The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-27
RETURNS AFTER 40 YEARS
Former Resident of Rocks County
Thought to Have Died, Drops in
on Relatives.

OF F0SIdIiNSSs
After having been believed dead for
more than thirty years, Charles B.
StroUp dropped into Salina recently
for visit with his brother, E. S
Stroup, a lumber merchant. He is
accompanied by his family.
Charles Stroup left his home in
Rocks county forty years ago when he
was a young man. He wrote home
regularly for time and then the let
tiers ceased. Nothing was ever heard
Of him afterward until a few days ago
when he dropped into Olathe for a
short visit with his sister, Mrs Aman-
da Pratt
Charles Stroup lived for a while in
Kansas City, where he was engaged in
the railroad business. He now lives
in Springfield, Ill
When he left Kansas the buffalo
and Indians were thick on the prairies
and the nearest railroad town to his
home was Hays City.
Arrest in codding case.-Harry
Harrington, employed in Jake Wise
mans place between the Soldiers
Home and Lansing, has been arrested
on warrant charging him with being
an accessory before the fact in the
COdding shooting of June 2 It is al
legged that Harrington called up Wise
man at his home when Assistant At
toTney General Codding and his depu-
ties entered Wiseman's place in COM
pliance with a conspiracy that is al
legged to have been formed by Wise
man and Harrington
Bandit Robs Roadhouse.-A robber
held up fourteen persons in a road
house at Wichita. He obtained about
$500 in money and jewelry worth
$1,000 The victims are unknown,
though a report of the robbery. reached
the police.
Regains Sient.-John Smith of
Wichita, who underwent an operation
for blindness two weeks ago, walked
about the streets recently for the first
time since regaining sight. He had
been blind eight years.
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More New Postmasters-The presi-
dent has nominated the following Kan
sas postmasters: w. T. S. Griffith,
Westphalia; Alice w Lee, Glenn Ed
er; Anna B. Marshall, La Cygne; W.
R. Martin, Wathena.
Nazareth Academy Graduates Nine
Nine young women were graduated
from Nazareth Academy at Ccncordia
this year
Pioneer Preacher Dies.-George w.
Miller, 81 years old, a United Broth
rem preacher in Central Kansas for
ty-four years, is dead at his home in
the northwest part of Saline county
He is survived by four children He
was veteran of the Civil war, hav-
ing served five years in a Virginia
regiment.
From Brussels to Wichita.-Mr
Poul DeVuyst of Brussels will be pres
ent at the International Dry Farming
Congress in Wichita, October Z to II.
He is Director General of Agriculture
of Brussels
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Another Well Near Piper.-The secI
ond OF a series of oil wells to be
drilled at Piper, was shot recently with
| gratifying results. flow Of twenty
five barrels a day was realized from
| this WE'LL
Would Abolish Pool HaIIs-Ffve
hundred residents petitioned the city
council to repeal all ordinances per
hitting the operation Of pool and bill
lard halls and bowling alleys in Co
| lumbus
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| Pittsburg Sun Quits.-The Morning
| Sun, started at Pittsburg a month age
by Paul Jones, a deputy collector of
internal revenue, and formerly a free
daily publisher at Coffeyville, has sus
pended publication. The Sun was cir
culated free
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Lightning Strikes Farmer.-A. "
Justus, an old resident of Sumner
county. while blowing on his farm
near Ashton was struck by a bolt OF
lightning and almost completely paraI
| wed One side of his hodv Uac badly