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McIntire Family
George H. McIntire, Sheriff
I am beginning the saga of Sheriff George H. McIntire with the notice of his death in 1921. Kay failed to note from which issue of the Arkansas City Traveler the following article was taken from. I made some changes in way article was framed by either the writer or Kay. MAW
George H. McIntire, who was reported to be critically ill of double pneumonia, passed away at the family home, 720 North Second Street, Sunday morning, December 11, 1921, at 9:30 o’clock, having been bedfast for only four days. He was very sick the night he became ill and there were no hopes entertained for his recovery from the start, it is now said, although all that medical skill and care could do to prolong his life, was properly attended to night and day, during his recent illness. He went from his office in the Zadie block last Wednesday night, feeling a bit under the weather, and the next morning he was reported to be quite sick. The following day pneumonia developed and he grew steadily worse until the end came. He had no chance whatever after the attack came on, to carry on with any business matters, nor to give any instructions in matters of law suits now pending in his court. These matters will have to be transferred to some other state court and be disposed of by someone else because he was suddenly called away, never to return to earthly pleasures or troubles.
George McIntire was one of the best peace officers that Arkansas City and Cowley County has ever known. He was sheriff of this county for two terms in the 1880s and he made good in this office as well as in all the other offices he had been connected with in the past 51 years, for he came to Arkansas City in 1870.
True, he had not held public office all that time, but his record for the number of years in office stands out above all others in the county.
He had held all offices from deputy United States marshal to sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, policeman, police judge, and justice of the peace. He had been reelected to the latter office every two years for the past 12 or 14 years.
He was appointed to the office of sheriff of the county in 1884 and after serving one term was elected. He served until the latter part of 1888.
No officer or justice of the peace in Arkansas City in the past twenty years, at least, was more thoughtful of the newspaperman and none have ever been more lenient in the matter of giving out news to the press. The Traveler reporter can testify to the fact that Judge McIntire was always ready and willing to give the facts in any sort of criminal action to the reporters and help them to get the stories together and give the real facts as he knew them. When a law-breaker would ask him to keep a certain case from the papers, he would always tell them that his court records were public property and that he could not keep the newshounds off, even if he so desired. Only a few days ago, the Traveler reporter who makes the courts, heard a story from Judge McIntire on some of the noted cases he had worked on when he was sheriff of this county, and one day last week the reporter had started a story which was partially related by the judge; and it was headed as follows:
“Recalls Old Times—Former Sheriff says all Parties Convicted of Crime are not Real Criminals.” The story was never finished by Mr. McIntire, because he was ill and unable to be at his office the following day. He did not return to his office after that date.
The story was in regard to two different men who were convicted of crime in this county and sent to prison. Later, when they had been released from the state penitentiary, Mr. McIntire had loaned them money, in order (as they stated to him) to get a new start in life, not expecting them to ever return the same. But later on, according to the story, both made good and both kept their promise and returned the borrowed money. Each of them had called later and told the officer that they were men and had made good, were seeking and making an honest living. They attributed this fact to the splendid treatment that the officer (McIntire) gave them when they were in trouble, which they brought upon themselves.
George H. McIntire, at one time in the early days of the state, deputy United States marshal, was born in New Hampshire in 1844; son of Timothy and Catherine McIntire. At the age of ten years, he came to Kansas with parents, locating at Topeka. He and his brothers were the first boys in that place. He then removed with his parents to Lyon County.
He enlisted in 1862, in Company C, Eleventh Kansas Volunteers, and participated in the engagements of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, Price’s raid from the Kansas to the Arkansas rivers, and escorted the mails from Fort Larned to Bent’s Fort; was mustered out in August, 1865.
The January 8, 1869, issue of the Emporia News reported that George H. McIntire and Miss Mary R. Champlin, all of Lyon County, Kansas, were married on Dow Creek, at the residence of H. F. Clark, by P. B. Maxson, Esq.
Mary R. Champlin McIntire was a native of Wisconsin. She passed away in Arkansas City. Mr. McIntire remarried after her death. He was survived by his second wife and five children.
After the war George H. McIntire engaged in farming for two years in Lyon County. He then entered into the stock business. In 1870 he came to Arkansas City; and for two years George H. McIntire engaged in merchandising under the firm name of McIntire & Son, the senior partner being the late Timothy McIntire He was then engaged as an officer of the law and justice of the peace.
George H. McIntire was elected constable in the year 1873. He held that office for ten years. He was appointed as a U. S. Deputy marshal in 1880. He served as Sheriff Cowley County. After that he became a constable again and later a city policeman.
During the opening of the Cherokee Strip, south of here in Oklahoma, when this city was on the border and was wild and wooly, he saw real service as a peace officer.
Prior to that time he and his father and brothers saw and lived the hardships of the early border days in Kansas, and they all could relate many interesting and hair raising stories of the “wild west.”
Mr. McIntire served two years as sheriff in Colorado in the early days.
Captain M. N. Sinnott, F. L. Thompson, and other local men who had served as officers of the law in Arkansas City recalled at the time of the funeral services the participation of the late George H. McIntire and other former officers of the law (Capt. Rarick and J. J. Breene) in capturing criminals in the early days in Cowley County. Many recalled stories told by the late George H. McIntire of the early days. Mr. McIntire stated that at times he was in a bad way with a man of known criminal record who had the drop on him, but by his thoughtfulness and easy going manner, under such circumstances, he was able to turn the trick successfully and get the drop on the other fellow in the end.
Mr. George H. McIntire was a member of the A. O. U. W. Lodge and the Select Knights.
He was a member of the Arkansas City G. A. R. Post. Post Members and also members of the W. R. C. attended the funeral services in a body.
Old timers attending the funeral recalled that only one living member of the Eleventh Kansas regiment of the Civil War remained in Arkansas City after the death of Mr. McIntire: D. G. (Dave) Lewis. They also recalled that the late Capt. Thompson, father of City Commissioner F. L. Thompson, was also a member of this famous regiment, which was one of the liveliest in Civil War times.
Besides the five children, George H. McIntire was survived by one sister, Mrs. Innis McIntire Osgood, of Arkansas City, married to Edward A. Osgood, who at the time of his death was very ill. He was also survived by two brothers: Timothy McIntire, of Emporia, Kansas, who was residing in Redwood, California, at the time of the funeral and was unable to attend; and Charles M. McIntire, the youngest of the children of the late Timothy McIntire.
George H. McIntire would have been 78 years of age if he had lived until March 1922.
The surviving children of George H. McIntire were the following: Mrs. Cora McIntire Friend, of Lamar, Colorado; Mrs. Claude McIntire Duval, of Newkirk, Oklahoma; Mrs. T. E. McIntire Smith, of Kaw City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Chas. McIntire Boyles, of Quincy, Illinois; and Al McIntire, of Arkansas City. All of the children attended the funeral services and burial of George H. McIntire.
Ron, the above is very rough. Took it from about four different articles on McIntire. Reckon you will want to straighten it out. MAW 2/3/2000
Now...back to the drawing board. Taking the following from newspapers.
Emporia News, January 8, 1869.
Married. On Dow Creek, at the residence of H. F. Clark, by P. B. Maxson, Esq., George H. McIntire and Miss Mary R. Champlin, all of Lyon County, Kansas.
Winfield Courier, February 27, 1874.
Miles, the horse-thief who made his escape from the city jail last Friday week, was retaken by constable McIntire, A. W. Patterson, and Mr. Draper last Saturday, on Coal Rock Creek, thirty miles east of this place, at the house of Mr. Johnson. He made his escape by chipping the wood with a hatchet and burning the door of the jail. The hatchet used he claimed to have stolen from Bowen’s Grocery. After his escape he laid out in the grass near Pat Somers’ place all day and all night, and then went to houses on the Walnut, where he was fed by people knowing him to be the identified thief who had escaped. He was delayed two days on account of not finding the Walnut River bridge, but afterwards crossed it and went to Grouse Creek and from thence to Coal Rock Creek, where he was taken. Traveler.
Miles was brought to Winfield and placed in the county jail for safekeeping.
Winfield Courier, April 24, 1874.
Commissioner’s Proceeding.
Cowley Clerk’s Office.
Cowley County, Kansas.
April 16, 1874.
The following is a list of bills allowed by the Board of County Commissioners at their last regular meeting, showing the amount to whom allowed, and for what purpose.
Other bills:
Timothy McIntire, Justice of the Peace: $3.70
George H. McIntire, Constable: $12.50
T. McIntire. J. P.: $4.40
G. H. McIntire, Constable: $11.80
T. McIntire, J. P.: $5.25
G. H. McIntire, Constable: $6.80
Note to file: Above was very hard to follow. Redid the entire article in order to place it in George and Timothy McIntire files. Some of the names given in paper do not seem to be correct. When I redid this, I also corrected (or tried to) some of the names. MAW 7/15/1999
Winfield Courier, April 24, 1874. Commissioner’s Proceeding.
COWLEY CLERK’S OFFICE,
Cowley County, Kan., April 16th, 1874.
The following is a list of bills allowed by the Board of County Commissioners at their last regular meeting, showing the amount to whom allowed, and for what purpose.
Judges of Election.
Wm. Adkinson, $2.00; J. M. Barrick, $2.00; T. W. Blanchard, $2.00; John Boon, $7.00; A. P. Brooks, $4.80; T. R. Bryan, $2.00; G. L. Burdett, $2.00; H. L. Busher, $4.80; W. M. Butterfield, $2.00; T. P. Carter, $2.00; J. D. Cochran, $2.00; H. H. Constant, $3.60; P. J. Copple, $4.00; B. A. Davis, $5.00; W. H. DeMott, $4.50; M. L. Devore, $2.00; S. F. Draper, $2.00; J. N. Fleharty, $2.00; G. W. Foughty, $3.80; W. A. Freeman, $3.90; H. D. Gans, $2.00; W. M. Gillard, $2.00; S. D. Groom, $2.00; M. Hemenway, $2.00; T. H. Henderson, $2.00; M. B. Hennon, $5.80; I. How, $2.00; Wm. Jenkins, $2.00; S. B. Johnson, $2.00; W. Ketcham, $2.00; N. J. Larkin, $4.30; John Liston, $2.00; J. M. Marks, $2.00; Tim. McIntire, $2.00; A. McKinley, $2.00; D. A. Merydith, $5.00; J. W. Miller, $2.00; A. A. Mills, $2.00; T. H. Morris, $2.00; John Mosier, $2.00; Isaac Onstott, $2.00; D. M. Patton, $6.00; J. H. Patton, $2.00; J. H. Pricket, $5.70; A. J. Pyburn, $2.00; F. M. Ross, $2.00; J. Q. Searle, $2.00; Thos. Shaver, $7.00; J. P. Short, $3.00; J. B. Smith, $4.20; J. J. Smith, $2.00; C. Sprague, $2.00; G. C. Swasey, $3.90; R. S. Strother, $5.00; D. Terrill, $2.00; R. I. Theaker, $2.00; Robert Thirsk, $2.00; D. Thompson, $4.50; T. L. Thompson, $2.00; Adam Walk, $5.00; D. B. Ware, $2.00; A. Weatherhead, $2.00; Wm. White, $4.40; H. D. Wilkins, $5.00; C. D. Willeston, $2.00; G. H. Williams, $2.00; W. Williams, $2.00; Warren Wood, $2.00; J. G. Young, $2.00.
Clerks of Election (each paid $2.00). [Two names not listed.]
Samuel Adams, T. H. Aley, Alvin Barris, J. W. Blair, M. L. Brooks, D. A. Byers, W. H. Clay, T. W. Emerson, W. Estes, J. C. Felton, L. Goodrich, J. N. Groom, C. B. Hall, J. W. Hamilton, Peter Hansen, Jessie Hines, L. Holcomb, S. J. Holebrit, H. H. Hooker, A. H. Hornemann, S. M. Jarvis, L. P. King, J. W. Ledlie, Chas. McClung, Jas. McDermott, G. H. McIntire, C. R. Miles, Ed Millard, S. S. Moore, A. J. Pickering, Isaac Shuster, John Stockdale, Wm. R. Stolp, C. M. Stowe, John Swain, J. B. Todd, J. B. Waggoner, J. Walbert, A. J. Walck, Samuel Watt, F. H. Werden, W. M. Wilson, C. M. Wood, Geo. Wright.
Other bills.
County Clerk: M. G. Troup, $90.15; $135.20; $108.60.
District Clerk: James Kelly, $12.00; $2.00.
Justice of the Peace: W. M. Boyer, $10.75; $7.50; $5.75; $2.20; $9.00.
Justice of the Peace: Timothy McIntire, $3.70; $5.25; $4.40.
Sheriff, R. L. Walker, paid as follows: $79.60; $30.25; $2.25; $14.25; $56.00; $2.00; $32.00; $73.50; $3.55; $4.15; $2.25.
Deputy Sheriff: J. L. M. Hill, $1.50; $2.00; $10.00.
Bailiff: Geo. L. Walker, $22.00; J. L. M. Hill, $18.00; T. A. Blanchard, $8.00.
Constable: Burt Covert, $55.60.
Constable: G. H. McIntire, $6.80, $12.50, $4.40, $11.80.
Constable: J. L. M. Hill, $9.65.
Jailor, Burt Covert: $36.00; $104.88; $17.77; $52.44; $8.00; $6.75.
Jailor, John M. Young, $21.33.
Guarding prisoner: C. Brintzenhoffer, $3.00; R. Fitzgerald, $3.00; W. Fritch, $2.00; Elmer Kinney, $1.00; G. M. Rouse, $1.00; Isaac Taylor, $1.00; J. W. Tull, $11.80; Fred Ward, $2.00.
Witnesses: Robert Bailey, $7.50; G. W. Ballou, $8.50; Harrison Barton, $3.50; W. M. Boyer, $6.35, $3.00; Napoleon Bryant, $4.50; Burt Covert, $4.50, $.50, $1.50; W. E. Doud, $4.00; Wm. Fritch, $6.10; H. D. Gans, $6.10; Arthur Hane, $4.50; A. A. Jackson, $7.50; T. H. Johnson, $6.90; C. W. Jones, $5.70; T. J. Jones, $1.50; James Kirk, $3.00; Thomas Lawson, $4.50; C. Mayes, $7.70; Geo. Mayes, $7.70; J. E. Mayes, $7.70; G. H. McIntire, $9.50; E. Parker, $1.30; James Parker, $1.00; W. Parker, $1.30; Joseph Requa, $4.50; R. B. Saffold, $.50; Barney Shriver, $4.50; H. S. Silver, $3.00; C. S. Smith, $2.30; T. A. Suits, $3.00; T. H. Suits, $1.50; S. Tarrant, $3.00; Ben Townsend, $3.30; Geo. Walker, $4.50; R. L. Walker, $4.50; John Weiss, $2.50; A. Wood, $1.50; B. Wood, $1.50.
[ANNOUNCEMENT: FRANK GALLOTTI FOR COUNTY TREASURER.]
Winfield Courier, September 16, 1875.
TO THE VOTERS OF COWLEY COUNTY.
This is to certify that we, whose names are hereto subscribed, do most heartily recommend for our next County Treasurer, FRANK GALLOTTI, who has for the last year and a half faithfully and satisfactorily preformed the duties of said office while acting in the capacity of Deputy; and we do hereby further certify that his character during that time has been such as to fully entitle him to the recommendation. The records of said office kept by him, bears ample testimony of his capability and efficiency. We consider him well qualified to fulfill the duties of said office, and therefore cheerfully recommend him to the voters of Cowley County as well worth of their cordial support, and who, if elected, will most faithfully and systematically perform the duties of said office.
Jno. D. Pryor.
E. D. Kager.
H. C. Irvin.
H. D. Gans.
E. S. Bedilion.
A. J. Pyburn.
B. F. Baldwin.
J. M. Fahnestock.
W. M. Boyer.
T. K. Johnston.
G. S. Manser.
C. A. Bliss.
J. E. Saint.
N. Roberson.
W. G. Graham.
S. D. Cochran.
W. D. Mowry.
W. J. Mowry.
H. Godehard.
W. H. Walker.
K. F. Smith.
J. H. Bonsall.
E. D. Eddy.
E. J. Hoyt.
J. C. Evans.
Henry Mowry.
Albert Horn.
J. C. Mitchell.
R. Page.
L. C. Wood.
L. W. Currier.
John C. McMullen.
H. P. Walker.
James S. Simpson.
Chas. Harter.
A. T. Shenneman.
S. Darrah.
T. J. Jones.
J. A. Beck.
C. M. Sloan.
P. Hill.
Geo. Youle.
A. F. Tryon.
J. P. McMillen.
Joseph Requa.
A. N. Deming.
R. L. Walker.
D. M. Hopkins.
J. N. Beemen.
J. W. Curns.
J. Manley.
Jas. L. M. Hill.
H. Brotherton.
J. W. Johnston.
P. J. Copple.
Allen B. Lemmon.
David S. Brown.
T. A. Wilkinson.
Petyer Paugh.
Chas. E. Love.
R. Rogers.
C. L. Bliss.
Philip Stump.
M. L. Robinson.
M. L. Read.
W. C. Robinson.
S. H. Myton.
H. P. Farrar.
T. C. Bird.
D. M. Purdy.
E. M. Bird.
W. E. Gooch.
Jno. N. J. Gooch.
A. H. Buckwalter.
Antonio Buzzi.
W. G. Kay.
Frank Lorry.
Thomas Baird.
G. W. Harmon.
Samuel Kuhns.
John Annis.
W. E. Chenoweth.
Alfred Pruden.
C. R. Sipes.
A. W. Burkey.
W. S. Thompson.
E. R. Thompson.
C. J. Beck.
Charles Gallert.
Alfred B. Woolsey.
J. C. Topliff.
S. P. Channell.
W. M. Burkey.
M. Y. Hurst.
G. H. McIntire.
W. H. Speers.
D. R. Baird.
R. Hoffmaster.
Chas. R. Williamson.
B. A. Davis.
George L. Walker.
Winfield Courier, January 20, 1876.
Legislative Items.
Monday last the Legislature had been organized five days and 109 bills had been introduced in the House and 70 in the Senate. About twelve bills were in on the subject of fixing salaries for county officers.
Representative Hackney has introduced a bill “For the relief of G. H. McIntire and appropriating $100.” He has introduced a resolution memorializing Congress for the right of way through government lands for a railroad from Ellsworth via Wichita, Winfield, and Arkansas City to Ft. Smith, and one from Arkansas City to Sherman, Texas. Mr. Hackney is chairman of the committee on claims and is a member of the committee on railroads.
The apportionment committee is divided among the light counties, the populous counties being left almost entirely out.
The House on Monday passed a resolution declaring against a third term for Grant by a vote of 76 to 17. Hackney was one of the 17.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 9, 1876.
MAYOR: S. P. CHANNELL.
COUNCILMEN: H. GODEHARD, E. D. BOWEN, J. H. SHERBURNE, J. T. SHEPARD, I. H. BONSALL.
POLICE JUDGE: T. McINTIRE.
STREET COMMISSIONER: GEORGE McINTIRE.
CITY CLERK: I. H. BONSALL.
[KANSAS LEGISLATURE NEWS.]
Arkansas City Traveler, February 16, 1876. Front Page.
The organization of the House includes—Journal Clerk: W. W. Walton, of Cowley.
Mr. Hackney introduced a bill for the relief of Geo. McIntire, appropriating $100. It is for that militia horse, and he ought to have it.
Arkansas City Traveler, March 1, 1876.
Fraud, Liar and “Dead Beat.”
About two weeks ago, a man of gentlemanly appearance—a smooth, slow talker—stopped at the Central Avenue Hotel at this place, representing himself to be a sheep-dealer from Ohio, but of late from Colorado and New Mexico. He was an honest-looking man; talked in the old style, honest fashion, and took pleasure in giving any information he could about sheep. During his stay he endeavored to purchase articles of clothing at several places, and finally did obtain a full suit without paying for them, by representing that he would have a draft the next day. In the meantime, the following card, with his photograph, was received by George McIntire, Constable of this township.
ERASTUS JONES,
Aged 46 years; considerably gray; wears a long gray overcoat; gray pants; whiskers worn all over the face; about 5 feet 8 inches in height. He is a
FRAUD, LIAR AND “DEAD BEAT,”
Traveling through the country, representing himself to be a wealthy sheep-dealer from Ohio, and obtaining goods through false and fraudulent representations. I have in my possession letters stating that he has been impeached in the courts of Ohio, and if he had been prosecuted, would be in the penitentiary for his crimes.
J. H. LEEMAN,
City Marshal of Hutchinson, Kans.
After reading the card (which is a good description of him, except he is not gray), the party who sold him the goods demanded the pay for them or their return. The goods were returned, and Mr. Jones left the next morning, without paying for his board. He started east from here, and it will be well enough for hotel men and others to be on their guard.
Winfield Courier, August 10, 1876.
Delegates.
The following is a list of the delegates to the republican county convention, from the nine townships heard from.
Creswell: I. H. Bonsall, W. M. Sleeth, O. P. Houghton, Geo. McIntire, and Dr. Hughes.
Winfield Courier, August 17, 1876. Editorial Page.
COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Republican county convention convened at the Courthouse, in Winfield, on Saturday, August 12th, at 1 o’clock p.m., and was called to order by A. B. Lemmon, chairman of the Republican county central committee. R. C. Story was elected temporary chairman and James Kelly secretary. A committee on credentials was appointed, consisting of Messrs. E. S. Torrance, J. W. Tull, A. B. Odell, T. R. Bryan, and S. M. Jarvis. The committee reported the following persons as having been duly elected as delegates and alternates to the convention.
Creswell: Delegates, I. H. Bonsall, Nathan Hughes, Geo. McIntire, O. P. Houghton, H. D. Kellogg, and Wm. M. Sleeth. Alternates, A. A. Newman, R. A. Houghton, T. C. Bird, W. H. Speers, Elisha Parker, and W. S. Hunt.
Winfield Courier, September 21, 1876. Editorial Page.
PROCEEDINGS OF REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Pursuant to call of the County Central Committee, the delegates to the county convention met in the courthouse, in Winfield, on Saturday, Sept. 16th, at 11 o’clock a.m., and organized by electing Capt. J. S. Hunt temporary chairman and C. H. Eagin temporary secretary.
On motion the convention adjourned to meet at 2 o’clock p.m.
2 p.m.; convention called to order; Capt. Hunt in the chair.
The committee on credentials being called submitted the following report: Your committee on credentials find that the following named gentlemen were duly elected as delegates to this convention, and all are entitled to seats therein.
Creswell: N. Hughes, I. H. Bonsall, Geo. McIntire, O. P. Houghton, H. Kellogg, and W. M. Sleeth.
Winfield Courier, November 16, 1876. Editorial Page.
Township Officers.
Creswell Township:
T. McIntire, Trustee; W. M. Mowry, Clerk; W. Gooch, Treasurer; NO J. P.; G. H. McIntire and W. J. Gray, Constables.
[COMPLETE LIST OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.]
Arkansas City Traveler, March 22, 1876.
CRESWELL:
TRUSTEE, A. CHAMBERLAIN.
CLERK, M. D. MOWRY.
TREASURER, E. D. EDDY.
JUSTICES: T. McINTIRE, I. H. BONSALL.
CONSTABLES: GEO. McINTIRE; W. J. GRAY.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 8, 1876.
The following officers were nominated in the different townships, and most of them are probably elected.
Creswell Township. Trustee, Timothy McIntire; Treasurer, Wyatt Gooch; Clerk, L. W. Currier; Constables, Geo. McIntire, W. J. Gray.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 8, 1876.
The following is the vote on township officers in Creswell Township.
Constables: Geo. McIntire 260; W. J. Gray 252.
Trustee: T. McIntire 145; A. Chamberlain, 125.
Treasurer: Wyard Gooch 286.
Clerk: L. W. Currier 126; Will Mowry 142.
The vote on township officers was not a party vote.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 29, 1876.
LAND AND PROPERTY DISTRIBUTION. In another column will be seen the advertisement of W. D. Clark and A. S. Williams, Grand Sale of Real Estate and Personal Property, to take place January 1st, 1877. The men are well known in this County and have the reputation of being straightforward, honorable men. The property can be seen at the residences of the owners. I. H. Bonsall and Geo. McIntire are Agents for this locality. Price of tickets $1 each.
AD: GRAND SALE -OF- REAL ESTATE! -AND- PERSONAL PROPERTY!
THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD AND DELIVERED TO THE PARTIES WHO HOLD SALE TICKETS, SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY, ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1877 -0- $10,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, UPON THE SALE OF 10,000 TICKETS AT $1 EACH.
In case the whole number of tickets should not be sold, the value of those unsold tickets will be taken from the personal property at the schedule price; and in case there should not be a sufficient number of tickets sold to justify a sale of the real estate, then the money arising from the sale of the tickets, after deducting the expenses that have accrued (not exceeding twenty percent), WILL BE REFUNDED TO THE HOLDERS OF TICKETS, UPON PRESENTATION OF THE SAME TO THE TREASURER.
For the faithful performance of the above stipulation, the following persons are named respectively: M. L. Robinson, Treasurer; W. D. Clark, Secretary; F. W. Schwantes, and C. A. McClung, Trustees—into whose hands the property is placed, and by them to be delivered and conveyed to the ticket holders.
All sales of tickets must be immediately reported to the Secretary, and all moneys arising from such sale placed in his hands, and by him placed in the hands of the Treasurer.
Article No. 1 is
A WELL IMPROVED WALNUT VALLEY FARM,
Containing 160 Acres, 130 of which are in cultivation;
EIGHTY-FIVE ACRES IN GROWING WHEAT
Living water, comfortable dwellings, etc.; a schoolhouse on southwest corner, situated on Wichita and Winfield road, about four miles from Winfield; the northeast quarter of section twelve, Township thirty-two, range three east.
Article No. 2 is also an
On the west, in good state of cultivation, comfortable
buildings, etc.; sixteen acres of growing wheat. And
98 OTHER PRIZES,
-INCLUDING ALMOST-
EVERY ARTICLE OF MACHINERY USED ON A FARM,
From a garden hoe to a threshing machine.
Also, cattle, mules and horses.
Every ticket holder will receive some article of value for
his ticket.
The following is a schedule of some of the principal property and articles, with valuation of the same.
1. 160 acres of Land, Northeast 1/4 of section 12, Township 32, range 3: $4,000.
2. 160 acres of I and, Northwest 1/4 of section 12, Township 32, range 3: $1,600.
3. Undivided half interest in one Aultman & Taylor Vibrator: $400.
4. One span of Mules, seven years old: $350.
5. One span of Mules, four and seven years old: $350.
6. One span of Mules, nine and ten years old: $225.
7. One Draft Horse, nine years old: $112.
8. Lease on eighty acres of plow land for three years: $300.
9. Marsh Harvester: $200.
10. Champion Self-Rake combined Reaper and Mower: $125.
11. Dayton Grain Drill: $85.
12. Two-Horse Wagon, 3-1/4 spindle: $60.
13. Two-Horse Wagon, 3-1/4 spindle: $60.
14. Two-Horse Wagon, 3-1/4 spindle: $60.
15. Two-Horse Wagon, 3-1/4 spindle: $60.
16. Sewing Machine—Singer: $60.
17. Sewing Machine—Wheeler & Wilson: $75.
18. Sewing Machine—Wilson Shuttle: $40.
19. Sod Cutter: $40.
20. Milch Cow: $143.
21. One two-horse Top Buggy: $30.
22. Set of Buggy Harness: $30.
23. Cultivator: $30.
24. Set of Harness: $25.
25. Fourteen inch sod plow (Prairie Queen): $25.
26. Set of Harness and one twelve inch Clarinda: $10.
27. Set of Harness: $12.
28. Double A Harrow: $15.
29. Twelve inch John Deere Sod Plow: $15.
30. Eight-day Clock: $15.
31. Double-barrel Shot Gun: $10.
ALSO, SIXTY-NINE PRIZES VALUED AT FROM $1.00 TO $15.00,
-AND-
9,900 PRICES VALUED AT LESS THAN $1.00 EACH.
For further information address the Secretary, at Winfield, Kansas.
W. D. CLARK and A. S. WILLIAMS, PROPRIETORS.
I hereby consent to act as Treasurer of the above enterprise, according to the conditions above named.
M. L. ROBINSON, Cashier for Read’s Bank.
WINFIELD, COWLEY County, KAS., November 29, 1876.
We, the undersigned, having been selected as trustees to superintendent and conduct the above sale, to be made by Messrs. Clark and Williams on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1877, do hereby accept the trust, and will use our utmost endeavors to see that the distribution, and everything connected with the enterprise, is conducted in a fair and impartial manner, and that the property shall be delivered and conveyed according to the drawing. Personal property prizes to be delivered immediately after the drawing, and real estate to be conveyed immediately and possession given of the same on the 1st day of March, 1877.
F. W. SCHWANTES AND C. A. McCLUNG, TRUSTEES.
We, the undersigned, having considered the within proposition, and being well acquainted with the Trustees and Managers thereof, would cheerfully recommend it to the patronage of the public, believing that the managers thereof will be impartial, faithful, and honest.
A. H. MYTON, Merchant. B. F. BALDWIN, Merchant.
C. A. BLISS, Merchant. T. E. GILLELAND, Merchant.
R. L. BROOKING, Farmer. J. B. LYNN, Merchant.
J. D. COCHRAN, Farmer. C. C. BLACK, Capitalist.
I. H. BONSALL and G. H. McINTIRE, AGENTS,
Arkansas City, Kansas.
[SHERIFF’S SALE DUE TO SUIT BY LYMAN C. NORTON .]
Arkansas City Traveler, May 23, 1877.
RECAP: Sheriff R. L. Walker, G. W. McIntire, Deputy, selling at public auction 159.60 acres of land to satisfy suit made by Lyman C. Norton against George O. Sweet and Ann F. Sweet.
Winfield Courier, July 12, 1877.
County Commissioners’ Proceedings.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK,
Winfield, Kansas, July 5th, 1877.
Board of County Commissioners met in regular session. Present: R. F. Burden, Chairman, W. M. Sleeth and William White, members of the board, with James McDermott, County Attorney, R. L. Walker, Sheriff, and M. G. Troup, County Clerk. Among other proceedings claims against the county were presented to the board and passed upon as follows, viz.
Clerk of Election: G. H. McIntire, $2.00
Arkansas City Traveler, October 17, 1877.
No call has yet been made for the nomination of township officers in this township yet. The officers to be elected are Trustee, Treasurer, Clerk, two Justices of the Peace, two Constables, and Road overseers for each Road District. The present officers are: I. H. Bonsall and James Christian, Justices of the Peace; Timothy McIntire, Trustee; Wyard Good, Treasurer; William D. Mowry, Clerk; Wm. J. Gray and George McIntire, Constables.
[EDITORIAL COLUMNS: CITY ELECTION, CANDIDATES.]
Arkansas City Traveler, November 7, 1877.
The election at this place yesterday passed off very quietly and pleasantly. The votes polled lacked about seventy of being the entire vote of the township. Some little strife was made for the offices of constables and justices of the peace. The following is the vote on township officers.
Trustee. M. R. Leonard, 203.
Treasurer. L. Finley, 119.
Clerk. W. D. Mowry, 197.
Justices: I. H. Bonsall, 166; James Christian, 120; T. McIntire, 107.
Constables: Geo. McIntire, 185; James Morgan, 133; W. J. Gray, 82.
Road Overseers: J. W. Hutchinson ; Capt. Bird, 7.
There were two justices and two constables to elect.
Winfield Courier, November 15, 1877.
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS ELECTED.
Creswell—M. R. Leonard, Trustee; M. Finley, Treasurer; W. D. Mowry, Clerk; J. Christian, I. H. Bonsall, Justices; Geo. McIntire, Jas. Morgan, Constables.
Winfield Courier, January 24, 1878.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. Claims allowed Jan. 10.
Sheriff: R. L. Walker, $74.50, $6.05; $14.75; $46.75; $13; $24; $10.50; $8.00.
Deputy Sheriff: H. W. Dunning, $3.75; G. H. McIntire, $4.00; G. L. Walker, $2.45.
[ROBBERY: SCHIFFBAUER’S STORE.]
Arkansas City Traveler, January 30, 1878.
The articles taken from Schiffbauer’s store on Monday night were six silver plated knives, some finished Elgin staffs, some roller jewels, and eighteen watches, in all valued at $482. The watches belonged to the following named persons, with the values set opposite their names.
G. H. McIntire, silver, $10.00
Winfield Courier, August 1, 1878.
Real Estate Transfers.
Geo. H. McIntire and wife to August F. Farus, ne. 23-34-3; $40.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 7, 1878.
At the primary election last Saturday the following persons were elected delegates to the convention at Winfield next Saturday: J. H. Sherburne, Geo. McIntire, R. A. Houghton, George Allen, I. H. Bonsall, Jerry Tucker, and E. G. Gray.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 9, 1878.
Republican Nominating Convention.
At the nominating convention held at Winfield last Saturday, E. S. Torrance was nominated for County Attorney, E. S. Bedilion for Clerk of the District Court, R. C. Story for Supt. Public Instruction, J. W. Millspaugh for Probate Judge, and G. L. Gale for Commissioner of the first district. The vote was as follows.
COUNTY ATTORNEY. E. S. Torrance, 51; James McDermott, 23.
PROBATE JUDGE. J. W. Millspaugh, 40; H. D. Gans, 21; P. G. Smith, 10; Joel Mason, 3; S. M. Jarvis, 1. Mr. Jarvis withdrew when his name was first presented. E. S. Bedilion and R. C. Story were declared the choice of the convention by acclamation.
A Central Committee was then chosen, as follows.
Creswell: George McIntire.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 13, 1878.
Township Officers Elected.
CRESWELL.
Trustee: Amos Walton.
Clerk: Robert Maxwell.
Treasurer: S. B. Adams.
Constables: G. H. McIntire and James Morgan.
Arkansas City Traveler, March 26, 1879.
A fire on the North side of town came near burning out Geo. McIntire, who was away from home, but the neighbors turned out and saved his buildings. It burned up some small fruit and vines.
Arkansas City Traveler, June 11, 1879.
BIRTH. Born June 5th, to Geo. McIntire and wife, a son.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 20, 1879.
The election of delegates to the county convention passed off quietly last Saturday, there being but one ticket in the field. The following are the delegates and alternates.
DELEGATES. ALTERNATES.
G. H. McINTIRE T. L. MANTOR
C. R. MITCHELL JERRY TUCKER
ED. G. GRAY K. F. SMITH
R. MAXWELL D. B. HARTSOCK
S. MATLACK W. D. MOWRY
W. H. SPEERS W. R. SCOTT
JAMES RIDENOUR EDGAR BIRD
[REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.]
Winfield Courier, September 11, 1879.
Committee on credentials reported the following named delegates entitled to vote in this convention; which report was adopted.
Creswell: Geo. H. McIntire, C. R. Mitchell, K. F. Smith, D. B. Hartsock, S. Matlack, C. M. Scott, James Ridenour.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 12, 1879.
At the regular October meeting of the board of Creswell township, the following bills were presented and allowed.
G. McIntire, work on bridge: $10.25
Arkansas City Traveler, December 10, 1879.
George McIntire has sold to Mr. Coonrod nine acres of his farm for $33 per acre.
Is the McIntire mentioned in following a son of George McIntire???
Arkansas City Traveler, February 11, 1880.
School Report.
The following Report of the Public Schools of the city for the school month ending February 6th.
FIRST PRIMARY.
Ida Wagstaff, Lillie Rarick, Ross Garris, Charlie Peek, Frank Parsons, Willie Fullerlove, Clifford Rife, Howard McIntire.
The number of pupils enrolled in each department is as follows:
High School, 49.
Intermediate, 42.
Second Primary, 43.
First Primary, 50.
Total: 184.
C. H. SYLVESTER, Principal.
Put Howard and Minnie McIntire under George H. McIntire file. Am not certain if this is correct. MAW 6/11/2000
Arkansas City Traveler, March 10, 1880.
SCHOOL REPORT. For the month ending March 5, 1880.
LISTING NAMES ONLY...
RANKING SCHOLARS —
HIGH SCHOOL: Charlie Chapel and Sam Swarts.
INTERMEDIATE: Frank Theaker, Harvey Roberson, Perry Fullerlove.
SECOND PRIMARY: Grace McClung, Lizzie Garris, Newton Lancaster.
FIRST PRIMARY: Jennie DeBruce, Willie Kellogg, Howard McIntire, Eva Anderson.
NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY—
HIGH SCHOOL: Jerry Adams, Henry Smith, Mary Theaker, Charlie Chapel, Charlie Randall, Sarah Randall, Emma Theaker, Jacob Endicott, Frank Randall, Sam Swarts, Martin Warren, Jessie Finley, Minnie McIntire.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 12, 1880.
The thief that stole Jack Martin’s horse a few weeks since has been captured with the stolen property in his possession at Bentonville, Arkansas, where he is now lying in durance vile. Geo. McIntire, Ezra Milks, and Jack Martin started for that place on Sunday morning last to recover the horse and bring the thief to this place for trial.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 19, 1880.
Jack Martin, George McIntire, and Ezra Milks returned from Arkansas this morning with Martin’s horse, which was stolen a few weeks ago. The thief piloted them almost home, and then thinking they could get along without him, he borrowed the Deputy U. S. Marshal’s revolver and Ezra’s best horse and set his face toward the rising sun. Our boys had a narrow escape, and we congratulate them.
Arkansas City Traveler, June 16, 1880.
The following are the delegates and alternates to the county convention to be held at Winfield next Saturday, for the purpose of electing six delegates to the Congressional convention and nominating a candidate for State Senator for this district.
DELEGATES: W. D. Mowry, J. C. Topliff, Ed. G. Gray, Geo. H. McIntire, Dr. A. J. Chapel, C. R. Mitchell, Tom Mantor, J. Ridenour.
ALTERNATES: H. D. Kellogg, Cal Swarts, R. J. Maxwell, M. Rexford, A. C. Williams, M. Stanton, D. B. Hartsock, Frank Speers.
The above is the best ticket that can be put before our people. Look to the interests of our county, and send these delegates to Winfield.
Arkansas City Traveler, July 7, 1880.
DIED. We regret to chronicle the death of the infant son of Geo. H. McIntire and wife, which occurred last Tuesday, June 29th, 1880.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 11, 1880.
After nominating the Representative at Dexter last Saturday, a central committee for this district was chosen, of which Geo. H. McIntire was elected chairman.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 18, 1880.
