Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1921-01-12
NO LAWYERS OR
CRIME IN town
For Years There Has Been No
Cause to Have the Law on
Soul in Eudora, Kan
COlDnIzED BY CHICACOAnS
Only Once Has Crime Raieed IL Hydra
Head and That Was When .
Bandit Rcteed Bank Twice
In One Month

LtGOA. Ehh,-ID Tie iff3e OK mooea
Law abiding localities, Sir Thomas
More wrote u piece about & place he
rallied Utopia Although SIR Thomas
failed 10 sa! 50 In 50 many words, he
sux, be quoted ns asserting In effect
that Good morning. Judge, WAS q re
Eaark cite never would hear In Utopia
Utopia. however. exists oGiy 10 In
aetna,ioa. Eudosa- pow---it's In Kan
sa&
For the las; two wears az leas. there
has been no call 10 have the Law 90 q
soul in EQdora II was az that time
tha, the last OF Eu',oras police Judges
PASSED oui O: otf.ce and the Office
passed out with him. Since even lors-
er age Whist oucs was the leckup has
bs~'i, simply the he seiner3: 81 the city
hall. no ,nnrrs no less And that strong
arm II the law, the city marshal TO-
day would he o mere dgurrhe.S did he
nos unite In hts Ie-son the additional
functions os stree, commissioner and
grave digger.
1sark In 1857 f,udara was co,on!sed
by people from Chicasn. the Kansas
city Star says Rat before long like
the c~lsnicx ~ anriea, Grs-ce. she cast
Of the yoke o! the mother city and
now they have hot -yrp ysol!re court
IN Common The town ,o.'s It's name
from the I,ihosome daughter 81 an ln-
dian chiefta,n 81 the friendly Shawnee
'rihe, There may have been snre
though. thm, the honor should 81 10
the chief himself bur bis name was
rasehs' ft~h, and Eudorsrs ever con-
~ihera'e of the fusurr hcsl,a.eA 70
fas'.; an Ipox'rri'y such z. u. aa
srSsss as Fish, Kan.
~. EsngtAy hdys II ;he Ci,t' war
7iiacA ~ nnrsons flros';ai'on When
nuau'~eli passed within three miles an
bis uat 50 Lawrence R0' true ISeacs
III no' 'sestn To settle on Fnfa-a until
ks.Ars sz'n' dry"
pieeeuras.no fer lasFseN
Ahout t~en'y YEARS age there were
we lawyers IN tuna ana when they
'ir4i they lpu 70 sac.r>sorS I. had
'.,,can,e eyidca, tia, EaiuTa vas no
1s,'ti fer le al iElcn' nnr I'D inhah'-
ian, shns STATES tie pn'sen; lcgsi sit
ualIt.;l,
There se r'!l," re trawls, "sotne
liars left around these parts, hu, no
lawyers"
IN the folklore sst'rh already "a be,
ginning 10 surround the regime NJ the
'asf ro'Icc fudge Is ;h!s anccdo,e;
A cplpri; WAS ha'rl into court cn
some trivial nycuSc Guilty or no,
guilty. asked the tuds,~-,iien before |
the prisoner conla arssc----you mus: |
he guilty. I, you o,-c NOT guilty they |
wouldn't he bringing you IN hecr--
Only oncr hss crime r-a-,,d its nv. |
drn head and 'oof.i really nasty IN |
Euaara. That spS when .asear-oid |
bandit ra,.,,s4i 'he r,iio-s State hank
twice in a month. .ho, , policeman and |
pus 3 hrlic, IN ,he snw of FrS. Starr.
cashier and present mayer. They s,tli |
i've on that cxc.'cp~a' cs iNp hack |
In Eudorn. ard they dselsrc TN las
EN-.
Sincs. then thrrc hssp', 's~n thing |
unless ycu c-nn, 'hr ',r-se q n~S,e /
whipped out a knife snd siash~a 4
new sui, Of sicr clothes which John
rsx'cn had Jus, ru' IN.
vss N's Lively WNhsi
Doet believe for usouss.nt that oil
hat rrrsitude means Eud'~u isat mod.
rsn. lie q thriving little city II 40
aud they rate . fss capiia
aesiih ef ssA aers~ssins Go hsnk -
passfa
Essisrs is pcs Q candle light vfiiass
n~s~'s electric tSiainE svsoiy suss
Assss sf u ss tho dsy. As4 yws sAccM
- Main sssvss es Q ssssr<aay sAsAl
sAsa ~ 0sssss ~ - oDsoss esss