The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-03
MExICANs FIRE ON A POSSE
Saline County Officers Wound One
and Capture TWO Others After
Fight in CornfieId.

In fight in a cOrnfield near Salina
between five Mexicans and a posse OF
Saline county officers, one Mexican
was wounded and two others cap
tured. The other Mexicans escaped.
None of the officers was injured. Few
er than a dozen shots were exchanged.
The Mexicans boarded a freight
train at Abilene and drew their re-
volvers on the train crew when dis
covered. The conductor, Edward
Dickerman, and his crew were forced
into the caboose, where they were
held prisoners. Dickerman managed
to drop a message from the rear end
of the train at a small station near
Salina and the officers of this coun-
ty met the train as it pulled into the
city The Mexicans took refuge in
the field.
Dr. Waters Gets Home-Dr. H. J.
Waters, president of the Kansas State
Agricultural college, surprised Man
haitian and college folk recently by
putting in an appearance. Only a few
days ago Doctor Waters was reported
to be in Japan. A week previous an
other report had him and his family
in the European war zone Doctor
Waters and his family left Manhattan
last May for the Philippine Islands.
It was their intention to go around the
world on their way home this fall, but
the European war made 1t necessary
for the party to abandon that plan.
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Mcpherson Pioneer Dies. K
Bremyer. one of the oldest residents
of Mcpherson county, died at his
home recently Of apoplexy. He was
60 years old.
Auto Race Ends in Death.-G w.
Adams of Goener, Neb., was killed a
mile west of Concordia while racing
his automobile against another car.
He attempted to make short turn
while going at thirty miles an hour.
His car skidded and turned a complete
somersault, pinning Adams and Mr.
and Mrs. Tom FeaselI. the other occu-
pants of the automobile, beneath the
wreckage. Adams neck was broken.
His daughter, Mrs. FeaseIl, and her
husband were only slightly injured
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Held Cot for IS MiIes.-Lying on
cot which had been held from the
floor of freight car by four men dur
ing trip Of twenty-five miles, Ralph
Mclaughlin, a Pleasanton boy who
shot himself accidentally, was taken
to Fort Scott for treatment
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Mrs. White Operated On.-Dr VIII
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Rochester, Mimi, operated Of Mrs.
William Allen White of Emporia for
intestinal troubles, including appendi-
citis. The doctor gives every assur-
ance that Mrs: White will be complete
ly recovered in a few weeks.
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Drowned in Indoor Cistern-Louis
CASTOR, 15 years old, a student in the
Seneca High school, was drowned in
small cistern at the DR.. U. G. les
home The cistern was in corner
OF the kitchen and the cover had not
been replaced. CASTOR accidentally
slipped in.
Contract Awarded.-A dispatch re-
ceived at Winfield from Congressman
Phil Campbell announced that the con-
tract for the erection of the new Win
field postoffice building has been
awarded to Wichita firm for $50, 206.
X x X
Atchison Veteran Dies.-James
| O'Neil, Civil war veteran and a resi-
dent of Atehison for forty years, died
there the other day. O'Neil was a
DIasterer and decorator and did the
decorative work on many notable
buildings
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Boy Swallows Poison.-WhiIe at
play, John, the 14-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. W. H. Dix, of Winfield, got
hold of small box of strychnine tab
lets and ate some of them. Five min