The following is the central committee for the 89th Representative district, elected at Dexter on the 7th, of which G. H. McIntire is chairman.
Creswell: George McIntire.
Cedar: James Utt.
Pleasant Valley: A. H. Broadwell.
Bolton: D. P. Marshall.
Spring Creek: James Gilleland.
Beaver: G. W. Brown.
Liberty: H. W. Stubblefield.
Silverdale: N. T. Estus.
Windsor: George Reynolds.
Otter: A. A. Mills.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 13, 1880.
George McIntire, Joseph Schuster, E. T. Horne, Mr. Midkiff, Capt. Scott, and three Nez Perce Indians—James Reuben, Charley Moses, and Wolf Head—started for Leavenworth last Monday afternoon, to attend the U. S. Court. Agent Whiting started Sunday afternoon. They are subpoenaed as witnesses in two cases: one for selling liquor to an Indian, and one for stealing hides from the Nez Perces.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 2, 1881.
The following was the ticket put in nomination at the Republican township caucus held last Saturday in this city.
Trustee: Uriah Spray.
Treasurer: William Sleeth.
Clerk: W. D. Mowry.
Justice of the Peace: S. J. Mantor.
Constables: G. H. McIntire, E. M. Bird.
[REPORT FROM “LEAD” - MAPLE CITY.]
Winfield Courier, March 31, 1881.
Mr. McIntire, the Deputy U. S. Marshal, was in town Saturday looking after the lawless portion of this community. He found some things not just according to law but nothing was done.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 6, 1881.
The Benedict property in the west part of town has been purchased by G. McIntire. We do not know whether he intends to rent or occupy the same.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 13, 1881.
George McIntire is now living in town.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 13, 1881.
Deputy Sheriff McIntire left this morning to attend the session of the U. S. Court at Topeka.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 13, 1881.
We are under obligations to G. M. McIntire for the following item.
Willie Fogg, a juvenile horse thief, aged 15, who has served one term of imprisonment, undertook to try his hand a second time, so stole a horse from Winfield. Sheriff Shenneman got on his track and arrested him at the Willows, Indian Territory, on Saturday last. Deputy Sheriff McIntire and constable Breene arrived while the arrest was being made.
[TRIAL DOCKET DISTRICT COURT MAY TERM, 1881.]
Winfield Courier, April 28, 1881.
CIVIL DOCKET: 120 CASES.
Frank C. Wood vs. George H. McIntire.
[TRIAL DOCKET, DISTRICT COURT - MAY TERM, 1881.]
Arkansas City Traveler, May 4, 1881. Front Page.
Civil Docket: Frank C. Wood vs. George H. McIntire.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 4, 1881.
Geo. McIntire has been putting up an addition to his new home in the city.
[DISTRICT COURT.]
Winfield Courier, May 5, 1881.
Court met promptly Monday morning. The first cases taken up were the indictments made by the grand jury at the last term. A plea of guilty was entered by all of the parties present, and a uniform fine of $10 and costs assessed against those indicted for gambling, and $25 each for three cases of selling liquor on Sunday. Civil cases were then taken up, and the following ones disposed of.
Wood vs. McIntire, continued.
Arkansas City Traveler, June 8, 1881.
BORN. To Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McIntire, of this city, on Thursday last, a daughter.
Arkansas City Traveler, June 8, 1881.
A short time ago a card, describing some horses stolen in the vicinity of Chetopa, was received by Marshall Sinnott, and yesterday a man with a woman, and two horses, answering the description given, passed through town. Deputy Sheriff McIntire immediately started in pursuit and took his man between this place and the Territory line. He claimed to be going to Colorado, but the woman said they were striking for Texas, in which direction they were traveling when overtaken. A dispatch was sent to Chetopa, and the man and property are being held for further instructions from there.
Winfield Courier, June 23, 1881.
A boy by the name of Jefferson McDade was arrested last week for theft. He had hired out to Mr. Hon, of Pleasant Valley township, to harvest; and the first night slept with Alvin Hon. Al. happened to have about $35.00 in his pocket, and young McDade took $20.00 of it and skipped out. He was followed and next day arrested in Arkansas City by Deputy Sheriff McIntire. $17.00 of the $20.00 was recovered, and the youth now languishes in jail.
Winfield Courier, July 7, 1881.
Judge Gans received notice Wednesday morning of the admission of Lizzie Milton to the insane asylum at Topeka. Deputy sheriff McIntire will leave with her Thursday. She has been under the care of Mrs. Margaret Winner for the past few days and has become greatly attached to her. Mrs. Winner has taken excellent care of the poor girl.
Winfield Courier, August 25, 1881.
Deputy Sheriff George McIntire returned from Emporia with Col. McMullen’s horse and the thief. The thief’s name is Joseph Best, and he says he had been lying sick near Burden for several weeks, felt bad, and thought he would steal a horse and get out of the country.
[ROLL OF OLD SOLDIERS: CRESWELL TOWNSHIP.]
Arkansas City Traveler, August 31, 1881. Editorial Page.
G. H. McIntire, Corporal, Company C, Regiment, 11 Kansas.
Winfield Courier, September 1, 1881.
Arkansas City furnishes a third-class sensation this week in the way of a shooting scrape in which no one was shot. Young Mr. Beard, whose father lives on Dutch creek above Mr. Limbocker’s, has been clerking at France’s hotel, in the City, for two weeks past. Some days ago he fell out with a buss driver, named Baxter, over some girl business. Monday the buss driver bought a cigar of Mr. Beard, and some words were passed regarding the pay, when Beard went into another room, came out with a pistol, and opened fire on the buss driver. After two shots were fired, Jehu beat a retreat, deputy sheriff McIntire took the shooter in hand, Squire Bonsall sat upon him, and fixed a bail, which was promptly furnished.
Arkansas City Traveler, September 7, 1881.
CRESWELL TOWNSHIP. The Republican voters of Creswell Township are hereby notified that a primary election will be held at I. H. Bonsall’s office, in Arkansas City, on Thursday, September 8, 1881, at 2 o’clock p.m., for the purpose of choosing seven delegates and alternates to the Republican county convention, to be held on the 10th day of September, 1881, at Winfield. G. H. McINTIRE, Chair., Township Committee.
Arkansas City Traveler, September 14, 1881.
At the primary meeting held last Thursday, the following gentlemen were elected as Delegates and Alternates to attend the Republican Nominating Convention at Winfield, on September 19th, 1881.
DELEGATES:
Capt. Nipp, G. H. McIntire, Cal. Swarts, C. M. Scott, Jerry Tucker, W. D. Mowry.
ALTERNATES:
I. H. Bonsall, R. A. Houghton, Frank Speers, J. C. Topliff, R. L. Marshall, A. B. Sankey.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 5, 1881.
Deputy McIntire came very near getting the steer that Woodruff stole from Deer Creek in the Indian Territory. He followed it to Grouse Creek, where it had been butchered, and got its tail. A tail hold is better than none at all.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 12, 1881.
DIED. The fuss between Ed. Crow and Bush, at Walker’s Ranch, Indian Territory, some two weeks since, in which Crow struck Bush on the head with a revolver, resulted in the latter’s death one day last week. Messrs. Shenneman and Geo. McIntire went after the murderer and returned with him last Friday. He gave himself up, and as we hear the report his plea of self-defense will relieve him of all responsibility from the fatal effects of the blow.
Winfield Courier, October 13, 1881.
Owing to the desire of the officers to keep the matter out of print until the arrests were made, we did not mention last week the unfortunate circumstances under which young Bush lost his life. Some weeks ago he came up from the Territory with his skull fractured. It proved to be from being struck on the head by a gun barrel, the sight of which pierced his skull. A week ago Sunday he died. Saturday Deputy McIntire came up with Ed Crow, the man who struck Bush with the gun. The U. S. Attorney will be down to conduct the examination.
Winfield Courier, October 20, 1881.
The posse that captured Armstrong was composed of Sheriff Shenneman, Deputy Geo. McIntire, Ed Horn, Lew Senate, Capt. Rarick, Lew Stanton, and Chas. Hawkins, of Silverdale township. The boys say that when Hawkins first saw Armstrong, he yelled like an Apache Indian. Ed Horn was the first to get his six-shooter on him and make him throw up his hands.
Winfield Courier, November 3, 1881.
Cowley County, Kansas, November A. D. 1881 Term.
SECOND DAY - CIVIL DOCKET.
Frank C. Wood vs. George H. McIntire.
Cowley County Courant, December 15, 1881.
Matt Smith, a United States prisoner, is now in confinement in the county jail. He was arrested yesterday at Arkansas City by George McIntire, for stealing a span of mules from William Butler, who lives west of Caldwell; and his trial will take place the 15th of this month.
Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.
As we were going to press Wednesday a rumor came around that Geo. McIntire had been shot and killed by a hotel keeper at Arkansas City. A reporter was dispatched to the telegraph office and it was found that the rumor was false.
Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.
Quite a party of Arkansas City folks came up Friday evening to see the Kendall troupe play “Hazel Kick.” Among them were Harry Farrar and lady, Chas. Schiffbauer and lady, C. D. Marshall and lady, O. Ingersoll and lady, E. O. Stevenson and lady, C. W. France, Charlie Holloway, G. H. McIntire, S. Matlack, W. D. Bishop, H. H. Stanley, and G. O. Hazard. The train was held till after the show, and we suppose Conductor Miller delivered them “right side up with care” at their homes sometime that night.
Winfield Courier, February 16, 1882.
COUNTY LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK, WINFIELD, KANSAS, JANUARY 7, 1882.
Among other proceedings had by the Board the following claims were acted upon as follows.
CRESWELL.
I. H. Bonsall, Judge: $4.50
T. McIntire, Judge: $2.00
Uriah Spray, Judge: $2.00
Geo. McIntire, clerk: $2.00
L. P. Stanton, clerk: $2.00
Cowley County Courant, February 23, 1882.
For some time it has been suspicioned that certain boys in our city [Arkansas City] were pilfering for a living, but who they were, and where to place the hand of correction was not fully settled until about a week ago, when Wyckoff & Son’s store window was broken in and a number of small articles taken out, that could be easily reached through the hole in the glass, and followed in a night or two by the taking of a few dollars from Godfrey’s billiard hall, which stamped George Rice, a boy about seventeen years of age, as leader of the gang.
Constable McIntire and Marshal Sinnott were informed of these facts, and kept a strict watch of nights for nearly a week, and finally, last Tuesday night, captured the lad. They mistrusted by movements during the day that he intended making a raid on the billiard hall that night, and as soon as it was closed, concealed themselves in close proximity to the money drawer and awaited developments.
But they did not have long to wait, for in a few minutes they heard a pane of glass shatter and soon steps were heard approaching the place where they were concealed, and in another moment George Rice loomed up from behind the counter, but before he had time to gobble any of the coveted wealth, he was confronted by a dark lantern and “British bull dog,” and compelled to give in. Wednesday he was brought before the ‘Squire, who placed his bond at $500; but not being able to give the required bail, George Rice was committed to the county jail to await his trial at the next term of the District Court. We believe George was the leader, but that there are other boys in our city who are as deep in the mire as he, and will come to grief if they do not carry themselves straight in the future. Arkansas City Democrat.
[COMMENTS BY COURANT EDITOR.]
We are sorry to say it, but there are about a half dozen boys in this city [Winfield] whose natural guardians are educating them for the penitentiary in a remarkably rapid manner. These boys go to school only when they can’t think of any other place to go to, and spend their evenings into the middle of the night “bumming” around over the streets, cutting up all sorts of deviltry, starting “fires,” and conducting themselves as industrious candidates for the penitentiary do. These boys are from twelve to sixteen years of age and are classed with that American production called “hoodlums.” The older they grow the worse they become. Their parents have abandoned all government of them and left them to run at large like wild beasts. When these parents see their darling sons with steel bracelets on their wrists and in company with the sheriff, or see them the central figures in some public hanging exhibition with black caps on their heads and rope knots under their ears, they may wonder why providence allowed their sons to become so hardened. The names of these boys are known and they are watched. There is a strong suspicion that the fire last night was caused by these examples of a certain parental education, and in all kindness, we would advise these boys to lead respectable lives, be gentlemanly, brave, and manly, and if they have never learned at home what those qualities are, if they will call at the COURANT office we will, in all humility, try and explain to them what a beautiful thing a young “gentleman” is.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 8, 1882.
Creswell Primary.
At the primary held in this city last Saturday, the following ticket was put in nomination for Creswell Township.
Trustee: U. Spray.
Clerk: W. D. Mowry.
Treasurer: W. M. Sleeth.
Justices: I. H. Bonsall and T. McIntire.
Constables: G. H. McIntire and J. J. Breene.
This ticket was elected by a large majority.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 8, 1882.
A. O. U. W.
A Lodge of A. O. U. W., consisting of forty members, was organized last week in this city by J. F. McMullen and B. M. Legg, of Winfield. The following officers were elected.
Past M. W.: James Benedict.
M. N.: Capt. O. S. Rarick.
Foreman: Archie Dunn.
Overseer: J. G. Sheldon.
Financier: W. M. Blakeney.
Receiver: W. E. Chenoweth.
Recorder: B. W. Matlack.
O. G.: H. R. Robinson.
I. G.: G. H. McIntire.
Guide: A. W. Patterson.
Trustees: A. A. Davis, J. C. Pickering, and C. R. Sipes.
Medical Examiners: H. D. Kellogg, J. T. Shepard.
Meets every Friday evening, at the Masonic Hall, until further arrangements.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 15, 1882.
Geo. McIntire has got the mumps.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 26, 1882.
It cost Cowley County $35.00 to get Mr. Thomas J. Sheddan ready for the Insane Asylum. $6 for six jurors, $2.90 each to Dr. Alexander, A. C. Gould, T. F. Huffman, and James Hill. $13.60 to Geo. McIntire for catching him, $3.25 to Sheriff Shenneman for keeping him, and $1.45 to the jailor.
Winfield Courier, April 27, 1882.
Deputy Sheriff McIntire came up Monday and is assisting Sheriff Shenneman in the courtroom.
Winfield Courier, May 4, 1882.
Deputy Sheriff McIntire captured a prisoner, one T. G. Wright, Monday, at Hunnewell, charged with defrauding a young man by the name of Chinn, at Arkansas City. Wright purchased a team from Chinn and paid him in “Missouri Defense Bonds,” an old issue of Missouri scrip, claiming that the money was good and that he had deposited some in the bank and they received it without a word. He also claimed to own a farm and stock in the county, and finally induced Chinn to take the money in payment for the team. The young man came to town, found the money was not good, and informed deputy McIntire, who started in pursuit and overtook the fraud at Hunnewell.
Cowley County Courant, May 4, 1882.
George McIntire, our deputy sheriff, caught a man at Hunnewell, by the name of Wright, who is charged with having bought a team of a man at Arkansas City, a few days ago, and paid for it in bogus Missouri scrip. Wright was bound over before a justice at Arkansas City, and is now in jail here awaiting his trial. He has a family living in Sumner County.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 17, 1882.
Geo. H. McIntire has received his commission as Deputy U. S. Marshal.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 17, 1882.
Deputy U. S. Marshal, McIntire, received yesterday 25 subpoenas for parties in this vicinity to appear before the Grand Jury at Topeka forthwith. We believe George got them all off on today’s 3 o’clock train.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 24, 1882.
G. H. McIntire and the parties subpoenaed before the Grand Jury at Topeka returned therefrom last Saturday.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 24, 1882.
Under the new regulation the U. S. Marshal will have but one deputy in each county. G. H. McIntire has received his commission as Deputy U. S. Marshal in Cowley County. Good.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 16, 1882. Editorial Page.
Representative Convention.
Pursuant to call therefore the delegates to the 67th Representative District Convention met in McLaughlin’s Hall in Arkansas City, Kans. Convention was called to order by J. B. Nipp. On motion, J. R. Sumpter, of Beaver, and R. J. Maxwell, of Creswell, were elected respectively Chairman and Secretary.
On motion the following committees were appointed, to-wit.
ON CREDENTIALS: L. Darnell, J. B. Nipp, N. W. Dressie, and H. W. Marsh.
ON RESOLUTIONS: H. C. Williams, G. H. McIntire, and S. H. Sparks.
The committee on credentials reported that the following named delegates were entitled to seats in convention, viz.:
Bolton Township: P. A. Lorry, A. C. Williams, and P. B. Andrews.
Beaver Township: J. M. Jarvis, J. R. Sumpter, and H. W. Marsh.
Cedar Township: N. W. Dressie, Joseph Reid.
Creswell Township: G. H. McIntire, R. J. Maxwell, O. S. Rarick, J. A. Smally, S. J. Mantor, J. B. Nipp, and Jas. Ridenour.
Pleasant Valley Township: S. Johnson, W. A. Ela, S. Watts, S. H. Sparks.
Liberty Township: John Mark, J. A. Cochrane, and Joah Darnell.
Silverdale Township: L. J. Darnell, W. G. Herbert, and S. H. Splawn.
The committee reported further that as no delegates were present from Spring Creek township, Cyrus Wilson should be permitted to cast the vote of that township. The report was then adopted.
The committee on resolutions then reported resolution endorsing those passed by the State Convention at Topeka, also reported, and be it further resolved that we instruct our Representative to the Legislature of this State to use all honorable means to pass such laws as will more equally distribute the railroad taxes among the school districts of the State.
The Convention then, on motion, proceeded to nominate a candidate for Representative from this district. A motion prevailed that the manner of voting be: that the roll of delegates be called, and each respond orally naming his choice.
Mr. Samuel Caster, of Liberty, was then nominated by Mr. J. A. Cochrane, seconded by Mr. Herbert, of Silverdale. C. R. Mitchell, of Bolton, was placed on nomination by A. C. Williams, seconded by H. W. Marsh, of Beaver. The vote then proceeded and stood: Caster, 6; Mitchell, 21. The Chairman then declared Mr. Mitchell to be the nominee. On motion of J. A. Cochrane, of Liberty, the nomination was made unanimous.
Mr. Mitchell then addressed the meeting briefly, promising to speak in each of the townships in the district. Mr. Caster also made an interesting address, concisely stating his views on the political situation, and heartily endorsing the action of the Convention.
The following named delegates were selected as a Central Committee: Beaver, H. W. Marsh; Bolton, P. A. Lorry; Creswell, Jas. Ridenour; Cedar, N. W. Dressie; Pleasant Valley, M. S. Roseberry; Silverdale, J. P. Musselman; Liberty, J. A. Cochrane; Spring Creek, Cyrus Wilson.
On motion Convention adjourned. J. R. SUMPTER, Chairman
Arkansas City Traveler, September 27, 1882.
Deputy Sheriff McIntire arrested Bill Burke, Marshal at Hunnewell, in Winfield yesterday, on a charge of stealing cattle. After being arrested Burke asked permission to step to the rear end of Miller’s store, which privilege he was granted; but was followed by the officer, who observed Burke reach for a revolver. Before Burke could get it in shape, he was covered by George’s pistol and dropped the “werpin.” The preliminary examination was postponed and he was bound over in the sum of $1,000.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 18, 1882.
Cal Swarts, G. H. McIntire, P. B. Andrews, S. J. Rice, and others are at Leavenworth attending court as witnesses.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 10, 1883.
I. O. O. F.
At the last regular meeting of the Arkansas City Lodge, No. 160, I. O. O. F., the following officers were installed for the ensuing year: George Russell, N. G.; J. W. Feagins, V. G.; Theodore Fairclo, Treas.; I. N. Adams, P. S.; C. H. Hollaway, R. S.; J. W. Gamel, W.; F. M. Reek [?], C.; J. E. Cox, R. S. to N. G.; G. H. McIntire, L. S. to V. G.; Con Calvin [?], O. G.; J. W. Griffith, S. P. G.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 10, 1883.
Johnny Rice, a boy aged sixteen, who committed burglary in this city about a year ago, and was sent to the reform school for five years, returned last Tuesday, in company with a boy about the same age. He said they were out on furlough and had come to visit his mother, but the next day Deputy Sheriff McIntire received a dispatch stating that they had run away, and he arrested them and took them to Winfield, and placed them in the county jail.
Democrat.
[MURDER OF SHERIFF SHENNEMAN.]
Winfield Courier, January 25, 1883.
TERRIBLE MURDER.
Sheriff Shenneman Fatally Wounded While Attempting to Arrest a Murderer.
At two o’clock Tuesday the news was flashed across the wire that Sheriff Shenneman had been fatally shot by a murderer whom he was attempting to arrest, in Maple Township. As soon as the news was received, a COURIER reporter was dispatched to the scene of the tragedy with all possible haste to gather complete and accurate information. At the depot a crowd of excited men were gathered, some seeking news, others bound to go up and see and hear for themselves. Soon the train bore them on to Seeley, where the first reliable informant was found in the person of the son of the man at whose house the shooting occurred, and who had brought the dispatches to the office. Even his account was vague and uncertain but was eagerly devoured by the crowd of anxious listeners on the train. At Udall a lot of farmers’ wagons were pressed into service and the physicians, the scribe, and others took their way across the prairies six miles into Maple Township to the residence of W. Jacobus, which was the scene of the terrible deed.
Arriving there we found the whole neighborhood gathered, most of them guarding the prisoner, who was securely bound. In a room just adjoining lay our Sheriff, with two bullets in his body, both close together in the lower right hand side of his stomach. Drs. Emerson and Green were bending over him, examining his wounds, while his heroic little wife, calm and collected in the midst of her terrible affliction, tried to cheer him up as much as possible.
Mrs. Ruth Jacobus gives the following account.
“The prisoner came to our house on Monday evening one week ago, and said he was hunting work, that he came up from Texas with a herd of cattle to Dodge City, rode over here, and wanted work till spring, when he would go home to Pennsylvania. He gave his name as Smith. We told him we did not want help then, when he asked if he could stay a week until he could look around, and would pay his board. We finally took him on these terms, and he paid a week’s board. He brought with him a shot gun and we noticed he always had a revolver and slept with it under his pillow. We thought this simply his cowboy ways and let it pass.
“All went well until today. This morning his week’s board was out and we hired him to work. As we were all sitting at dinner, someone drove up and called my husband out. He soon came back and said that Dr. Jones, of Udall, was out there and would stop for dinner. He then went out and soon returned with a man whom he introduced to me as Dr. Jones, the prisoner all this time sitting at the table. My husband and the man introduced as Dr. Jones passed through the kitchen and I noticed the doctor look very sharply at the prisoner. They went into the room and the stranger pulled off his overcoat and threw it on a chair. About this time the prisoner got up from the table, took his hat and gloves, and started toward the door. Mr. Shenneman then sprang upon him from behind, when a scuffle ensued during which two shots were fired. My husband then ran in and took the pistol away from the prisoner and told him to give up or he’d kill him. The prisoner then cried out that he would give up, not to kill him. Mr. Shenneman then said, ‘Hold him, he has killed me,’ and went in and laid down on the bed. My husband and the school teacher then tied the prisoner.”
Sheriff Shenneman, although suffering terrible pain, was able to talk. He said to the reporter, “Do you think I’ll pull through?” And then said that he looked at him and thought that he wouldn’t pull a revolver on such a mere boy, but would catch him and hold him while the other fellow disarmed him, but that he found after he got hold of him that he was a regular Hercules in strength and he couldn’t handle him.
The prisoner is a boy about nineteen years of age, low, heavy-set with light hair and smooth face and is not a bad appearing lad. It is believed that he is the man who about three weeks ago killed a constable in Jefferson County, who went to arrest him for participating in a shooting scrape, and it is for this that Sheriff Shenneman wanted him. On the night of the eleventh, he stopped overnight near El Dorado and our Sheriff was notified that he was moving this way, so he got out posters and put everyone on their guard. Monday evening he informed the writer that he had located his man and in less than twenty-four hours would have him in hand. We then cautioned him to be careful as the boy was evidently a desperate character and would shoot to kill. He said he would go prepared and could shoot as quick as anyone. Tuesday morning about nine o’clock he put his Winchester in his buggy, strapped on his revolvers, and started out alone, went straight to the house of W. Jacobus and made what is in all probability his last arrest.
Mr. Jacobus said: “When Shenneman jumped on him, I followed up close and as soon as I could, I got hold of his revolver and held it on him until he said he would give up. I then called the teacher from the schoolhouse and we tied him.”
The following account of the Jefferson County trouble appeared in last week’s COURIER:
A constable in Jefferson county was shot and almost instantly killed last week while attempting to arrest a young man by the name of Charles Cobb, who was wanted for promiscuously brandishing knife and revolver at a country dance. Instead of surrendering, he whipped out one of those deathly companions and used it with the above result. After the shooting, Cobb mounted a horse and rode off in a southwesterly direction. It was supposed that he was making for Hunnewell, there to take the cattle trail for Texas. Sheriff Shenneman received a telegram, from the authorities who were in pursuit, that he would probably pass through or near Winfield, and to intercept him if possible. Shenneman circulated cards giving the desperado’s description and offering the usual reward for his capture; but Cobb carried a Winchester rifle and numerous other weapons, and if anyone did see him they deferred the invitation to tackle a perambulating arsenal. A few cases like this would be apt to lessen the candidates for a constableship.
The doctors, after carefully examining the wounds, decided that Sheriff Shenneman could not be moved that evening. After the examination the doctors gave the reporter as their opinion that his recovery was hardly probable and that he had less than one chance in ten. Messrs. Asp and Jennings left there at ten o’clock Tuesday evening at which time Mr. Shenneman was resting easy and sent word to the boys that he would be all right in thirty days. He was under the influence of opiates.
The prisoner was brought to Winfield overland by Deputies Taylor and McIntire in the Sheriff’s buggy and under his orders. The reporter and other Winfield folks returned by way of Udall, where the train was held for them. As the train pulled into the depot, an immense crowd which had gathered there expecting the prisoner to be brought in that way, made a rush for the coach and were with difficulty persuaded that the man was not there. It was not a crowd of howling rabble but an organized body of determined men who seemed bound to avenge the death of the brave officer to the last drop of blood. They then marched up the Main streets of the city and scattered guards out on the roads upon which they expected the prisoner to be brought in. Others shaded the jail while hundreds congregated on the streets in little knots and discussed plans for capturing the prisoner from the officers. One more venturesome than the rest went about with a large rope on his arm and blood in his eye. Thus the crowd surged too and fro until long after midnight when they began to thin out and under the influence of more sober-minded citizens gave up their ideas of mob violence. About this time Deputies McIntire and Taylor appeared on the street and the few remaining citizens seemed eager to learn the whereabouts of the prisoner. But little was learned until morning and even then his whereabouts were known to but a few. Wednesday forenoon our reporter was informed of the prisoner’s whereabouts and had an interview with him. Before the reporter went in, he copied the following description of the Jefferson County murderer, which was telegraphed to the Sheriff about a week ago.
“Charles Cobb, about nineteen or twenty years old; light complexion; no whiskers or mustache; blue eyes; a scar over eye or cheek, don’t know which; height five to five feet three inches; weight 125 to 130 pounds; had black slouch hat, dark brown clothes, and wore large comforter; may have large white hat; was riding a black mare pony with roach mane, and carried a Winchester rifle and two revolvers; had downcast look.”
The prisoner was found crouched in a corner of a small room. After introducing himself, the reporter asked the prisoner for his story of the trouble.
He said: “My name is George Smith, and I am about eighteen years old. I came up to Dodge City from Texas with a herd of cattle, in the employ of W. Wilson. Have been on the trail about a year. My parents reside in Pennsylvania. I was paid sixty dollars when the cattle were shipped. I then rode east, intending to work my way back, and on a week from last Monday, it being too cold to ride, I stopped at Jacobus’ and tried to get work or to board until I could look around. On Tuesday as I was eating dinner, a man came in who was introduced as Dr. Jones. As I got up to go out, the Doctor jumped on me without saying a word. My first impression was that it was a conspiracy to rob me, and I wrestled to defend myself. I had a revolver on my person because I was among strangers, had some money, and was used to keeping it about me. If he had only told me he was an officer, and had put his gun on me as he ought to have done if he believed I was the desperate character I am credited with being, this business would never have happened. I am no criminal, and I am not afraid if the law is allowed to take its course. If a mob attacks me, all I ask is that the officers will do me the justice to allow me to defend myself. If they will take off these irons and put a six-shooter in my hand, I will take my chance against the kind of men who will come here to mob me. I am guilty only of defending myself, and I ask the law either to defend me or accord me the privilege of defending myself.”
In personal appearance the prisoner looks to be a bright, healthy, smooth-faced boy, and has but few of the characteristics of a desperado. He is a perfect picture of robust health, muscular and compact as an athlete. His description tallies almost exactly with that of the Jefferson County murderer given above—having a small scar above his lip on the right corner, and above his eye. In talking he uses excellent language, speaks grammatically, and shows evidence of good breeding.
LATER: The prisoner was taken to Wichita this (Wednesday) afternoon by Deputy Finch that he might be out of the way of violence in case of Sheriff Shenneman’s death. As he was being brought in Tuesday evening, a lot of men in a wagon met them out about a mile from town, but the buggy in which he was being taken was lighter and the team faster, and the officers ran away from the pursuers. They came into town in a roundabout way and unloaded the prisoner just back of D. A. Millington’s residence, ran him through the back yard into Rev. Platter’s wood shed, where he was held by Deputy McIntire while the others scouted around. At the time he was put in the wood shed, the jail was surrounded by citizens, while others were patrolling the alleys in the vicinity. Deputy McIntire says that during the time he held the prisoner in the wood shed footsteps could be heard prowling around, and that the prisoner wanted to be shackled to him, given a pistol, and he would go into the jail. When he found George wouldn’t accede to that request, he hunted around and got a smooth stick of stove-wood. As soon as the crowd around the jail could be attracted to another part of town, the officers carried the prisoner over and put him in jail, where he was kept very quietly until taken away on the train Wednesday.
At ten o’clock today (Wednesday) Sheriff Shenneman was resting easy, and friends were more hopeful than before. The doctors, however, fail to give much encouragement.
If the shots prove fatal, Cowley County will lose one of the bravest officers and truest men that has ever resided within her borders. In the line of duty A. T. Shenneman never allowed his courage to falter, or his zeal to abate. In protecting the life and property of our citizens, and enforcing the laws of the state, he would go any length never considering the question of personal danger. He was brave to a fault. The evidence of true grit was his hanging on to his man until he was secured after being shot.
Dear Ron, I have studied and studied events pertaining to Cobb hanging. At first, it appeared to me that he was hung on the same day as Shenneman funeral, Sunday, January 28, 1883. According to Courier, he was hung in the wee hours of Thursday, February 1, 1883, and after studying article after article, it appears that is correct. Drat! Thought it would really be something to prove that the paper lied for about a week as to events surrounding hanging. MAW June 12, 2000.
I still wonder though if they really did lie relative to time of hanging. Must check out Wichita newspapers and see if I can find out something different.
[SEQUEL TO DEATH OF SHERIFF SHENNEMAN]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 1, 1883.
HANGED!
The Sequel to the Tragedy is Sudden and Awful Death!
HUNG FROM THE BRIDGE.
The sad sequel to the awful tragedy of last week is enacted, and as we write young Cobb hangs stark and stiff from the K. C., L. & S. railroad bridge. He was brought in from Wichita Wednesday evening [January 31, 1883] by Deputy Taylor and put in jail. Soon after Mrs. Shenneman went in and talked to him for a few moments. As she looked into his eyes with her face bathed in tears, the prisoner broke down completely and wept like a child. Soon after the people began to gather and many citizens were allowed to see him. About eleven o’clock he asked to see Mrs. Shenneman again, and when she went in, confessed to her that he was Chas. Cobb and asked her to write to the wife of the constable whom he had killed in Jefferson County and tell her he was sorry he had killed him. He asked her to keep his revolver. Afterwards, to Sheriff McIntire, he said he had been led off by reading the exploits of Jesse James and other desperadoes.
[February 1, 1883] About two o’clock in the morning everything was quiet about the jail and on the streets. Soon some few late pedestrians were startled by seeing a company of men, their faces covered with black masks and thoroughly organized, marching down Ninth Avenue toward the jail. They went on to Fuller Street, where the leader flashed a dark lantern. Then they turned back, filed into the courthouse yard, then into the sheriff’s office in front of the jail. Here a short scuffle ensued and soon four of the black maskers came out with the prisoner between them.
The company then filed out, surrounded the prisoner, and marched down Ninth Avenue to Main, thence north to 8th, then out west to the railroad bridge. By this time quite a crowd had gathered and were following. Two of the squad were detailed and sent back and with drawn revolvers ordered the crowd to “keep their distance.” When they got to the railroad bridge a rope, which had evidently been prepared beforehand, was placed about his [Cobb’s] neck and tied to the bridge beam. The moon was just up and several boys who had followed along crept up in the brush on the river bank and saw the whole proceedings. When the rope was tied, he [Cobb] was asked by the leader in a gruff voice to say what he had to say quick. The boys in the brush heard him say, “Oh, don’t boys!” and “Father have mercy on me!” Two of the maskers then took him up and dropped him through between the bridge railings. He fell about ten feet and rebounded half the distance. The black maskers then filed on across the bridge, leaving two of their number to guard. These stood until the others had gone on across, when they too retreated, and the crowd came up and looked at the victim. As we write, he is still hanging to the bridge and the scene is being visited by hundreds.
The Coroner is empaneling a jury, after which the body will be taken down.
Thus ends the life of a more than ordinarily bright, healthy, robust boy—one who might have done himself and his country honor. Instead, he dies like a dog, without friend or sympathizer to give him decent burial—his mind poisoned and his soul damned by the infernal thing known as “fiction.” Let it be a lesson to all boys whose heroes live only between the leaves of a yellow-covered novel.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 1, 1883.
The Dead at Rest!
Sheriff Shenneman Buried Sunday Afternoon—Thousands Assisted in the Ceremonies.
THREE SPECIAL TRAINS FROM OTHER TOWNS.
The burial services and interment of Sheriff Shenneman, last Sunday, were the most impressive and imposing ever yet held within the borders of our county. The arrangements were in the hands of the Masonic fraternity, and the services were held at the Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. Early in the morning the farmers from the surrounding country began pouring in; and at eleven o’clock a special train from Arkansas City, bearing the Masonic fraternity of that place and a large number of citizens, arrived. This was followed by another special from Newton and Wichita, and soon another from Wellington. By twelve o’clock the streets and hotels were thronged with people; many gathered here and there in little knots, talking over the terrible occurrences of the past week. Most noticeable among these groups were the Sheriffs who had come in from other counties to pay a last tribute to their brave comrade who had fallen in the line of duty. There was Sheriff Thralls, of Sumner, with whom Sheriff Shenneman had traveled thousands of miles, and through many dangerous ways in pursuit of criminals, and between whom there existed a personal friendship as strong as brotherhood. Also Sheriff Shadley, of Montgomery, who has the reputation of having handled more desperate criminals than any other officer in the State, and who captured Tom Quarles. Sheriff Watts, of Sedgwick, was precluded from being present by having the prisoner in charge. Sheriff Douglass, of Butler, was present; also Sheriff Thompson, of Elk, Sheriff Boyd, of Chautauqua, and Sheriff of .
At half-past twelve the church began filling, and before one o’clock every seat, except those reserved for the Fraternity, was filled, and the corridors, vestibules, and aisles were crowded. At half-past one the coffin was carried up the aisle to the foot of the pulpit by six sheriffs, who acted as pall-bearers, and escorted by the Masonic Fraternities of Arkansas City, Wellington, Mulvane, Dexter, and Winfield, and the Select Knights of United Workmen.
The services were opened by a grand anthem from the choir, followed by Scriptural reading by Rev. Jones, and prayer by Rev. Friedley. Rev. Platter then delivered the funeral address. His manner was intensely earnest, and the immense audience seemed waiting to catch every word as it fell from his lips. He referred to the universal desire for vengeance on the murderer, and likened it to a higher law, which demanded that each should suffer for his own sins. He then referred to the kind and generous spirit of the dead Sheriff; how he would go almost any length, and imperil his own life, to save even the most hardened criminal from harm, and himself from shedding human blood; and how almost his last request was to protect his murderer from violence. The minister then put the question squarely to the people: Should they emulate the spirit and desire of their dead friend, or allow the spirit of vengeance to overcome them and resort to violence toward his murderer? The effect of the discourse was powerful; and strong men, who had gone there determined that, as soon as their honored friend was laid beneath the sod, his murderer should expiate the crime with his life, went away feeling that it was better to let the law takes its course.
At the conclusion of Rev. Platter’s discourse, Rev. Canfield made a few remarks, and was followed by a prayer from Rev. Bicknell, Editor of the Chicago Advocate. Rev. Cairns made the closing prayer, after which the choir rendered that beautiful song, “In the Sweet Bye and Bye.” The people then filed past the coffin and took a last look at the familiar features of the dead officer.
The procession was then formed, with the Masonic order leading. It was over a mile in length. At the grave the beautiful Masonic burial ceremonies were observed, and the mortal remains of Sheriff Shenneman were consigned to their final resting place amid the silent grief of a multitude of friends and kindred.
Before closing, the writer desires to add his personal tribute to the memory of a friend. Way back, in 1873, a mere stripling of a boy, we were working in a brick-yard near Winfield, when we first met A. T. Shenneman. The work then allotted to us was arduous, and more than we were physically able to perform. He noticed this one day, and, with that feeling for the welfare of others that always characterized him, induced the foreman to relieve us with an easier position. From that time on there grew up between us a bond of friendship which ended only with his death. Beneath that rough exterior was a heart as tender as a woman’s, which went out in sympathy to the oppressed everywhere. Well might it be said of him: “Were everyone to whom he did some loving service to bring a blossom to his grave, he would sleep tonight beneath a wilderness of sweet flowers.”
MORE FACTS.
Since the excitement incident to the tragedy has worn away, new facts regarding it come to light. It is now learned that young Cobb was in Winfield during the forenoon of the Monday on which he went to Jacobus’ house. He traveled up toward Udall, and was seen by a farmer to stop near the corner of Mr. Worden’s farm in Vernon Township, and read the posters and description of himself which Sheriff Shenneman had circulated, one of which was posted there. He was afterwards met farther on, and it was observed that he carried a gun enclosed in a case under his coat. In the evening he turned up at Jacobus’ house. On the Sunday before the shooting he was showing some boys his skill as a marksman, and would break bottles thrown into the air with a ball from his revolver.
