The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-28
HE FELL 3 STORIES
Then Rolled Over, Jumped to
His Feet and Departed.
Awaiting Record of a Dog al
Court House.

Four dollars worth of dog jumped
out of the window of the office occu-
pied by Bling Bartell, clerk Of the
court of Topeka. in the third floor of
the county court house this morning
and vOl-planed to the alley forty feet
below amid the breath1ess silence of
the crowd of spectators who watched
his flight from Bartell's window. The
dog, after receiving the congratula-
tons of spectators and taking a few
minutes off to recover breath. got up
and walked home. Anyhow, he left
the scene of his aviatory achieve
ments. which broke all court house
records for dog or man. 1t was as
the dog wore after reaching the
ground. that the jump was farther
than he had believed.
The dog-name unknOwn-accom-
panied H. A. Ingha9pt a well known
figure in local Jury boxes. to the court
house this morning md proceeded to
the third floor tor an. inspection of
the court Of Topeka.
Zone of the janftors must have
tried to chase him out" said Bartell,
for he came into my shop with his
ears laid back and a worried look on
his face and in good deal of hur-
~. I chased him into the other room
and out again, but instead of going
to the hall he ran around back of my
counter and stopped in the open win
row.. stood back to give him a
chance to get out through the hall but
he stayed in the window and thought
it over for a moment before he finally
decided on that way out. Then he
jumped. Judge Carver, who was in
here also. said it made him sick. 1
asked George Frost. the marshal of
the court, to take his revolver and
finish the critter, for I discovered he
was still alive after he struck ground,
but Frost said he was no sharp
shooter and wouldn't do it. That dog
owes his life to Frost and ought to be
grateful for it,
When the anxious crowd from the
clerks office reached the alley-fol
lowing a more circuitous route than the
dog did-the animal was spread out on
its side in an entirely Debated condition
and declined to be interviewed. Deputy
Sheriff Hugh Larimer turned him over
on his other side and he once more set
tied down Imply over as much area as
his relaxed anatomy permitted. Hugh
listened to his heart and expressed the
opinion that pulmotor might save
him. There were no evidences of
Larimer then set the dog upright
and spread out fis paws by way of
encouragement and Towser SO far re-
covered control as to retain his nor
NAL recumbent posture. But he wore
an absent look and returned neither
growl nor tail-wag to the various re-
marks addressed to him. He did not
even look back to see where he had
started from. 1t was decided to hunt
up his supposed owner Ingham in the
hope that the sight OF a familiar face
might restore the wits which had EVIL
IDENTIFY been jolted out on the court
house alley and the entire party re-
turned to the interior of the building
to break the news.
Returning a few minutes later they
found the alley vacant. Nothing re-
manned save a family moulded de-
preston in the earth at the edge of the
alley, corresponding in size and pro-
portion to the figure of a medium sized.
short haired, black dog-worth. prob
ably. about four dollars.