Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-05-31

heSOlNeu lIIitI IHS pcOplt VI Sho-
mute and vicinity refrain from visit
ing and patronizing Kansas City, Mo-,
as much as possible in the future un-
til that city runs out her thugs and
murderers and cleans up rotton con-
ditions there, directly responsible for
the death of our worthy business and
townsman, d. w. Hargrave, who was
murdered in cold blood and his broth
er-in-law robbed on May 10, 1918,
within one block Of the best hotel Of
that city. These men were attending
to their own business and were not
frequenters of gambling dives and
saloons.
"The conditions at Kansas City to-
day are recognized to be deplorable.
We have now in the trenches in
France more than three hundred Of
our boys from this city who have
actually been under shell fire and it
is a shame that our citizens who Wis
it Kansas City at the present time are
in more danger than the boys in the
trenches.
ave believe that Kansas City, Mo-,
today has more thieves, thugs, cut
throats and murderers than any 9TH
err city in the United States in pro-
portion to its population.
"Be it further resolved, That print
cd copies of this resolution be fur
nished our merchants and citizens and
by them mailed to wholesale and re-
tail merchants and dealers in Kansas
Clay, Mo-; and he it further
"Resolved That copies of this reso-
luton be sent 10 each and every town
throughout the state of Kansas and
that the city. officials and commercial
organizations of those towns be re-
uuested to adopt similar resolution
and send copies Of same to wholesale
and retail merchants in Kansas City,
Mo-, with whom they do business and
that copies of this resolution be for
warded to the governors of Kansas
and Missouri and to the business
mems clubs and official commercial
organizations and the mayor Of Kan
sas City, Mo-, and the newspapers
there.
"Kansas people like to visit Kansas
City, but the time has come when
conditions must be greatly improved
there and made so that it will be reas-
onably safe for any citizen of this
state to go there for either business
or pleasure"
The death of d. W. Hargrave, one
of the most highly respected young
business men of this city, in Kansas
City, Mo-, Saturday night has aroused
intense indignation in Chanute and
vicinity.
II is due, as all know, to the law
less conditions prevailing in Kansas
City, No., which have resulted in SO
many cases of murder and robbery
and innumerable other crimes OF 0
less nature. AS will be remembered
there were four murders in Kansas
City the night young Hargrave was
killed.
The story of Mr.. Hargrave's muir
E der was fully reported in The Tri'
bune the other day. 1t occurred with
in a block of the Muehlebach ant
Baltimore hotels of that city, with
in an hour after his arrival in th'
civ. His brother-in1aw was witt
him. After making hotel reserva
tons they went out to get a iunci
at a nearby restaurant. They wer'
unfortunate in that they happened
TO be passing the foot Of a stairwa!
leading to one Of the lawless dem
lust at the time a murdered was try
ing to make his escape. The muir
derer killed young Hargrave AM
robbed his brother-in-law.
Safer in France
A brother of Mr.. Hargrave is a
this time with the United State
army in France, where it seems n