During the week the schoolmaster, who boarded there, got one of the descriptions, and on Monday evening came down and informed Mr. Shenneman of his suspicions. He was instructed to go back, observe closely the marks on his face, and return by midnight, when the Sheriff proposed to get a posse and go up and surround the house before daylight. The schoolmaster did not return during the night, and Mr. Shenneman began to doubt his being the man he wanted, so he concluded to go alone and reconnoitre. As soon as he saw him sitting at the table, he knew he was right, and also saw something in his eye that said he would shoot; so, a favorable opportunity affording itself, he thought to catch and hold him until disarmed. In this he mistook the strength of the boy, who proved to be a young tiger. The circumstances seem to indicate that Cobb had hold of his pistol when he turned to go out. It also seems that he fired the shots after both had fallen in the scuffle. Shenneman held Cobb several minutes after he was shot. A rope was then put about Cobb’s neck and he was choked down, but he continued to kick and fight until worn out.
[Note: Shenneman died Thursday, January 25. Wife was present. She was not in Winfield on Wednesday, January 24, 1883.]
Mr. Shenneman died at 9:45 on Thursday evening, two days and a half after he received the shots. His wife, brother, and other friends were present, together with Sheriff Thralls, of Sumner; Watt, of Sedgwick; and Brown, of Jefferson Counties. The body was brought down Friday morning, and was met at the depot by Masonic brothers who conveyed it to his residence, where it lay in state until Sunday afternoon.
THE MURDERER.
The night of the shooting young Cobb was kept in jail here. The next afternoon he was taken to Sedgwick County and confined in the Wichita jail. Thursday morning the Sheriff of Jefferson County, accompanied by a farmer who lived near Cobb and knew him well, arrived and identified the prisoner. [Thursday, January 25, 1883.] Cobb feigned not to know his old neighbor, and still stuck to his cowboy story. The people of Wichita were greatly excited, and said that he should never go in any other direction than to Cowley County. Saturday morning [January 27, 1883] he was placed in a carriage and, in charge of Sheriffs Thralls and Watt and Deputy Taylor, was brought to Winfield overland.
News was received here that he had left Wichita in a carriage and parties on the train going north passed them between Mulvane and Udall. This news greatly excited the people. In the evening about two hundred determined men gathered at the crossing and boarded the incoming train, thinking that perhaps he might have been put aboard at some way station, but he was not found. They then repaired to the city and placed squads at each bridge and on streets surrounding the jail.
The carriage with the prisoner arrived at about eleven o’clock, but came by the ford and escaped the pickets. They drove to the crossing of Fuller Street and Eleventh Avenue and Taylor was sent over to the jail to see how the land lay. He arrived just after a squad had been searching the jail in quest of the prisoner, and returned with the news that it was certain death to put him there. Sheriff Thralls and Watt then took the prisoner out of the carriage and started south on foot with him, while Taylor was left to take the team out into the country. In going out of town he ran across a squad of vigilanters who brought him into town. Then occurred a scene that beggars description. From all parts of town men came running, wild with excitement. They formed in a dense mass around the Deputy, clamoring to know what had been done with the prisoner. As the crowd surged to and fro, it seemed as if the very air was ladened with cries of vengeance. Soon someone cried, “the Brettun,” and to a man the crowd started in a run for the hotel. Here they found the door barred, but one of their number went inside and looked in Sheriff Douglass’ room, and found nothing. The crowd then returned to Taylor and demanded vociferously that he tell where the murderer was.
Soon a crowd went again to the jail and searched it from top to bottom, then the Courthouse and outbuildings. The search being fruitless, they returned exasperated, and for a few moments it looked as if Taylor would be roughly used. He was finally compelled to tell where he had left the Sheriffs with the prisoner, and a rush was made for that part of town—Taylor being carried along to show the exact spot. Soon a vigorous search of barns and outbuildings in the vicinity was made, which was kept up the balance of the night.
[The following had to take place before funeral, Sunday, January 28, 1883, in order for Thralls to attend.]
During this time Sheriffs Thralls and Watt, with the prisoner, had traveled out the Badger Creek road to William Dunn’s, where they brought up at two o’clock. Here they tried to get a conveyance to go to Douglass, but could not. They then went on and soon found a team, in which Sheriff Watt took the prisoner again to Wichita by way of Douglass, where he now is, and will probably remain for some time. Sheriff Thralls returned to town and remained to the funeral.
[Supposedly at this point Cobb was again taken to Wichita on Saturday, January 27, 1883.]
This is the first popular outbreak of the kind we have ever witnessed, and we hope never to see another. The passions of men when they become aroused are as uncontrollable as a sea of tigers, and appall themselves with their own fierceness. There is one thing we wish to say right here, and that is this: Every citizen of Winfield may be thankful that there were no open saloons in this city that evening. With the demoniac effect of liquor added to the natural fierceness of unbridled passion, riot and ruin might have followed in the wake of such an outburst.
[SHENNEMAN’S MURDERER LYNCHED.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, February 7, 1883.
LYNCHED!
SHERIFF SHENNEMAN’S MURDERER MEETS HIS DOOM.
We take the following from the Winfield Courier, of the 1st instant, and our readers may rely on its correctness.
The sad sequel to the awful tragedy of last week is enacted, and as we write young Cobb hangs stark and stiff from the K. C., L. & S. Railroad Bridge. He was brought in from Wichita Wednesday evening by Deputy Taylor and put in jail. [Now we are to believe that Cobb was brought back from Wichita on Wednesday, January 31, 1883.] Soon after Mrs. Shenneman went in and talked to him for a few moments. As she looked into his eyes, with her face bathed in tears, the prisoner broke down completely and wept like a child. Soon after the people began to gather, and many citizens were allowed to see him. About eleven o’clock he asked to see Mrs. Shenneman again, and when she went in he confessed to her that he was Chas. Cobb, and asked her to wrote to the wife of the constable whom he had killed in Jefferson County, and tell her he was sorry he had killed him. He asked her to keep his revolver. Afterwards, to Sheriff McIntire, he said he had been led off by reading the exploits of Jesse James and other desperadoes.
[This is supposed to have taken place early Thursday, February 1, 1883.] About 2 o’clock in the morning everything was quiet about the jail and on the streets. Soon some late pedestrians were startled by seeing a company of men, their faces covered with black masks and thoroughly organized, marching down Ninth Avenue toward the jail. They went on to Fuller Street, where the leader flashed a dark lantern. Then they turned back, filed into the courthouse yard, then into the Sheriff’s office in front of the jail. Here a short scuffle ensued and soon four of the black maskers came out with the prisoner between them. The company then filed out, surrounded the prisoner, and marched down Ninth Avenue to Main, thence north to 8th, then out west to the railroad bridge. By this time quite a crowd had gathered and were following. Two of the squad were detailed and sent back and with drawn revolvers ordered the crowd “to keep their distance.” When they had got to the railroad bridge, a rope which had evidently been prepared beforehand, was placed about his neck and tied to a bridge beam. The moon was just up and several boys who had followed along crept up in the brush on the river bank and saw the whole proceedings. When the rope was tied, he was asked by the leader, in a gruff voice, to say what he had to say quick. The boys in the brush heard him say, “Oh, don’t boys!” and “Father have mercy on me!” Two of the maskers then took him up and dropped him through between the bridge railings. He fell about ten feet and rebounded half the distance. The black maskers then filed on across the bridge, leaving two of their number to guard. These stood until the others had gone on across, when they too retreated, and the crowd came up and looked at the victim. As we write he is still hanging to the bridge, and the scene is being visited by hundreds. The Coroner is empaneling a jury, after which the body will be taken down.
This ends the life of more than an ordinary bright, healthy, robust boy—one who might have done himself and his country honor. Instead, he dies like a dog, without friend or sympathizer to give him decent burial—his mind poisoned and his soul damned by the infernal thing known as “fiction.” Let it be a lesson to all boys whose heroes live only between the leaves of a yellow-covered novel.
We have been unable to learn the result of the Coroner’s Inquest on the body of Cobb, but presume it was “Found Hanged.” The remains have been forwarded to his parents in Jefferson County.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 7, 1883.
At the Republican caucus held in this city last Saturday, the following gentlemen were put in nomination for township officers.
For Trustee: J. B. Nipp.
For Treasurer: W. M. Sleeth.
For Clerk: W. D. Mowry.
Constables: G. H. McIntire; J. J. Breene.
As we go to press we learn the ticket was elected.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 8, 1883.
How ’Twas Done!
The Evidence Before the Coroner’s Jury and the Verdict.
TELEGRAM FROM THE FATHER.
The investigation by the Coroner on the body of young Cobb was commenced Thursday morning and lasted until Friday noon. The courtroom was constantly thronged with people during the inquest. The Coroner secured the services of Judge Tipton as attorney and David C. Beach as clerk. Below we give a synopsis of the evidence.
The first witness put upon the stand was Frank W. Finch, who knew nothing whatever of the occurrence until told in the morning, when he notified the Coroner, and they together repaired to the scene of the hanging.
Sheriff McIntire was the next witness called. He stated that the deceased was brought in the evening before and placed in his custody by Deputy Taylor. He made a bed and fixed him comfortably for the night, leaving on one pair of shackles. Mrs. Shenneman and several others were allowed to enter the jail and look at the prisoner. About ten o’clock the crowd in the office were requested to retire, and they did so. Mr. Wm. Shenneman and Deputy Taylor remained to assist the Sheriff, should anything occur. Mr. Shenneman is a police officer in Bay City, Michigan, and though his feelings were not of the kindest toward the prisoner, he said he would do all in his power to protect him from violence.
The prisoner was taken from the jail about half past two o’clock in the morning, when all fear of such a visit had subsided, and Mr. Shenneman and Deputy Taylor had retired to the house, just across the walk. Sheriff McIntire was sitting by the stove, where he had been sitting for about a half an hour, when the front door was jimmied open and twelve or fourteen men appeared outside. Four of them, with revolvers drawn, rushed in and the leader ordered him to throw up his hands. The request was instantaneously complied with. The leader then said to the other three: “Keep your revolvers right on him! If he moves a hand, put a hole through him! Do only as I order!” He then asked where the keys were, and on the Sheriff hesitating to reply, said, “Blow him through if he don’t answer!” McIntire said they were in his pocket, and the captain demanded their immediate delivery to him. The Sheriff took down his hands, but was ordered to again raise one of them; with the other, he took the keys out and handed them over. The captain then stepped forward, threw the jail door open, and said, “No. 1, 2, and 3 to your posts!” And three men came right in and walked into the jail. He then ordered, “Reserve, guard the door!” The three men soon came out leading the prisoner. The witness heard no words spoken in the jail.
The men in charge of the Sheriff and the captain stayed at the office door for about five minutes. The captain demanded: “Do you promise you won’t follow us?” No answer was immediately given, and the captain shouted “Halt!” to the men on the sidewalk with the prisoner. He then turned to the Sheriff again and said, “Now say you won’t follow us, and say it d d quick!” The other three left, but he stayed in the door, with revolver drawn, for a moment, when he again ordered, “Command halt! Send me two men!” The men came and the leader left. The two men guarded the Sheriff about five minutes, when they pulled the office door shut and left. The witness said the office door was not locked when the men came in, and that the first thing he heard on its being thrown open was, “Throw up your hands!” He made no resistance; did not think it policy to do so, though he had a revolver on his person. He was alarmed, for he had dispelled the expectation of any such visit at that late hour. The leader gave his commands in a loud but distinct voice, and the Sheriff could see the bullets in every revolver as it was pointed at him, and he instantly concluded that the men holding them meant business. He could not recognize a single man, black cloths being tied over their faces with only eye-holes cut therein. There seemed to be no attempt at disguising their clothing—some being dressed in dark and some light. He could not recognize the voice of the leader—the only one who spoke—but said it was rather a deep, coarse voice.
After the maskers had retired, Deputy Taylor came in, and the Sheriff put on an overcoat and said they would follow up if possible. The crowd with the prisoner was not visible in any direction when they started, but they succeeded in finding the place where the victim was hanging, but all was deathly stillness and not a living soul in any direction. After ascertaining that the man’s life was entirely extinct, they returned to the jail and went to bed about five o’clock.
The Sheriff stated that he did not have the least apprehension when the prisoner was lodged in jail the evening before of his being taken by lynchers, and intended to take him before a magistrate the next morning for a preliminary examination.
Deputy Taylor took the stand at the conclusion of Mr. McIntire’s testimony. He said he left Wichita with the prisoner in a carriage about 8 o’clock p.m., Tuesday evening, arriving at the jail in this city about the same hour Wednesday evening. The driver lost the road near El Paso and they wandered around on the prairie for some time, but struck the trail again and brought up at Mulvane just at daylight. His intention was to reach Winfield about 4 o’clock Tuesday morning, but their losing the way prevented it. Mr. Taylor’s understanding of the situation was that everything had quieted down, and it was perfectly safe to bring him here. He had not the least intimation that a lynching would occur Wednesday night until, while in the house, he heard a noise and went out and discovered that the jail was being entered by masked men. He walked around in front of the office and was suddenly “held up” by two black maskers, who, with revolvers thrust in his face, ordered him to keep his mouth shut, and said, “You beat us Saturday night, but you can’t do it this time! We’re organized!” He offered no resistance, for he saw that they were determined, and thought that they would even disable him to accomplish their purpose. He had no idea as to the identity of the men who guarded him.
Marshal Herrod was next called, and stated that he had no knowledge whatever of any intention to lynch the prisoner, and knew nothing of his being hung until morning. He visited the jail on the evening before and saw the prisoner, but everything seemed so quiet and orderly that he went home about eleven o’clock and retired.
James A. Cairns then took the witness stand. He testified that he did not know the prisoner would be hung that night, but to satisfy his curiosity, stayed up with a number of others to see the performance, if it came off at all. He, as all others, recognized none of the maskers.
T. R. Timme, Joseph O’Hare, and John Hudson were put on the witness stand, but were only a few of the many persons who followed the procession as spectators, and their account of the affair was substantially the same as that contained in the COURIER’s second edition last week and which appears on the fourth page in this issue.
Geo. Emerson, John Nicholas, J. P. Short, John Riley, and James Bethel were also called as witnesses, but were all enjoying peaceful slumber at the time of the lynching, and were merely at the jail to see the prisoner on the evening before.
The following is the verdict of the Coroner’s jury.
“An investigation began at Winfield, in Cowley County, Kansas, on the first day of February, 1883, and continued to February second, before me, H. L. Wells, Coroner of said county, on the body of Charles Cobb, there lying dead, by the jurors whose names are hereunto subscribed. The said jurors, upon their oaths, do say, That the said Charles Cobb came to his death on the morning of February first, 1883, by being hung by the neck from the R. R. bridge of the K. C. L. and S. R. R. across the Walnut River, in Cowley County, Kansas, at the hands of parties unknown to the jury. In testimony whereof the said jurors have hereunto set their hands, this 2nd day of February, 1883. T. R. Bryan, A. E. Baird, James A. Cooper, S. C. Smith, Henry Brown, A. D. Hendricks.
“Attest: H. L. Wells, Coroner.”
The following telegram was received from Cobb’s father by Coroner Wells in answer to a message informing the father of his son’s death.
“VALLEY FALLS, KANSAS, February 2nd, 1883.
“H. L. WELLS, Winfield, Kansas:
“Will you box my son and send him by express to this place? If not, hold him until I come. C. M. COBB.”
The remains were placed in a casket and sent to Valley Falls on the Santa Fe train Friday afternoon.
Deputy Taylor informs us that the prisoner was quite talkative while he was being brought down from Wichita, and exceedingly abusive. He said Shenneman was the fifth man he had killed, and he was glad he had killed him. That he expected to get away, and wanted to kill five more men before he died, mentioning Jacobus, the school teacher, Frank Finch, and Taylor as four of them. He seemed to talk in the most cold blooded manner of murder and revenge. When Taylor examined his shackles before taking him from the Wichita jail, he found them cut, and put on two new pairs; but left the old ones on, saying nothing about his discovery. Several times on the road, the prisoner tried to get Taylor to take off the shackles on one pretext and another, but the Deputy kept him heavily ironed just the same. He showed no signs whatever of weakening during all his captivity until he made the confession in the jail on Wednesday evening to Mrs. Shenneman.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 14, 1883.
The following are the Creswell Township Officers for the current year: J. B. Nipp, Trustee; W. M. Sleeth, Treasurer; W. D. Mowry, Clerk; G. H. McIntire and J. J. Breene, Constables.
Winfield Courier, February 15, 1883.
Township Elections.
The following township officers were declared elected by the Board of Commissioners at their canvass of the vote on Tuesday.
CRESWELL: J. B. Nipp, trustee; W. D. Morey, clerk; W. M. Sleeth, treasurer; G. H. McIntire and J. J. Breene, constables.
Caldwell Commercial, Thursday, March 22, 1883.
Horse Thief Arrested.
Last Sunday, Capt. Nipp and Mr. McIntire came over from Arkansas City, and during the remainder of the day were engaged in very close conversation with Mayor Colson and others. On Monday the party suddenly disappeared, and early the next morning returned to town with Deputy U. S. Marshall Cash Hollister, who had in charge a young fellow going by the name of Frank Hostetter. The circumstances which led to Hostetter’s arrest are about as follows.
For some time stockmen on the range have been missing their horses, but all efforts to trace the stock were unavailing until one day last week, when Hostetter appeared in Arkansas City and sold a horse which he claimed he had bought from an Indian. After which he left town, and on his way, stole a horse from Mr. Warren and put out.
Capt. Nipp and Mr. McIntire immediately started for Caldwell, and securing the services of Mr. Hollister, started to find the thief. They came upon him near Johnson’s ranch, finding him in company with Jay Wilkinson, another party who has for some time been suspected of being engaged in stealing stock. The latter, however, getting away, taking one of Johnson’s horses to aid him in his escape.
Hostetter was taken to Arkansas City, where he will be examined before the U. S. Commissioner.
As for Mr. Wilkinson, he will yet be taken in. The stock owners on the Strip are determined to break up the system of cattle and horse stealing which has been carried on for some time, and if the thieves don’t have a care, some of them may find themselves at the end of a rope one of these fine spring mornings.
Arkansas City Traveler, March 28, 1883.
HORSE THIEVES.
Several of the Ringleaders of the Gang Now in Limbo.
For some time past a gang of horse thieves have been plying their vocation in the Territory, but up to within a few weeks past succeeded in eluding all efforts made to discover their mode of operation or whereabouts.
The circumstance which has led to the demoralization of the outfit was the purchase of a pony by Capt. Nipp of a cowboy named Jay Wilkinson some three weeks since, which pony Capt. Nipp afterwards discovered, had been stolen from the Territory. With this information Deputy McIntire and a Mr. Phipps started out in search of Wilkinson, whom they learned was in the vicinity of the Cimarron River. Hearing that Wilkinson and several of his companions had fled to a dug-out, and were fixing for a fight, Mr. McIntire deemed it advisable to return to Caldwell for reinforcements, and being joined by Deputy U. S. Marshal Hollister and another officer, the four returned, and after considerable reconnoitering and a lively chase, succeeded in missing their men, but captured one Hostetter, another member of the gang, with whom they started to the State, where Hostetter was committed to the Winfield jail to await the next term of U. S. Court at Wichita, not being able to give the $500 bail required. Wilkinson, who had been dodging around trying to swap for a fresh horse, was gathered in by the boys at Johnson Ranch, who carried him to Caldwell and turned him over to Deputy Hollister, who straightway telegraphed to Messrs. McIntire and Nipp the fact of his possession and declared the intention of leaving for this place, requesting these gentlemen to meet him, which they did, bringing Wilkinson to town where he had an examination, and was committed to jail with Hostetter. Another of the gang, known as Mulvane George, was also arrested, but gave $500 bail and is now at large.
Deputy McIntire informs us he expects shortly to have more of the gang in his clutches, in which we hope he may not be mistaken.
Winfield Courier, March 29, 1883.
George McIntire, Deputy U. S. Marshal, captured several horse thieves at Arkansas City and in the edge of the Territory last week. They are now confined in jail here. George has been on the track of this gang for some time and has at last succeeded in breaking it up.
[TERRITORY: HORSE THIEVES.]
Winfield Courier, March 29, 1883.
The Horse Thief Particulars.
We clip the following account of the capture of two horse thieves by Deputy U. S. Marshal McIntire, mentioned in another column, from the Arkansas City Democrat.
About three weeks ago a young man by the name of Jay Wilkinson, a well known cowboy of the Indian Territory, sold a pony to Capt. J. B. Nipp of this city, and a few days afterward the Captain found out that the pony had been stolen from a ranchman in the Territory, and informed Deputy U. S. Marshal McIntire of the fact, who, in company with a gentleman by the name of Phipps, started out to capture Wilkinson, whom they learned was at Smithey’s ranch on the Cimarron River in the Indian Territory. Upon arriving at the ranch, they found out that Wilkinson had been informed by some of his confederates in this city in regard to the movements of Deputy McIntire, and with two of his companions had proceeded to an old dug-out some ten miles from the ranch, armed and equipped with provision and ammunition, with the intention of standing the officers off. George and Mr. Phipps made a careful survey of the situation, and found that the boys were too well fortified to attempt an attack by themselves, so they quietly pulled out for Caldwell, where they secured the services of Deputy U. S. Marshal Hollister and another gentleman and returned for their game. When they arrived at the dug-out, they found it deserted, but the indications were that the boys had made a hasty exit, as they left behind a shot-gun, revolver, and a number of other articles, and upon looking around they discovered Wilkinson and his two companions just disappearing over a hill some two miles distant. They immediately mounted their horses and started in pursuit, and had a lively chase for twenty miles, when they arrived at Johnson’s ranch, where they found Jack Martin sick in bed and the only one at the camp, who informed them that Wilkinson and one of his gang had been there about half an hour before them, and had left their ponies and taken two of the best horses at the ranche and struck out in a northerly direction.
Just as the officers and posse were getting ready to leave, a young man by the name of Frank Hostetter, whom they had spotted as one of the gang, rode up and they placed him under arrest, and left one man to guard him, while the remainder of the party struck out after Wilkinson, whom they followed for about forty miles in the direction of the State, but finally lost track of him, and returned to the ranch after Hostetter. Hostetter was brought up to the city and taken before Commissioner Bonsall for preliminary examination, and bound over in the sum of $500 to appear at the next term of the U. S. Court at Wichita; being unable to give the required bond, he was taken to Winfield and placed in the county jail to await trial.
Wednesday, the same day the officers arrived in this city with Hostetter, Wilkinson rode into Johnson’s ranch with the intention of again swapping horses, but as Smithey and Johnson happened to be at the camp at the time they persuaded him, with a couple of double-barreled shot-guns to give himself up, and the next day took him to Caldwell and turned him over to Deputy U. S. Marshal Hollister, who telegraphed to George McIntire that he had started for this place with the prisoner, and to meet him in the Territory so there would be no trouble; and George, in company with Marshal Sinnott, Patterson, Nipp, and Rarick, started out and met Hollister about twelve miles from the City and escorted him in. Wilkinson had his preliminary examination on Saturday and was sent up to the county jail to await his trial at the next term of the U. S. Court.
There are four or five others connected with the gang whom the officers are laying in wait for, and the indications are that they will bring them to tow before many days.
LATER. Since writing the above the officers arrested another young man known as Mulvane George, whom they have good reasons to believe is connected with the gang. His bond was fixed at $500 and his father, who resides at Mulvane, was telegraphed to and came down and fixed it up.
Caldwell Commercial, Thursday, March 29, 1883.
More Thieves Captured.
Last Thursday J. B. Johnson came up from his ranch, bringing with him Jay Wilkinson, one of the gang of thieves for some time past engaged in stealing horses from stockmen on the Strip and farmers in this and Cowley County. Wilkinson gave himself up to U. S. Marshal Hollister, and was taken over to Arkansas City.
About the same time, G. H. McIntire, who has also been on the hunt after the thieves, caught Hatfield at Arkansas City, and when Hollister arrived at that place with his prisoner, he found the town considerably stirred up over the arrests. Loper was another of the thieves circulating around, evidently under the impression that he was not known as belonging to the party and unaware of his name being connected with illegitimate horse trading. Hollister slipped the handcuffs on him and took him to Winfield, where he was locked up in jail.
Wilkinson, it seems, had stolen a horse belonging to the Carnegie & Frazier outfit, and took it into the state and turned it over to Loper to sell, with the understanding that Loper was to give one-half the proceeds to Wilkinson’s wife, who lives in Arkansas City. Loper sold the horse at Mulvane, but refused to divide, and his course induced Wilkinson to inform on him. Mr. Hollister also informs us that Loper, previous to his arrest, had obtained an interview with him shortly after the latter’s arrival in charge of the deputy marshal, and took occasion to say to Wilkinson that if the latter informed on him, he (Loper) would shoot him at the first opportunity.
Loper’s father is a farmer living near Mulvane, and he is said to be the most dangerous man of the crowd. As there is ample evidence to convict him of the crime with which he is charged, it is more than likely that Loper will not have an opportunity for several years to carry out the threat he made to Wilkinson.
Besides the parties arrested so far, there are others living on the southern border of Cowley County who are suspected of being engaged in stock stealing, but as yet there is no direct evidence against them. They will have to leave the country, or it will be but a short time before Hollister and McIntire round them up.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 4, 1883.
The Caldwell Post, speaking of the capture of J. Wilkinson and other members of the same gang, has this to say of the gentlemen who succeeded in capturing them.
“The officers should be highly commended for their promptness in gathering in this young gang of outlaws so soon after their depredations came to light. Cash Hollister and George McIntire are a pair of marshals that will do to draw to every time, and Caldwell and Arkansas City are proud of them.”
Caldwell Commercial, Thursday, April 12, 1883.
Hostetter and Hatfield, the two horse thieves taken by Deputy Marshals Hollister and McIntire, had an examination at Wellington last week, and were committed to the Wichita jail for trial at the September term of the U. S. District Court. Loper, who appears to be the worst pill in the box, will not have his examination for a week or two. Three of the horses stolen from the Carnegie & Frazier ranch were recovered.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 25, 1883.
Three horses were stolen from near Kaw Agency last Saturday night. See advertisement in this issue.
NOTICE. Stolen. One brown mare pony 2 years old, bald face, with foal, fresh collar marks, one white hind leg.
One iron gray horse pony, 3 years old, no brands, saddle and collar marks.
One white horse pony branded W on left shoulder, 9 years old. Taken from Kaw Agency, Indian Territory, April 21st, 1883. $25 dollars reward will be paid for the recovery of the property or information leading to the capture of the thieves. Address W. R. SEARS, Kaw Agency, Indian Territory, or G. H. McINTIRE, Arkansas City, Kansas.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 8, 1883.
Deputy Marshals McIntire and Rarick came in Sunday from the Territory with three prisoners charged with selling liquor to Indians.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 8, 1883.
Deputy U. S. Marshal McIntire has had sixteen criminal cases from the Territory before U. S. Commissioner Bonsall in the past sixty days. This is a good showing for George as an officer.
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, August 15, 1883.
We are authorized to announce GEORGE H. McINTIRE, of Creswell Township, as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Cowley County, subject to the action of the Republican nominating committee.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 15, 1883.
Mr. Geo. McIntire of this city, announces himself in this issue as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Cowley County, subject to the Republican nominating convention. George is a good and true Republican, and is well and favorably known to every voter in the county, having been deputy sheriff and U. S. Deputy marshal for a number of years, and in the discharge of his duty has shown his ability to make a good officer, and if nominated, would be elected by a full Republican vote. We know of no one we would be better pleased to see nominated than George.
[POLITICAL NOTICES.]
Winfield Courier, August 16, 1883.
H. J. Sandfort, Richland Township, independent candidate for Register of deeds.
T. H. Soward, candidate for Register of Deeds.
George H. McIntire, of Arkansas City, candidate for office of Sheriff.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 22, 1883.
Deputy U. S. Marshal G. H. McIntire, from Cowley, recently landed a number of boarders with our sheriff, who will likely remain with him till the September term of U. S. Court. This is the third or fourth trip of the kind this man McIntire has made to Wichita, and he either has plenty of material to work on, down there in the pocket of Sumner and Cowley Counties, or else he is a pretty good worker. We believe they are going to make him sheriff of Cowley County, at least we suppose he is the same McIntire mentioned in the exchanges from that county, in connection with that office. Wichita Daily Times.
Winfield Courier, August 23, 1883.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
George H. McIntire, Arkansas City, candidate for the office of Sheriff.
[POLITICAL NOTICE.]
Winfield Courier, August 23, 1883.
GEO. H. McINTIRE.
The announcement of Geo. H. McIntire as a candidate for the office of Sheriff of this county came in last week too late for special notice, but we want to say that George is one of the best officers this county ever had; that he is efficient, energetic, courageous, and courteous, and knows all about the business. He quietly goes about his work without any bluster but does it all the same. He has been in such work in this county for 12 years; was deputy under Dick Walker 4 years, under Shenneman 3 years, and has been U. S. Deputy Marshal 2 years. He has 16 criminals now for trial in the U. S. Court at Wichita. Of the 32 criminals taken to the pen by Shenneman, Geo. secured unaided 13. If he gets the nomination, none but criminals will regret it.
[CORRESPONDENT: “NOVUS HOMO” - NORTHWEST CRESWELL.]
Winfield Courier, August 23, 1883.
It seems as if most of the Republicans of these parts are in favor of J. B. Nipp for treasurer and Mr. McIntire for sheriff.
Arkansas City Traveler, September 5, 1883.
Quite a large number of our citizens, among whom were J. B. Nipp, O. S. Rarick, G. H. McIntire, and A. W. Patterson, were subpoenaed to attend the term of the United States court now in session at Wichita.
[REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.]
Arkansas City Traveler, September 5, 1883.
RECAP: C. R. MITCHELL PRESENTED THE NAME OF GEO. H. McINTIRE FOR SHERIFF. UP FOR SHERIFF: H. H. SIVERD, H. O. WOOLEY, G. W. PRATER, AND OF COURSE McINTIRE. 13 BALLOTS WERE TAKEN, AND SIVERD WITHDREW BEFORE THE 13TH BALLOT. GEO. H. McINTIRE’S NOMINATION WAS MADE UNANIMOUS.
[CONVENTION NOTES.]
Winfield Courier, September 6, 1883.
Geo. H. McIntire, the nominee for Sheriff, is one of the best officers Cowley County ever had. He has no bluster about him, but attends quietly to business and does it up completely in good shape. He has put thirteen prisoners in the Wichita jail within two months to stand their trial in the U. S. court at that place. Yet he has not done any blowing about and few know of the extent of his service, catching rascals either for the United States, or for this state, which have also been efficient and remarkable.
Winfield Courier, September 6, 1883.
COUNTY REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For County Treasurer: Capt. J. B. Nipp.
For Sheriff: Geo. H. McIntire.
For Register of Deeds: T. H. Soward.
For County Clerk: J. S. Hunt.
For Surveyor: N. A. Haight.
For Coroner: Dr. H. W. Marsh.
For Commissioner 3rd District: J. H. Irwin.
[POLITICAL NOTICES.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, September 12, 1883.
George H. McIntire, the nominee for sheriff, has had several years’ experience as deputy sheriff, during which he has proved himself a quiet but determined and efficient officer, having placed a large number of criminals in durance vile as the result of his labors.
[GEORGE H. McINTIRE.]
Winfield Courier, September 13, 1883.
A LIVE OFFICER.
Mr. George H. McIntire has been putting in the past two weeks in attendance on the U. S. Court, now in session at Wichita. During the two months preceding the sitting of this court, Mr. McIntire, in the way of his duties as Deputy U. S. Marshal, captured and lodged in the Wichita jail thirteen criminals. These he captured in the Territory bordering our State, and were made up of murderers, horse thieves, illicit whiskey sellers, and other violators of law and order. Like Phil. Sheridan, he “warmed ’em up all along the line.” As this is the same McIntire who is to be our next sheriff, it shows that the convention “knew its man.” George was Sheriff Shenneman’s trusted assistant during all his term of office, and he will be a worthy successor to that brave officer. The Republicans of Cowley hardly ever fail to find the right man for the right place.
Arkansas City Traveler, September 19, 1883.
Cowley County Ticket.
The Republicans of Cowley County have put a ticket in the field for county officers, which will poll all the Republican vote of Cowley County. They have selected their candidates from all parts of the county and kept the cliques and rings in the background. Geo. H. McIntire, the candidate for sheriff, is a straightforward, honest, unpretentious young man. He has been deputy United States marshal at Arkansas City for some time and is a terror to evil doers. George will have a walk away and will make an efficient, capable officer. J. S. Hunt, for county clerk; J. B. Nipp, for treasurer; T. H. Soward, for register, makes a strong ticket and will be sure to win. This is the way to go about it. Put up true and tried Republicans on a Republican platform and make a square issue on party principles.
Wichita Times.
Arkansas City Traveler, September 26, 1883.
Two horse thieves were arrested by Geo. McIntire charged with stealing horses in Missouri, and as the man they were stolen from was on hand and fully identified the property, the law will take its course and the thieves will be returned to Missouri, and penned, we hope.
Winfield Courier, October 4, 1883.
McINTIRE FOR SHERIFF.
We see by the Winfield Courier that Geo. H. McIntire has been nominated for Sheriff by the Republicans of Cowley County. George was a faithful soldier during the rebellion, serving in Company C, Eleventh Kansas Cavalry; and though his father and brothers turned into and followed the dark ruts of Democracy, George continued to “vote as he shot.” He lived in Lyon County years ago, and we vividly and pleasantly remember him as a fellow participant in the struggles of the rural lyceums and “spellin’ skules” at the Rinker schoolhouse. Mr. McIntire was an energetic, vigilant, and efficient deputy of the brave and lamented Shenneman, and he will be elected and prove a popular and successful sheriff for the big and growing county of Cowley. Fredonia Citizen.
[APPEAL TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS.]
Winfield Courier, October 18, 1883.
TO REPUBLICANS.
Two weeks from next Tuesday is Election day and every man should be prepared to turn out to the polls and vote. It is noted that when there is deep interest felt in the election and everybody turns out, we always elect good officers, but when there is little interest in the matter we are liable to have the other kind of officers foisted upon us. It is also noted that Democrats almost always turn out and vote and that when there is a short vote on account of little interest in the matter, it is Republican voters who stay at home. Men who consider themselves good and patriotic citizens, men who are otherwise moral, intelligent, and valuable citizens, often neglect this important duty, while every vicious, drinking, ignorant, dishonest, or law breaking man in the community is sure to be at the polls and vote and influence votes. Such in large cities are usually the ruling class and in all communities often control the results of the elections. It is the plain duty of every man who has an interest in good government, good laws, and good morals to always be at the polls with his vote and influence and no man who habitually neglects his duty is entitled to the credit of being a good or patriotic citizen.
Republicans above all others should never neglect this duty. We urge each and everyone of them to make such arrangements beforehand that nothing will prevent them from discharging this duty. Go to the polls early and vote and work for the straight Republican ticket. There is no good reason why any Republican should fail to vote for every candidate on their ticket. There are two other tickets in the field; one of which is the straight Democratic ticket, and the other is self styled “Anti-Monopoly,” but is intended only as a decoy for the Democrats, to lure Republicans from voting their own tickets while Democrats, whatever they pretend, will vote the straight Democratic ticket. No candidate on either ticket is the peer of his Republican opponent.
T. H. Soward, the nominee for Register, is the “plumed knight” of the ticket, being one of the finest orators of the state, a gallant soldier, a true gentleman, a man with a great warm heart and generous impulses, a citizen without a fault. He has freely given his time and talents in the service of his country and later in the service of this county and community, and is always kindly, obliging, and courteous to all. He is poor and crippled and the office will set him on his feet. No man is better qualified for its duties and his nomination was only a just recognition of his services. It would seem that he should poll much more than the full strength of his party.
Capt. Nipp, the candidate for Treasurer, is a large hearted, generous, energetic businessman, farmer, and stock grower. He is capable and well fitted for the office in every way. His nomination is a compliment to the farmers of this county and he should have the solid support of the bone and sinew of our county.
Capt. Hunt, the candidate for clerk, is one of the most popular men in the county. His four years of service in that office have convinced the electors that he is just the man for the place and that the people will be much better served by him than by anyone else.
Geo. H. McIntire, the nominee for Sheriff, has proved his value, fitness, and efficiency, by years of successful service in this county and elsewhere. He is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, makes no bluster, but when it comes to catching a criminal or performing any other duty, he is there, and has no superior in this part of the “moral vineyard.”
Capt. Haight, has by years of service, proved his ability as a surveyor and as he is the only candidate of known qualification for that office, he will get there of course.
No better man could have been nominated for coroner than Dr. H. W. Marsh. He is a gentleman and a scholar and the right man for the place.
J. H. Irwin, the candidate for commissioner of the third district, is one of the best men in the county, of sound judgment, wide intelligence, and great popularity, and just the man whom the people of the county can trust implicitly.
[SUPPORT OF McINTIRE AGAINST GARY FOR SHERIFF.]
Winfield Courier, October 18, 1883.
THE SHERIFF QUESTION.
We hear of two objections having been raised to G. H. McIntire as a candidate for sheriff. The first is that he did more than his duty in defending the murderer of Shenneman and keeping him out of the hands of the mob. The other is that he did less than his duty in the same case. The former objection is raised by some Democratic and even Republican friends of the Democratic nominee. They evidently have no fear that Gary will do more than his duty. The latter objection is raised by a Republican in Vernon, who proposes to play into the hands of Gary. His simplicity in supposing that the Democratic nominee will not do less than his duty is sublime.
We may boldly assert that in the trying time that followed the murder of Shenneman, McIntire did his whole duty faithfully and well. By his great skill and shrewdness, he kept his prisoner out of the hands of the mob for several days by dodging him from jail to farmhouse and from town to town, the first three days of which he was pursued and spied upon by hundreds of men. A few days later when the mob spirit appeared to have died out and apparently no more efforts at lynching would be made, he secretly, in the night, brought his prisoner back to the county jail. It was then reasonable to suppose that there would be no further danger to the prisoner. It was a considerable extra expense to the county to keep the prisoner otherwise or dodging about. It would have been another large expense to the county to fortify the jail and keep it guarded day and night, by a body of armed men. Keeping the prisoner anywhere but in the county jail made it extremely probable that he would escape.
McIntire’s first duty was to prevent the escape of the prisoner; his next duty was to protect the prisoner as far as practicable against threatened violence; and his third duty was to save the county from any unnecessary expense. These objects were constantly before him and if he misjudged of the final danger to the prisoner, it was just what a great many of our good citizens did. We maintain that he did his whole duty well, and no more than his duty, and that he is far the most likely of the two candidates to do his whole duty.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 24, 1883.
