The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-01-27
A KANSAS MYSTERY SOLVED
Body of Mrs. Charles Cochrane of
Lawrence Found in KaW River
Missing Three Months.

The BODY of Mrs. Charles Cochrane,
who disappeared from her home in
Lawrence the night of October 25, was
taken from the f1ume of the Bower
sock Mill in the Kaw river there re-
Gently. The body was lying against
the grating, through which the river
water rushes into the mill wheels.
George Couch and Ed Vogt, employees
of the mill, found the body while rak.
ing driftwood from in front of the
grating
An autopsy showed that Mrs. Coch-
rane met her death by drowning In
dicationS are that she committed sui
eide while in a fit of dependency Oc-
tober 25. The body was only slightly
bruised and was in good condition,
considering the time it had been in the
water
The supposition is that she had en-
tered the water at the foot of Ohio
street, about two hundred yards above
the dam. The body was then washed
downstream, lodging against the piling
bridge of the KaW Valley interurban
line The removal of the piling of this
bridge apparently released the body,
allowing it to be carried into the
/ flume.
Mrs. COchrane was the wife Of Prof
| Charles Cochrane of the K. Q. Engi-
neering School.
| Mrs. Cochrane left her home in Law
renee the night of October 25 and was
not seen again. nationwide search
was instituted for her and various
cIews wre followed by Professor COch-
rane and his friends to several cities
| in the Middle West.
x x x
| Took Cash and Ran.-Bob Davis, a
negro ex-convict, walked into a Hutch
inson drug store, rang up a nickel on
the cash register, took a handful Of
cash and ran. He was captured.
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Wathena Papers consoiidate.-The
high price of print paper has brought
about the consolidation of the Wa
thena Times and the Wathena Repub-
lican, the latter having been bought
by G. w. Ryan, owner and editor OF
the Times.
Fire Damages Bank.-A fire which
Started in a grocery came near de-
stroying the Security State Bank
block, located on one Of the principal
corners of Wellington. The fire was
finally subdued and the structure
saved, but not until the bank interior
was considerably damaged.
Tablet to HeroIG Memory.-Instead
of being buried in a pauper's grave,
Richard Moore, railroad laborer and
| old 9,
marble monument with this inscrip-
| ton: Richard Moore, hero, who sac
rificed his life January 10, 1917, to pre-
vent the wrecking of a train" Fu-
neral services for Moore were held in
Savonburg, with the Presbyterian and
Methodist ministers officiating. Trav-
cling men who had read of his heroic
death started fund for a private lot
and marker.
Injuries Six ChiIdren.-Sfx children
Of J. W. Poison were injured when
their motor car turned over with them
at a railroad crossing at Kiowa
Wright, Is years old, is in a hospital
seriously injured. The others injuries
are slight.
1 0TONGian0 Elevator 0uTReo.-AOl-
burn Brothers Milling Company's ele-
vator at Groveland, burned recently,
destroying three or four thousand
bushels of wheat A granary, hay
barn and other small buildings were
| also burned
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Rifle Shot Kills 8oy.-Frank Scott.
the 7-year-old son of Dan Scott, a car
penter, was accidentally killed at his
home in Holton by a bullet from a
rifle His I0-year-old brother was in
the room at the time, but is In such
condition from shock he cannot give
a satisfactory explanation OF the shoot
ing
Votes New High schooI.-Bonds for
a new $4,000 junior high school build
ing were voted on favorably in a mu-
nicipal election held at Arkansas CITY
recently.