The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-12

public buildings were filled with labor
ers who were not allowed to go from
one place to another. Military guards
were stationed at the depots with Or
ders to arrest every incoming person
and take them before the authorities
to explain their business there. I'M
mediately after the murders were dis
covered, every military unit in camp
was ordered to make check ROLL"
which accounts for every man, not
only by name but by being recognized
by his superior officers Military po-
lice carried out search of every
the doors of each with orders to ad-
init no one.
Dog Follows Trail.
"A police dog was placed upon the
trail and Immediately took up the
scent. The dog followed the trail to
the Golden Belt highway where it lost
the scent.
Delay Saved Pay Day Fund.
Kansas City. Jan. 12.-Four hun
dred and seventy-five thousand dol
lars in cash, the larger part of which
would have been deposited in the
army bank at Camp Funston which
was robbed last night, was sent from
here yesterday and scheduled to reach
the bank late yesterday afternoon, 1t
became known today. However, the
shipment was delayed and did not ar
was to be used for army purposes, pay
ing the men and settling for bills in
Cured by the quartermaster's depart
ment
The money was shipped by local
bank, and yesterday afternoon off,
Gals of the army bank telephoned to
Kansas City to insist that the ship
ment be expedited, it is said.
In Doubt About Uniform.
Military police and police dogs are
at work today on the reservation fol-
lowing out every possible sign of
clue. At an early hour. however. no
trace of the fiend who committed the
murders had been found.
AS to the report that the murderer
wore the uniform of an army off1cer,
quarters this morning. The authen-
ITCHY of the report was doubted, ana
staff officers said they had no lnfor-
nation on the point Army officers
do not believe a soldier was involved IN
the commission of the crime. The
bodies of the dead men are said to
have been literally hacked to pieces
The dead are:
C. FULLER WINTERS, vice presi-
dent of the National Reserve bank OF
, Kansas City. Mo.
JOHN W. JEWELL of Springfield,
Mo-, editor of the Camp Funston
Trench and Camp, and associate own
er with his father, H. S. Jewell, of the
Springfield Leader.
CARL OHEESON, 10, son of An
drew Ohleson, contractor, of Kansas
City, Mo.
| O. NJ. HILL, clerk in the bank.
Only One Conscious.
| Kearney WornaH, cashier of the
Army bank, was seriously wounded.
When the murders and robbery were
discovered he was the only one of the
five victims conscious, but he has not
! been able to give lucid story of the
occurrence. The robbery and muir
ders occurred, it is believed. shortly
after $3.50 a'clock last night.
When found Mr.. Winters was still
alive. He was removed to the camp
| hospital, where he died early today.
Immediately a guard was thrown
about the camp and all military passes
were revoked. No one could go about
the camp without being challenged
and taken to the guard house. That
fate befell several newspaper CORE
spondents, il is reported, who attempt
ed to obtain details.
Early today it was reported that an
! army officer with police dog that is
| being trained for war work had fol-
| lowed a trail some distance to an in
| terurban car line. A man~was said to
have stated that he had seen four men,
one carrying a heavy suit case. board
| a car at that point early last night.
That apparently was the only clue.
The Army bank, a branch of the
| National Reserve bank of Kansas City.
| Mo, is situated in the center of the
huge cantonment. 1t is housed in a
small frame building and Mr.. Winters
was at the camp to supervise the
moving of the bank to larger quarters.
Young OhIeson had been sleeping
nightly at the bank and Mr.. Jewell
was at the bank to take the other men
in his motor car to their sleeping
/ quarters. Yesterday was the coolest
| day of the year at Camp Funston. the
thermometer registering % below zero.
William Huttig, president of the
National Reserve bank of Kansas City,
of which the army bank is a branch,
! today said that most reports of the
amount of money in the robbed bank
| had been exaggerated. He could not
| give the exact amount on hand, but
| said that generally it was $4,000 to
| $11, 900.
Less than a year ago Mr.. Winters
married a young woman prominent in
Kansas City social circles. Mr. Wor-
nall is a membe- of a prominent Kan
sas City family.
| John W. Jewell, the editor of Trench
and Camp, issued gratuitiously by the
State Journal, ruth1essly and brutally
murdered last night, was devoted to
! his work. He was interested and en-
| thusiastic and was studying out plans
Ito develop the paper and make it of
more service and importance to the
soldiers in the cantonment. He Rad
under consideration making trips at
| his own expense to various other
camps for this purpose. Together
with the editor of the State Journal
he was arranging for an imrrediate
expansion of the service to extend the
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