The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-10-06
CONVICT A WOMAN
Jury Brings IN Verdict Of First
Degree Murder Against
Mrs. Beverly.
kIASLEy BANK CASHIER DIES
James I. Brelsford Passes Away Sud
denly, Just az He Wished
Was Widely Known.

SaWes !. breieforo Passes Away bU0
denly, Just as He Wished
Was Widely Known.
After being out only thirty minutes
the jury in the Mrs. Effie Beverly
case at Wellington returned verdict
Of first degree murder.
Mrs. Beverly shot and killed her
two children, girl and boy, 6 and
years old. respectively, at the home
OF her father, r. v. Carpenter, near
Milan, in Sumner county, on July IT.
A plea Of insanity was made by the
defense.
Mrs. Beverly, who is "a years old.
has been divorced from her husband
for three or four years. Before shoot.
Ing the children as they lay asleep In
bed, she wrote note saying that II
the children lived she hoped they
would fall into good hands.
+ The preponderance of medical test.
mony In the trial was that the woman
was sane at that time. Mrs. Beverly's
mother has been in the county Jail
for the last year for failure to give q
peace bond after her arrest for threat
ening the life of q neighbor at Cald-
well.
when the times comes for me to
20 want to 60 just like that"
This statement was made the other
day by James l. Brelsford, cashier Of
the Farmers and Merchants State
bank at Kinsley when he heard that q
close friend had died suddenly In bed
that morning. The next morning
Brelsford's wife heard him gasp and
when she investigated found he was
dead. Mr.. Brelsford was a pioneer
western Kansas banker and was wide
ly known through that section.
A perplexing incident in connection
with his death was the fact that the
cashier was the only one who could
open the banks vault, and 1t was nee
essary to wire the safe company to
send an expert from Cincinnati.
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Use Travelling cIassroom.-A trav
cling classroom is the latest equip
ment which the Fort Hays, Kansas
Normal School has installed. Because
he could not bring the farms Of West
ern Kansas to the school, Prof. e. B
Matthew, head of the department Of
agriculture, is going to take the schoo
to the farms. This travelling class
room is big convertible truck, made
especially for the school. Professor
Matthew has made arrangements SC
that every farm practically within ten
miles of the normal school will be open
for laboratory work by the students.
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Dinner for 1853 Old FoIks.-One hun
bred and fifty-eight men and women,
each 70 years old or more, were guests
Of the First and Trinity Methodist
churches of Ottawa at the twenty-first
annual "old folks" dinner. Six of the
guests have passed 80.
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Dedicate Church for Mexicans.-The
Church of Our Lady Of Guadalupe, a
Catholic church for Mexicans, was
dedicated recently at Ottawa by
Bishop John Ward Of Leavenworth.
Four Mexican priests in exile assisted
in the ceremonies.
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Two Charged With Arson.-T. r.
Kelly, a cement worker, and William
Hanks, a laborer, were arrested at
Salina on the charge Of arson. They
confessed to setting fire to Kelly's
house several days ago to collect the
insurance.
OIL Refinery at chanute. Capital.
lists Of Chanute have organized the
White Eagle Petroleum Company to
refine oil at Augusta. A 26-acre site
adjoining Augusta has been bought
and construction will begin at once.
The plant will start with daily ca,
pacity Of two thousand barrels.
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lmpaIed on spIlnter.-Sliding down
a barn roof almost cost the life Of
Kenneth Waggoner, 5-year-old son Of
farmer living north Of Columbus,
and may yet cause his death. The
boy slid against the end Of a board
and a splinter, eight inches long,
pierced his side, entering at the waist
line and reaching almost to the heart.
X X X
Bitten by RattIesnake. - Richard
Greiner, son of John Greiner, . farmer
near Upton, is near death from rat.
tlesnake's bite. The boy was coming
home through a pasture when the
snake bit him. He told his parents
that he had been stung on the leg by
O hornet and physician was not
called until the boys limb was badly
awolIan The doctor recognized the