The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-08
III. d. Hamilton, Another To-
pekan, Charged With Crime.
Alleged That He Struck C.. b.
VOgt With Iron Bar.
VICTIM FOUND NEAR EMP0RIA
Tells Officers Hamilton Robbed
Him of $13O and Auto.
Prisoner Followed Thru Four
Counties for Two Days.

C. B. vogt of Topeka, brother of
Jake Vogt of the Cremcrie restaur-
ant, lies in an Emporia hospital with
fractured skull and Henry D. Ham
ilton of Oakland. of white slave" and
divorce court fame, is under arrest at
Parsons charged with assaulting
Vogt, leaving him in the road to die
and robbing him of $3.50 and a Max
well automobile.
The alleged attack occurred on a
lonely road five miles this side of En-
poria, Thursday afternoon. Hamil-
ton, after evading the officers of four
counties for two days, was arrested
Friday evening at Parsons. Hugh
Larimer, sheriff. who had been work
ing with the other officers received a
message telling of the arrest.
Vogt and Hamilton were acQuain-
tances and had known each other for
three months, according to Jake
Vogt Hamilton has been in the real
estate business recently and Vogt has
been driving an automobile for hire.
Hamilton employed him to drive him
to points in Morris and Lyon counties
and they left Topeka Thursday morn
ing.
Vogt was found unconscious upon
a slightly used road out of Emporia
twelve hours after the two men should
to a hospital in Emporia and gradual
ly gained consciousness. Until that
time Lyon county officials had no
knowledge of his assailant Vogt
has a fractured skull and may die but
the sheriff of Lyon county stated to-
day that his chances of recovery are
fair.
Tried to Kill Him, They Say.
1t is charged by the sheriff of Lyon
county, after his talk with Vogt, that
Hamilton attempted to kill him. Ac-
cording to his telephone message to
Sheriff Larimer, the two men were
riding along the road whUn Hamilton
said he believed he would be more
comfortable riding in the rear seat.
He moved back and it is charged that
from that vantage point he struck
Vogt on the head with an iron bar.
It is charged that Hamilton then
unloaded Vogt from the automobile,
went thru his pockets and removed
$3.50 and drove away in the automo-
bile, leaving Vogt to die, Vogt lay
there for twelve hours and was taken
in to Emporia late Thursday night.
He was thought to be dying when
picked up.
Persons in Topeka knew that Ham
ilton had left Topeka with Vogt and
as soon as Vogt was found descrip-
tions of Hamilton were sent out by
Sheriff Larimer with instructions to
arrest. Since that time Hamilton has
been in Topeka, in Kansas City and
in Parsons. In Topeka and Kansas
City his presence was made known
just after he had left. Larimer learned
Thursday that Hamilton had gone to
Parsons and informed the officers
there. They had no trouble in locat-
ing him.
Hamilton has a brother at Parsons
c. A. Hamilton, who lives two miles
in he oh a
boy and a girl, 5 and 1 8 years of age
are also at Parsons. He also has a
brother, William Hamilton, at Grid
ley, and that section has been
watched.
Had Fine Home in Oakland.
Hamilton, a retired farmer and said
TO be wealthy, has had a remarka BILE
years since he located in Topeka He
has been in court frequently. He
moved to Oakland from Beloit severa,
years ago and built a fine home fol
himself and children.
His first trouble was with the po-
lice when he was arrested in connec-
ton with a raid upon an alleged john
near the Santa F'e shops. That was
mere boys play compared with later
troubles. He attended a revival meet
ing held in tent in Oakland a little
over a year ago and struck up an ac-
quaintance with Mrs. Stella Azlein. e
young married woman with two Oh
! three children and a husband who
travelled.
Out of that acquaintance grew E
scandal that rocked all of Oakland ant
made Hamilton defendant in white
slave case, brought and prosecuted
by the county attorney. Mrs. AzleiT
went on the stand and testified tC
trip after trip the aged wooer ha6
made to her house in the still hour.
of night when her husband was ou
of town. She told of walks they haC
taken, of notes and letters they haC
written and of times they had attend.
ed theaters in Topeka
He Escaped Sentence.
The specific charge in the case was
that Hamilton had committed an of
fense against the law by transporting
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