The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-12
Shot Him This Morning in
Doorway Trapp Print Shop.
WALLACE At POINT OF DEATH
Trapp. Innocent Bystander, Hit
by Wild Bullet.
Morris Thought Wallace Had
Killed His Daughter Mabel.

w NJ Morris, who for more than
wear has been cherishing revenge
against the man whom he believes to DC
the SLAYER of his daughter, shot and pos
siblv fatally wounded Andrew wallace
in front of Traps Print Shop, lib East
Eighth street, this morning at eight
o'clock: then walked quietly to the city
Jail and gave himself up.
Charles Trapp. an innocent oy
stander. was shot in the foot, ana Is
linping about on crutches. the at
tempted murder is the climax OF one ol
the many tragedies that has been drag
cod through the district court
Tram was busy in the back or MS
,,riD+ shop when Wallace, who WORKS
there. burst through the door, thirty
feet behind him came Morris, a loa1eo
revolver in his hand. The nrst shoe
told; Wallace STAGGERED anu ran h,ond On;
The second shot hit Irapp; oloou
rnl1r+ed from his foot After the third shot
Wo11ace dove under a table Not a
word was spoken during the nrlng-
Morris pocketed his gun and strooe
silently toward the Jail. DR.. 5. L MIL
lard was summoned at once. Inc siiGee 500
had passed through Wallace's right
and left breasts. He was half uncon-
scious. An ambulance was called. wal
lace was carried to it and driven rapid
lv to Stormont Hospital.
He may not live "a hours" stated
DR.. Millard at noon danger comes mes
from the proximity of the shots to the
heart However, he has chance to
live"
Both Wallace and Morris are respec-
table coIOred people. A year ago last
May the body of Mabel Morris, the
fifteen-year-old daughter of the muir
derer, was found floating in the kaw
Her uarents were crazed with grief.
Wallace was implicated in the murder
He was acquitted last month by jury
in the second division of the Shawnee
district court
After the acquitta1 MOTIFS was prac-
ticaIIy stunned.
He's guilty. he murmured to one OF
Sheriff L. L. Kiene's deputies, 'In
get him yet"
Believe Morris Is Insane.
County and city officials unite in the
declaration that Morris IS half insane.
Since the murder he has been in a
dazed condition and refuses to talk A
few minutes after the firing had been
telephoned to the police station, SER
geant spied Morris trudging past the
Jail. The sergeant hastened to the
sidewalk.
where you going?' he called.
ITO the county JAIL responded Nor
tis, DULY.
Come in here" ordered the sergeant,
well keep you until the sheriff
Comes.''
Morris gravely surrendered his 3S-
calibre revolver with its three empty
cartridges; his gold watch, his knife.
and a worn leather purse containing
$4.65. Then he walked into his cell and
awaited the arrival of the sheriff. Mr..
Kiene escorted him to the county
prison without handouts. He is
grizzled old darky, 81 years old; wears
yrId rI0 nj ha- h.
nignant face; looks more like an old
time southern uncle than man who
may receive life sentence to the peni-
tentiary for murder in the first degree.
He asked Mr.. Kiene in a low voice if
he could have his watch and bit of
breakfast.
Morris is night watchman at the
Santa Fe Brass company-which ex-
plains the presence of the gun. He is
on duty from six at night until seven
in the morning. He has not been at
his home, 1154 Buchanan street. since
yesterday afternoon. The story can't
be learned from Morris, who won't
talk, or from Wallace, who is half un-
conscious. The pair evidently met at
the cornor of Eighth and Kansas ave-
nue. in front of the State Journal
building. The father of Mabel pursued
Wallace for half a block, then fired
from the door of the print shop.
Here Mr.. Trapp takes up the story:
Trapp's Story of the Shooting.
Andy always comes in about eight
At about that time this morning he
rushed through the front door follow
ed by Norris. I knew what was the
matter The boys been afraid of the
old man for months. The first shot
hit him. Something whirred through
my right foot and left the floor bloody;
pretty painful. 1 caught Andy after
the first shot No one paid any atten-
tion to Norris. Not a word was said
Someone called DR. Millard: we hustled
the boy into an ambulance and they
took him to Stormont l feel pretty
badly about the business because I'm
fond of Andy; he's been a pressman
here for over ten years. He's a quiet
capable fellow, about % years old. He
didn't have a thing to do with the muir
der of that girl. I'd bet my hat on il -
Mr.. Trapp. the innocent sufferer in
the scrap, did not seem especially con-
cerned about his injured foot. pass
ed through the fat part of it, he ex-
planned, exhibiting his bloody limb:
hurts a good deal, but it's not seri-
GUS"
. The manager of the print shop told
his story to an interested crowd of
spectators and curious lookers-on He
sat on a high stool, his bare foot
dangling down, and a crutch beside
him.
Story of Mabel Morris.
The story of the disappearance of
Mabel is a, pitiful one. She was the
only child of colored parents who
that the girl might have a piano and
study music. Mabel was a sophomore
in the Topeka high school when the
tragedy occurred. She was a quiet
studious youngster and, according to
Sheriff Kiene, Stunned the society of
cd to t,.