The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
IDLE MEN DEFY THE POLICE
Wichita Authorities Unable to Cope
with Army of 800 While Waiting
for Harvest

False advertisements in Eastern
newspapers and the lure of the coming
harvest has brought sixteen hundred
idle men to Wichita within three days
and they have oVerrun the north part
Of town in the vicinity of Twenty-frst
street, begging and defying the police.
In gangs of fifty and sixty they took
possession of incoming freight trains
on the Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe and
Rock Island roads, and refused to pay
fare or get OFF. In frequent fights the
trainmen came out second best and
now they let the visitors alone.
Some Of the men have money and
are paying their way and for what
they eat, but they are N the minority.
They use the boxcars as a sort of fort
and can't be dislodged. Calls for the
police from frightened and inundated
housewives keep the police wagon on
the run most of tie day.
No arrests have been made, for the
disturbers disappear before the police
can arrive. In the vicinity of the Union
Stock Yards the men have bought out
grocers, cigar stands and smaller
places where edibles are served and
so far no robberies have been reported.
Canned goods can't be supplied fast
enough to satisfy them.
Sixty of the invaders built huge
bonfire and made stew to which they
invited the police when squad went
to dispense them. They would not be
dispersed.
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taze refinery at Sedan was taken over
recently by the Southwest National
Bank of Commerce of Kansas City. to
satisfy a deed of trust. The property
brought $4,000 at sheriff's sale.
Mule Rode in Auto.-Tim Hallicy,
mine owner of Weir, bought a mule in
Joplin. The railroad freight agent
said it would cost $40 to transport the
muIe-a small animal-to Weir. The
mine owner sought a motor car. The
motor car owner loaded the mule into
the rear of his car and delivered it at
| the Hallicy mine for SIS.
Alumni OF SaIina Normal Organize.
The alumni association of the Saina
Normal school, which burned in 1904,
became a permanent organization
when Judge John C. RupenthaI of the
Twenty-third Kansas district was
elected president, and NJ. L. Pound
stone of Kansas City was elected Sec
retary-treasurer.
Miner Killed Under Car.-Charles
Rennison of Mulberry, a miner, was
killed under a car that was being
switched on the Frisco tracks in Null
berry the other afternoon.
Frisco Special Agent KiIied.-Roy
Cunningham, SO years old, of Spring
field. Mo-, a special agent for the FRS
co railroad, was shot and killed at
Keighly, Kas. by man he was trying
30 eject from train.
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Leavenworth White Way Open
LeavenWorth's new white way was
turned on for the first time the other
night. The system takes in twenty.
two blocks on the three principal
poorest lighted town in Kansas, Leav.
enworth now is one of the best.
Killed py irain-JOo 1OWmdn, 6S,
of Sedgwick. was run down and killed
by the Santa Fe's fast California train,
the Missionary, near Sedgwick the
other day. Lowman was deaf and did
not hear the approach Of the train.
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Leahy on Wichita 6eacon-Dave
Leahy, for many years a newspaper
man in Wichita, but until recently con
nected with the Eldoraa Republican
as an editorial writer, has joined the
editorial staff Of the Wichita Beacon
Henry J. Aliens paper. Mr.. Leahy
will be an editorial assistant.
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Hit by Automobile.-Mrs. C. NJ
BeaIs Of Winfield, "A years old, was
run down by an automobile and prob
ably fatally injured Her shouldel
blade and three ribs were broken and
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