Mr. Gary, in a speech in Liberty Township, made the assertion that he was going to carry Creswell Township over McIntire. Ordinarily we would suggest that Gary had made a mistake, but in this instance we are constrained to remark that he wilfully lies, and that McIntire will beat him two to one.
[REPUBLICANS WARNED AGAINST GARY.]
Arkansas City Traveler, October 24, 1883.
Republicans, Take Notice. Mr. Gary, Democratic sheriff of this county, has made arrangements with one Kelser to insert his (Mr. Gary’s) name on the Republican ticket in place of Mr. McIntire. This instance has reference to Silverdale Township, but the same steps are taken with reference to the other voting precincts in this county, and too much care cannot be taken by the Republicans to examine their ticket before voting them. Careful attention will frustrate such despicable fraud, and beat the poor fools.
[TORRANCE COMPLAINS ABOUT SHERIFF GARY.]
Arkansas City Traveler, October 24, 1883.
Judge Torrance last Friday gave our most efficient (?) Democratic sheriff a very forcible hint to look after his business while he held the office. Asking the officers of the court to remain after adjournment, he told them he had become tired of performing the duties of both judge and sheriff in this county; and that hereafter if the sheriff could not find time to attend to his business, he would appoint one that could. At last account he had not found that worthy Democratic official.
[GEO. H. McINTIRE.]
Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.
WHAT A REPUBLICAN!
Last week we said in relation to two exactly contrary objections which had been raised to Geo. H. McIntire for sheriff: “The latter objection is raised by a Republican of Vernon, who proposes to play into the hands of Gary. His simplicity in supposing that the Democratic nominee will not do less than his duty is sublime.”
This caused one, Capt. J. B. Evans, of Vernon Township, to get up on his ear and inform us that he is not to be driven out of the Republican party again, that he will remain in the party, and we will remember? that he has always been a friend of the COURIER, but, will, etc. We told him that he was talking very foolishly, that we appreciated his friendship and favors, but that we were going to say what seemed to be the right thing and take the consequences, and that any covert threat would not affect our course. Capt. Evans has assumed the position of a “kicker,” is vigorously working to defeat the Republican nominee for sheriff, and for the Democratic nominee and does not deny it. He is talking around that Vernon Township will vote almost solid against McIntire and for Gary. He may think so. He may believe that the whole township consider him the brains of the township and will vote just as he dictates. If so, he is cranky. There are plenty of Republicans in Vernon as brainy as he, who vote their own opinions and not his, and who will vote for a man like McIntire, who has always been efficient as an officer, instead of such a man as Gary, who is notoriously inefficient; who will certainly vote for a good Republican instead of a bad and uncertain Democrat. We shall be surprised if he influences a single Republican beside himself to vote against McIntire, for we have a high opinion of the good sense of the Republicans of Vernon. As to Capt. Evans remaining in the Republican party, we fear that now he has started on the downward road that he will tumble on downward with increasing rapidity, that next year he will be a Greenbacker and the year after a Democrat. Such is the usual course of kickers. We would like it if this would give him a job that would wake up his sleeping sense and reason.
Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.
From a Democratic Standpoint.
A prominent democrat, one of the “old liners” and one who leads in his township, said to the writer Monday evening: “I shall not vote for Mr. Gary, for several reasons. The first is, because he is no more a democrat than a vulture is an eagle—he is a republican deserter, a greenback deserter, and will remain a democrat only so long as we keep him in office. His main efforts for twenty years back, as near as I can learn, have been directed toward getting a living, some way or other, out of the taxpayers, not caring what party he espoused or what principles he advocated so they brought him office. The second is, because he is a failure as an officer, and hasn’t the courage or the grit to run criminals down. The third is because he is a nincompoop, politically, officially, and personally. I would rather vote for a decent republican than such a man. It’s bitter medicine, but it’s better than the dose a lot of you republicans fixed up for us when you helped to get him appointed, thus saddling him onto our party. I believe that the democrats who have stood by the old party through the hours of her adversity, ought to unite in kicking out the roustabouts who are climbing on deck when victory seems ready to crown her banners.”
Our democratic friends is certainly sound on the question from a political standpoint, but is mistaken in crediting Gary’s appointment to “you republicans.” Gary’s appointment was purely a commercial transaction, secured for him by a few republicans and a few democrats, jointly, as a reward for his sudden, and at the time, inexplicable change of front on an important matter while a member of the Council of this city. These gentlemen themselves despise Gary for his action in the matter and announce their intention of voting for McIntire. They evidently feel that they have canceled their obligation to Mr. Gary and are now free to follow the dictates of their own consciences in casting a ballot.
[SHERIFF GARY.]
Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.
The Sheriff Out of Court.
One of the most notorious evidences of Mr. Gary’s incompetence or utter disregard for the duties of his office, has been displayed all through the term of court now in session. The duties of sheriff in the courtroom are second only to those of the judge. Upon him devolves the carrying out of the rules and orders of the court, the maintenance of order and decorum, and the exaction of that proper and due respect for the court and its proceedings which is all important in impartial administration of law. During Mr. Shenneman’s administration he was never absent from the court room while court was in session, except under circumstances which were positively unavoidable. Several times he has remarked to the writer that he could not attend personally to this or that until “after court,” and at all times he was at his post helping to dispatch the business rapidly and correctly. During the present session of court this is all changed. The sheriff is rarely seen about the courtroom, but is constantly upon the streets canvassing voters and maneuvering for re-election, while the important duties of his position are entrusted to this deputy or that deputy as they may happen to be around. The judge has been impatient about this and several times during the term his disgust at the way matters were being allowed to run at “loose ends” has exhibited itself in both words and actions. This every lawyer who has been in close attendance upon court knows to be true.
Mr. Gary evidently has a wrong conception of what is necessary to secure the support of the people. If he makes a faithful officer and attends carefully to the duties of his position, it will affect them far more than personal solicitation for their votes. The officer who neglects his duties in order to follow men about the streets supplicating for support, can never win either their respect or their suffrages.
SHERIFF GARY.]
Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.
At His Old Tricks.
Mr. Gary said to some gentlemen in Fairview Township recently: “The worst thing about McIntire is that he won’t carry his own township, and there must be something wrong with a man when he can’t get his nearest neighbors to vote for him.”
Small lies are always mean ones. Mr. Gary seems to have given himself over to a style of campaigning that is contemptible in its littleness. George McIntire will come out of Creswell Township with a hundred and fifty majority, and Bolton will add another fifty to it. Wherever George McIntire is known, he is respected as a straightforward, upright man, and one who would not willfully misrepresent an opponent for all the offices in the gift of the people. He is not that kind of an office seeker.
[POLITICS.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, October 31, 1883.
[T. H. Soward, from Winfield, Kansas, was running for Register of Deeds in the election.]
T. H. Soward.
We are told that there are many Republicans in Winfield, Arkansas City, and other parts of the county who are ardent supporters of the balance of the ticket, yet will not vote for T. H. Soward on account of his prohibition principles. We do not, cannot believe it. The Republican anti-prohibitionists have not been discriminated against in the convention and the nominations, but such were nominated in the convention by the aid of prohibition votes. No questions were asked as to a candidate’s views on this question. The only questions asked were: “Is he capable? Is he honest? Will he do his duty?” In the judgment of the convention, all the nominees stood these tests. No one has ever questioned Soward’s ability, integrity, or devotion to duty. No one questions his devotion to the Republican party. If McIntire or Nipp is elected, he will owe his election to T. H. Soward more than all others. Is it possible that any Republican who desires the election of the ticket, for a favorite candidate on it, will stab this champion in the back while he is doing such work for that favorite candidate or ticket? It is not strange that Democrats should dislike Soward for the heavy blows he has given them. It is not strange that they should try to communicate their ill will to Republicans, but it would be strange if any Republican should be weak enough to hear to them, and ungrateful enough to withhold a vote from Soward. Rather it should be the pride and duty of every Republican to work enthusiastically for Soward’s election and give him a rousing majority, such a vote as will show that such services are appreciated. Winfield Courier.
[GEORGE H. McINTIRE.]
Arkansas City Traveler, October 31, 1883.
George H. McIntire. The candidate for sheriff on the Republican ticket needs no better recommendation than his record for efficient service in the discharge of his duties as deputy sheriff and U. S. Marshal. The opposition is seeking to injure him by publishing his evidence before the coroner’s inquest over the body of Shenneman’s murderer. There is nothing in that to answer. McIntire gave his evidence for the public, and we say let it be published and republished in the papers. The publishers and the politicians who cause it to be published, know that McIntire is a brave man, and that he dodged around with the prisoner, Cobb, day and night for a week to keep him from a mob. Then when he could no longer keep him from the jail, he returned, and an armed mob took him from him by force. Where were these friends to Cobb then? Some of them were in the mob that murdered him. Some ignorant or prejudiced person may talk this thing of “coward” or “accomplice,” but it is false. McIntire knows all the routine of the sheriff’s office, and will do it. Gary knows nothing of the duties of sheriff, could never do it, and would not do anything if he did—taking his record as evidence. Give McIntire a rousing vote and get a sheriff that knows his duty and will do it. Burden Enterprise.
[NEWS FROM BURDEN ENTERPRISE.]
Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883. [Editorial. Front Page.]
GEO. H. McINTIRE.
The candidate for sheriff on the republican ticket needs no better recommendation than his record for efficient service in the discharge of his duties as deputy sheriff and U. S. marshal. The opposition is seeking to injure him by publishing his evidence before the coroner’s inquest over the body of Shenneman’s murderer. There is nothing in that to answer. McIntire gave his evidence for the public, and we say let it be published and republished in the papers. The publishers, and the politicians who cause it to be published know that McIntire is a brave man, and that he dodged around with the prisoner, Cobb, day and night for a week to keep him from a mob. Then when he could no longer keep him from the jail, he returned and an armed mob took the prisoner from him by force. Where were these friends to Cobb then? Some of them were in the mob that murdered him. Some ignorant or prejudiced persons may talk this thing of “coward” or “accomplice,” but it is false. McIntire knows all the routine of the sheriff’s office, and will do it. Gary knows nothing of the duties of sheriff, can never learn it, and would not do anything if he did—taking his record as evidence. Give McIntire a rousing vote and get a sheriff that knows his duty and will do it.
[There were more Burden Newspaper Items, which I skipped. MAW]
[POLITICS.]
Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.
Note: The entire front page for the most part is full of items from the Traveler and Burden Enterprise...re Politics.
The Traveler attacked Gary in three separate items:
Item No. 1:
“Why is it that the moment the republican party refuses to vote for a dirty republican and kicks him out of the party the democrats at once take him up and nominate him for an office? S. G. Gary was defeated in Mahaska County, Iowa, for treasurer, on the republican ticket, when that party had 1,200 majority, and then he turns democrat and comes to Kansas.”
Item No. 2:
“Mr. Gary, Democratic sheriff of this county, has made arrangements with one Keiser to insert his (Mr. Gary’s) name on the Republican ticket in place of Mr. McIntire. This instance has reference to the other voting precincts in this county, and too much care cannot be taken by the Republicans to examine their tickets before voting them. Careful attention will frustrate such despicable fraud, and beat the poor fools.”
Item No. 3:
“Judge Torrance last Friday gave our most efficient (?) Democratic sheriff a very forcible hint to look after his business while he held the office. Asking the officers of the court to remain after adjournment, he told them he had become tired of performing the duties of both judge and sheriff in this county, and that hereafter if the sheriff could not find time to attend to his business, he would appoint one that could. At last accounts he had not found that worthy Democratic official.”
[SHERIFF GARY.]
Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.
A MULHATTAN INVENTION.
Capt. Gary furnished the Telegram last week with the following lie, which it endorsed and published for the benefit of the inventor.
“Some time since a horse was stolen at Arkansas City; the thief was arrested by the authorities at Fayetteville, Arkansas. When McIntire received word that his man had been caught, he engaged Mr. Milks, a resident of Arkansas City, to go with him, also engaging Milk’s team to convey the party. On their return trip, McIntire, between Vinita and Big Cabin, Indian Territory, saw some berries growing by the wayside; the sight was too much for this political gourmand, whose appetite for grub seems to keep pace with his appetite for official ‘pap.’ McIntire laid his revolver on the seat and jumped to the ground; no sooner had he struck the earth than the prisoner grasped the pistol and had the crowd covered. The bold, bad man then demanded Mr. McIntire’s shekels, which were handed over with alacrity and haste. His companions were also persuaded to contribute their mite to the missionary’s fund. These financial negotiations having been brought to a successful termination, this fellow, who had wantonly trifled with the feelings and pocket book of a constable of ten years standing and deputy sheriff to boot, coolly unharnessed Mr. Milks’ best horse and jumping astride, rode off, bidding Mr. George H. McIntire a long, last, sad farewell as he disappeared. The horse that had been ridden off by the thief was shortly recovered, but died from the effects of the hard usage it had received. For this loss Mr. Milks never received a cent. There was a mortgage of $75 on this team and wagon of old man Milks; the remaining horse and the wagon were sold under this mortgage and after it was satisfied, Mr. Milks had $20 left. This man (a republican, by the way) declares that McIntire never paid Milks one cent for his trouble or loss, which he could illy afford, being an old man 50 years of age, and a cripple besides, caused by wounds received in the Army.”
The Telegram was not smart, but published the lie too soon. It should have waited until the morning of the election when it would be too late to get the facts. Now comes the said Milks referred to therein and exposes the lie as follows.
ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS, Oct. 29, 1883.
The Telegram, in its last issue in an article purporting to come from an eye witness, charging G. H. McIntire with employing me to go with my team after a horse thief with him into Arkansas, and that he never paid me for the trip. That is a lie. McIntire never employed me to go with him; he never owed me a cent he did not pay. I was employed by J. Martin to go after his horse with McIntire. We found the man and horse at Fayetteville, Arkansas, and when on our way back near Vinita, the man jumped from the buggy. I was guarding the prisoner at the time. I had McIntire’s revolver under my leg, and the prisoner saw his opportunity and grabbed the revolver and jumped out of the buggy. My horse was being led behind the buggy. I untied him and started to a house to get a gun, and the prisoner, when I was off about fifty yards, started after me and took my horse away from me and rode him off. He never got a cent of money from McIntire and did not seem to want to undertake to unharness the horse that McIntire was holding. I never blamed McIntire for losing my horse, and the man that makes that statement in the Telegram and says he was an eye witness is an unmitigated liar. E. MILKS.
[POLITICS AT DEXTER.]
Winfield Courier, November 1, 1883.
Dexter’s Political Pot.
Dexter has once more taken up the line of march. It makes the citizens of Dexter and vicinity feel good to see the way the busy workmen are rearing up the many substantial buildings that add so much to the appearance of our little village. We welcome the strangers to stay with us and help us to improve and build here in the Grouse Valley, a flourishing town.
Now that the election is drawing near, candidates are becoming numerous. Last Friday and Saturday we were honored with about all the lofty politicians of the day. First came J. B. Lynn, Democratic candidate for Treasurer, who did his electioneering in a quiet way among his friends. Then on Saturday came the squad of Republican candidates, arriving early, to hold a Republican rally as per advertisement. Though the weather was very unfavorable, they were not without a splendid audience; for at half past seven o’clock when the ring of the bell and music of our excellent band told the citizens that there was something rich for them at the schoolhouse that night, the masses poured into the house in a short time, would have told a stranger that there was a wide awake set of Republicans there and that some good speeches were anticipated. The meeting being called to order by H. C. McDorman, Chairman T. H. Soward was introduced and spoke for an hour and a half, making an able and eloquent speech, which was alike interesting to all classes and parties.
Our old friend, Booth, from Rock Township, then attempted a reply and in his comical way, gave the boys plenty of fun, and during his remarks gave the audience some instructions as to the way the knowing ones in Winfield get their drinks, since prohibition closed the saloons.
The band then struck up one of their favorite national tunes, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and to leave well satisfied with their entertainment. J. B. Nipp and George McIntire each in a short speech asked the votes of the people, and Capt. Siverd followed in a humorous speech making some good points and plenty of fun. In short, everything done seemed the right thing for the occasion, and all the Republicans went home feeling that on the 6th of November next, Dexter Township would roll up a good round majority for every candidate on the Republican ticket. A. REPUBLICAN.
[ELECTION RESULTS.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, November 7, 1883.
The Result.
We had intended to give this week a tabular statement, by townships, of Cowley County’s vote, but can only give the majorities and will next week give the correct figures throughout. The following are the figures up to going to press, and they are subject to increase rather than decrease:
McIntire: 618
Soward: 457
Nipp: 637
Hunt: 800
Haight: 500
Irwin, 3rd district: 275
Dr. Marsh’s exact figures are not given, but will be in the neighborhood of 600. Sumner County has gone Republican by good majorities, with the exception of commissioner for the third district, who was defeated.
[ELECTION OVER.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, November 7, 1883.
GLORY ENOUGH.
The election is over and Cowley County once more presents an unbroken Republican front. The Republicans of southern Cowley deserve especial credit for their effective work, and to them belongs the honor. In fact, the outside districts have done the heavy work this time, and taught our county seat a plain lesson of duty. Thanks to such earnest work, the entire Republican ticket is elected by majorities ranging from 450 to 800. Capt. Nipp, the man against whom the Democrats centered their strength, goes up from this section with the largest majority ever given by Bolton and Creswell before, and throughout the county at large the people have rallied around his standard with a unanimity that forever silences the slanders of his Democratic opponents. He justly feels proud of his friends, and will prove to them that their confidence has not been misplaced.
Geo. McIntire, another of Creswell’s favorites, yesterday reaped his reward for the many years of service he has given the people as deputy sheriff, and goes in on a rousing majority. All the Cobbs in the state couldn’t kindle anything of a fire against George, and the Democrats are beginning to realize that they have wasted a great deal of their stock in trade—gas.
So this is glory enough for us. The entire ticket is triumphant, and if our friend Soward has run behind some, on account of his honest prohibition views, he has a good round majority, and this section is glad to say they made it for him. In Bolton he ran ahead of the St. John vote of last year.
Cowley is Republican henceforth, and the southern end is the power behind the throne. This is right, for the southern end is the largest, best, healthiest, wealthiest, has the nicest set of people, and is in every way entitled to carry the banner.
Winfield Courier, November 8, 1883.
The East ward of Winfield, S. G. Gary’s home, gave McIntire a majority. Arkansas City, Mr. McIntire’s home, gave him two hundred and eighty majority. Comment is unnecessary.
Winfield Courier, November 15, 1883.
Recap: Official vote of Cowley County, Kansas, November 6, 1883.
For Sheriff: G. H. McIntire, R, 2309. Plurality: 594.
S. G. Gary, C, 1715.
J. F. Teter, G, 270.
1ST WARD, McINTIRE 162, GARY 158.
2ND WARD, McINTIRE 113, GARY 131.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 21, 1883.
McIntire and Soward take up their official duties on the 10th of January next. Capt. Nipp, however, has nearly a year to wait, the second Tuesday in October being the eventful day with him.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 21, 1883.
A hunting party, consisting of O. J. Godfrey, Frank Speers, J. J. Breene, H. P. Standley, Geo. McIntire, and their cook, left today for a jollification in the Territory. They contemplate an absence of about three weeks. Nothing short of bears will satisfy these ambitious Nimrods, judging from the amount of ammunition they packed away, though it is highly probable that they will not slight the claims of turkey and deer.
Winfield Courier, January 3, 1884.
Sheriff Elect McIntire has been in the city house-hunting during the past week, but without success up to date. Empty houses in Winfield are as rare as angels’ visits.
Winfield Courier, January 3, 1884.
Sheriff-elect McIntire captured the fellow who robbed a jewelry store at Arkansas City last week. He got him at Grenola.
Winfield Courier, January 17, 1884.
Commissioners Proceedings.
Official bonds of G. H. McIntire and J. E. Snow were accepted.
Winfield Courier, January 17, 1884.
The new county officers were sworn in Monday, and Tuesday morning Sheriff McIntire opened court.
[SHERIFF’S PROCLAMATION.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, January 23, 1884.
Sheriff’s Proclamation. State of Kansas, Cowley County, ss.
I, G. H. McIntire, sheriff of said county, under and by virtue of the authority in me vested by the laws of the state of Kansas, do hereby proclaim and make known to the electors of said county: There will be a general election held in each of the voting precincts of said county at such places as may be lawfully designated for holding said election therein, on the first Tuesday in February, 1884, for the purpose of electing the following township officers:
One township trustee, one township clerk, one treasurer, and such justices of the peace and constables as are required by law to be elected in each and every township in the said county, and one road overseer in each road district in the several townships of said county.
Witness my hand at my office in the city of Winfield, said county, this 21st day of January, A. D. 1884. G. H. McINTIRE, Sheriff of Cowley County, Kansas.
SHERIFF’S PROCLAMATION: TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS.]
Winfield Courier, January 24, 1884.
RECAP SHERIFF’S PROCLAMATION FOR TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS.
FEBRUARY 5, 1884...TOWNSHIP OFFICERS:
One Trustee.
One Clerk.
One Treasurer.
Two Constables
Two justices of the peace.
One road overseer for each organized road district in each municipal township in said county.
January 21, 1884....G. H. McIntire, Sheriff, Cowley County, Kansas.
Winfield Courier, January 31, 1884.
On Tuesday Sheriff McIntire arrested Benjamin McClellan and Ed. Irwin of Windsor Township, and brought them before Justice Buckman. They are charged with throwing stones through a passenger coach on the Southern Kansas road on the evening of the 25th of December, Christmas. The railroad company is prosecuting the case.
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, February 13, 1884.
RECAP OF SHERIFF’S SALE. Ben Files, Plaintiff, against John H. Levitt, Defendant. Geo H. McIntire, Sheriff; O. S. Rarick, Deputy.
Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.
Robbers Arrested.
On the night of January 29th, 1884, a car was broken into at the depot, and a lot of cases of canned goods, tobacco, and other merchandise was stolen. Sheriff McIntire, with his deputy, O. S. Rarick, constable John Breene, and others, have been hard at work ever since trying to find a clue to the parties that committed the robbery. Some goods were found several nights ago, and Pat Franey got on the right clue, and with the assistance of the above named officers, traced the goods up, when O. Ingersoll, railroad agent, ordered out a warrant before I H. Bonsall, J. P., for the arrest of T. S. Marston and McStraight. Mr. Higgins, detective from Topeka, was on hand, and took an important part in ferreting out the rascals. Higgins and Rarick started for the Territory for these men, but got ahead of them. J. J. Breene, in the meantime, got on the right track, and arrested the men. Part of the stolen goods have been recovered.
Arkansas City Republican, February 16, 1884.
Robbers Arrested.
On the night of January 29th, 1884, a car was broken into at the depot, and a lot of cases of canned goods, tobacco, and other merchandise was stolen. Sheriff McIntire, with his deputy, O. S. Rarick, constable John Breene, and others, have been hard at work ever since trying to find a clue to the parties that committed the robbery. Some goods were found several nights ago, and Pat Franey got on the right clue, and with the assistance of the above named officers, traced the goods up, when O. Ingersoll, railroad agent, ordered out a warrant before I H. Bonsall, J. P., for the arrest of T. S. Marston and McStraight. Mr. Higgins, detective from Topeka, was on hand, and took an important part in ferreting out the rascals. Higgins and Rarick started for the Territory for these men, but got ahead of them. J. J. Breene, in the meantime, got on the right track, and arrested the men. Part of the stolen goods have been recovered.
Winfield Courier, February 21, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire gathered in P. [?] S. Marston and McStraight last Friday, charged with breaking into a car at Arkansas City and abstracting some canned goods, tobacco, and other merchandise. When George goes after a law-breaker, he generally brings him in. The thieves were making for the Territory.
Winfield Courier, February 21, 1884.
The jail now contains nine prisoners. There is nothing “democratic” about Sheriff McIntire’s administration.
Winfield Courier, March 6, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire took in a man at Arkansas City Tuesday, who had skipped his bond in Iowa and for whom a reward was offered. He is held here for the proper authorities. With the sheriff-ship in Republican hands, criminals had better avoid Cowley as they would a hot iron.
Winfield Courier, March 13, 1884.
Charlie Fisher, a young man residing in eastern Cowley, mortgaged a mule team in this city one day last week for a good sum and then took them to Arkansas City and sold them for a hundred and eighty dollars. Sheriff McIntire arrested him in a bawdy house down there, with only fifty cents of the money left and plenty of whiskey on board, and lodged him in the county jail. His relatives bailed him out Saturday night. The man who bought the mules gave them up with the earnest desire that the “culprit would go to the ‘pen.’”
[SHERIFF’S SALE.]
Winfield Courier, March 20, 1884.
RECAP Sheriff’s Sale of Real Estate. Charlotte K. Robinson vs. Samuel Clem, Margaret Clem, his wife, and John D. Widaman...April 14, 1884, selling northeast qr of sec ten and the n w qr of sec eleven in township thirty south of range six east of the 6th P.M., containing 320 acres more or less according to U. S. survey...G. H. McINTIRE, Sheriff.
O. H. Bently [??], Attorney for Plaintiff.
Winfield Courier, March 20, 1884.
Deputy U. S. Marshal McIntire brought in D. L. Daniels Sunday from Oswego, charged with sending a profane letter through the mails. He will have his trial next Monday before U. S. Commissioner, L. H. Webb.
Winfield Courier, April 17, 1884.
To Whom It May Concern.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, has duly authorized and empowered the following persons to contract for and in the name of Cowley County, in the following manner and for the purposes following, to wit:
For all clothing necessary for the paupers under the care of S. E. Burger and kept at the temporary county poor farm, S. E. Burger is duly authorized to contract for or purchase said clothing aforesaid.
All necessary clothing and bedding for prisoners in the county jail, all jail supplies, fixtures, and repairs, G. H. McIntire, Sheriff of Cowley County, is duly authorized to purchase or contract for same.
All blanks, blank books, stationery, and all other office supplies for county offices, J. S. Hunt is duly authorized to contract for or purchase the same.
And, inasmuch as the Board is being continually annoyed by the presentation of claims against the county that have been contracted for or ordered in behalf of the county by persons without authority to do so, and in order that no injustice may be done in rejecting claims on the county made in good faith, notice is hereby given that from and after this date no claims against Cowley County will be audited or allowed by the Board unless said claims were ordered or contracted by one of the parties aforesaid and for the purposes aforesaid, unless ordered by the Board.
This order must not be construed as in any manner referring to the statutory powers of overseers of the poor in their respective townships and cities.
Done by order of the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas.
J. S. HUNT, County Clerk and Clerk of said Board.
Winfield Courier, April 17, 1884.
RECAP. Sheriff’ sale to take place Monday, May 19, 1884, due to order of sale of property...lots 15, 16, 17, 18, block 2 in Dexter...John D. Pryor, Plaintiff, vs. Malinda Clay, William A. Clay, Barclay N. Hockett, Henry G. Hockett, Addison L. Hockett, Casistrana [?] C. Hockett, Myrtle Hockett, Minnie Hockett, Sylvester L. Hockett, and R. R. Turner, defendants.
Winfield Courier, May 8, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire found Charlie Fisher, who took leg bail from the jail some time ago, at Wichita last week, brought him back, and he again languishes in the bastille. He is in the toils for selling a mortgaged team and for contempt of court in not appearing as a witness in an Arkansas City whiskey prosecution.
Winfield Courier, May 8, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire took in Saturday a couple of horse thieves who had stolen several livery teams at Box City, Missouri. About five hundred dollars was found on their persons. They are in the lock-up awaiting the arrival of the Missouri authorities.
Winfield Courier, May 8, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire arrested a horse thief on suspicion yesterday, on the street, and in going to the jail the fellow started to gain freedom by hoofing it pretty rapidly. The Sheriff drew a revolver, supposing of course it was loaded, but the fellow immediately recognized the weapon as his own and its inefficiency, and began to run the harder. It was snapped at him once or twice, when McIntire whipped out his own and began firing at the fellow, who had, by that time, got out of range. As we go to press, the Sheriff is still in hot pursuit.
Winfield Courier, May 8, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire brought in from Missouri, Tuesday, J. C. Beason, who was arrested and got away from the officers, last October, for relieving a letter of considerable sum entrusted to his care as hack driver from Arkansas City to Geuda. He had married a well-to-do widow in southern Missouri and was farming. The Sheriff gave him a complete surprise.
Arkansas City Republican, May 10, 1884.
J. C. Beason, the man who jumped his bond for stealing money sometime ago, was recaptured by Sheriff McIntire last week at Boonville, Missouri. He is now in the county jail awaiting trial.
Arkansas City Republican, May 10, 1884.
Sheriff Geo. McIntire and Deputy, O. S. Rarick, arrested on the streets of Winfield last Tuesday Jno. Daniels, alias Jim Weston, a noted horse thief, who has been stealing cattle and horses in the Territory. He is supposed to be one of the parties who robbed the car in this city last January. After he was disarmed, he broke away from the officers and was afterwards arrested again about two miles from the city.
[SHERIFF McINTIRE CAPTURES HORSE THIEF.]
Winfield Courier, May 15, 1884.
The horse thief, mentioned in our last issue, who was arrested on the street last Wednesday by Sheriff McIntire, and after being disarmed, broke away, was captured about two miles up Timber Creek, after a very lively foot race. He proved to be John Daniels, alias Jim Weston, whose parents live in the western part of the county. He is about twenty-two years old, and has been leading the life of a desperado for several years. He has been stealing cattle and horses in the Territory for some time, and is supposed to be one of the parties who robbed a Santa Fe car at Arkansas City in January last, with Marston, who was last week sentenced by Judge Torrance to a year in the pen. He was arrested for stealing a horse, pistol, and other property at Flying Ranch, in the Nation, about a month ago. During his short career, they say he has become very “fly” with the pistol and is one of the cowboys from the “head waters.” Criminals had better steer clear of Sheriff McIntire and his Deputy, Capt. Rarick, if they don’t want to bring up behind the iron bars.
Winfield Courier, May 22, 1884.
RECAP. Sheriff’s Sale...J. L. Byers, Plaintiff, vs. Clotilda H. Greer, Edwin P. Greer, Lizzie B. Greer, Frank H. Greer, Mary Greer, Nora Greer, Charles Greer, and Elbert R. Greer, Defendants. G. H. McIntire, sheriff, announced he would sell Monday, June 2, 1884, the following property: Lots 16, 17, 18, in Block 288, Winfield, property of the above named defendants.
Winfield Courier, May 29, 1884.
Boarders are becoming so numerous at the county bastille that Landlord Finch has had to cast about for more room. The single “cots” heretofore used for the weary criminal to lay himself upon for slumber, have been replaced by “bunks” on the penitentiary plan—one above the other against the wall. Seven disregarders of law are now county guests. There is nothing Democratic about Sheriff McIntire’s administration.
Arkansas City Traveler, June 4, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire was in town Monday.
Winfield Courier, June 5, 1884.
UDALL SENTINEL.
“Come at once, I have parties here you want,” was a telegram received by Sheriff McIntire of Winfield, from Udall. The sheriff, thinking that some murderers or horse thieves had been caught here, drove from Winfield to his place, fifteen miles, in an hour and twenty minutes, and felt badly sold when he found that he had been called away from important duties to dance attendance on the participants of a common street fight. So wags the world.
Winfield Courier, June 26, 1884.
Charley Fisher, who is serving out in the county jail a fine for contempt of court in non-appearance as witness in an Arkansas City whiskey case, has got deeper into the toils, from late developments. In an unguarded moment he let out the secret of his having stolen a hundred and fifty dollar horse near Sedgwick City, some three years ago, and also turned his unruly member loose enough to give Sheriff McIntire an inkling as to where the horse was. Fisher evidently thought his theft was so covered with the dust of the past as to be unfathomable; but not so. Sheriff McIntire went to Sedgwick County and interviewed A. K. Hargett, from whom the horse was stolen, and got a minute description of the animal. He then went to the farm in Sumner County where he surmised the horse was and found the identical one. The owner was telegraphed, came with persons to identify the animal, and took it home. The sheriff of Sedgwick County has made arrangements to take charge of Fisher as soon as we are through with him. Fisher acknowledges having stolen the horse, and says he has lately experienced a great change of heart and wants to become a Christian. Retribution is slow but sure.
Arkansas City Republican, June 28, 1884.
George H. McIntire and Ben. H. Matlack were down from Winfield Thursday visiting friends and relatives.
Arkansas City Republican, June 28, 1884.
Charley Fisher, who is serving out in the county jail a fine for contempt of court in non-appearance as witness to an Arkansas City whiskey case, has got deeper into the toil from late developments. In an unguarded moment he let out the secret of his having stolen a hundred and fifty dollar horse near Sedgwick City some three years ago, and also turned his unruly member loose enough to give Sheriff McIntire an inkling as to where the horse was. Fisher evidently thought his theft was so covered with the dust of the past as to be unfathomable; but not so. Sheriff McIntire went to Sedgwick County and interviewed A. K. Hargett, from whom the horse was stolen, and got a minute description of the animal. He then went to the farm in Sumner County, where he surmised the horse was, and found the identical one. The owner was telegraphed, came with persons to identify the animal, and took it home. The sheriff of Sedgwick County has made arrangements to take charge of Fisher as soon as we are through with him. Fisher acknowledges having stolen the horse, and says he has lately experienced a great change of heart and wants to become a Christian. Retribution is slow but sure. Winfield Courier.
Winfield Courier, July 3, 1884.
The Cowley County jail contains several horse thieves, raked in from different sections by the Sleuth-like tactics of Sheriff McIntire.
Arkansas City Republican, July 5, 1884.
[From Winfield Courier.]
The Cowley County jail contains seven horse thieves, raked up from different sections by the sleuth-like tactics of Sheriff McIntire.
Winfield Courier, July 10, 1884.
The County Commissioners released Charley Fisher, who had served out in the county jail a fine for contempt of court, Wednesday, and Sheriff McIntire took him to Wichita in the afternoon to stand trial for stealing a horse in Sedgwick County, some three years ago.
[SHERIFF’S SALE.]
Winfield Courier, July 10, 1884.
Special Order of Sale...Recap. Sheriff G. H. McIntire, by order of District Court in the case of William B. Grimes Dry Goods Co., plaintiff, vs. William D. McClintock, defendant, beginning July 21, 1884, will offer for sale in a certain frame building situated on lot No. 7 in Block No. 163, Winfield, the following property: a certain large stock of Dry Goods, Groceries, and General Merchandise, taken as the property of William D. McClintock.
Arkansas City Republican, July 12, 1884.
Courier Clippings.
The County Commissioners released Charley Fisher, who had served out in the county jail a fine for contempt of court, Wednesday, and Sheriff McIntire took him to Wichita in the afternoon to stand trial for stealing a horse in Sedgwick County some three years ago.
Arkansas City Traveler, July 16, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire was in the city last Monday.
Arkansas City Republican, July 26, 1884.
G. H. McIntire and M. N. Sinnott were in the city Wednesday evening.
Winfield Courier, July 31, 1884.
Charlie McIntire, wife and babies, of the Arkansas City Democrat, came up Saturday and spent Sunday with George. He sports a Blaine hat.
[SHERIFF’S SALE.]
Winfield Courier, August 7, 1884.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale Sept. 8, 1884, of real estate to be sold by Sheriff McIntire. Plaintiff, S. M. Jarvis; Defendants, John N. Sicks and Nancy JU. Sicks.
Winfield Courier, August 7, 1884.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale September 8, 1884, of real estate to be sold by Sheriff McIntire.
Plaintiff, R. R. Conklin. Defendants, Wm. W. Whiteside, Amanda M. Whiteside, and Fred R. Foster.
Winfield Courier, August 7, 1884.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale September 8, 1884, of real estate to be sold by Sheriff McIntire.
Plaintiff, R. R. Conklin. Defendants, Rebecca A. Withrow, Emily E. Withrow, Amanda F. Withrow, and Eby D. Withrow.
Winfield Courier, August 7, 1884.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale September 8, 1884, of real estate to be sold by Sheriff McIntire.
Plaintiff, David Hood. Defendants, Elijah W. Burge, Phalby Burge, and William Reynolds.
Winfield Courier, August 7, 1884.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale September 8, 1884, of real estate to be sold by Sheriff McIntire.
Plaintiff, R. R. Conklin. Defendants, Eliphus W. Hanning, Carolina Hanning, and Wesley McEwen.
[NOTE: NEWSPAPERS VARIED THE SPELLING OF THE FOLLOWING PERSON: BERCAW OR BARCAW. I CHANGED ALL TO SHOW “BERCAW.”]
Arkansas City Traveler, August 13, 1884.
Last Saturday night Sheriff McIntire arrested E. C. Mason and one Bercaw, his partner, for selling liquor in the billiard room at the north end of Summit Street, and Hayes Love and Ben Dixon for running what is known as a “blind tiger” in the old Childers building. The parties were taken to Winfield, but gave bond and were released. On Monday Barcaw plead guilty and was fined $100 and costs. The trial of the others comes off today.
[BLIND TIGER.]
Winfield Courier, August 14, 1884.
A “Blind Tiger” Captured.
Sheriff McIntire dropped down on Arkansas City last Saturday evening in a very unexpected and summary manner. He went down in the afternoon for the purpose of visiting with relatives on Sunday. On his arrival he learned that there was one of the contrivances for selling whiskey known as a “Blind Tiger,” running, so he set to work investigating. He searched out the tiger’s cage and found a sort of slide in a door over which was a printed card, “Call for what you want and put your change in the box.” George read the notice and promptly ordered the wall to send out “two beers.” The slide slid round, then slid back, and there appeared two glasses of beer. The sheriff drank one of them and passed on. After further search he discovered a subterranean resort where a lot of the faithful had gathered to imbibe poor liquor at a high price. He managed to get a large enough snort of this to make him a competent witness under the recent decision of the Supreme Court; when he got out a team, came to Winfield, and with the County Attorney, got out warrants for “John Doe,” “Henry Ree,” and others, swearing to them positively himself. Armed with these he returned to Arkansas City, raided the places, and arrested Hays Love and Ben Dixon, the tiger men, and Mason and another in the cellar business. They were brought up and gave bail. On Monday Mason and his partner plead guilty and were fined two hundred dollars and costs each. The “blind tiger” fellows have not yet been put on the rack, but will get a lively dose when it comes. Sheriff McIntire’s action in the matter has created great consternation among the pocket saloon crowd. The recent decision requiring a warrant to be sworn to positively by someone competent to be a witness seemed to be a bulwark against prosecution, as those who did the drinking were not the persons who would inform on the seller. The fact that the sheriff would go after them in this way was a bombshell of no small magnitude. Arkansas City will be a very dry town for some time to come. Sheriff McIntire proposes to enforce this law even if he has to drink all the whiskey in the county to comply with the views of the Supreme Court in making an arrest. When the COURIER said during the campaign that George McIntire would do his duty come what might, it knew what it was talking about. He is the first officer in Kansas to overcome the effect of the Supreme Court’s late decision. The firm and determined manner in which he did it commands the respect of every lover of law and order in the county.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 20, 1884.
