The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
MOB WRECKS AUGUSTA JAIL
Police Force Run Out of Town and II
Prisoners Freed-MarshaI
Severely Injured.

A mob of two thousand citizens ran
Marshal Grove and his three deputies
out of Augusta the other night,
wrecked the city Jail and liberated
seventeen prisoners held on petty
charges.
The crowd resented the arrest Of a
widely known citizen on charges of
violating traffic rules. The streets of
the town are so rough that tail lights
on motor cars jar out, the drivers al
lege. William Peel, candidate for the
legislature, rode white horse down
the main street, holding a lantern be-
hind him. This angered the officers,
but delighted the crowd, and when
Marshal Grove placed Peel under ar
rest the mob formed.
After wrecking the Jail the crowd
marched to Mayor Weidlein's home to
demand the discharge of the police
force, but the mayor could not be
found.
When the crowd tore down the Jail
they found among the seventeen pris-
oners an oil tank builder shot through
the arm. He said the marshal shot
him early in the riot. Marshal Grove
was struck in the head by a brick and
knocked out of a motor car in which
he stood, waving a revolver and oc-
casionally shooting into the air. The
furious oil men 1eaped upon him and
trampled him into Inconsistencies.
He was taken away in a motor car.
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Plan School of Divinity at K. u
A school of divinity will be estab-
lished as an adjunct of Kansas Uni
versity next fall. It will be supported
by the members of the Christian
churches in Kansas. This announce
ment was made at Lawrence by Reg
istrar George o. Foster on his return
from Independence, Kan, following
the close of the annual convention Of
the Christian churches there.
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Falls On Buzz SaW.-Fenton Dennis,
Is years old, son of the postmaster
of Hunter, fell on a revolving buzz
saw at Winfield and his right arm
was so badly mutilated that it proba-
bly, will have to be amputated at the
shoulder.
JarbaIo Robber GuiIty.-RaIph
Evans, leader of the band of bank rob-
bers who looted the JarbaIo and Lin
wood banks last July, was convicted
on the Jarbalo count by jury in the
district court at Leavenworth. The
verdict was returned within fifteen
minutes after the jury had retired.
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ander H. Brown, IS years old, one Of
the earliest settlers of Allen county,
is dead at his home in lola. He came
to Southeast Kansas in 1855 with an
OK team.
First Fatality on New Road.-Ora
E. Cooper, 25 years old, a brakeman
on the Salina Northern railway, was
killed recently near Lincoln, when an
oil car on which he was riding ran
off the track. This is the first fatal
accident on the new railway.
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Killed by His Auto.-WhiIe hurry
ing to the bedside Of sick sister near
Andale the other evening Nicholas
Phillips of Wichita overturned his
car in a ditch near Goddard and was
killed.
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Bond for Ruby Stephens-Mrs.
Ruby Stephens has secured bond Of
SIC, 1000, pending her second trial for
the murder of Clifford Kistner, the
young farmer whom she shot at Bay
ard last May. Failure to secure bond
before the last trial kept her in Jail
five months The new trial has been
set for the November term of court.
Paralysis Case in SaIine.-The 2
year-old son of August Dielenbrook in
the eastern part Of Saline county has
infantile paralysis. as announced by
physicians recently.
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To Prison Over Easter Hat-James
Davenport, who shot and wounded
his wife last Easter when she returned
from town with a new hat, has pleaded
guilty in the district court to a charge
Of assault with intent to do bodily
harm, and viii be sentenced to from
one to five years IN the state prison.
Fail on Fork Handle FataI-Leo
Peterson, q years old. a farmer near
HomewoOd died recently from intur-
les received when he fell from load
Of hay and his body vas impaled on
q fork handle.