japan. Rev. George E.
Lyon of Topeka, brother of Rev. David
Lyon, former pastor of the Central
Avenue Christian church, will also be
present, as well as David owen, state
superintendent of the Bible school
work Rev. Mr.. Lyon is Kansas state
superintendent of home mission work.
Mrs. McDanie1s is also sending let
ters over the state asking the recipient
to contribute to the home mission work
one penny for every year he or she
has lived in Kansas. She also urges
that socials be given for the cause
"sunflower'' specials with yellow ices
and brown cake refreshments to carry
out the sunfiower idea The envelopes
used by Mrs. McDaniels also carry out
the color scheme-yelloW with sunfioweI
and golden rod stamped thereon.
A motto by Mrs. Isabel Macarthur
1913 South Topeka avenue, Kansas
writer, appears on the envelope. 1t
follows:
"Be loyal and true
To the sunhower hue.
And when you read these stanzas
Put a penny in here
For every year
That you have lived in Kansas"
william Dransfield, north of Topeka,
his dairy COWS and equipment to w.
H, Davis, the head of the Davis Mer-
camille company. Mr.. Davis will trans
fer the dairy outfit to his Idlewild
dairy. Mr.. Dransfield and family will
leave in october for an extended visit
on the Pacific coast. He will rent his
farm consisting Of more than 20 acres.
He has been in Shawnee county more
than 80 years and is popular and in
fuential man in the neighborhood.
Notes and Personals.
E. B. Maze was in Kansas City on
| business Wednesday.
A MeHden man asks what has be-
come of the old-fashioned mother who
warned her little boy not to pull the
cats tail.
E. w. Jett, Union Pacific agent, has
left for a business trip to. Kansas City
/ and Omaha
Charles Pence has returned from a
visit in Colorado.
Guy Gardiner, city passenger agent
for the Union Pacific, is in Kansas City
today on business.
H. NJ. Faust, of Rossville, is North
| Side visitor today.
A team hitched to a rickety wagon
and driven by an old colored man who
looked like he might have stepped from
Opie Reid's novels, attracted consider
able attention on the North Side to-
day.
c. w. Lukens who has been in Wa
| karusa on business, has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Maupfn and son