A married woman of this city recently became enamored of a man outside the family and eloped with him. Last Sunday Sheriff McIntire captured the amorous couple at Cambridge, this county, and brought them to Winfield, where they put up at the popular resort presided over by George.
Winfield Courier, August 21, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire has a small army confined in the jail at present. There are fourteen all told inside and on Monday, the yard was full in addition. They are all in for small offenses.
Winfield Courier, August 21, 1884.
Sunday afternoon Sheriff McIntire captured one R. H. Black, an agent for an Ottawa nursery, at Cambridge, with a woman named O’Hare, of Arkansas City. The fruit-tree man had met the woman at the Central Hotel, where he boarded, and induced her to leave her husband and go with him, whereupon the forsaken husband became wroth and got the Sheriff to assist him in bringing the destroyer of his domestic concerns to justice. The fellow was egged by the citizens of Cambridge as he was being taken to the train. The woman didn’t even have the excuse of “a handsomer man” as the fruit-tree agent was not above par in personal appearance.
Winfield Courier, September 4, 1884.
Udall.
Geo. McIntire succeeded in capturing his escaped prisoner here last Monday.
Winfield Courier, September 11, 1884.
FROM THE UDALL SENTINEL.
Sheriff McIntire passed through town on the evening train Monday, having in charge a number of Osage and Big Hill Indians, whom he was escorting to Wichita. They will attend court there as witness in a pony stealing case in which they are also plaintiffs. The Indians were burly, hideous looking fellows, well smeared up with grease and paint, and decorated with feathers and beads. They would be a bad, cruel lot if at large with hatchet, bow, and arrow and scalping knife.
Arkansas City Republican, September 13, 1884.
Henry Asp and Sheriff McIntire were in town Thursday.
Winfield Courier, September 18, 1884.
The Prohibition Mill.
Justice Buckman has had his hands full during the past few weeks in entertaining Arkansas City unlawful dealers in the ardent, introduced by Sheriff McIntire and his assistants. So warm has the atmosphere of the Terminus become for whiskey vendors that few of them have had time to look back as they made a hasty exit into the Territory—what few escaped much costlier justice. E. C. Mason, who appealed a case to the district court two weeks ago, was re-arrested again Monday. He deposited seventy-five dollars and the case was continued to give him a chance to raise the remaining fines and costs. W. N. Lewis lies in the county jail awaiting a trial next Friday, aside from a fifty dollar fine in Judge Kreamer’s court at Arkansas City. One Bluebaugh is also in the toils. This onslaught of justice cast consternation among the other violators and Bercaw, Griffith, and others of the Terminus skipped for the dark recesses of the Territory.
Arkansas City Republican, October 4, 1884.
The report which has become prevalent over Arkansas City that the City Millinery had been closed several weeks ago by Sheriff McIntire is untrue and unfounded. The REPUBLICAN man, sought Mrs. Huyck’s attorney, C. M. Swarts, who attended the case, and found there was no truth in the report. We hope parties hearing any such reports will discredit it.
Winfield Courier, October 9, 1884.
RECAP 2 Sheriff’s sales by G. H. McIntire Monday, October 13, 1884.
1. R. R. Conklin, Plaintiff, vs. Wm. W. Whiteside, Amanda M. Whiteside, and Fred R. Foster, real estate.
2. S. M. Jarvis, Plaintiff, vs. John N. Sicks and Nancy J. Sicks, real estate.
A. J. Pyburn, Attorney for both plaintiffs.
Winfield Courier, October 9, 1884.
RECAP 3 MORE SHERIFF’S SALES by G. H. McIntire, to take place Monday, October 13, 1884.
1. R. R. Conklin, Plaintiff, vs. Rebecca A. Withrow, Emily E. Withrow, Amanda F. Withrow, and Eby D. Withrow, Defendants, sale of real estate.
2. R. R. Conklin, Plaintiff, vs. Eliphus W. Hanning, Carolina Hanning, and Wesley McEwen, Defendants, sale of real estate.
3. David Hood, Plaintiff, vs. Elijah W. Burge, Phalby Burge, and William Reynolds, Defendants, sale of real estate.
APPEARS that A. J. Pyburn acted as Plaintiff’s Attorney in all three cases.
[BRIDGES.]
Winfield Courier, October 16, 1884.
The County Commissioners have decided to purchase at a sum not to exceed five dollars all the main-stream bridges in the county, for which an election proclamation is published elsewhere. They will also span the Arkansas near Tannehill with a bridge.
Election Proclamation.
STATE OF KANSAS, COWLEY COUNTY. ) ss.
I. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff of said County, do herein and hereby proclaim and make known to the electors of said County that there will be a general election held in said County at the several election districts therein, on Tuesday, the 4th day of November, A. D. 1884, for the purpose of choosing one President and one Vice President of the United States, one member of Congress for the Third District of the State of Kansas. And the following State officers of the State of Kansas, one Governor, one Lieutenant Governor, one Secretary of State, one Auditor, one Treasurer, one Attorney General, one Superintendent of Public Instruction, one Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and one Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Also the following District officers: One Judge of the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District; one State Senator for the 27th Senatorial district of the State of Kansas, one Representative for the 66th Representative District of the State of Kansas, one Representative for the 67th Representative district of the State of Kansas, and one Representative for the 68th Representative district of the State of Kansas. Also the following county officers: Clerk of the District Court, Probate Judge, County Attorney, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and a member of the Board of County Commissioners for the First Commissioner district of said County.
And I, the said G. H. McIntire, by order of the Board of County Commissioners do further proclaim and make known that whereas the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, have determined that it is necessary to purchase at a sum not exceeding five dollars and forever after maintain a certain iron bridge across the Walnut River at a point about 150 feet north of the ½ [?Could be 1/4 or 1/8..hard to read?] section line running east and west through section No. 20, township No. 34 south, of Range No. 3 East in said County, said bridge being near Searing & Meade’s mill, and has been constructed 8 years and originally cost $3,500, and has a 90 foot span and 30 foot span approach and made of iron with plank floor, in good condition; that an election will be held at the time and places aforesaid for the purpose of determining whether the County shall purchase said bridge at a sum not to exceed five dollars. The ballots in favor of said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “For the purchase of the iron bridge across the Walnut River near Searing and Meade’s mill,” and those against said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “Against the purchase of the iron bridge across the Walnut River near Searing & Meade’s mill.”
And, whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of said County have determined that it is necessary to purchase at a cost not to exceed five dollars and forever after maintain the wooden bridge across the Arkansas River about a half mile west of Arkansas City, near the half section line running east and west through sections 25 and 26, township No. 34, Range No. 3 east, in said County, said bridge being built on piles driven 15 to 20 feet deep and is 800 feet long, built about one year ago of wood, cost $5,000. Therefore, I do further proclaim and make known by order of said Board of Commissioners that an election will be held at the time and places aforesaid for the purpose of determining whether the county shall purchase said bridge at a cost not to exceed five dollars. The ballots in favor of said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “for the purchase of the wooden bridge across the Arkansas River about half mile west of Arkansas City,” and the ballots against that proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “against the purchase of the wooden bridge across the Arkansas River about a half mile west of Arkansas City.”
And, whereas the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, have determined that it is necessary to purchase at a cost not exceeding five dollars and forever after maintain the combination bridge situated about one mile south of Arkansas City in said county across the Arkansas River at a point about 10 rods east and six rods south of the southwest corner of lot No. 4, in section 36, township 34, range 3 east, in said Cowley County, said bridge being about 750 feet long, partly iron and partly wood, the iron part 3 years old and the wood part 5 years old and cost $10,000. Therefore, I do further proclaim and make known by order of said Board of Commissioners that an election will be held at the time and places aforesaid for the purpose of determining whether the county shall purchase said bridge at a cost not exceeding five dollars. The ballots in favor of said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “For the purchase of the combination bridge across the Arkansas River about one mile south of Arkansas City.” The ballots against said proposition shall have written or printed thereon “Against the purchase of the combination bridge across the Arkansas River about one mile south of Arkansas City.”
And, whereas the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, have determined that it is necessary to purchase at a cost not exceeding five dollars and forever after maintain the iron bridge across the Walnut River about a half mile west of the south part of the city of Winfield in Vernon Township and in the southwest quarter of section 29, township 32 south of range No. 4 east in said Cowley County, said bridge being built of iron with stone peers and abutments, one span 120 feet with two iron span approaches, one 26 and the other 30 feet, built in 1877 and now in good repair and cost $4,000. Therefore, I do further proclaim and make known by order of said Board of County Commissioners that an election will be held at the time and places aforesaid for the purpose of determining whether the county shall purchase said bridge at a cost not exceeding five dollars. The ballots in favor of said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “For the purchase of the iron bridge across the Walnut River in Vernon Township,” and those against said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “Against the purchase of the iron bridge across the Walnut River in Vernon Township.”
And whereas the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, have determined that it is necessary to purchase at a cost not exceeding five dollars and forever after maintain the iron bridge across the Walnut River about a half mile south of the city of Winfield in Pleasant Valley Township, Cowley County, Kansas, said bridge being built of iron span 150 ft. with two iron approaches and stone abutments built in 1877; in fair repair, cost $4,500; therefore, I do further proclaim and make known by order of said Board of County Commissioners that an election will be held at the time and place aforesaid for the purpose of determining whether the county shall purchase said bridge at a cost not exceeding five dollars. The ballot in favor of said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “For the purchase of the iron bridge across the Walnut River about a half mile south of the city of Winfield in Pleasant Valley Township,” and the ballots against said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “Against the purchase of the iron bridge across the Walnut River about a half mile south of the city of Winfield in Pleasant Valley Township.”
And whereas the said Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, deem it necessary to build a bridge across the Arkansas River about 525 feet south of the half section line running east and west through the middle section of twenty-one (21), township thirty-three (33), range three (3) east in Beaver Township, Cowley County, Kansas, said bridge to be built of iron, with stone and iron piers and abutments, length 300 feet, width 14 feet, the estimated cost of which is $6,500 dollars.
Therefore, by order of the said Board of County Commissioners, I do further proclaim and make known that there will be an election held at the time and place aforesaid for the purpose of determining whether the county shall build said bridge at the estimated cost thereof, the ballots in favor of said proposition shall have written and printed thereon, “For the building of the Iron bridge across the Arkansas River in Beaver Township,” and the ballots against said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “Against the building of the Iron bridge across the Arkansas River in Beaver Township.”
And Whereas the said Board of Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas, deem it necessary to build an iron bridge across the Walnut River near the section line between sections seven (7) and eighteen (18), township thirty-one (31), range No. four (4) east in Fairview Township, Cowley County, Kansas, the estimated cost of which is $4,500, said bridge to be built of iron, with stone piers, and is 280 feet long.
Therefore, by order of the said Board of County Commissioners, I do further proclaim and make known that there will be an election held at the time and places aforesaid for the purpose of determining whether the county shall build said bridge at the estimated cost thereof.
The ballots in favor of said proposition shall have written or printed thereon “For the building of the Iron bridge across the Walnut River in Fairview Township,” and the ballots against said proposition shall have written or printed thereon, “Against the building of the Iron bridge across the Walnut River in Fairview Township.”
And I do further make known that two ballot boxes will be necessary at each voting precinct, one for the votes for National, State, District, and County officers, and one for the votes on the bridge propositions.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand as the Sheriff of Cowley County, Kansas, at my office in the city of Winfield, this 13th day of October A. D. 1884.
G. H. McINTIRE, Sheriff.
Arkansas City Republican, October 18, 1884.
Al Johnson and Wm. Bercaw were arrested Thursday evening by Sheriff McIntire, for selling liquor. At their trial before Judge Kreamer, yesterday, Bercaw was found guilty. Johnson was set free. Bercaw was fined $250 and costs. At last accounts he had not paid his fine.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 22, 1884.
Another Murder at Caldwell.
Last Saturday morning C. M. Hollister, deputy sheriff of Sumner County and assistant city marshal of Caldwell, was murdered while attempting to arrest a man by the name of Ben or Bob Cross, near Hunnewell. Cross was wanted for abducting a Mr. Hannum’s daughter, and a posse went over from Caldwell for the purpose of taking him. Hollister commanded him to surrender and the door of the house in which Cross was staying was kicked open, when Cross fired upon the party, killing Hollister instantly. He then made his escape with nothing on but his shirt. He was followed into the Territory by a crowd of men, but at last accounts had not yet been captured. Hollister had been deputy United States marshal, but resigned at the last term of court. He was a good officer and brave man. The city of Caldwell offered $200 reward for Cross, dead or alive.
LATER. Cross was captured last Sunday about five miles south and ten miles west of Hunnewell. He was taken to Wellington, but the sheriff, fearing a mob, sent him over to Winfield. Monday afternoon, as the colored soldiers which passed through this city were nearing Winfield, somebody telephoned Sheriff McIntire that a mob was coming to hang Cross. Our sheriff immediately hustled his prisoner into a buggy and drove to El Dorado, changing horses twice, where Cross was placed in jail, and where he now is. No one knows who did the telephoning.
Winfield Courier, October 23, 1884.
The county bastille now contains eleven criminals. The festive law-breaker doesn’t prosper long within the scent of Sheriff McIntire.
[SUMNER COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF HOLLISTER KILLED.]
Winfield Courier, October 23, 1884.
A Sumner County Murder!
C. M. Hollister, deputy Sheriff of Sumner County, was shot and instantly killed last Saturday morning near Hunnewell, by Ben Cross, a desperado he was trying to arrest. Cross was wanted for abduction and when the posse found him, he was with his wife at their farm home. He refused to surrender, the door was kicked open, and a trial made to take him by force. Cross opened fire with a Winchester, the wife ran out of the house, and the party were about to fire the house to force their man out, when Cross sent a ball through the heart of Hollister and by the aid of his wife escaped in the darkness, with nothing but his shirt and gun. He traveled on foot some twenty-five miles west, hotly pursued by a large posse, when they closed in on him. He was placed in the Wellington jail, but threats of lynching were so loud that he was brought to Winfield Sunday evening and placed in jail here. Sheriff McIntire and Tom Herrod took him from the jail and guarded him during Sunday and Monday nights, fearing a mob from Wellington. Cross has been in numerous deviltry in Sumner County and other places, one of his latest episodes being a shooting scrape in Wellington. It was only through the greatest precaution on the part of the officers that he escaped swift and sure retribution on a limb. Hollister was one of the bravest men on the border, and a terror to evil-doers.
Winfield Courier, October 23, 1884.
Still fearing an inroad by Sumner County lynchers, young Cross, whose murderous deed is mentioned in another column, was removed by Sheriff McIntire, Tuesday, to El Dorado.
Winfield Courier, October 23, 1884.
Wash Bercaw, of the Terminus, who was before Justice Buckman in September for selling intoxicants and served up a $300 dose of fines, was again “taken in” last Friday by Sheriff McIntire for a similar offense. He was promptly committed before Judge Kreamer and fined $250 and costs. The Sheriff had other counts, but agreed to withhold them if Bercaw would touch Missouri soil in just two days, and he was only too glad to “git up and git.” Two lessons at $600 would graduate most anybody.
Arkansas City Republican, October 25, 1884.
Murdered at Hunnewell.
C. M. Hollister, deputy sheriff of Sumner County, and Deputy U. S. Marshal, was shot and instantly killed about daylight Saturday morning near Hunnewell, by Bob Cross, a noted desperado, while attempting to arrest Cross. A posse from Caldwell went over Friday night to arrest Cross for abducting Mr. Hannum’s daughter last week, and found him with his wife. Hollister commanded him to surrender. He failed to respond, when the door was kicked open. The woman shut the door and it was again kicked open. Cross then fired two shots, but failed to hit anyone. The woman then came out of the house and the posse began arranging to fire it to get their man out. While Hollister was standing near the corner of the house guarding the door, Cross again fired and killed Hollister, as above stated. Mrs. Cross entered the house again and came out, followed closely by her husband, he keeping her between himself and the guns of the officers. Cross was covered by a Winchester and would have been killed, but his wife stepped before him and pulled the gun to her breast and held it there until he had escaped in the darkness. He escaped with nothing but his gun and shirt, but was captured some 14 miles southwest of Hunnewell last Sunday morning. He was taken to Wellington, but removed to Winfield for fear that he would be mobbed. When the colored troops passed through Arkansas City, Monday, someone telephoned to Sheriff McIntire that a mob was coming to hang Cross. Our Sheriff hustled the prisoner off to El Dorado, where he now is. Hollister was one of the bravest and most daring men on the border, and was a terror to evil doers. His funeral took place Sunday.
[LETTER FROM W. P. HACKNEY.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, October 29, 1884.
TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF COWLEY COUNTY.
GENTLEMEN: As is usual at the close of our campaigns in this county, you are insulted and outraged by a characterless sheet published in Winfield and misnamed “The Telegram,” and known all over Cowley County as a dirty, filthy sewer through which vile slanders are annually heaped upon the unoffending candidates of the Republican party. This sheet does not advocate Democratic principles, unless to peddle lies and slanders, and to paint men in false colors, to their shame and that of their families and friends, in Democracy. I cannot call to mind now a single editorial in that paper intended or calculated to increase the Democratic votes of this county by legitimate argument or the enunciation of a single principle. Its whole stock in trade consists in the peddling of lies, vilification of men, and the repeating of slanders.
In this community where it is best known, it is recognized as the mouthpiece of the vile, vicious, and venal. If it has a character for honesty or decency, it has covertly and designedly hid the light under a bushel. In its issue of the 16th, it contained a base and infamous charge against Henry E. Asp, who has lived in this community from his boyhood up, and who is respected by every decent man in Cowley County who knows him. This charge was made by that paper at the instance and in the interests of Joseph O’Hare, his political opponent, and is in keeping with the character of O’Hare and in accord with the past record of that paper. Six years ago in this county, when the man who today honors the bench and is the respected judge of this district, was a candidate for county attorney, that paper made the same kind and character of charges against him. And yet today that paper, knowing that the upright and honorable conduct of Judge Torrance upon the bench has placed him beyond the power of that infamous sheet to encompass his defeat with a Democrat, now endorses his candidacy. Again, five years ago, this same outfit vilified and blackened the character of A. T. Shenneman, who gave his life in the discharge of his duty. Again, four years ago, this vile and dirty sewer of all filth made the same kind of a fight on myself, and with what result we all know. Again, two years ago, this sheet made the same kind of a fight on James McDermott, whose honesty and integrity cannot be questioned, and succeeded in defeating him with a man whose whole career in the legislature was opposed to the interests of the people of Cowley County. And last year this same paper vomited forth its vile and infamous lies about George McIntire, Tom Soward, and Capt. Nipp, and sent its satraps and parasites forth to repeat its charges for the purpose of deluding Republicans and thereby obtaining votes under false pretenses for its candidate.
Why is it that you never hear their candidates upon the stump advocating their election because of the principles of their party and in the interest of their party? Why is it that they go out into the campaign and sneak up to your homes and peddle the libels of that paper to the disgust of decent men, instead of magnifying their own fitness for that position? Because their candidates, as a rule, are not able to do so, and for the further reason that as a rule their countenances of themselves are a breach of the peace.
How long must the Republicans stand such treatment, and are we to retaliate? I answer, we must submit to it so long as that paper is controlled by the moral leper who now directs its course and mouths the excrement vomited by that sheet each week of its filthy issue. We cannot retaliate because no decent Republican can get low enough in the purlieus of filth to compete with them.
Are their candidates better men than ours? Not at all; they never claim that. They engage in that conduct because they hope to steal into office thereby, and because without the employment of such means to deceive the thoughtless and unwary and thereby procure their votes, they could not hope to succeed.
The paper and its siders and abetters in this city, are to decent politics what a peat house is to a healthy community, or a pig stye in summer to a near neighbor.
The abuse of this paper is and should be treated by men who are familiar with the facts as an honest man’s endorsement.
Our candidates are all men who have lived in our midst; they were unanimously nominated by the largest and best convention of men ever assembled in Cowley County, and all fresh from the people of each township; and that convention by its nominations certified to the good character of each, and nothing that this infamous sheet can do or say in this campaign ought to win any Republican from his allegiance. Let us remember that the enemy is virulent, that he is exasperated by defeat, and poisoned with malice, and let us this year, as last, down this dirty outfit again.
Hoping that we may win a grand victory on Tuesday next, I am, W. P. HACKNEY.
P.S. Business in court is my excuse for not visiting you in person. H.
Winfield Courier, October 30, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire brought Charlie Hillis up from Independence, Thursday last, where he fled from a sleek game at Arkansas City. He represented to certain parties that he had three hundred dollars in the Cowley County Bank; that the Bank was closed and he would like to get his check cashed for a small sum, for immediate use. Several parties were caught in sums from ten to twenty-five dollars. We haven’t much sympathy for the man who will take such stock in an entire stranger; but ’twas ever thus.
Winfield Courier, November 6, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire left yesterday afternoon for the penitentiary with Campbell, for ten years, and Askin’s for five years. The latter had just served out a three years term in the pen when he stole the $75 horse which gave him this round. He rather likes the state bastille.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 12, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire was in the city yesterday.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 19, 1884.
We noticed Sheriff McIntire and County Attorney Jennings on our streets Monday.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 19, 1884.
The rumor that Sheriff McIntire or Capt. Rarick had been shot by a cowboy near Hunnewell created quite an excitement here for awhile. The rumor proved unfounded.
Winfield Courier, November 20, 1884.
RECAP. Sheriff Sale by G. H. McIntire, Monday, December 15, 1884. Alonzo Howland, Plaintiff, vs. George H. Sprague and Carrie L. Sprague. Sale of real estate. Property appraised at $225.
Winfield Courier, December 4, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire captured Wm. Tackett Saturday evening in a billiard hall in this city. He was arrested about six months ago by two constables, but he got away from them and had never been heard of until our Sheriff ran across him. He stole two horses near Oxford about eight months ago. The Sheriff took him to Sumner, Monday.
Winfield Courier, December 11, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire left Tuesday for the Topeka insane asylum with Scott Briggs, George Lobner, and Jay Cochran. The two former have been at the county poor farm since being adjudged insane, over a year ago.
Winfield Courier, December 18, 1884.
Says the A. C. Republican: “Over one hundred subpoenas have been served on parties here notifying them to appear at Winfield during the January term of court. Geo. McIntire telephoned down to Capt. Rarick to bring up the entire city and he would subpoena them as they alighted from the train.”
Winfield Courier, December 25, 1884.
Sheriff McIntire wants a blind tiger for a Christmas gift. We hope he will get it.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 1, 1885.
An Animal That Was Born to Die in Infancy.
Developments have proven that Cowley’s climate lays death to “blind tigers.” Scarcely do they see the light before their toes are summarily turned up to the daisies. A tiger hide makes an excellent Christmas gift, as was attested to by Sheriff McIntire last Thursday morning. As the COURIER mentioned last week, it was known that a blind tiger had existed for several days in the Jim Fahey building on East Ninth Avenue, and that the thirsty had been constantly wending their way in and out. The query of our officials was the most approved method of choking the animal. But he took that Christmas morning. In the absence of the “tiger’s” vigils, Sheriff McIntire and Deputies Frank W. Finch and Tom H. Herrod obtained entrance, put a dollar in the circular tough, and ordered “three whiskies.” Around went the trough, a hand was seen to take the money, and back came the three whiskies and fifty cents in change. The officials used the “forty rod,” and immediately demanded admittance to the den. The demand was refused, and they kicked in the door. In the meantime the tiger had run into Tom Herrod’s anxious arms in trying to make a hasty exit through the front door. The operator was Dick Hawkins, a young man who has been about the city for some time. In default of bail, he was promptly lodged in the bastille. The tiger’s premises contained a large stock of whiskey. Hawkins’ trial will probably develop other guilty parties.
[RECAP: SHERIFF SALES.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 1, 1885.
Elizabeth McQuain, plaintiff, vs. Nancy A. Baldwin, William C. Schooling, Francis A. Schooling, Isabella S. Schooling, Mary A. Schooling, and Luella C. Schooling, defendants.
G. H. McIntire, Sheriff, announced the sale of property on Monday, January 15, 1885.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 1, 1885.
James H. Tallman, plaintiff, vs. Charles W. Harris, George B. Harris, Robert B. Carskaden, Elizabeth Carskaden, Anson B. Moore, J. H. Nesbitt, and Thomas W. Watterson, defendants.
G. H. McIntire, Sheriff, announced the sale of property on January 5, 1885.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 7, 1885.
Our genial and efficient sheriff, G. H. McIntire, weeded out another hole last week. He and his deputies raided a blind tiger in the Fahey building in Winfield and arrested the manipulator. Truly blind is the tiger that attempts to find encouragement on Cowley County soil.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 7, 1885.
THE BLIND TIGER RAKED IN.
An Animal That was Born to Die in Infamy.
Developments have proven that Cowley’s climate is death on “blind tigers.” Scarcely do they see the light before their toes are summarily turned up to the daisies. A tiger hide makes an excellent Christmas gift, as was attested by Sheriff McIntire last Thursday morning. As the Winfield Courier mentioned last week, it was known that a blind tiger had existed for several days in the Jim Fahey building on East Ninth Avenue, and that the thirsty had been constantly wending their way in and out. The query of our officials was the most approved method of choking the animal. But he took bait Christmas morning. In the absence of the “tiger’s” vigils, Sheriff McIntire and Deputies Frank W. Finch and Tom H. Herrod, obtained entrance, put a dollar in the circular trough, and ordered “three whiskies.” Around went the trough, a hand was seen to take the money, and back came the three whiskeys and fifty cents in change. The officials tasted the “forty rod,” and immediately demanded admittance to the den. The demand was refused, and the sheriff, holding an iron-clad warrant, kicked in the door. In the meantime the tiger had run into Tom Herrod’s anxious arms in trying to make a hasty exit through the front door. The operator was Dick Hawkins, a young man who has been about the city for some time. In default of bail he was promptly lodged in the bastille. The tiger’s premises contained a large stock of whiskey. Hawkins’ trial will probably develop other guilty parties. Courier.
County Bastille Notes.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 15, 1885.
E. Kimmel, who was discharged by the October term of the District Court from a charge of robbery at Arkansas City was rearrested Monday on another phase of the same charge, and now languishes in the bastille.
Lindsey Gillespie, an orphan ward of Sheriff McIntire, who left for parts unknown last fall, was found at Derby, Sedgwick County, this week and is again a privileged boarder at the Hotel de Finch. He is ten or twelve years old, and was left at Maple City last year by his father, penniless and alone, and our officials made Sheriff McIntire his guardian.
Barrow Brothers, four in number, were arrested and placed in jail last week, charged with stealing millet hay in this city. They gave bond Tuesday to appear before Justice Buckman for a preliminary hearing next Monday.
Sheriff McIntire found two young men at Arkansas City, Saturday, with valises full of jewelry and a good supply of fire arms on their persons. He took them in and they now await developments under county hospitality.
Lillie Taylor, a soiled dove of rather uncomely mein, was arrested last week in this city and in default of money to pay fine is a guest of the city. This is the second unfortunate female who is incarcerated in the jail.
The jail now contains nineteen victims, criminals of all classes and conditions. No criminal escapes the keen scent of Sheriff McIntire.
The Arkansas City Republican, January 17, 1885, carried above article with the exception that they had Lindsay [not Lindsey] Gillespie mentioned in second item.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, January 24, 1885.
Last Saturday night bold bad burglars visited the store of Smith & Zook at Winfield. They made their entrance at the back door and blew the safe open with powder. As booty the burglars secured some jewelry and about $500 in money. Sheriff McIntire arrested a man and a woman at Cherryvale on suspicion Monday.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 28, 1885.
G. H. McIntire, our popular and efficient sheriff, was in the city Monday night. He reports having his hands full.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 28, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire and Capt. Rarick effected an important capture Tuesday morning, in the person of Bob Perry, who broke jail in Wichita last Wednesday. He was found across the Walnut River concealed. A reward of $50 was offered for his arrest. Capt. Rarick took him to Wichita on the afternoon train.
Arkansas City Traveler, January 28, 1885.
Safe Blowing [Winfield].
Last Saturday night between the hours of 12 and 2 a.m., the store of Smith & Zook was visited by burglars, who made their entrance at the back door, and drilled a hole into the lock cavity of the safe, which they filled with powder, and blew off the front of the door, after which they found no difficulty in opening the safe and securing a small amount of money and some jewelry.
No clue to the robbers is yet discovered, but the officers are in pursuit. Some powder, a dozen drills, and other tools were found thrown inside the fence of Oliver Bro.’s lumber yard the next day; these were evidently the tools used by the burglars in opening the safe.
LATER. Two persons, a man and woman, were taken by Sheriff McIntire at Cherryvale Monday night, who were suspected from a chain of circumstances, both preceding and following the burglary. Winfield Telegram.
Next item mentions “Cora E. McIntire.”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 29, 1885.
Judge Gans’ matrimonial victims for the past week; Elmer E. Miles and Carrie V. Rowe; Silas Wise and Ovira Cunningham; John S. Cravens and Cora E. McIntire; Wm. Jarvis and James E. Brown; Hiram Brotherton and Belle E. Lowe.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 29, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire captured Tuesday Rob. Perry, one of the four prisoners who broke jail at Wichita a few days ago. He took the prisoner to Wichita yesterday. He nabbed Perry at a place south of Arkansas City.
Arkansas City Republican, January 31, 1885.
Bob Perry, who broke jail at Wichita last week, was found across the Walnut River Tuesday morning and arrested by Sheriffs McIntire and Rarick. Capt. Rarick took his prisoner to Wichita Tuesday afternoon.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 4, 1885.
G. H. McIntire and Capt. Rarick started Monday to take Hillman, Black, and three other prisoners to the penitentiary.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 4, 1885.
Clippings.
Winfield Courier.
Sheriff McIntire captured, Tuesday, Rob. Perry, one of the four prisoners who broke jail at Wichita a few days ago. He took the prisoner to Wichita yesterday. He nabbed Perry at a place south of Arkansas City.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 5, 1885.
Sheriff G. H. McIntire and Deputy O. S. Rarick left Monday for the State hotel de criminal with J. N. Slade, sentenced one year for forgery; Chas. Neal and John Newton, grand larceny, two years each; R. H. Black, embezzlement, two years; Frank Hillman, highway robbery, ten years.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 14, 1885.
Dr. W. I. Burge, who skipped out some time ago while under $3,500 bond to await trial after violation of the prohibitory law, came back very quietly, and tried to settle his little difficulty with the county attorney. While in the office of Mr. Asp, Sheriff McIntire happened in, and recognizing Burge, took him into custody. Burge is now out again on a reduced bond of $1,000. Winfield Telegram.
Arkansas City Traveler, February 18, 1885.
One Bercaw, who has been rusticating in Winfield under the tender care of Sheriff McIntire for the last few months, was released last Wednesday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 19, 1885.
Wichita Beacon: “Bob Perry, one of the gang who escaped from jail here during the severe weather a month ago, and was recaptured near Winfield by Sheriff McIntire, has been crippled ever since his flight with frozen toes. The injuries became so serious that amputation was necessary, and yesterday the toes of both his feet were taken off by Drs. Rentz and McCullough. Perry is doing well, considering the nature of the injury treated. In speaking of the escape and flight in the polar atmosphere, Perry gave it as his opinion that McSweeney, the murderer, froze to death and will be found in some hay stack in the spring.”
DOWN WITH THE NUISANCES AND GAMBLERS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 19, 1885.
County Attorney Asp and his assistant, W. P. Hackney, with Constable Siverd and Sheriff McIntire, officials that Cowley certainly feels proud of, have been making things exceedingly sultry for violators of law during the past ten days. The sanctums of Justices Buckman and Snow have been crowded, and these worthy officials have ground out more justice in that time than was ever administered in ten days before in Winfield. Eight violators of the liquor law and about thirty gamblers have been before them: a clean sweep of every crook in the city. Most of them have already plead guilty, and what cases are undisposed pend with a certainty of conviction. The result will be about a thousand dollars in the State treasury—most of which could have gone into the coffers of the city if our marshal had done his duty. However, we are glad that we have county officials who would take this duty out of derelict hands and bring the lawless to the rack. Winfield, along with her beauty and enterprise, is a comparatively moral town; but under this lax enforcement of our municipal laws, one or two “blind tigers,” and a number of gambling holes have been nightly grinding away, roping in the susceptible. The records of Justices Buckman and Snow show that those who have been displaying a weakness for the gaming table are by no means those who could afford it. Were we to publish the list, which we refrain from doing because we believe the fact of their names existing on the criminal registers of the county and the heavy fines imposed sufficient punishment to many of them, the names of a number of boys and young men well connected and of otherwise good character would be revealed—youths who have been inveigled into the game, and having once tasted of the fascinations, were irresistibly drawn into these dens night after night. Many of the victims, too, are hard-working persons whose money should have gone to the support of their families or themselves, but has been finding its way into the pockets of these gentlemen (?) who make gambling a profession. The victims have not only injured themselves and families, but the merchant who has been generous enough to credit them with goods has suffered also. We know several of these victims who mean to be honest—as honest indeed as persons who frequent gambling tables can be—but being despoiled of their substance, they have not wherewithal to pay. But this thorough routing out of these dens is what is needed. Now it would be difficult indeed for a man inclined to hazard his money on a game of chance to find accommodation, and the whiskeyites have been given another forcible warning that Winfield and Cowley County have no room for “blind Tigers” or any other kind of whiskey holes. Our county officials now are tigers in themselves—not blind tigers, but tigers that have the grit and ability to make Rome howl all along the line; and they are doing it.
In this connection is prominent the necessity of electing in April a city government that will keep every hell-hole of vice weeded out and make Winfield a city in harmony with the high moral character of her citizens. We want a government that will stifle every brothel in its incipiency and keep a pure moral atmosphere. We not only want men of nerve, but men of broad and comprehensive views—men who fill foster the enterprises we already have and who have the necessary push and ability to properly encourage others.
A WOMAN’S PLUCK.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 26, 1885.
A strange marriage took place in Justice Snow’s court last Friday. Over a year ago John H. Burton was guilty of illegal copulation in Illinois with Samantha Heardes. He soon departed for other fields. A son was born last fall to Samantha, and taking the boys in her arms, she set out in search of the father. She traced him to Cowley, and last week had a warrant issued for his arrest. Sheriff McIntire found him in the southern part of the county and brought him before Justice Snow. The plaintiff and defendant there met, and before the trial began, Burton acknowledged his guilt, begged forgiveness, and expressed a desire to settle the matter with a marriage ceremony. A messenger was dispatched for Judge Gans, who arrived on the scene clothed with the majesty of the law and in the twinkling of an eye the “hostile” parties were united. They departed seemingly as happy as two birds just released from a dismal confinement.
A JAIL BREAKER.
C. Lewis in the Toils for Cracking Smith & Zook’s Safe,
Cracks a Hole in the County Bastille and Misses Escape Only by a Hair-Breadth.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 26, 1885.
Cowley’s bastille came very near a complete delivery Tuesday night. Charley Lewis, who is in durance vile for cracking in Smith & Zook’s safe, had consummated plans that were only discovered at a moment of seeming triumph. The State “pen” and the County Commissioners relieved the jail recently of its jam, leaving only four prisoners: Tom Hawkins, serving out a fine for selling liquor; Earnest Kimmel, for highway robbery; Jim McHaney, for counterfeiting; and C. Lewis. Jailer Finch usually locks the prisoners in their cells at fifteen minutes past nine, but on this evening he luckily went in to do so at nine. He missed Lewis, and on nearing a window heard a noise on the outside as of a man endeavoring to extricate himself from something. He rushed out and arrived on the scene just in time to see Lewis making across the Court House yard for 10th Avenue. Finch gave him a lively chase, interspersed with shots from a revolver, and soon brought Lewis to a halt. Investigation showed as neat a job as any “crook” ever performed for liberty. In the corner of a cell where constantly stood a tub of waste water, thus making the floor soggy and easily cut, a hole had been made through the four inch floor and four feet into the ground, below the foundation, then four feet under the foundation, and then over three feet straight up on the outside. A three-quarter inch augur, minus a handle, was the instrument with which he did the work. He says he found the augur after getting through the floor—between the floor and the grounds—but it has no appearance of having taken a Rip Van Winkle sleep, and the only supposition is that some pal worked it into Lewis’ hands. The tunnel through which Lewis crawled out is about twelve feet long and at the floor and exit is only 10 x 13 inches in size. He is a well built man and the wonder is how he wiggled himself through; but a man can do wonders for liberty. The work occupied appropriate times for three days and was kept from the officers by the cute covering of the tub before mentioned. The tub would be removed when operations were going on and when the officials entered the operator would bob up and the tub be again put on duty. It was a clear case of coalition, though why Hawkins, whose time is nearly out, should league for such a job is inexplicable. There is no doubt that all were into the game; but Lewis did the work. Lewis says the intentions were not to escape Tuesday night, but in his eagerness to get that hole finished, so much dirt filled in behind him that it would have been impossible to get back into the jail by the time the cells were finally locked. His only alternative was to dig out, and he worked on the hard, frozen ground near the surface with a vengeance, and would have been successful had Jailor Finch entered to lock the cells at the usual hour. Lewis’ every movement has shown him to be a crook of experience. This little disappointment weighs heavily upon him. All the prisoners now revel in balls and chain and are liable to enjoy such luxury until deprived of them by law.
This episode brings up again the insecurity of Cowley’s bastille. Nothing but the constant watchfulness of Sheriff McIntire and his alert assistants has prevented numerous “deliveries.” The expert who would stay behind its grates in the absence of official vigilance ought to be awarded a chromo of beautiful and artistic design. Then it hasn’t half enough room. It has periodically occurred that prisoners had to be huddled together and herded like so many sheep. The County Commissioners, at the request of Jailor Finch, examined and condemned it last fall, but nothing further has been done. We think no sensible and observant taxpayer would “kick” should the Commissioners construct a ten thousand dollar jail immediately—one absolutely safe and fireproof. Let us have it, by all means.
UDALL. “O.”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 26, 1885.
Geo. McIntire, our efficient Sheriff, paid us a visit on Monday on official business.
Arkansas City Traveler, March 4, 1885.
G. H. McIntire was in the city Saturday. He said he didn’t mean “nothin”.
SHERIFF SALE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 5, 1885.
District Court: Edgar Smith, Plaintiff, against Thomas A. Wilkinson, Anna C. Wilkinson, Hampton S. Story and Story his wife, whose real name is unknown; Isaac A. Camp, and Camp, whose real name is unknown; Gibbs, Sterrett & Co., Gibbs Sterrett Manufacturing Company, G. and C. Merriam, A. P. Dickey, James A. Loomis, Mr. G. Troup, John W. Curns, Nannie Platter, Administratrix of the Estate of James E. Platter, deceased, Nannie J. Platter, Robert J. Platter, and Jane E. Platter, heirs at law of James E. Platter, deceased, and M. T. Green, E. T. Williamson, and George L. Pratt, partners doing business under the firm name and style of the Chicago Lumber Co.
BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE TO me directed and delivered, issued out of the District Court of the 13th Judicial District of the State of Kansas, sitting in and for Cowley County in said State, I will, on the
6th DAY of APRIL, A. D. 1885,
at the hour of 2 o’clock p.m., of said day, at the south door of the Court House in Winfield, in the County and State aforesaid, offer at public sale and sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right, title and interest of the above named defendants in and to the following described property, to-wit: The southwest quarter of section twenty-eight (28) township thirty (30) south of Range six (6) East, taken as the property of the above named defendants and will be sold as the property of the above named defendants.
Given under my hand at my office in the City of Winfield, this 3rd day of March, A. D. 1885. G. H. McINTIRE, Sheriff Cowley County, Kansas.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 5, 1885.
The Sedan Graphic is evidently disgruntled: “Incendiarism is running rampant and unrestrained at Winfield, while the man who sells a glass of whiskey or beer in violation of the prohibitory law is hunted down with untiring efforts by the law and order citizens of that town. In the mind of the average citizen of the city on the banks of the placid Walnut, all other crimes pale into insignificance when compared with the sale of a glass of beer.” No law-breaker can find quarters in the Queen City, and the festive fire-bug stands an equal show with any other criminal—a splendid chance to suffer the grip and penalties of outraged justice. With such officials as Sheriff McIntire and Constable Siverd to track the lawless, with County Attorney Asp to prosecute the man who thinks he is a bigger man than the “statoots” will find himself throttled with a vice-like tenacity that will might soon “knock him hout.” Unpunished violators of law promise to be exceedingly “scarce” in Cowley during the reign of these officials. They have a stalwart, intelligent, law-abiding people to back them—a people who recognize nothing but fealty to every duty and law.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 5, 1885.
H. M. Epler was arrested at Independence last week by Sheriff McIntire and taken to Arkansas City, where he was arraigned before Justice Schiffbauer, and on plea of guilty was assessed seventy-five dollars and costs for stealing a gold watch in the Terminus. Epler is a young man of good appearance and had all arrangements made to lead to the altar one of Independence’s belles, on Sunday last. He seems to have made this break to get the money on which to commit matrimony. But a purloiner’s victim has no sympathy for Cupid.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 5, 1885.
Lindsey Jones, a youth of thirteen, who has been under the care of Sheriff McIntire for some months past, was found guilty of petty larceny before Justice Snow last week and returned to the State Reform School at Topeka. The lad was homeless, and a pretty tough case. Sheriff McIntire worked on him in hopes of improvement, but Lindsey didn’t straighten to any alarming degree and forced the conclusion that the Reform School was the best place for him. So Mr. A. Gilkey, of Maple City, from whom Lindsey had stolen certain articles a year ago, preferred the necessary charge. The Reform School will make a man of him—give him the discipline that every boy needs to fix him for the battles of life. He will remain there till twenty-one.
Arkansas City Republican, March 7, 1885.
A Watch Made Costly by Dishonesty.
On Feb. 5 H. M. Epler went to E. E. McDowell, the jeweler, and purchased a watch on the credit system, promising to pay on the following Saturday. He told Mr. McDowell he was an employee of the Star Livery Stable and as he was driving the stage between here and Geuda, he needed the time piece. Two hours later Epler left the town on the train. When the following Saturday rolled around, Epler failed to come to time. Accordingly officers were put on the track of Epler and his whereabout was discovered to be at Sedan. Sheriff McIntire went after him the last part of last week and brought him to Arkansas City last Saturday. He was tried before Mayor Schiffbauer, who fined him $5, the costs of the watch, and the costs of the case, and ordered that he be incarcerated in the county jail until it should be liquidated. He was taken to Winfield and put in jail, where he remained until Wednesday night, when his brother arrived and paid all charges, amounting to $77.25. The price of the watch was only $12.
[NOTE: TRAVELER CALLS HIM “DOTY.” LATER ON, REPUBLICAN CALLS HIM “DOUTY.” HAVE NO IDEA WHICH NAME IS CORRECT. MAW]
Arkansas City Traveler, March 11, 1885.
AN IMPORTANT HAUL.
The Agility of our Limbs of the Law Again Illustrated.
About a month ago, in Wayne County, Ohio, a man was murdered by a Bob Doty, a neighbor. The murderer fled. As is customary, the description of the fugitive was circulated all over the country, and one came here. The peculiar descriptive mark on the man wanted, was a scar on the outer corner of the left eye.
Saturday last Billy Gray obtained information that the man was in this vicinity, and consequently kept a sharp look out for him. Monday he was discovered on the old Sipes corner, and Billy Gray, O. S. Rarick, and G. H. McIntire quietly arrested him. He was completely surprised, thinking himself safe when he got this far away, and broke down after arrest, confessing that he was the man they were after. He was armed and meant fight, but he had no opportunity to use his arms. The sheriff, after handcuffing and shackling him, took him to Winfield, in a buggy, Monday morning. A reward was offered for his arrest.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire took in Bob Dowty, wanted for murder in Wayne County, Ohio, at Arkansas City, Monday. Mr. John Croco, formerly of Wayne County, recognized Dowty in Winfield last week and later at Arkansas City, and having noticed in his old home paper that Dowty had shot a man in the back in a saloon row and skipped, notified Sheriff McIntire, who at once telegraphed the authorities of Wayne County, receiving an answer that the right man had been spotted and to arrest him at once. Dowty is reported as a desperate character and kept the handle of a savage looking revolver in sight during his perambulations, but McIntire’s manner of “bringing down” on him silenced his bravo. Dowty acknowledges that he is the man wanted and says his object in coming west was to move on Oklahoma with the boomers. He now languishes in waiting for the Wayne County officials.
[Note: Arkansas City papers called this man “Doty” and “Douty.”]
Arkansas City Republican, March 14, 1885.
Sheriffs McIntire and Finch are circulating petitions asking for an appropriation of $15,000 for the building of a new county jail. This is a move in the right direction.
Arkansas City Republican, March 14, 1885.
Bob Douty, of Saline County, Ohio, was arrested Monday morning by Bill Gray, Sheriff McIntire, and Capt. Rarick. Douty was wanted back in Ohio for murdering a man in a saloon row about a month ago. He was so taken by surprise when our officers made the arrest that he offered no resistance. He was taken to Winfield and lodged in jail to await the coming of the Saline County officers. A handsome reward was out for Douty’s capture, of which our officers will take a goodly portion.
Arkansas City Traveler, March 25, 1885.
The sheriff of Wayne County, Ohio, arrived Tuesday and relieved Cowley’s bastille of Bob. Douty, the Wayne County murderer recently arrested in Arkansas City by Sheriff McIntire. Winfield Courier.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 2, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff Sale. Edgar Smith, Plaintiff, against Thomas A. Wilkinson, Anna C. Wilkinson; Hampton S. Story, and Story, his wife, whose real name is unknown; Isaac A. Camp and Camp, whose real name is unknown; Gibbs, Sterrett & Co., Gibbs Sterrett Manufacturing Company; G. and C. Merriam; A. P. Dickey; James A. Loomis; M. G. Troup; John W. Curns; Nannie J. Platter, Administratrix of the Estate of James E. Platter, deceased; Nannie J. Platter, Houston Platter, Belle T. Platter, Margaret M. Platter, Robert J. Platter, and Jane E. Platter, heirs at law of James E. Platter, deceased; and M. T. Green, E. T. Williamson, and George L. Pratt, partners, doing business under the firm name and style of the Chicago Lumber Co. Date of sale: April 6, 1885. Property to be sold: Southwest quarter (¼) of section twenty-eight (28) township thirty (30) south of Range six (6) East.
G. H. McIntire, Sheriff, Cowley County, Kansas.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, April 11, 1885.
On the night of March 30, T. M. Moreland and G. W. Esters, two tramps who had been killing time in this vicinity for several days, disappeared and took with them two horses belonging to Oklahoma colonists. Some of the boomers headed by H. H. Stafford pursued the thieves and captured them away out in Comanche County. They brought their victims back to our city Wednesday evening and Thursday morning Johnnie Breene went to the colonists’ camp and arrested the thieves. They were taken before Judge Kreamer, who bound them over in the sum of $500 each to appear at district court. In failure to give the bond, Sheriff McIntire, who had arrived in the meantime, escorted them to Winfield and incarcerated them in the county bastille.
TWO HORSE THIEVES CAGED.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 16, 1885.
County attorney Asp and Sheriff McIntire were in the Terminus Thursday turning the crank of justice for T. M. Moreland and G. W. Estus, who were charged with stealing two horses from the boomers, in March. The thieves were found in Comanche County. They were bound over to the district court and now revel in the bastille.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 22, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire was in the city yesterday, with a couple of reputed law breakers in charge.
UDALL. “G.”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 23, 1885.
Our Sheriff, Geo. H. McIntire, arrested John Carley here on the 20th, for selling mortgaged property. George always gets his man when he goes after him.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 30, 1885.
Thomas Corbin sold two loads of wheat at Arkansas City the other day for Ross Merrick, put the forty-five dollars in his garments, and lit out. His dream was short. He was raked in and Wednesday plead guilty in Judge Kreamer’s court and will also plead guilty in the District Court this week, and go to the “pen” for a short period. County Attorney Asp manipulated the State’s side, and Sheriff McIntire was on hand to cage the “wictim.”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 30, 1885.
James Curry was arrested last week at Udall by Sheriff McIntire for disposing of property mortgaged at Arkansas City. He was found guilty in Judge Kreamer’s court and sentenced to thirty days in the county bastille, with the costs of suit. He languishes. County Attorney Asp turned the crank of State.
ANOTHER MURDER.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 7, 1885.
Word was received here by Sheriff McIntire Friday that a murder had just been committed at Elk Falls, and to look out for the murderer. After much trouble THE COURIER succeeded in gathering the following particulars.
The person who did the killing was L. J. Eatherly, and the victim, his father-in-law, J. M. Messmore. It seems that some months ago the young man took several of his father’s teams and pocketed the proceeds. His father-in-law replevined the teams, and the person to whom he sold them had him arrested and sent to jail. A few days ago he got out and went to the house of his father-in-law to see his wife. After the visit he left and soon returned again when the father-in-law ordered him away. This incensed him and he placed a revolver to the old gentleman’s head and blew his brains out. The murder was committed about half-past eight o’clock last evening. Eatherly is six feet in height, has long burnsides and moustache of sandy color, thirty years old, and had on a dark suit of clothes, intermixed with yellow and green; gray overcoat and broad brimmed, wooly, white hat. He is supposed to have come this way.
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP RAILROAD BOND ELECTION.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 7, 1885.
WHEREAS, on the 5th day of May, A. D. 1885, at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Cowley, State of Kansas, the following, among other proceedings, were had by and before said Board of Commissioners and duly entered of record on the journal of their proceedings of that day, to-wit;
“In the matter of the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway:
Now on this 5th day of May, A. D. 1885, at a session of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Cowley, State of Kansas, duly holden at the Court House in the City of Winfield, in said county, present, S. C. Smith, chairman, Amos Walton and J. A. Irwin, members of said Board, and J. S. Hunt, county clerk, comes J. Wade McDonald, attorney for the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic railway; and presents to the said Board the petition of J. M. Barrick and seventy-eight other resident tax payers of the municipal township of Fairview, of said county of Cowley, praying that a special election be called for the purpose of submitting to the voters of said township a proposition for said township to subscribe to the capital stock of the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic railway, to the amount of ten thousand (10,000) dollars, and to issue the bonds of said township in the sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars in payment for said stock upon the terms and conditions in said petition mentioned and provided for; said petition being in the words and figures following, to-wit;
To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, Kansas.
We, the undersigned petitioners, resident taxpayers of Fairview township, in Cowley County, respectfully ask that you submit to the qualified electors of said township, at a special election to be called for that purpose, the following proposition, to-wit;
Shall the Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County order the County Clerk, for and in behalf of said township, to subscribe for twenty shares of $500 each of the capital stock of the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway, in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, and in payment therefor issue the bonds of said township, running thirty years, bearing six percent interest, payable semi-annually, redeemable after ten years, at the will of said township, provided said township shall give one year’s notice to the Fiscal Agency of the State of Kansas at New York City, of their election to call any of said bonds, upon the following conditions, namely;
When the roadbed of said railway is built and track laid, of standard gauge, and cars running thereon, from a connection with the Missouri Pacific, or the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf, or the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad, through said township, with a suitable depot and side track sufficient to accommodate the business, located at the most convenient and practicable point in said township, the bonds of said township, to the amount of $10,000 shall be delivered to said railway, upon the delivery by said railway to the County Treasurer of twenty shares, of five hundred dollars each, of the full paid capital stock of the said railway, issued for and in the name of said township.
Unless said road shall be completed as aforesaid, within two years from the time of voting said bonds, said railway shall forfeit all right to said township bonds.
The form of ballot to be used at such election shall be as follows: “For the subscription to stock and issue of bonds to the Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railway;” and “Against the subscription to stock and issue of bonds to the Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railway.”
And your petitioners will ever pray.
And said Board of County Commissioners having duly heard, examined and considered said petition together, with the evidence in support thereof, doth find that said petition is in writing and is signed by more than two-fifths of the resident tax-payers of said township, and it is in all respects according to, and sufficient in law. It is therefore ordered by the Board of County Commissioners, of the county of Cowley, State of Kansas, that a special election be held in the municipal township of Fairview, of said county, on Wednesday, the 10th day of June, A. D. 1885, and that thirty days notice be given by the Sheriff of said county, by publication in THE WINFIELD COURIER, a weekly newspaper printed and published at the city of Winfield, in the said county of Cowley, and of general circulation in the township of Fairview, for the determination by the qualified electors of said township, of the following proposition, to-wit;
Shall the board of County Commissioners of Cowley County order the County Clerk, for and in behalf of said township, to subscribe for twenty shares of $500 each of the capital stock of the Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railway, in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, and in payment therefor, issue the bonds of said township, running thirty years, bearing six percent interest, payable semi-annually, redeemed after ten years, at the will of said township, provided said township shall give one years notice to the Fiscal Agency of the State of Kansas at New York City of their election to call any of said bonds, upon the following conditions, namely;
When the roadbed of said railway is built and track laid, of standard gauge, and cars running thereon, from a connection with the Missouri Pacific, or the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf, or St. Louis, Fort Scott and Wichita Railroad, through said township, with a suitable depot and side track sufficient to accommodate the business, located at the most convenient and practicable point in said township, the bonds of said township, to the amount of $10,000 shall be delivered to said railroad, upon the delivery by said railway to the County Treasurer of twenty shares, of five hundred dollars each, of the full paid capital stock of the said railway, issued for and in the name of said township.
Unless said road shall be completed as aforesaid, within two years from the time of voting said bonds, said railway shall forfeit all right to said township bonds.
And it is further ordered that the form of ballot to be used at such election shall be as follows: “For the subscription to stock and issue of bonds to the Denver, Memphis & Atlantic Railway,” and “Against the Subscription to stock and issue of bonds to the Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railway.” Now
THEREFORE, I, Geo. H. McIntire, sheriff of the county of Cowley, State of Kansas, in pursuance with the aforesaid proceedings and order of the said board of county commissioners and the statutes of the State of Kansas, in such case made and provided, do hereby proclaim and make known that on Wednesday the 10th day of June, A. D. 1885, there will be held in the township of Fairview, of the county of Cowley, State of Kansas, at the usual voting places therein, an election for determination by the qualified electors of said township of the proposition embodied in and set forth by the above and foregoing order of said board of county commissioners, at which said election the ballots used shall be in the form specified, and provided for in and by said order of said board of county commissioners. Given under my hand at my office in the city of Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, this 5th day of May, A. D. 1885. GEO. H. McINTIRE. Sheriff of Cowley County, Kan.
THE WAGES OF SIN!
Four Victims are Brought Before the Judgment Bar and Committed to the
State Hotel De Criminal.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 7, 1885.
Four victims who had run against the cold arms of the law, and been languishing in durance vile in our bastille, were arraigned before Judge Torrance yesterday afternoon and sentenced to the “pen.” All plead guilty. Charley Lewis, who was in the tolls, charged with burglarizing Smith & Zook’s safe last winter, was given two years for jail breaking. The burglary case against him was dismissed for want of evidence. Had Lewis quietly reveled in the luxuries of the bastille without so cruelly tearing up the floor and ground in trying to tunnel out, he would now be enjoying sweet liberty. His love of freedom put on the iron bands. He is a gentlemanly looking fellow of about thirty—but undoubtedly too familiar with the modes of jail breaking. F. M. Moreland and G. W. Estus, who, with an audacity and cruelty horrible to behold, stole two horses from the poor, forlorn boomers, at Arkansas City a month ago, were given three years each. They were captured near Medicine Lodge. Both of them were at one time in the employ of Cal Ferguson, one at the stable here and the other on the Territory stage line. This was their first trial at horse stealing. They are 24 and 28 years old. Thos. Corbin was sent up for one year for appropriating the proceeds from two loads of wheat, $46. He took the wheat to Arkansas City for another man, sold it, shoved the money into his own trousers, and decamped. But he only got to Grouse creek. One year for silent, awful remorse. He is a good-looking, genteel appearing young man of twenty-two. All took their sentence more like a huge joke than the stern, terrible reality it will prove to be. Sheriff McIntire left this afternoon for the “pen” with the victims.
A BULLET SERENADE.
Our Officials Beard the Party Burglars in Their Den and Converse
Through the Pistol Medium.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 14, 1885.
Winfield has been infested for some time past with some lazy whelps who make their living by nocturnal visits to residences and business houses, without invitation, appropriating anything they could get. Our officials have tried every way to locate them, but failed until last night. Marshal McFadden had been shadowing two heavily built, burly and poorly dressed individuals for several days as they perambulated our famous sidewalks with an I-wonder-who-we’ll-tackle-next expression, and determined that they had taken rooms for the night in the First Ward school building, the lock of one window of which was broken. Sheriff McIntire and Marshal McFadden therefore shortened the idea castle about nine o’clock. The Sheriff entered the hall while the Marshal watched the eight windows of the north wing. But the Sheriff had no light and a “grope in the dark” was not very rapid. The festive burglars tried to exit through a window, but the Marshal stood them off with his gun. Dr. Park happened along, and, taking him to be one of the gang, the Marshal pulled down on him. The Doctor at once confessed his identity and was dispatched to the jail to get a little light to throw on the subject. The flash of a lantern in the building made the burglars desperate, and, watching an opportunity, piled headlong out of a window in the darkness. The Marshal immediately opened fire on them. The first shot brought one of the fellows to the earth, but he got to his feet and then ensued a race for life. The Marshal emptied his “gun”—six shots—but the darkness was too much of a shield, and the fleet burglar got away. Tom Harrod was all this time following up the other disciple of the jimmy. Starting a considerable distance behind, his two shots were ineffective. One of them went so “wild” as to go through the wall of Alex. Graham’s house, corner of Eighth avenue and Platter street, passed within a foot of Alex.’s head, and lodged in the stove. The chase had to be given up fruitlessly. But a very bloody trace was found this morning near M. L. Robinson’s residence, proving that some of Marshal McFadden’s shots hit the mark. The sidewalk was sprinkled with blood all along, and our officials are certain of yet running in the victims.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 14, 1885.
Capt. M. N. Sinnott and wife and Sheriff McIntire and wife Sundayed with their Canal City friends.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 21, 1885.
Mrs. Sarah E. Wade, of Creswell township, adjudged insane in the Probate Court last week, was taken to the Topeka Asylum by Sheriff McIntire Friday. Judge Gans received the papers of admittance yesterday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 21, 1885.
“Capt. M. N. Sinnott was down Saturday looking with longing eyes at the post-office,” says the Arkansas City Republican. “The race has almost narrowed down to Judge McIntire and Mr. Sinnott. Judge is well satisfied with Cleveland’s reign and Capt. Sinnott has to be. The Judge is satisfied with ‘Boss’ Cleveland’s slow process of ‘turning the rascals’ out.” He has hopes, but we believe Sinnott has the best foundation of hopes. He can read and write. Sinnott will observe the civil service act while Judge would be an “offensive partisan.” We have always thought there was something peculiar about the Democracy of our genial deputy County Clerk—a kind of an elevation above the proverbial “Dem.” But the Captain denies the charge that he hankers after the A. C. “post-office.” He would, though, make a tip-top postmaster.
GLANDERS IN SILVERDALE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 21, 1885.
Under a law passed by the late Legislature, anyone who knows or suspects that any domestic animal is effected with any contagious or infections disease, is required to immediately report to the Sheriff and County Clerk of the county in which the animal is located. It is then the duty of the Sheriff to at once examine such animal and report the case to the livestock sanitary commission and prescribe such temporary quarantine as seems necessary. Daniel Bonnell, of Silverdale township, has sent to this to the County Clerk: “I have to report that I have on my farm in this county, a mare diseased with the Farcy or Glanders, as I believe.” Sheriff McIntire will look into the matter at once.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 27, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire was on our streets Monday.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 27, 1885.
RECAP OF SHERIFF’S SALES (2).
1) Byron Farrar vs. Sarah A. Drennan, Noah Gribben as the guardian of Olive E. Gribben, a lunatic, Samuel E. Maxwell, et al.
Real estate property to be sold June 29, 1885, at the south door of the courthouse in Winfield by GEO. H. McINTIRE, SHERIFF.
A. J. Pyburn, Plaintiff’s attorney.
2) Wm. M. Sleeth vs. Sarah A. Drennan, Noah Griffen as the guardian of Olive E. Gribben, a lunatic, Samuel E. Maxwell, et al.
SAME AS #1....Sheriff McIntire to sell real estate property on June 29, 1885, to settle claim. Pyburn, Plaintiff’s attorney.
PROBABLY MURDERED.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 28, 1885.
Last Sunday evening Lou Skinner came into Arkansas City and notified the authorities that the dead body of a man had been found in the river about ten miles below the city. Sheriff McIntire was notified, and with County Attorney Asp, went down to investigate, as suspicion of foul play was strong. On arriving at the city they found that Deputy U. S. Rarick with a physician had already gone to view the body. The sheriff, after interviewing several parties, turned his keen scent to the north, boarded the train, and today returned with John Cooley in his custody. The dead body proved to be that of George Musselman. The facts in the case, so far as ascertained at this date, are these: Cooley and Musselman have been keeping company with a fair and beautiful grass widow. It seems that they kept a boat to cross the river and for fishing purposes. On last Thursday Cooley and Musselman were out fishing, and by some means the boat was upset. Both men were plunged into the angry waters and Musselman was drowned. Deputy Rarick reports today that upon examination they found that the skull was crushed in, as though struck with a club. The neck was unbroken and the body was covered with bruises. Cooley will have an examination tomorrow.
[Article above showed both Mussleman and Musselman.]
OFF TO THE POTTER’S FIELD.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 28, 1885.
Chas. Fulse, the show teamster who died here Friday from the effects of morphine, was buried by our officials, today, in the potter’s field of Union Cemetery. On his person were letters from old friends in St. Louis, showing him to be unmarried. Barrett could not be prevailed upon to contribute anything toward Fulse’s burial—in fact clear through the poor unfortunate was treated worse than a brute. The showmen left him to the mercy of the public. Our officials found him, called in Dr. Park, the county physician, and gave him all the care possible. A horse belonging to the show also took its fatal sickness here, but it was of more value than a human life, and a man was detailed to stay, care for, and bury it. Fulse’s home was at Chillicothe, Ohio. Sheriff McIntire sent the St. Louis friends word of the death.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 4, 1885.
Sheriff’s Sale. J. B. Lynn, plaintiff, vs. James Wilson, defendant. Sale of real estate taken as the property of James Wilson. Sale: July 6, 1885. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 4, 1885.
Sheriff’s Sale. M. L. Robinson, plaintiff, vs. Andrew J. Cress, defendant. Sale of real estate, Sale: July 6, 1885. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff.
SWEET FREEDOM FOR THE PRESENT.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 4, 1885.
Judge H. B. Sumner, attorney for Mrs. L. M. Lutes, of Arkansas City marshal whipping fame, succeeded in releasing his client on a writ of habeas corpus, yesterday afternoon. She was in the bastille in default of seventy-eight dollars fine and costs on conviction of keeping an immoral dive. The ordinance relating to this matter was proven worthless, owing to lack of legal lore on the part of the city attorney. He sent it in for publication without the Mayor’s signature, and never entered it on the ordinance book. Mrs. Lutes was immediately re-arrested by Sheriff McIntire on the State case against her for cowhiding A. C.’s marshal. She was taken to Arkansas City for a preliminary hearing before Judge Kreamer.
THE MUSSLEMAN MYSTERY.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 4, 1885.
County Attorney Asp and Sheriff McIntire were prosecuting the trial of John Cooley at the Terminus Thursday, charged with the murder of George Mussleman. Cooley’s examination showed both parties to be professional fishermen, on the line of the Territory, just below Arkansas City. Thursday week they started across the Arkansas, the skiff upset, and Mussleman was drowned. Circumstantial evidence was much against him, the water being shallow where Mussleman is said to have drowned, and the victim’s neck being broken. The rumor that a fair grass widow was mixed up in the affair was discredited. The Justice Court bound Cooley over to the District Court in the sum of $1,500. Bail has not been given, and he languishes in the Bastille de Finch. Mussleman was twenty-seven and Cooley is thirty-five years old.
MURDERER ESCAPED.
Etherly, the Elk Falls Murderer, Escapes While On Trial.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 4, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire received a dispatch today announcing that L. J. Etherly, who murdered J. M. Messmore, his father-in-law, at Elk Falls some weeks ago, escaped last night. He wore side-whiskers about a week old; moustache; cark clothes with light mixture; white spot in center of button; small, mouse colored wool hat; gray blue eyes; thirty years old; five feet, eleven inches high, and weighs one hundred and seventy pounds. Three hundred dollars reward is offered for his capture. Etherly was on trial at Howard, with Judge Torrance presiding. No particulars yet as to the manner of his escape. He is a desperate character and a bad man generally.
Of interest because of Sheriff McIntire...
THE JAIL BONDS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 4, 1885.
The returns of yesterday’s vote for the jail bonds come in very slowly. Very little interest was taken in the matter any place in the county, and the bonds are no doubt defeated. Winfield polled 313 votes for and 41 against, while the townships heard from voted almost solidly against. One great reason for this defeat is the ambiguity of the tickets—“For the loan;” “For the erection of public buildings.” Of course, everyone of the tickets had to be explained before anybody would vote it. Then the election, following the next day after the railroad election, was too much at once—farmers couldn’t leave their work to vote. Some townships scarcely polled a dozen votes. A new jail is absolutely necessary and must come sooner or later. Another vote, at a time when some attention can be given to the matter, will no doubt carry.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 4, 1885.
Sheriff’s Sale. M. L. Read and M. L. Robinson, Plaintiffs, vs. The Winfield Creamery, Defendants. Date: June 9, 1885. Property described: 7 large ice boxes, 21 small ice boxes, 24 large milk tanks, 43 milk cans, 145 cream cans, 9 tin buckets, 15 butter buckets, 1 office chair, 1 office stool, 1 set of rubber hose, 1 pump, 1 platform scales, 1 side lamp, 1 butter scoop—taken as the property of Winfield Creamery. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff Cowley County, Kansas.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 11, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale. Nonotuck Silk Company, Plaintiff, vs. Lucius L. Day, Gordis R. Cobleigh, Norman S. King, Herbert F. Day, H. S. Vansickler, and William G. Marston, Defendants. Real estate appraised at $800, $400, $640, $200, and $400 to be sold to satisfy plaintiff. No tract will be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraised value thereof. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 11, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale. Merrick Thread Co., Plaintiff, vs. Lucius L. Day, Gordis R. Cobleigh, Norman S. King, Herbert F. Day, H. S. Vansickler, and William G. Marson, Defendants. Real estate appraised at $800, $400, $640, $200, and $400 to be sold to satisfy plaintiff. No tract will be sold for less than two-thirds of the appraised value thereof. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 11, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale. Teomas S. Kentz, Plaintiff, vs. William Grenhaw, Mary Jane Grenhaw, and Henry Clem, Defendants. Real Estate Property to be sold July 13, 1885. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff.
MURDER MOST FOUL!
Mrs. White’s Skull Crushed in by a Flat-Iron or Ax While Lying in Bed!
THE DEMON UNKNOWN!
A Parallel to the Quarles Tragedy, With Results More Deep and Despicable.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 11, 1885.
THE STORY OF THE HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
Monday night between one and two o’clock, a tragedy was enacted almost the simile of the one in which Mrs. Anna Quarles was the victim, a few months ago. But its results are even more mysterious and horrible! In company with Dr. Emerson, a COURIER reporter visited the scene at eight o’clock this morning. On the bank of Timber creek, just north of Tom Johnson’s residence and near Frank Manny’s Brewery, is a little box house, 10 x 12, with pasteboard roof, papered cracks, and no windows. On entering this crude house a sickening sight met our gaze. Lying on a hay bed, and surrounded by circumstances indicating almost poverty, was the victim of this tragedy. The face, neck, hair, and bed clothing were covered, and the throat and lungs filled, with blood. The whole skull over her right eye was crushed in, exposing the brain and presenting a terrible sight. Mrs. R. H. White was only mechanically breathing, expected to pass unconsciously away at any moment. Just back of her lay the baby, a nice looking little girl of two years, calmly sleeping. The other child, a little girl of five, had been taken to Mrs. Tom Johnson’s. At the foot of the bed stood the husband, and around the house was a crowd, anxious to learn the particulars. Starting at the fountain head,
MR. WHITE SAID:
“My wife and I were married in 1880, in Johnson County, Illinois, where most of our relatives live. Last fall we came west, to take a claim. When we reached Winfield, I thought it would be better to stop here, work at my trade, painting, until spring and then go out west. But I was unable to obtain much work, rents were high, and we had a hard time to get along. Last April I got permission of T. J. Johnson to build this shanty, to save rent, and here we have since lived. We rented a garden patch, my wife tended it while I painted, and we were getting along well. In Illinois I was once in the edge of a fearful cyclone, one that tore up everything in its track, and I have since been deathly afraid of storms. My wife wasn’t afraid, and so since living here I have been in the habit of going down into the lime kiln (on the creek’s bank, in the edge of the timber about a hundred feet from the house), and staying there till the storm was over. Last night, about 12 o’clock, it looked like a cyclone, and leaving the babies asleep and my wife lying on the side of the bed with only her shoes off, went down to the kiln, thinking to prepare it for the wife and babies; but on reaching there, I covered my head with an oil cloth and stayed probably an hour and a half, not considering it worthwhile to get the folks. It quit raining and calmed down and I went to the house. Before I got there a flash of lightning showed the door to be ajar and it looked like the light was out. On getting there I found the door partly open, but the light burning all right. My wife was lying as I had left her excepting her head was hanging over the edge of the bed and her face was covered with blood. I thought she had fallen, hurt herself, and fainted; and I ran for Mr. Mann and Mrs. J. R. Scott (both living only a little way) and got some camphor. She was unconscious and her hair had fallen down over the awful gash covering it so that I didn’t know how bad she was hurt until somebody brought Doctors Emerson and Graham. Then it dawned upon me that some devil had come into the house while I was out and dealt the awful blow. My wife or I hadn’t an enemy in the world that we knew of; have always got along well and were as happy as our poor circumstances would admit. I don’t have the least idea who could have done the deed. I heard no screams and had suspicioned no one or any such harm. She is my first wife and we only have these two children. She is twenty-four years old and I am thirty-six. She weighed about one hundred and fifty pounds, was unusually healthy and always light-hearted. Her folks are well off in Illinois, and we have both seen better days. I have been painting for twelve years. I took much pride in landscape and sketch painting, and hope to make a fine artist.” Several sketches of Winfield residences and scenery were lying around the house, among them sketches of the homes of W. J. Wilson and Dr. C. Perry, painted for practice.
THE PREMISES.
The furniture in the house is in harmony with the shell containing it. It is very meager, consisting of a small cooking stove, three wooden bottom chairs, a few dishes, mostly tin, a rude bedstead, with hay tick and pillows, and a small home-made table. No signs of a struggle were visible, excepting the print of a bloody hand on the round of chair that sat just under her head, as she was found. Sheriff McIntire and Marshal McFadden were early on the ground, and found suspicious footprints. They indicated a number nine boot or shoe and that the party had come up from the west and had looked through a large knot hole in the wall, supposedly to see who was in the room. This was the only trace that could be found. The blow was undoubtedly struck with a flat iron or an ax. The gap commences in the middle of the right forehead and runs diamond shape above the temple and into the hair. The skull bone was broken into splinters and taken out piece by piece by Drs. Graham and Emerson, who at once pronounced the injury fatal. The bones removed, a ghastly sight was revealed in the deep cavity: a mixture of blood and brain.
THE NEIGHBORS.
Our reporter interviewed the neighbors and found that all had formed a good opinion of Mr. and Mrs. White. None had ever heard of a family jar or anything that would denote domestic infelicity. Both husband and wife always appeared to be industrious and happy as possible with such meager pecuniary comforts. Mr. Mann was the first neighbor aroused last night, between one and two o’clock. He hastily put on his clothes and went over. When he got there, White had his wife in his arms dashing water in her face, which was streaming with blood. When Mann came in he laid her down on the bed and ran over to J. R. Scott’s, the painter, and Mrs. Scott was soon at the murdered woman’s side. Mrs. White and Mrs. Scott had been more intimate than any of the rest of the neighbors and takes much sympathetic interest in the sad affair. She found Mrs. White lying on the bed unconscious, her frame in a terrible tremor, and the blood streaming from her mouth and nose. The husband was trembling from head to foot, though making no other demonstrations. The physicians arrived at four o’clock, and not till then, when a number of neighbors had gathered, did any realize the terrible extent of the injury. White told all the neighbors when he aroused them that his wife had fallen and hurt herself, and he didn’t appear to understand how bad the hurt was. Mrs. White had often told Mrs. Scott how good her husband was to her. One day last week she called Mrs. Scott’s attention to a trampish looking man whom she said was an utter stranger to her and yet had passed by her door several times with a queer stare at the house. The children didn’t wake up until the noise made by the neighbors as they came in, and knew nothing of the tragedy that takes away their mother.
THE HUSBAND.
Mr. White is, of course, in a terrible position—one which involves many theories that may do him injustice. The cool manner in which he accepts the sickening affair seems to play against him in the minds of many. Those who know him best attribute this to his naturally quiet and unassuming disposition, and that though outwardly undemonstrative, within is brooding the deepest sorrow. Before the reporter he exhibited no nervousness and talked very calmly, giving details without a falter. When the reporter left, he was sitting at the table eating some biscuits and drinking some coffee a neighbor had brought in. He is a man of fair looks and small in stature. He appears inoffensive and, as far as anyone knows, is a man of good habits. Such a mystery, of course, is always surrounded by various theories formulated by circumstantial evidence and a curious public. Of course, THE COURIER, having made thorough examination, has its theory but withholds it until put to use, if there is anything in it, by our officials. We present the bare facts in the case and, for the present, will leave a searching public to draw its own hypothesis. No arrests have yet been made.
THE VICTIM.
The victim was still breathing at three o’clock this afternoon, though life was almost extinct. To one beholding the awful cavity in her head, the wonder is forcible that she lived a moment after the blow. This is probably accounted for by her wonderfully robust constitution. She is of compact build, good nerve, and has suffered little from sickness. She has never uttered a word or groan since the blow—merely breathes.
Coroner Marsh, of Tannehill, was sent for and will take charge of the body and hold an inquest as soon as life ceases.
At five o’clock last evening the victim of Tuesday night’s terrible tragedy, Mrs. R. H. White, succumbed to the inevitable. The husband was taken into custody by Sheriff McIntire and lodged in jail, without a warrant, to avoid any injury that might possibly be done to him. Coroner H. W. Marsh was in the city and immediately impaneled the following jury and began the inquest: E. D. Taylor, Henry Brown, J. C. Curry, W. A. Freeman, E. S. Bedilion, and Dick Gates. Drs. Emerson and S. R. Marsh examined the body and found no evidences of violence excepting the crash in the skull. After examining the premises, the jury separated and the inquest was adjourned to the Court House at 8 o’clock this morning.
MRS. JAMES R. SCOTT,
was called and corroborated what her husband had said regarding condition and position of Mrs. White when they got there, etc. “Mrs. White was often at my house. Said Mr. White was always good and kind to her—had said nothing about family matters for a month.”
UNFINISHED.
There are a number of witnesses yet to be examined and the inquest will not close before tomorrow evening. The court room was thronged all day, over-flow crowds being all around the Court House. The interest taken in the tragic affair is intense. White was again placed in jail after his examination and seemed perfectly satisfied to go. His demeanor on the witness stand was just as it has been all through the affair: stolid and indifferent, answering questions without a falter, and in a smooth way. He seems to be a man of considerable intelligence.
THE FUNERAL.
The unfortunate woman was laid away today in the potters field of Union Cemetery, with a short ceremony at the grave conducted by Elder Myers, of the Christian Church. The neighbors dressed the body nicely and gave it every attention and a number of citizens attended the funeral, which was under the charge of the officials. The county will have to bear the funeral expenses. White didn’t ask to be taken to the funeral—in fact didn’t appear to take much interest in it. When Sheriff McIntire offered to take him, he went, but showed no outward grief at the grave. The children are in charge of Mrs. Tom Johnson.
HER PEOPLE
were telegraphed yesterday and her father, D. H. Rendleman, answered, from Vieira, Illinois: “Impossible for me to come. Write often.” Another telegram soon after said, “How is Julia? What was the object of the assault?”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 11, 1885.
Sheriff’s Sale. M. L. Robinson, plaintiff, vs. Andrew J. Cress, defendant. Sale: July 6, 1885. Real estate property. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff.
Excerpts...I wrote up an article re killing of Mrs. White. Testimony of Sheriff McIntire given below...
CHAPTER FIRST!!
In The Horrible White Tragedy Closes. Making The Husband The Murderer.
AN AFFECTIONATE PRAYER
And Speech is Delivered By White Over The Open Coffin of His Wife.
THE TOUCHING FUNERAL.
THE CORONER’S VERDICT, EVIDENCE, THEORIES, ETC.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 18, 1885.
The first chapter in the most horrible tragedy ever enacted in this section ended Wednesday of last week, by the jury in the inquest on the body of Mrs. Julia Ann White, bringing in a verdict finding the husband to be the murderer. The interest taken in this homicide has been intense, from the start. From the morning of its announcement, little knots of men have constantly stood here and there developing theories as to the object of the foul deed and its perpetrator. But the mystery is yet unfathomable. Public opinion is wonderfully divided, but if more weighty on one side than another, the greatest sympathy is with the husband. All day Wednesday the Court Room was crowded to suffocation by anxious listeners to the testimony, and the Court House yard was filled with knots of men. But the best of order was maintained throughout.
The evidence introduced after that reported in THE COURIER was meager in development. Levi Hayes and T. J. Johnson were the only remaining neighborhood witnesses and their testimony was principally the same as that given by other neighbors preceding them.
The next witness was
SHERIFF McINTIRE
who said: “I was sent for Tuesday morning, with the information that a murder had been committed. I went to the place immediately.” (Here the Sheriff related the story of White, about as given in all previous testimony.) “I found Mrs. White’s shoes under the table. They were bloody, as if taken off by bloody hands. I also found a flat-iron with blood on it. It was lying near the stove. There was blood on the wall above the head-board, for a space of two feet; looked as though it had been spurted there in a fine spray from a broken artery.”
The funeral was held Wednesday at 5 o’clock, just as THE COURIER went to press, and of course it was impossible to get a correct report of it. White did not ask to be permitted to attend the funeral but when Sheriff McIntire went into the jail and offered to take him out, he said he would like to go. He was taken out, in the Sheriff’s buggy, by John Evans.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 18, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale. W. C. Robinson, plaintiff, vs. Andrew J. Cress, defendant. Property to be sold July 20, 1885, by Sheriff G. H. McIntire.
AN UNATTRACTIVE JOB.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 18, 1885.
Owing to lack of care in taking, it was found that the photograph of Mrs. Julia Ann White’s eye before burial was imperfect and incapable of proper development. Our officials were determined, if possible, to get a clue to the murderer, and yesterday afternoon, Sheriff McIntire, Dr. S. R. Marsh, and Photographer Rodocker went out to the graveyard, exhumed the body, took it from the coffin, stood it up against a board, reflected light on the eye, and with an extension lens got a perfect photograph. It is several inches in diameter, and is developing splendidly. Indications are strong that when fully developed it will reveal the perpetrator of the awful deed. It took some grit to go through this process of obtaining it, but our officials are abashed at nothing that seems in the line of duty. The body gave sickening evidence of decomposition. The photograph is taken on the established theory that the last person appearing before the vision in consciousness remains a perfect picture on the eye, and when the eye is photographed can be drawn out, as plainly as life, by the ophthalmoscope. The photograph will be sent east for enlargement and proper scientific treatment.
LEGAL NOTICES.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 25, 1885.
G. H. McIntire, Sheriff, gave notice of Sheriff’s Sale. M. L. Read and M. L. Robinson, Plaintiffs, vs. The Winfield Creamery, Defendant.
BY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME Directed, issued out of the District Court of the 13th Judicial District of the State of Kansas, sitting in and for Cowley County in said State, I will, on Monday the 3rd day of August, A. D. 1885, at 2 o’clock p.m., of said day, at the south door of the Court House in Winfield, in the County and State aforesaid, offer at public sale and sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right, title and interest of the above named defendant in and to the following described property, to wit: Lots eight (8) nine (9) and ten (10) in block fifteen (15) in Robinson’s addition to the city of Winfield, Cowley County, state of Kansas, taken as the property of the Winfield Creamery.
Said property was appraised at sixteen hundred dollars and is levied upon and will be sold as the property of the above named defendant.
Given under my hand at my office in the city of Winfield, this 23rd day of June, A. D. 1885. G. H. McINTIRE, Sheriff Cowley County, Kansas.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 25, 1885.
Recap: Sheriff’s Sale. R. R. Conklin, Plaintiff, vs. Ira D. Black, Lydia C. Black, and L. D. Putnam, Defendants. G. H. McIntire gave notice he would sell real estate of defendants on August 3, 1885.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 25, 1885.
Judge McIntire, of the A. C. Democrat, Sundayed here with his son, Sheriff G. H.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 25, 1885.
S. L. Vansandt, sheriff of Neosho County, was here Tuesday to take in charge Frankie Morris, the woman arrested here yesterday by Sheriff McIntire. Mr. Vansandt informs us she is arrested under an indictment by the grand jury. He will go back Tuesday with his prisoner.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 25, 1885.
Andrew Ada is in a hot box—constitutionally and otherwise. He was up before Judge Turner, Saturday, $12.25 worth for a plain “booze.” Some considerate friend locked him in a room, but in some way he got out and got a quart bottle of “Tippecanoe, for dyspepsia and female complaints,” got off his equilibrium, and ran into the cauldron of Sheriff McIntire. It is a state case, with penalty of $100 and 30 days in jail. The trial comes off before Judge Snow Thursday.
AN OUTRAGE.
A Lady Arrested for Murdering Her Mother.
At the Instance of Life Insurance Companies.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, June 25, 1885.
Saturday afternoon Sheriff McIntire arrested Frankie Morris, a lady who has rooms on Ninth Avenue in the Blair building, on a telegram from Neosho County. The charge is that she poisoned her mother to secure fifteen thousand dollars of life insurance, and the Mutual Life company, of New York, secured her indictment. She came here some three weeks ago and employed Hackney & Asp to institute proceedings against the companies for the collection of the insurance. She has applied to the companies, but they refused to pay it and suit was the last resort. As soon as the suit was commenced, the companies secured the indictment against the lady. We understand that they had previously threatened her with prosecution. We are not yet familiar with the facts in the case, but so far it appears to be a case of pure bulldozing on the part of the life insurance companies—a repetition of the Hillman case. Life insurance is getting to be a fraud. If a person insures their life now-a-days, it is almost invariably a legacy of law, vexation, and serious cost and trouble to those who are unfortunate enough to be the beneficiaries. Senator Hackney will defend the lady and if the insurance companies are playing a grab game, they will be hunting for someone to help them let it go before they get through with it.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
J. R. Scott, the painter, who was so ready to swear that he obtained intoxicants and got drunk in Farnsworth’s lunch room, and then on the witness stand swore that he drank sweet cider and got “sick,” got a good deal sicker yesterday. He was hauled up, as soon as the Farnsworth case was over, before Judge Turner and plead guilty to a “plain drunk” and got $12.25. Then Sheriff McIntire gobbled him and in Justice Snow’s court Scott’s pocket was relieved of $23.50. It costs something now-a-days to go off on a little booze. A double dose, one in municipal court and one in the State.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale to be held July 20, 1885. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff, to sell property real estate property to settle District Court suit. W. C. Robinson, plaintiff, vs. Andrew J. Cress, defendant.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale by G. H. McIntire. Real estate to be sold to settle suit by R. R. Conklin, Plaintiff, vs. Ira D. Black, Lydia C. Black, and L. D. Putnam, Defendants, on August 3, 1885.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale by G. H. McIntire. Real estate to be sold to settle suit by Thomas S. Kentz, Plaintiff, vs. William Grenhaw, Mary Jane Grenhaw, and Henry Clem, Defendants, on July 13, 1885.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale by G. H. McIntire. Real estate to be sold to settle suit by M. L. Read and M. L. Robinson, Plaintiffs, vs. The Winfield Creamery, Defendants. Date: August 3, 1885.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
Recap. Sheriff’s Sale by G. H. McIntire. Real estate to be sold to settle suit by J. B. Lynn, plaintiff, vs. James Wilson, defendant. Date: July 6, 1885.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire went down to the Terminus Saturday on criminal “biz.”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 2, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire took in Alonzo Norris near South Haven Monday, for horse stealing. Norris stole a good horse from one of his neighbors, brought him over here Saturday week and sold him. Our sheriff spotted him while here, as a bad man, and when Norris went back home and settled down with gaily innocence, Sheriff McIntire quietly went over and took him in and lodged him in Summer’s bastille. McIntire went over today to attend the preliminary at Wellington.
Arkansas City Republican, July 4, 1885.
A couple from Arkansas City went to Winfield Monday evening and registered at the hotel as man and wife. Sheriff McIntire did not think all was correct, so the parties were arrested. Orders were given to not allow it to “Halpin” again.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 9, 1885.
Our Sheriff is in a bad box. The Kansas City Evening Star says he was arrested in Wyandotte the other day for murder, and gives quite an account of the arrest, alluding to him as “Young McIntyre.” The Star reporter had better get off his goggles. He puts the ox before the car. McIntire was the officer who made the arrest, instead of the “young murderer.” If the Star will look over THE COURIER this evening, it will get the straight of it.
A MURDERER ARRESTED.
A Young Man Who is Wanted in Arkansas Taken in by Sheriff McIntire.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 9, 1885.
Some weeks ago a young man about 28 years old, calling himself Lon Pence, came to this county and went to work for George Brown, a few miles north of here. Sheriff McIntire “caught on” to some suspicious moves of this young man and at once spotted him as a fugitive. Pence seemed to have got uneasy. He told Brown that he had a sudden call on business elsewhere, but would return in ten days, and “got up and got.” Our Sheriff traced him, through forwarded letters, to El Dorado, where he drove a hundred or more miles on his track, but losing it, he returned. He again looked for more letters at this office from Arkansas. Last week two letters came, one from Pence saying to forward his mail to Wyandotte. Sheriff McIntire went at once to that place, and posting the postmaster, piped the postoffice for several days. Finally Pence, whose real name is George Ellis, came to the postoffice after dark, and the postmaster, instead of going for the key to open up the office, as solicited, went to the hotel and notified McIntire, who came down and took the young man under his wing. Ellis is now in our bastille, awaiting the Arkansas authorities. At first he refused to say anything about the matter, but finally confessed that the shooting took place near Salmon Springs, Arkansas, where he put a load of buckshot into the frame of J. Moore. He was renting one of Moore’s farms and they had serious difficulty over it. Moore, after visiting him several times about it, came again, when Ellis opened the door and gave him a sure-death shot-gun charge, fleeing out the back door, a fugitive ever since. From what Sheriff McIntire can get from the Arkansas officials, it was a cold blooded murder, and Ellis will likely hang. A letter was found on his person from his wife, warning him from going to Kansas City, where his father lives, as the police were on the watch for him, and stating that she had destroyed the boards and evidence of the crime, and ending with, “for God sake, leave for Arizona,” where he had a sister.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, July 11, 1885.
Geo. McIntire was down investigating statements at the drug store Thursday.
NOT STRANGE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 16, 1885.
The Wellingtonian says: “John Stout, a prominent farmer from the upper Timber Creek country in Cowley County, called on the Wellingtonian yesterday. Mr. Stout lately had a valuable mare stolen from his barn and is out hunting her. Why he came to Sumner County we can’t understand. We certainly have no more horse thieves in this county than those who steal from our own farmers.”
Very plain! Any man with common sense would know better than to hunt a horse thief in Cowley County. Sumner has a monopoly. Eighteen in one year for the “pen” is not so bad. Then three just broke out of your jail the other night. For horse thieves, as varied in design and at prices that can’t be discounted, go to Sumner! Cowley ran her’s off in a slaughter sale some time ago, with Sheriff McIntire as the auctioneer.
THE MURDERER CALLED FOR.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 16, 1885.
Sheriff L. P. Gatbreath came in Wednesday from Benton County, Arkansas, to get George Ellis, the young murderer, whom Sheriff McIntire took in so cleverly at Wyandotte last week. The Sheriff says the matter is looked upon as a cold blooded homicide. J. Moore, of whom Ellis was renting a farm, came on the premises and before he got to the house Ellis threw the door open and filled Moore’s frame with buckshot, and then fled. Ellis seemed willing to return—in fact, manifested perfect indifference regarding the matter. Sheriff McIntire got a reward of $110, more than half of which was spent in the capture.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 16, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire took in Edward Elenwood Friday, supposed to be the fellow who stole Stout’s horse. He has been working for Doc. Goodnight down on Grouse. He says he went from there to Burden last week, walked over here, and took the train for Mulvane to see a young man and his uncle, with whom he came from Indiana a year ago, and that he came back here yesterday. Our Sheriff went to Mulvane last night and found his statement false. Elenwood is about twenty-three and not of very good countenance.
SCOUNDRELLY DEVILS.
For Whom a Dose of Cowhide, Tar, and Feathers and Forty Miles on a Rail
Would Be a Slight Punishment.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 16, 1885.
Every town has a few sneaking whelps, but to think that Winfield, the general character of whose people is the pride of every inhabitant, contained such low, despicable whelps as Sunday proved her to be, will be a matter of deep chagrin to all. Constanzer & Co., butchers, next to J. S. Mann’s store, discovered this morning that some revengeful devil had driven three beeves, all S.& Co. had in their pen, into the “shute” early in the night, knocked them in the head, and left they lying where they fell. The beeves for Kraft & Dix, Whiting Bros., and Constanzer & Co. are all slaughtered at the same place, by John Cochrane. The other pens had cattle in them also, but were not disturbed. The slaughter house was broken into and the broad-ax, used by Cochrane for slaughtering, procured to do the deed with. Two of the animals were cows and one a young heifer, the three worth a hundred dollars. This trick is one of the most damnable, and could have been done by no one better than brutes. C. & Co., can trace no object but personal spleen. They advertised in Friday’s DAILY to reduce beef steak to ten cents. Beeves on foot had fallen to $2.50 and $2.75 per cwt., and they could afford this. The tracks show two men, one with a long, slim shoe, and the other bare-footed. Sheriff McIntire has the matter in hand and will develop the villains if it can be done. No punishment would seem inadequate in such a case.
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GO IN PEACE!
Robert H. White, Charged With The Murder of His Wife, Bids the Bastille Adieu.
NO CONVICTING EVIDENCE.
Judge Snow’s Decision in Full, With Other Facts of the Preliminary.
THE DESPICABLE TRAGEDY ENDS IN DARKNESS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 23, 1885.
Witnesses were also introduced to show that the blood on the victim’s shoes was caused by one of the children’s straw hats being picked up from the pool of blood at the head of the bed and thrown back under the table, lodging on the shoes. But Sheriff McIntire, Dr. Marsh, and others who examined the shoes the morning of the murder still maintained that the blood on the heel of each shoe was the print of a hand.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 23, 1885.
George McIntire returned from Elk Falls Saturday with the colored boy who forged an order on Smith & Zook, some time ago. The boy presented an order to Mr. Smith, apparently signed by Frank Crampton, for a pair of shoes. The boy will plead guilty.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 23, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire was taken with a congestive chill Sunday, and is seriously laid up.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 23, 1885.
Sheriff’s Sale. Recap. R. R. Conklin, Plaintiff, vs. Ira D. Black, Lydia C. Black, and L. D. Putnam, Defendants. Sheriff G. H. McIntire sold real estate August 3, 1885, to satisfy District Court decision against defendants.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 23, 1885.
Sheriff’s Sale. Recap. M. L. Read and M. L. Robinson, Plaintiffs, vs. The Winfield Creamery, Defendant. Sheriff G. H. McIntire to sell real estate on August 3, 1885, to satisfy claim of plaintiffs. Property was appraised at $1,600. Property: Lots 8, 9, 10, block 15, in Robinson’s addition to the City of Winfield.
Arkansas City Traveler, July 29, 1885.
SKIPPED DETAILS ON SHERIFF’S SALE DUE TO SUIT: L. L. CUSHMAN VS..
W. R. BRANSON. SHERIFF: G. H. McINTIRE. DEPUTY: O. S. RARICK.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 30, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire came up town Friday for the first time after a severe week’s tussle with sickness. He is yet weak, but hopes to be able for “biz” by Monday.
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COUNTY AUDITOR.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 30, 1885.
The following claims were allowed in July.
Sheriff Fees, G. H. McIntire, $305.87
BICYCLE THIEF.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 6, 1885.
Willie Doane’s fine new bicycle was taken from the barn Sunday and ridden off. A few days ago a young man supposed to be one Alfred Brown was trying Willie’s wheel and asking if it could be bought. There has been a second hand wheel at Adam’s express office for three weeks consigned to Alfred Brown, from the east, which has never been called for, and this is supposed to be the fellow who got away with Willie’s bicycle. He probably couldn’t raise the charges on his own. He was tracked west and Sheriff McIntire is after him. Brown is a good rider and will probably be headed only by wire or letter. Willie was getting very proficient on his wheel and this mishap can’t be taken with easy grace.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 6, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire and A. H. Doane gave Alfred Brown, who appropriated Willie Doane’s bicycle, a warm chase Monday. His track was easily scented to Wellington. He told certain parties there that he could make sixty miles a day easily. He got into Wellington at 7 o’clock Monday morning, got a loaf of bread, and sailed off. He was headed for Meade County, where his father and brother are. Sheriff McIntire went west on the S. K. this morning, preceded by telegrams and postals that will undoubtedly stop the rapscallion.
THAT WHEEL THIEF.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 6, 1885.
One of Sheriff McIntire’s “Stop thief!” cards, describing Alfred Brown, who stole Willie Doane’s bicycle, fell into the hands of Harper’s marshal, and the Daily Graphic says:
“Officer Barton kept a lookout for the man, and at 5 p.m. the slick man who was described as riding a red bicycle came rolling along Main street going west. When he arrived opposite Barton’s store, Marshal Barton stopped him in the middle of the street, arrested him, and took him to the corn crib down in the weed patch for safe keeping until Sheriff McIntire could come for the prisoner. There is little doubt about the prisoner being guilty and stealing the two wheeled horse he rode so well, for as usual in many of such cases the fellow told two stories. He first said that the bicycle was his own; afterwards admitting that it was stolen by a man by the name of Howard, who had hired him to ride it west as far as Anthony, where the two were to meet today. The Marshal agreed to take him to Anthony to meet Howard as per agreement, but the prisoner just then happened to think that Howard might not be there as agreed on, all of which will lead any reasonable mind to the conclusion that Howard was a myth, and the proper thief in jail, and is perhaps guilty of some other crime for which he is wanted. He left Winfield at 11 p.m., Sunday, passed through Wellington at 10 a.m., yesterday, arriving at Harper at 5 p.m. Distance, 75 miles; time, eighteen hours. The prisoner refuses to give his name.”
This would have all been very nice if the corn crib down in the weed patch, alias jail, hadn’t been rotten. Brown dug out Monday night and vamoosed on foot. Sheriff McIntire is after him again, and will no doubt rake Brown in. The bicycle, of course, was left in the marshal’s hands and will be sent home. Willie is happy.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, August 8, 1885.
I herein announce myself as a candidate for Sheriff of Cowley County, subject to the will of the Republican nominating convention. Respectfully, GEO. H. McINTIRE.
Arkansas City Republican, August 8, 1885.
Henry Asp, Judge Gans, and Sheriff McIntire came down yesterday from Winfield to investigate the liquor sales of our druggists. They were busily engaged in examining witnesses who had purchased intoxicants and the druggist’s records at the Leland Hotel, as we go to press. If anyone can be found guilty of violating the law, lightning will be sure to strike.
Arkansas City Republican, August 8, 1885.
Geo. H. McIntire, not to be behind Capt. Nipp and T. S. Soward, in announcing his name as a candidate for re-election, comes to the front in this issue of the REPUBLICAN. Mc. is desirous of being returned to the Sheriff’s office and will in all probability as he has no opponent as yet. He has filled the office acceptably and is worthy of the support which he is sure to receive from the Republicans of Cowley County.
Arkansas City Republican, August 8, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire was out to Harper Tuesday after a bicycle thief. While there he concluded to take in the sights. He visited the drug stores to ascertain how the prohibition law was working. Going in one he saw a sign on a door at the rear of the room, which read “Gents, please pass into the back room.” The sheriff passed in and found one man busily engaged in handing out drinks to a crowd, and another filling out statements. After the crowd had gotten all they desired to drink, the man who had been filling out statements remarked, “Now boys, sign up some names to these; it don’t make any difference whose they are.” They signed and that is the way medicine is obtained in Harper.
Arkansas City Republican, August 8, 1885.
Capt. J. B. Nipp came in to see the REPUBLICAN Thursday. He was down on the Wichita excursion. As was also E. P. Greer, T. S. Soward, G. H. McIntire, and Jos. O’Hara.
A BAD COOLER.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.
Harper’s poor old bastille must feel terribly humiliated from such cruel thrusts as this, from the Harper Daily Graphic: “Well, we do declare! How could a well regulated bicycle thief possibly get out of our all hand sewed and cut bias double-back action cooler down in the weed patch among the bugs, old plows, and harrows? But he is gone—‘he is, by gosh!’ The supposition is that he leaned a little hard against the front door and fell out backwards into the back yard, and then skipped out, hard heartedly leaving the cooler to lonesomely spend the balance of the night alone. The city should hide that calaboose somewhere until it becomes old enough to sell to the dudes of the next century for a relic, or else sell it for a corn crib, and then buy a 12 x 10 wall tent to confine the prisoners in. The sun would roast all sins out of the prisoners, and they would soon be too weak to escape, or they would not wish to, soon becoming infatuated with the summer resort on the inside, and they would really be ashamed to escape from such a prison.”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire came in from Harper Wednesday—with Willie Doane’s bicycle, but without Brown, who broke out of Harper’s corn-crib jail—a little wooden thing that wouldn’t hold a mouse—and skipped. He will likely round up in Mead County, where his father and brother live. Sheriff McIntire has got a trap on the scent and will soon bring Brown in.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.
Col. Sam Crocker turns away from his galling thoughts of martyrdom in Cowley’s bastille to tilt his faber in the Oklahoma War Chief, thusly. “While it is humiliating to be incarcerated within the walls of an American prison for exercising the rights of free speech and free press—something to be abhorred, detested, and despised by any and every person with the least spark of pride and good breeding, who may have the sense of shame left as a heritage of manly or womanly birth; yet, for all this, there is one thing connected with our confinement and treatment that we feel thankful to acknowledge; and that is, no manlier humans or courteous set of officials, from the deputy U. S. marshals down to the sheriff and jailor ever contributed more to the needed comfort of an innocently incarcerated prisoner than Deputy United States Marshals Reed and O. S. Rarick, Sheriff McIntire, and Frank W. Finch, jailor. It always afford us pleasure to speak of governmental officials as we find them, and we would most certainly do these gentlemanly officials a great injustice to speak of them in any other light.”
ASP’S GRAND JURY.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.
County Attorney Asp, Judge Gans, and Sheriff McIntire, with Miss Eva Dodds as stenographic reporter, held a County Attorney’s Court of investigation at Arkansas City Friday, as provided by the late liquor law. All the druggists, beer, and whiskey guzzlers, “it don’t prohibit” growlers, and everybody from whom anything could likely be pumped, were up before a fire of interrogations, continued up to twelve o’clock last night. The greatest irregularity was found against Grimes & Son, with Steinberger following up closely. The Terminus was considerably stirred over the examination, which was rigid and fruitful. Whether or not some of A. C.’s druggists will be made to perspire under the gills, will appear later, when the vice gets ready to close. In the meantime, we think several druggists will come down in the number of statements and amount of ardent dispensed. Asp and Gans are bound to keep the druggists status quo, or chop off their heads.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.
Repeat of announcements with possibly one or two new ones...J. B. Nipp for County Treasurer; J. S. Hunt for County Clerk; T. H. Soward for Register of Deeds; J. G. Shreves, County Clerk; Geo. H. McIntire for Sheriff; S. J. Smock for County Clerk.
GEO. H. McINTIRE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.
Today appears in this paper the announcement of George H. McIntire as a candidate for a second term of the office of Sheriff of this county. George is one of the veteran officers in this State, second to none of the sheriffs in ability, energy, efficiency, and courage. He always does his duty, always get there and by the surest way. He needs no commendation from us for his grand record is well known to the people of this county who will give him a second term sure.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, August 15, 1885.
A Boomer on Our Officials.
Col. Sam Crocker turns away from his galling thoughts of martyrdom in Cowley’s bastille to tilt his faber in the Oklahoma War-Chief thusly.
“While it is humiliating to be incarcerated within the walls of an American prison for exercising the rights of free speech and free press—something to be abhorred, detested, and despised by any and every person with the least spark of pride and good breeding, who may have the sense of shame left as a heritage of manly or womanly birth; yet, for all this, there is one thing connected with our confinement and treatment that we feel thankful to acknowledge; and that is, no manlier, humane, or courteous set of officials, from the deputy
U. S. marshals down to the sheriff and jailor ever contributed more to the needed comfort of an innocently incarcerated prisoner (Deputy United States Marshals Reed and O. S. Rarick, Sheriff McIntire, and Frank W. Finch, jailor). It always affords us pleasure to speak of governmental officials great injustice to speak of them in any other light.” Winfield Courier.
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, August 19, 1885.
I beg to announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of sheriff of Cowley County, subject to the choice of the republican county convention. GEORGE H. McINTIRE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 20, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire brought in two new banqueters for the hotel De Finch, Wednesday, from Hines’ court, Dexter, Augusta Bell and Mac Newton, convicted of petty larceny and sentenced to thirty days in the bastille. They stole an overcoat, two pair of pants, and numerous sundries, $5 and $12 worth a piece. They are young men. The man who would steal an overcoat in weather like this ought to go to the “pen” for life. He would freeze an iceberg.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 20, 1885.
William Blizzard was brought up from the Terminus Thursday and lodged in “Castle Finch.” William, it seems, has been trifling with his attorney, T. J. Stafford. Frank Finch tells us this is the first case of this kind brought here. It seems that Mr. Blizzard owed Mr. Stafford $72, and we should judge from the papers Blizzard was trying to get out of the State and defraud Mr. Stafford out of this debt, whereupon he was arrested. He is a bad Blizzard to attempt to knock a lawyer out of his fees.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 20, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire, wife and little girls, left on the S. K. Monday. Mrs. McIntire and children go to Wisconsin for two months with her parents and George accompanies them as far as Kansas City. Our Sheriff will make a fine looking and lively widower.
Arkansas City Republican, August 22, 1885.
Mrs. Geo. H. McIntire, wife of our sheriff, with her children, is visiting her parents in Wisconsin.
A CUTE FORGER.
He Forges a Check for $300 and Gets Out With the Cash. An Expert.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
On Thursday or Friday of last week a man who had been working for Mrs. S. DeFaulk, east of town, went into the First National Bank and presented a check to Geo. W. Robinson purporting to be drawn by Mrs. DeFaulk in favor of John Ludlow. It called for $300, and as this same man had presented checks from the same person, which had proved all right, and this check appearing perfect, it was honored. Nothing more was thought of it until yesterday, when Mrs. DeFaulk was in town and said the fellow had quit working for her, she owed him nothing, and never drew that check—knew nothing whatever of it. Then an examination took place. The check was a perfect facsimile of those drawn by Mrs. DeFaulk—so perfect that she couldn’t pick it out of the bona fide checks, without looking at the amount. It was impossible to detect anything wrong on the face of it. Ludlow had found her check book, drawn the check with her pen and got the number all right. He is evidently an expert. He had been picking blackberries and doing other work for Mrs. DeFaulk, and among her check vouchers were three or four she had drawn for him. Ludlow is a German and a peculiar looking fellow. He is about thirty-five years old, light complected, sandy hair and beard, small burnsides, is near sighted, and wears gold, ear-hook glasses over blue eyes, weights about 135 or 140 pounds, has protruding cheek bones, with unassuming, but very eccentric make up. His forgery accomplished, he went to Hand & Gary’s livery barn and secured Capt. Gary to drive him to Seeley, where he took the train. He has a week’s start, and is very likely in the far west. Sheriff McIntire has scattered descriptive cards all over the country, offering a large reward for the forger’s capture, and he will likely be taken in sooner or later. Ludlow is undoubtedly no new hand at the game, however.
COULDN’T FIND THE MOUND.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
About 12 o’clock Friday night an individual who is sensitive over the mishap and we won’t give him away—the boys all know him—stalked into the sheriff’s office and said: “Hic—I saw a light here an’ thought I’d drop in. Where’s the (hic) mound. I’ve been tryin’ to find it for (hic) an hour. I took my damsel out ridin’ and since depositin’ her home, I hain’t (hic hic) knowed nothin.’” Sheriff McIntire happened to be there—his better half being away, he keeps late hours—and was about to invite the fellow to a seat when the individual seemed to take in the vice he had run into and said: “I (hic) well, guess I’d better go—you hain’t no use for me here.” But the Sheriff invited him to a cell and kept him overnight. The victim of liquid refreshments made the heaviest “lost” this morning—twenty-five dollars fine. He left the earnest request that the elongated COURIER man be told nothing about it. And we weren’t. The Sheriff was as still as a mouse. We got the facts from the elevated source of instinct. The victim of this item will have his girl take him home after their next buggy ride. The Sheriff’s office is an expensive light house.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
Sheriff’s Sale by G. H. McIntire. M. M. Rutherford, Plaintiff, vs. William F. Wise, Lafayette Wise, and Eliza Wise, Defendants. Public sale to be made September 28, 1885, between the hours of 1 and 2 p.m., at South door of Court House in Winfield, for cash in hand to real estate property.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire came in Monday with Whitehead, the Dexter horse thief who got away from Constable Church last Friday while bringing him to the bastille. Our Sheriff surmised that Whitehead would go to Greenwich, up on the ’Frisco, where he had friends, and Friday last McIntire went up and gobbled him. Whitehead’s examination will come off before Justice Hines, at Dexter, one day this week.
A CUTE YOUNG THIEF.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
The confession of James Whitehead, the nineteen year old youth whom McIntire brought in from Greenwich Monday, shows a cuteness becoming a much older head. Jim stole a fine horse from Col. Ridgway, at Dexter, one night, rode him to Grenola, and there left him in a pasture. He took the train and came back to Cambridge and that day turned up all right at Ridgway’s and went to work. Four days after he went to Grenola, got the horse, rode him to Wichita, and traded him for another, bringing the new horse back with him, claiming to have been off on a visit and to have bought the horse. A slight suspicion, however, lurked in Ridgway’s bosom that all was not right, and accordingly he was taken in by Constable Church. The evidence was very meagre, but Jim, getting away from his custodian so cleverly was evidence that the scent was good. He showed a boyish spirit when the iron door of our bastille shut him in yesterday, and he called the sheriff in and told him all, amid tearful penitence. He was working for Ridgway, his folks being out of this county. He says it is his first offense and can hardly explain what prompted it.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
Whitehead, whom we mention elsewhere, as having been recaptured by Sheriff McIntire, has confessed all—melting after the iron door of the bastille clamped on him. He said he did steal Ridgway’s horse. He is a lad of nineteen. He hasn’t explained yet how he claimed to steal it, but says it is his first offense. He will get a year or two in the “pen.”
LITIGATION’S LONG LIST.
Trial Docket Cowley County District Court,
September Term, 1885, Commencing Sept. 1st.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
2097. The Wichita & Southwestern R R Co vs G H McIntire, Sheriff et al. A. A. Hurd, Robert Dunlap and W. P. Hackney for plaintiff; H. E. Asp, Jennings & Troupe and C L Swarts for defendant.
Arkansas City Republican, August 29, 1885.
Sheriff George McIntire, of Cowley County, never gets left. He arrived here night before last, as stated in the Eagle, left yesterday morning for Greenwich, and got back on the 6 p.m. train last evening with his man, Jas. Whitehead, a noted horse thief, whom he lodged last night at the hotel de Fisher. For a staid old county, Cowley has a sheriff who is a dandy at his business. Wichita Eagle.
Arkansas City Republican, August 29, 1885.
Thursday morning Judge Kreamer telephoned Sheriff McIntire to come down and take charge of some glandered horses. They are owned by T. D. Richardson, and he informed Judge Kreamer of the situation and wanted to know how to act. Mr. Richardson’s action to keep this dreaded disease from spreading is commendable. He purchased the team of Will L. Aldridge some time ago, but only used it once or twice until he discovered they were diseased.
Arkansas City Republican, September 5, 1885.
Geo. H. McIntire was in the city Monday.
Arkansas City Traveler, September 16, 1885.
The main struggle in the convention on Saturday will be over the County Clerk’s office, though it is said there is a Winfield man who intends to make it lively for George McIntire.
Arkansas City Traveler, September 23, 1885.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Present Incumbents Renominated and a Happy Time Generally.
Nominations being next in order, Mr. Buckman in a highly eulogistic speech placed George H. McIntire before the convention for the office of sheriff. No other name being presented, he was nominated by acclamation.
CONVENTION NOTES.
Sheriff McIntire has the honor of being the first county officer in Cowley County who was nominated by acclamation and without opposition.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, September 26, 1885.
Republican County Convention.
The convention met at the Opera House in Winfield at 10 o’clock a.m., last Saturday, according to the call, and was called to order by W. J. Wilson, chairman of the county committee. On motion Hon. T. A. Blanchard was elected chairman; pro tem, E. A. Henthorn, secretary, pro tem. On motion of S. P. Strong, the chair appointed a committee of five on credentials. The committee consisted of S. P. Strong, Ed. Pentecost, G. P. Haycraft, Ed. Nicholson, and W. B. Weimer. On motion the chair appointed a committee of five on permanent organization as follows: Sid Cure, A. H. Jennings, J. S. Rash, John Bartgis, and S. C. Pattison. On motion of P. A. Lorry, the chair appointed a committee of five on order of business as follows: P. A. Lorry, Samson Johnson, W. E. Tansey, J. R. Sumpter, and Captain Stuber. On motion of J. C. Long, the chair was instructed to appoint a committee of five on resolutions. The chair appointed John C. Long, E. A. Henthorn, Dr. H. F. Hornady, L. E. Woodin, and J. D. Maurer. The convention then adjourned until 2 o’clock p.m., partaking of a fine dinner at Winfield’s best hotel during the recess.
At 2 o’clock the delegates assembled once more in convention, and the reports of committees were had. The committee on organization that the temporary organization be made permanent. The committee on resolutions then reported the following resolutions.
Resolved, 1st, That we heartily endorse the principles laid down by the last Republican National and State conventions.
2nd. We heartily endorse the administration of his Excellency, Jno. A. Martin, as Governor of Kansas, and hereby express our hearty appreciation of his wisdom, ability, and patriotism.
3rd. We hereby heartily endorse the course of our State Senator, Hon. F. S. Jennings, in the state of Kansas, and of each of our Representatives, the Hon. J. D. Maurer, Hon. Louis P. King, and Hon. Ed. P. Greer, and hereby desire to express our appreciation of their ability, fidelity, and patriotism.
4th. We hereby denounce the Democratic party as an enemy of good government, and a foe to the commercial advancement and prosperity of our common country.
5th. We hereby recommend that the office of county auditor be abolished; it being a useless expense upon the several counties of the state, and we request our State Senator and representatives to use their influence in the next session of the legislature toward accomplishing this end. Respectfully submitted.
J. C. LONG,
L. E. WOODIN,
H. T. HORNADY, Committee.
R. E. MAURER,
E. A. HENTHORN.
The occurring of the nomination for the offices of Sheriff, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, County Clerk, Surveyor, and Coroner, in the order given, succeeded the reports of the committees.
With the exception of the office of coroner, all nominations were made by acclamation. Capt. J. S. Hunt, candidate for clerk, in a manly letter, withdrew his name from before the convention. Mr. Shreves also withdrew his name, leaving the field clear for Smock.
The nominations were as follows.
For Sheriff: Geo. H. McIntire.
For Treasurer: J. B. Nipp.
For Register of Deeds: T. S. Soward.
For County Clerk: J. S. Smock.
For Surveyor: N. A. Haight.
For Coroner: Dr. H. L. Wells.
A vote was taken in the convention for coroner. resulting in 80 being cast for Dr. Wells and 70 for Dr. Marsh, and the former was declared the nominee.
The following were elected members of the County Central Committee for the ensuing year.
Windsor: S. M. Fall.
Walnut: Sid Cure.
Bolton: P. A. Lorry.
Cedar: Alex A. Bruce.
Creswell: F. M. Vaughn.
Dexter: S. H. Wells.
Harvey: J. S. Rash.
Rock: Dr. H. T. Hornady.
Otter: J. Stockdale.
Arkansas City: Theo. Fairclo and L. E. Woodin.
Beaver: J. R. Sumpter.
Tisdale: Hugh McKibben.
Vernon: H. O. Wooley.
Liberty: Justus Fisher.
Richland: L. B. Stone.
Spring Creek: J. S. Gilkey.
Omnia: A. Hattery.
Pleasant Valley: S. S. Linn.
Maple: E. R. Morse.
Sheridan: E. Shriver.
Fairview: J. H. Curfman.
Ninnescah: J. S. Stuard.
Silver Creek: E. A. Henthorn.
Silverdale: L. J. Darnell.
Winfield: C. M. Leavitt and J. C. Long.
After the election of the Central Committee, the convention adjourned, and the delegates from the 2nd district proceeded to nominate a commissioner. Louis P. King was chosen chairman, and N. T. Snyder, secretary. J. D. Guthrie of Bolton Township and William Sleeth were named for commissioners. A vote being taken resulted 42 for the former and 8 for the latter, and Mr. Guthrie was declared the nominee, which, upon motion, was made unanimous.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The new central committee met at the Courier office and organized by the election of Hon. J. C. Long, chairman; E. A. Henthorn, secretary; and J. R. Sumpter, treasurer. Voted that a committee of two from each commissioner district be constituted an executive committee to be appointed by the chairman. Committee adjourned.
The convention was filled with the best of good humor, and perfect harmony prevailed throughout. Those in attendance declare it the most harmonious convention ever held in Cowley. There was no wrangling. All the delegates appeared to have but one idea—that was to nominate good, honest men—which was done.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 7, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire was on our streets last Friday, receiving the congratulations of his friends on his renomination.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 21, 1885.
Horse Thief Captured.
On Monday afternoon City Marshal Gray was telephoned from Winfield, by Sheriff McIntire, to be on the look out for a horse thief who was traveling in the direction of this city. The man’s name is Bill Johnson, and he has been employed as a cowboy in the territory. Growing tired of this pastoral occupation, he struck out for Kansas, and some distance south of Caldwell, he laid violent hands on a horse, belonging to a farmer named Brown. The latter discovering his loss went in pursuit of the thief, tracking him to Winfield where he sought the assistance of the sheriff. Caution was sent to various towns surrounding, and to our city marshal, as has above been stated. This officer kept himself on the alert, and towards evening noticed a stranger ride into town from the north, whose description answered that briefly sent him by the sheriff. Marshal Gray informed the horse operator he had business for him, and in spite of the man’s protestations of innocence, took him in. He immediately telephoned Sheriff McIntire that he had caught the man, and early yesterday morning, that officer accompanied by the owner of the stolen animal arrived in town. The horse had been swapped on the way, however, and whether the owner can recover the property is doubtful. The prisoner was taken to Winfield on the afternoon train, and his chances for becoming a guest of the state are very promising.
Arkansas City Republican, October 24, 1885.
Monday afternoon City Marshal Gray was telephoned from Winfield by Sheriff McIntire to be on the look out for a horse thief by the name of Bill Johnson. Johnson is a cowboy and a few weeks ago he left the territory and stole the horse for which he is now under arrest. The owner resides south of Caldwell and he traced Johnson to Winfield. Our marshal discovered Johnson in one of our restaurants about dusk buying something to eat, and arrested him. He telephoned to Winfield for the owner of the horse, and sheriff, who came down on the 9 o’clock train and took charge of the prisoner, taking him to Winfield Tuesday morning. The gentleman from whom the horse was stolen promised not to prosecute Johnson if the latter would divulge the whereabouts of the animal, he having traded it off on his way here. This was agreed to and the prisoner is now in the hands of the officers. He will most likely get to serve a term in the penitentiary as he deserves.
Arkansas City Republican, October 31, 1885.
We never had a better sheriff than Geo. H. McIntire, and when we say this, we know that we are saying considerable. Mr. McIntire has a state reputation for unusual efficiency and honor in the discharge of his duties. It would be the hight of folly for the voters of this county to substitute an untried man who cannot possibly fully learn the duties of the office in less than two years, in place of one who is already well schooled. Besides, we know “Mac” will enforce the prohibitory law.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, November 14, 1885.
MUCH ABUSED CONFIDENCE, is that of the Firm of A. V. ALEXANDER & CO.
They are Again Taken In By the Bookkeeper to the Tune of $160.00.
We supposed we never would be called upon again to chronicle the “taking in” of the firm of A. V. Alexander & Co., after their late experience with W. R. Smith. But from developments just made, it seems we were premature in our thought for one Grant Graham, who has been employed by them as a bookkeeper, has left for parts unknown, taking with him $160 of the firm’s money. To “begin at the beginning,” some weeks ago being in need of a bookkeeper, A. V. Alexander engaged Frank Graham, who had just arrived in the city. Graham is no stranger here; he was one time an employee in Judge Bonsall’s photograph gallery, but left several months back and went out west.
Graham’s first theft occurred last Friday. On that afternoon he made up the cash account, amounting to $254, and entered the amount in the cash book. He took the money to the Arkansas City Bank and deposited only $194, and the cashier entered that amount upon the bank book of A. V. Alexander & Co. Before Graham returned to the lumber yard, he changed the entry to correspond with the cash check, $254, at the office. In this wise the $60 theft was kept in the dark until Monday, when Mr. Alexander went to make another deposit in the bank. The cashier looked at the book and startled A. V. by demanding who had made a change in the previous entry. This was the first inkling of anything having gone wrong. Immediately a balance was made in the bank account and a second steal was discovered.
Last Saturday morning A. V. Alexander went to the Territory on a hunt, leaving word with Graham to put $10 in an envelope and give it to his wife when she came up to the office. After Mr. Alexander had gone, Graham wrote out a check for $10 and had the other member of the firm, E. Baldwin, sign it. In making out the check, Graham wrote the word “ten” over far enough to allow “one hundred” to be written to the left of the “ten,” thus raising the check to $110. He went to the bank and cashed the check, putting the $100 in his pocket, and giving Mrs. Alexander the $10. In the afternoon, Graham told Mr. Baldwin he had urgent business in Winfield, and that he would have to go on the 3 o’clock train. When the time came around, Graham, not content with what he had already accomplished, went to Mr. Baldwin and asked him for $5. Mr. Baldwin gave it to him as he knew the firm owed Graham his week’s salary.
Graham, in company with Frank Freeland, took his departure and neither has been seen or heard of since. As the discrepancies were not discovered until Monday evening, Graham had almost three days in getting out of the way. No one knows where the fugitives have gone, but Frank Freeland told parties here that they were going to New Mexico. Tuesday papers were made out for the arrest of Graham and Sheriff McIntire is in pursuit. Graham is a young man about 25 years of age, and a cripple; he walks with a crutch. It is quite likely the check-raiser will be run down in a few weeks. It is a big task for a criminal to get away nowadays.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, November 14, 1885.
The Official Majorities.
Appended is the official majorities of the county officers elected Nov. 3, 1885.
Sheriff: Geo. McIntire, 1,213.
Treasurer: J. B. Nipp, 1,468.
Clerk: S. J. Smock, 1,185.
Register: T. B. Soward, 1,089.
Coroner: H. S. Wells, 1,174.
Surveyor: N. A. Haight, 1,062.
Commissioner: J. D. Guthrie, 264.
Arkansas City Republican, November 21, 1885.
The Telegram says the Republican majorities were cut down. It looks that way, don’t it? Geo. McIntire got a majority two years ago of between 600 and 700; this year only 1,200. Capt. Nipp doubled his majority of two years ago this year. We wish the Telegram would tell the truth just once before the Democratic party dies.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, November 28, 1885.
Frank Graham Captured.
Yesterday we learned that Frank Graham, A. V. Alexander & Co.’s second absconding bookkeeper, had been captured. He was found away down in Pinnal County, Arizona. His whereabouts was discovered in this wise.
Last Tuesday a paper addressed to Mrs. Minnie Freeland came to this post office from Pinnal. By some chance the postmaster threw the paper in the lock-box of Alexander & Co. On glancing over the mail after going to the office Tuesday afternoon, A. V. Alexander saw that there was a paper which did not belong to the firm. There seemed to be something familiar about the hand-writing, and on scrutinizing it very closely, he recognized it as that of Frank Graham, the absconding bookkeeper.
Sheriff McIntire was made cognizant of the discovery, and he took immediate steps towards the arrest of Graham. A description was sent to the sheriff of Pinnal County and an answer came back that there was a lame young man there, who lately came with a printer.
That settled the matter, and Sheriff McIntire telegraphed back to make the arrest, and he would come after the prisoner immediately. Sheriff McIntire left yesterday afternoon. Pinnal City is an out of way place, 30 miles from any railroad, and the fugitive evidently thought he was safe. He will be brought back here and tried. Smith, the first bookkeeper who embezzled, will shave his trial in January. It would be a good plan to try the pair at the same time.
Arkansas City Traveler, December 2, 1885.
Frank Graham’s Case.
Sheriff McIntire is still absent in his quest for Frank Graham, the second defaulting bookkeeper of A. V. Alexander & Co. Mr. Alexander is mercilessly joked about his bad luck in the choice of accountants, but he stands the fire without flinching and avows his intention to be himself cashier for the firm hereafter. Rev. Witt tells a story at his own expense about this defalcation. Happening into the office one morning when the young man was at leisure, he stayed to converse with him awhile, and to point a moral, dwelt upon the slim chances of escape for delinquents in these days of railroad and telegraphs. Young Hopeful seemed to be impressed with this talk, and declared his ambition to win success in life by honorable methods; and if he ever made a mark, to make one he would be proud of. Three days after this conversation, says the preacher, Frank Graham was hurrying westward with the money of his employers in his pocket. His arrest and bringing back will entail a heavy bill of costs on the county, but he is young and may live to return it in labor for the public benefit.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, December 5, 1885.
A scheme to break jail the first of the week was failed by one Ollie Richardson giving it away. From the Courier we learn the facts.
Richardson is a boy who has been lately sentenced to go to the State Reform school, and Sheriff McIntire was taking him up last Friday when he gave up the scheme. There are two large slop buckets, with lids; one is taken out each evening and the other, after an all day airing, is brought in by two prisoners under guard. An outside pal was to put two loaded revolvers in this outside slop pail, the prisoners expecting, as usual, that the pail would be carried back without examination. They were to watch a time when Jailor Finch took a meal in without an official guard at the door. Two were to grab him, while others, with the revolvers, paralyzed the guard. Finch and the guard were then to be slapped into the cooler, the iron doors clamped, and the birds would fly. McIntire immediately wrote Jailor Finch to be on his guard, and the scheme was clipped in the bud. The bastille contains a dozen or more prisoners, some of them very tough cases.
Arkansas City Republican, December 5, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire telegraphed Wednesday that he had arrived at Pinal, Arizona, and that the man arrested was Frank Graham, the man who A. V. Alexander & Co., are desirous of seeing so badly, and that he would start home as soon as possible with his prisoner.
Arkansas City Republican, December 12, 1885.
Sheriff McIntire arrived in Winfield from Arizona Wednesday with his prisoner, Frank Graham, Alexander & Co.’s check-raising bookkeeper. Mac. found his prisoner in jail at Florence, Arizona, and when our Sheriff confronted Graham, he made no denial but confessed that he had gotten away with $168 instead of $160 as charged. In his confession he implicated Frank Freeland, the ex-Democrat printer. Freeland and Graham both wanted to go west, but neither had the money. Freeland suggested the idea of Graham tapping his employer’s till. (The REPUBLICAN wonders why Graham did not put Freeland up to tapping his employer’s till.) Graham drew the raised check, presented it at the bank, received the money, and turned it over to Freeland, so if the former was searched he would be found moneyless. They purchased tickets for Arizona and by the time they had got there, they were both without money. They both secured situations at a mining town by the name of Pinal in a printing office. As McIntire did not have a warrant for Freeland, he left him there; but it is quite likely he will be brought back and suffer the penalty of the law for what part he took in the crooked business. Graham has respectable parents residing at Eskridge, his father being a leading attorney there. The guilty boy requested that he be sent to the penitentiary without his parents’ knowledge.
THE JUSTICE MILL.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 7, 1886.
The court was grinding today on the case of the Winfield Bank vs. J. B. Nipp and G. H. McIntire, a tax injunction suit.
Winfield Bank vs. J. B. Nipp and G. H. McIntire, tax injunction suit. Case presented and taken under advisement.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, January 16, 1886.
Gone to the Fool School Town.
The youth referred to in last week’s REPUBLICAN as being an imbecile has been taken into custody. His name is Lincoln Addensell, and his folks reside in Brooklyn, New York. Sheriff McIntire was in the city Wednesday and took the boy to Winfield. At times the boy appeared to be perfectly rational, but there were other times when it was dangerous for him to be at liberty. He threatened to kill several of our citizens for some supposed injury and there is no doubt but if he had had a chance, he would have put his threat into execution. Only last Saturday he met a couple of ladies on the street and demanded that they shake hands with him. The ladies ran into a store nearby and thus escaped. During the progress of services at one of our churches last Sunday, he interrupted the singing of a duet by two ladies by joining in. When admonished by the minister to keep quiet, he became angry, jumped up, and began to talk and swear. He was quieted finally. What the authorities will do with the boy, we can’t say. We suppose his parents will be notified and they will in all probability take care of him.
[NOTE: LAST ISSUE MISSING...SO FIRST STORY ON BOY MISSING.]
ADJUDGED INSANE.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 21, 1886.
Lincoln Biddinsell [?], the young man brought up from Arkansas City by Sheriff McIntire Thursday, had a trial by jury in the Probate Court this morning, and was judged insane. Dr. Mendenhall was the examining physician and testified to enlargement of the brain with its origin in early youth, as the cause. The victim is a good-looking young man of twenty-three, well-dressed, and showing every indication of refinement and good breeding. He came to Arkansas City a month ago, and in a short time showed unmistakable signs of insanity. His memory is momentary—can’t hold anything, and he is entirely incapable of self-dependence. He put up at the Leland hotel and his board was paid by his parents, who live in Brooklyn, N. Y. They enjoined secrecy as to who was paying his board—wanted him to think his support depended on his own efforts. It looks a little as though his relatives had sent him west to get rid of him. The money all came through an agent. The young man talks quite rationally at times, and is quiet and orderly. His case is complete imbecility—incapable of doing for himself. He has no friends in this section. He will be sent to the State Asylum, Osawatomie, as soon as the proper returns can be made.
[A later article calls him “Lincoln Addimell.”]
MISCELLANEOUS.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 21, 1886.
A sad case is presented at the county jail. Thursday Sheriff McIntire brought up from Arkansas City Lincoln Addimell [?], a young man neatly dressed, good looking, and having every appearance of refined breeding and education. He came to Arkansas City a month or more ago seeking work—anything to gain a livelihood. He put up at the Leland and was of the appearance that made his offer to do even farm work look very much out of place. He got something to do, but his memory was on a gradual fail. His mind showed a weakness bordering on imbecility. It was soon found that he is perfectly incapable of caring of himself. Every indication shows that the cause has been brewing for years and the climax has at last come. He talks rationally, but has no memory or concentration. He is an imbecile who must have a guardian. He will be given a trial in the Probate court, and will probably be sent to the asylum. He is about twenty-five years old, and says his parents live in Brooklyn, New York, and that he has no relatives in Kansas. Though well dressed, he is moneyless.
[An earlier article called him “Lincoln Biddinsell.”]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 21, 1886.
Sheriff McIntire got on his war paint Saturday and left on the Santa Fe for a western trip of a few days. Something will “drap” before long.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 21, 1886.
Under the supervision of Sheriff McIntire, the court room has been greatly transformed. The new appointment gives dignity becoming the Honorable the District Court of Cowley County. The jury is now perched upon a gradually inclining elevation, the rows gradually grading, in view. The court and bar are fenced in by a neat railing with a forbidding gate. The court sits behind a new, finely varnished walnut desk, while Clerk Pate’s quarters are much more convenient. The lawyers who want conclave needn’t go to the dark recesses of the jail: the east jury room being assigned them. The whole jurisdiction adorns the east side of the court room. The space given the bar to cave [?] around in is larger. The audience room is smaller and will be less convenient for public gatherings. But for judicial use, the improvement is great. It has been needed for a long time. The court began to grind again this afternoon after three days adjournment.
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, January 27, 1886.
SKIPPED SHERIFF GEORGE H. McINTIRE’S NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE:
W. A. LEE, PLAINTIFF VS. J. M. COLLINS AND J. A. HAMMON, DEFENDANTS, SHOWING O. S. RARICK, DEPUTY SHERIFF.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 28, 1886.
Sheriff McIntire sent in another telegram Monday. He is cooped up in a caboose this side of Dodge City, with his prisoner, and is having a regular freeze-out. He said the car would likely be dug out today. He has been snowbound a week.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 28, 1886.
Sheriff McIntire got home Monday, bringing in C. W. Pitts, charged with disposing of property to Phelps, of Dexter, on which S. F. Roberts, of this city, held a mortgage. Our sheriff was snow-bound, with his prisoner, for eight days at Dodge City. The train was entirely snowed in—not a sign of it left by the drifting snow, and was not dug out till Monday. Dodge was about eaten out, and her fuel all consumed. Everything had to be burned as a last alternative. Monday there were six trains there, one of them the big Boston excursion train, and Dodge was taxed to her uttermost. The road is now entirely opened up, and trains are all straightened out. George says he don’t want any more snow-bound in his’n. He had bunked on the hard car seat till his ribs are worn through.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 28, 1886.
Recap Sheriff’s Sale. G. H. McIntire, Sheriff of Cowley County, by T. H. Harrod, Deputy Sheriff. Property to be sold February 25, 1886, to settle case of A. Campbell, Plaintiff, vs. P. S. Nichols, Defendant.
Arkansas City Republican, February 20, 1886.
Last Saturday Johnnie Breene went out to Grouse Creek and arrested one Chas. Swift, a young man 23 years of age, on the charge of forgery. Friday of last week Swift was in Winfield and bought some goods of J. B. Lynn, amounting to $2.50, and tendered a check of $15, purported to be given by T. J. Stinson, residing near Maple City, on the Winfield National Bank. As everything appeared alright, Lynn cashed the check and Swift departed. When Stinson was in Winfield, Lynn notified him of the check against him. Stinson denied issuing the check, and pronounced it a forgery. Sheriff McIntire was notified and Johnnie Breene went out and took the forger in and up to Winfield. He was identified by three of the clerks and now languishes in jail. Swift was once in the employ of Stinson.
Arkansas City Republican, February 20, 1886.
A woman by the name of Parker, who resides on South Summit street, hunted up Marshal Gray Wednesday morning and informed him that her gold watch had been stolen the night before. She stated that a man had removed her “chattels” from the Hasie block to her present quarters the day before the watch had been taken and had left town that morning. Sheriff McIntire was telephoned to stop the man at Winfield. He did so and searched him, but did not find the watch. The prisoner was turned loose. The man stated he had lodged with the woman overnight after moving her chattels, and that is why she suspected him of taking the time-piece. Since we have an ordinance now, don’t the citizens of Arkansas City think it is high time that such irregularities should be stopped?
Arkansas City Republican, March 20, 1886.
RECAP ONLY OF SHERIFF’S ELECTION PROCLAMATION FOR SILVERDALE TOWNSHIP RE VOTING ON THE KANSAS STATE LINE RAILWAY COMPANY. BONDS TO THE AMOUNT OF $20,000...$1,000 EACH, 30 YEAR BONDS, PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY. OUTLINED ROAD TO BE BUILT FROM OSWEGO, LABETTE COUNTY, THROUGH SILVERDALE TOWNSHIP IN COWLEY COUNTY. ROAD TO BE STANDARD GAUGE AND TO BE BUILT AND COMPLETED AND HAVE CARS RUNNING THEREON WITHIN 18 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE ELECTION. ELECTION TO BE HELD MAY 3, 1886. ALL DUE TO SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HELD MARCH 12TH. SIGNED BY S. C. SMITH, CHAIRMAN; J. A. IRWIN, AND J. D. GUTHRIE, COMMISSIONERS. CERTIFIED BY S. J. SMOCK, COUNTY CLERK. SHERIFF, G. H. McINTIRE. [SAME FOR CEDAR TOWNSHIP.]
Arkansas City Republican, March 27, 1886.
Dr. Chastain Murdered by A. B. Elliott.
Another murder has been committed in Cowley County, making the third in the last nine months. This time the crime was committed at Dexter. The murderer was A. B. Elliott and the man murdered was Dr. Chastain. The doctor is a married man, his wife living in Georgia. He began paying attention to the daughter of Elliott some time ago, the latter objecting. He sent his daughter to Arkansas and the doctor followed her there. Elliott telegraphed to have him arrested, but he avoided the officials and returned to Dexter Monday. Elliott loaded up his shot-gun, concealed himself under a bridge over which Chastain had to pass in going out of Dexter. When the doctor came along, Elliott stepped out and discharged both barrels of his shot gun, completely riddling him with buck-shot. The doctor fell and died in a few minutes. Elliott disappeared at once, but was arrested late in the evening by Sheriff McIntire. He was taken to Winfield and put in jail to await the preliminary examination. Elliott tells the following to the Courier representative concerning the deed.
“When Chastain was within twenty feet of the bridge, with my shot gun resting against the abutment, two feet from me, I stepped out and halted him.
“I asked him: ‘Is that so, what you said about me—that you were going to kill me?’
“Like a flash he reached into his side pocket, as he said, ‘You g___d d_____n s__ of a b____,’ and I saw his revolver.
“I grabbed my gun and fired. I didn’t have time to aim. I was within ten feet of him and he threw up his hands and fell backwards off his horse, without a word.
“One of Chastain’s feet caught in the stirrup and with a bound, the horse dragged him about forty feet. He stopped, and parties soon came. They found Chastain dead.”
Murders in Cowley County are getting to be entirely too frequent.
Arkansas City Traveler, March 31, 1886.
SHERIFF McINTIRE ANNOUNCES A SHERIFF’S SALE. D. F. BEST, PLAINTIFF, VS. GEORGE THOMPSON AND NANCY J. THOMPSON, DEFENDANTS...LOTS 21 AND 22 IN BLOCK 7, ARKANSAS CITY, TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
[SHERIFF’S PROCLAMATION.]
Arkansas City Traveler, March 31, 1886.
Sheriff’s Election Proclamation for Creswell Township.
Whereas, the board of county commissioners of Cowley County, in the state of Kansas, at a special meeting duly convened on the 12th day of March, A. D., 1866, duly made and caused to be entered of record in the office of the county clerk of said county, the following order to-wit:
Now on this 12th day of March, A. D. 1886, at a special meeting of the board of commissioners of Cowley County and state of Kansas duly convened.
Present, S. C. Smith, Chairman; J. A. Irwin and J. D. Guthrie, commissioners, appears Washington Allen, a resident taxpayer of Creswell Township, in said Cowley County, and with him come one hundred and forty-two (142) other resident taxpayers of said township and present their petition in writing to the board of county commissioners of said county praying that a special election be called in said township for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said township, a proposition for said township to subscribe twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars to the capital stock, and to take twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars in the capital stock of the Kansas State Line Railway company; and to issue the bonds of the said Creswell Township to the amount of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars in payment for the said stock so taken to the said Kansas State Line railway company. Said bonds to be of the denomination of one thousand dollars each, to be thirty year bonds, redeemable after ten (10) years at the will of said township; to bear interest at the rate of six (6) percent per annum. The interest to be payable semi-annually, and the principal and interest to be payable at the fiscal agency of the state of Kansas in the city of New York: Said bonds to be payable upon the terms and conditions in said petition mentioned and described. And the said board of county commissioners having duly heard, examined, and considered said petition, and the evidence of witnesses introduced in support thereof, doth find that said petition is in writing, that said petition is signed by more than two-fifths of the resident taxpayers of said Creswell Township, and is in all respects in conformity with the law, the following being a copy of said petition, to-wit:
To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners of Cowley County, in the state of Kansas:
The undersigned resident taxpayers and legal voters of Creswell Township, in the county of Cowley and state of Kansas, respectfully petition your honorable body to submit to the qualified voters of said township, at a special election to be called for that purpose, a proposition for said township to subscribe twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars to the capital stock of the Kansas State Line Railway company, and to issue the bonds of said Creswell Township to the amount of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars in payment for said stock so taken to the said Kansas State Line Railway company to aid in securing the construction of the line of railroad which said railway company proposes to construct through the southern tier of counties in said state of Kansas, and through Creswell Township, in Cowley County, in said state: the said railway company proposing to first construct the portion of said line of railroad from the city of Oswego, in Labette County, or from some point west of said city, in said state of Kansas, to the city of Arkansas City, in Cowley County, in said state of Kansas, passing through the township of Creswell, in said Cowley County. The terms and conditions of said proposition, the subscription to and the taking of said stock, and the issuance of said bonds are [GARBLED WORD OR WORDS], to-wit: The amount of bonds intended to be voted by said Creswell Township to said railway company, and the amount proposed to be subscribed to and taken in the capital stock of said railway company by said Creswell Township, and the amount hereby petitioned and asked for is the sum of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars. The bonds of said Creswell Township to be of the denomination of one thousand ($1,000) dollars each, to be thirty (30) year bonds, redeemable after ten (10) years at the will of said township, to bear interest at the rate of six (6) percent, per annum. The interest to be payable semi-annually, and the principal and interest to be payable at the fiscal agency of the state of Kansas in the city of New York. The said railroad when and so built shall enter the said Creswell Township on the east side thereof, and extend through said township in a westerly direction, with a suitable station located in said township. The said railroad to be a standard gauge road, and to be built and completed and have cars running thereon for the transaction of business through said township within eighteen months from the date of the election herein provided for unless prevented by unavoidable legal proceedings. When and immediately after the subscription of stock and the issuance of bonds of said Creswell Township have been voted and authorized to be made and issued as herein prayed for according to the terms and conditions herein, then the board of county commissioners of said county for and in behalf of said Creswell Township shall order and direct the county clerk of said Cowley County, in the name of and for the benefit of the said Creswell Township to make such subscription of stock to the amount of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars to the capital stock of the said Kansas State Line Railway company, according to the terms and conditions provided for herein, and the said county clerk shall make such subscription of stock immediately thereafter. When the said railway company shall have built or caused to be built its said line of railroad into and through said Creswell Township, from the east line thereof and the cars are running thereon. The board of county commissioners of said Cowley County shall thereupon immediately cause to be executed as the law directs the bonds of the said Creswell Township of the denominations and on the terms and conditions herein before stated and described, to the amount of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars, and shall deliver said bonds when so executed to the president of said railway company or to his order, and the said railway company shall at the same time it receives said bonds make out and execute under the seal of said railway company, and deliver to the treasurer of said Creswell Township in the name of and for the benefit of said Creswell Township said certificates of full paid stock of the capital stock of said railway company, in an amount equal to the amount of bonds of the said Creswell Township so received by it, etc.
PRINT GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER AS THIS WENT ON SO I QUIT!
DOCUMENT SIGNED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS S. C. SMITH, J. A. IRWIN, J. D. GUTHRIE. ATTESTED BY S. J. SMOCK, COUNTY CLERK.
THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY G. H. McINTIRE, SHERIFF OF COWLEY COUNTY CALLING FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION: MAY 3, 1886.
NOTE: PAPER SKIPS FROM MARCH 31, 1886, TO APRIL 28, 1886. THAT MEANS APRIL 7, APRIL 14, AND APRIL 21, 1886, ARE GONE FOR GOOD!
[NOTE: NEWSPAPERS FOR MAY, JUNE, JULY, AND THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST, 1886, ARE MISSING FROM MICROFILM. [Issues skip from April 28, 1886, to August 11, 1886. MAW]
Arkansas City Republican, May 8, 1886.
The Jail Delivery.
Last Monday night at about 9 o’clock, the first successful jail delivery was effected in Cowley County at Winfield. The prisoners, not usually locked in their cells till 9 or 9:30 o’clock, were at large in the jail corridor. Sheriff McIntire and Deputy Joe Church had just gone uptown, when the prisoners rapped on the iron door of the jail and called for water. Jailor Tom H. Harrod and Deputy Henry A. Champlain remained at the jail to attend the prisoners. They went to answer the summons, Champlain guarding with his revolver for any emergency, when Harrod opened the door. It was opened only about one foot when five of the prisoners made the break for liberty. Chas. Swift, the leader of the gang, convicted of forgery last week, grabbed Harrod and pulled him in while Bill Matney, a U. S. prisoner for horse stealing in the Territory, gave him a blow on the top of the head with a bed slat that stunned him and he fell back against the door sill. Before he fell, Champlain couldn’t shoot for fear of hitting Harrod, but as soon as he was knocked down, the guard opened fire with his revolver. Wm. P. Bennett, whose conviction for counterfeiting was scarcely four hours old, grabbed the door low down and was in the act of slamming it wide open when a ball from Champlain’s 45 took him in the groin, ranged upward, severed the main artery, and without uttering a word, he whirled around, sank down by a cell door, and in three minutes had bled to death. The shot was paralyzing. The smoke from the first shot blinded the guard, but he blazed away again; whether the shot took effect or not is unknown. Swift sprang forward, belted Champlain a blow on the head with a bed slat, momentarily stunning him. The final dash was made and before Champlain could gather himself, four of the prisoners were out. Three of them went between the jail and Finch’s house, and the deputy followed them with the remaining bullets in his revolver. Another went around the west side of the jail and jumped the fence southwest of the courthouse. Sheriff McIntire was on the scene in a few minutes, organized a posse, and made hot pursuit though the cloudy darkness gave the criminals every advantage. Marshal Gray and Capt. Rarick were telephoned and they also got out a squad of searchers. None of the fugitives were found until Wednesday when Chas. Swift and David Wiggins were captured in the vicinity of Dexter. Wednesday night Bill Matney was captured. He was caught at the Chilocco Indian Schools in the Territory by Sam Endicott. Marshal Gray took the prisoners to Winfield Thursday morning. Those who escaped were: Chas. Swift, convicted last week of forging the name of J. T. Stinson to a $15 check and passing it on J. B. Lynn. Bill Matney has been in jail for two months awaiting a trial before the U. S. Court, for horse stealing in the Territory. John David Wiggins was convicted last Friday of manufacturing and circulating counterfeit silver dollars. He was arrested at Atlanta two months ago, with his “kit” of tools with him in a “grip.” W. P. Bennett, who was killed, was an assistant of Wiggins in the counterfeiting business. James Whitehead was a horse thief. There were several other prisoners in the corridor, but they made no attempt to get out. The latter has not been captured.
Arkansas City Republican, May 15, 1886.
Sheriff’s Proclamation.
RECAP OF BOLTON TOWNSHIP SPECIAL ELECTION NOTICE.
AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MAY 7, 1886, S. C. SMITH, CHAIRMAN, J. A. IRWIN, AND J. D. GUTHRIE, S. J. SMOCK, COUNTY CLERK, HANDLED A PETITION SIGNED BY MORE THAN TWO-FIFTHS OF ALL THE RESIDENT TAX PAYERS OF BOLTON, A PROPOSITION TO SUBSCRIBE $24,000 TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE FORT SMITH, WELLINGTON & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY...RAILROAD WOULD ENTER ON EAST SIDE OF BOLTON TOWNSHIP, NORTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF SECTION THIRTY-FIVE, TOWNSHIP THIRTY-FOUR, SOUTH, RANGE THREE EAST, THENCE TO A NORTHERLY DIRECTION TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF BOLTON, NORTH OF SECTION NINETEEN AND SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF SECTION SEVEN. ROAD TO BE BUILT BEFORE 15 MONTHS ELAPSED.
SHERIFF G. H. McINTIRE.
Arkansas City Republican, May 15, 1886.
Sheriff McIntire took up Ollie Soule, about 22 years old, who shot and killed G. W. Handy near the Nez Perce reservation, Indian Territory, last fall, and lodged him in the Winfield jail. The bondsmen got a little scared at a rumor that Soule was going to skip.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, May 22, 1886. From Wednesday’s Daily.
Yesterday Sheriff McIntire was in the city. It became rumored that he had a state warrant for the arrest of the prostitutes in the city, and the consequence was that inside of an hour after the rumor got abroad, the birds had flown. The sheriff was down on other business.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, June 5, 1886. From Thursday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire was down from Winfield Wednesday looking the battle field over.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, June 12, 1886. From Tuesday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire was in the city today looking after the “blind tigers.” The four barrels of beer captured under the Oklahoma Meat Market were taken to Winfield, to Judge Gans. Won’t the denizens of the county seat celebrate in grand style now?
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, June 12, 1886. From Tuesday’s Daily.
This morning, just before noon, Marshal Gray, Capt. Rarick, Sheriff McIntire, Johnnie Breene, and John Lewis visited the Monumental Hotel and made a raid upon the basement for whiskey sellers. The building was surrounded and an officer detached to make the search. A thorough search was made, but the jointists had gone, taking with them their liquors before the officers got there. It is supposed the criminals had gone to the Territory.
Follow-up article...
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, June 12, 1886. From Tuesday’s Daily.
This morning Ed. Davids and Jim Cherry were arrested for running a “blind tiger” in the basement beneath the Oklahoma Meat Market. For some time past suspicion rested upon these parties and at last culminated in their arrest. In the cellar four barrels of beer were found. The prisoners were taken before Judge Kreamer, who bound them over to appear for trial next Thursday week in the sum of $1,000. They gave the necessary bond for their appearance.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, July 3, 1886. From Monday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire brought John Carter down from Winfield on the noon train today for trial in Judge Kreamer’s court. As the attention of that court was occupied all afternoon by the trial of Chas. Johnson for horse-stealing, Carter’s case has not yet been called. He is charged with selling liquor.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, July 10, 1886. From Friday’s Daily.
Saturday Sheriff McIntire arrested a youth by the name of McGrew on the 4th of July grounds at Winfield, for attempting to pass counterfeit dollars. A short time after his arrest, the boy confessed that his father and two brothers and one Geo. Field were engaged in making the spurious coin at this city. McIntire telephoned Marshal Gray the particulars late Saturday evening, and Sunday morning just at the dawn of day he, accompanied by Capt. Rarick and Johnnie Breene, made a raid upon the den of counterfeiters. They were in a tent over in Oak Grove addition. The old man, his sons, and Field were captured, the tent was searched, and $27 counterfeit dollars were found buried about six inches beneath the surface of the ground. The paraphernalia for the manufacture of the money was also found. The prisoners were taken to Winfield on the 8 o’clock Frisco train, where the whole family now languish. The boy when arrested at Winfield had $7 of counterfeit coin upon his person. The old man and his two sons arrested here were over to Geuda Springs Saturday, and it is supposed that they made away with a considerable amount of the bad money. From the ring of the coin, we should judge it was made of Babbitt metal.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, July 24, 1886. From Wednesday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire purchased of M. M. Scott, today, his blooded sorrel mare, “Flying Eagle,” for the neat sum of $10.50. George will probably enter her at the fall races and down anything from A. C. Flying Eagle is 15 hands high, very thin, with a dude eye, nimble as a cat, moves freely, and has done effective service for her country. George will use her for long and hard trips in order to save his other horses. Courier.
[ARTICLE DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME...M. M. SCOTT?? HORSE COST ONLY $10.50...???]
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, July 24, 1886. From Thursday’s Daily.
Ed. Lindsey and Willie Lewis (colored) were brought down from the Winfield jail yesterday by Sheriff McIntire for their preliminary examination before Judge Lindsay. Ed. Lindsey was arrested a few days ago for cutting open a grip in the Nickle Plate Restaurant and stealing $10. He pleaded “not guilty,” but the court thought from the evidence that he was guilty, and sentenced him to lay in jail and to pay the costs of the action. Willie Lewis was up for breaking into Wm. McDowell’s trunk in the Occidental Hotel and stealing a watch and revolver. The Judge bound him over in the sum of $500 to appear for trial in the district court. Both were returned to jail last evening.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, August 7, 1886. From Tuesday’s Daily.
Jim Cherrie was arrested yesterday by Capt. Rarick and taken to Winfield by Sheriff McIntire, and placed in jail. The charge was cattle stealing. Capt. went down in the Territory to make other arrests of other parties connected with the affair.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 11, 1886.
COURIER, the 9th: “Sheriff McIntire, Ben. Harrod, Jim Bethel, and Jim Hybarger got back last night from Ponca, with the horses stolen from the Holiness camp meeting, July 28th, belonging to Billy Dawson and Hybarger. The thieves had traded them to an Otoe Indian. McIntire had captured the horses the thieves had traded for and returned them to the Indians today, so all the original owners are saved and one of the thieves is in the bastille.”
Arkansas City Traveler, August 18, 1886.
On Saturday Sheriff McIntire, with his deputy, Tom Herrod, aided by City Marshal Gray, raided a number of joints in this city, and captured several prisoners. The parties taken in were Frank Bluebaugh, J. W. Hall, W. D. Johnson, and Ed Leonard, alias W. B. Bartholomew. Bluebaugh was admitted to bail, the others were carried to Winfield and committed to jail, to await trial, which is set for today. Frank Miller and Van Skoid, owners of the billiard hall, in the Sherburne building, escaped arrest and have left the country. The charge against the accused is selling intoxicating liquors in violation of law, and the County Attorney is said to have proof to convict. There are seven counts against Johnson and four against Leonard.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, August 21, 1886. From Monday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire came down from Winfield Saturday and late in the afternoon, assisted by our city police, ran in five jointists. Chas. Stanton was arrested for running a joint in the basement of the Creswell block; Meade Johnson and Frank Bluebaugh, in the basement of the Commercial block; a clerk was arrested in the one in the upstairs of McLaughlin’s building; also in the basement of the Sherburne building. The proprietor of the last named went out of the back door as McIntire came in the front. The prisoners were all taken to Winfield, where they will await trial in the county bastille, except Bluebaugh, who gave bond and is back attending business at the old stand.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, August 21, 1886. From Thursday’s Daily.
And they do say that Sheriff McIntire and his deputy, Tom Herrod, came down from Winfield last evening to arrest Frank Miller, the jointist. They intended to take him by surprise by going to his house early this morning, and so sat up all night. They went but found him not. Last night they occupied Judge Kreamer’s courtroom and this morning several empty bottles and broken pretzels were found in the room on the table. We would suggest that County Attorney Swarts place these witnesses on the stand and ask them where they got the pretzels.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, September 4, 1886. From Thursday’s Daily.
J. W. Hall, one of the A. C. Booze dispensers, was given $200 and 90 days at the McIntire House by Judge Buckman yesterday, besides being placed under $300 bond to respect the law during the next year. Hall was not so lucky as some of his fellow jointers.
Courier.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, September 4, 1886. From Friday’s Daily.
RECAP SHERIFF’S SALE... GEORGE E. COONROD, PLAINTIFF, VS. G. W. WHITE, DEFENDANT. SALE TO TAKE PLACE MONDAY, SEPT. 6, 1886, OF LOT 18 AND LOT 19, IN BLOCK 142, ARKANSAS CITY. G. H. McINTIRE, SHERIFF; T. H. HARROD, DEPUTY.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, September 18, 1886. From Friday’s Daily.
The indictment in the district court against E. M. Hutchison for keeping a bawdy house was quashed Wednesday by Judge Torrance on account of some flaw. Yesterday he was re-arrested by Sheriff McIntire, on another warrant. He gave bond for his recognizance in the sum of $500.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, September 25, 1886. From Tuesday’s Daily.
Thomas, the man with unsound mind, was placed in the custody of Sheriff McIntire yesterday. He will have trial Thursday. He will most likely not be turned loose this time.
Arkansas City Traveler, October 13, 1886.
W. T. Stanford, better known as Missouri Bill, was arrested on Saturday by Sheriff McIntire for keeping a gambling house in this city, and on Monday he was bound over by Justice Kreamer in $500 to answer to the charge.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, October 23, 1886. From Friday’s Daily.
MARRIED. Chas. Baldwin, the man who was arrested down on the State Line for assaulting Millie Campbell with lustful intentions, was made a “crush,” figuratively speaking, upon the heart of Sheriff McIntire’s hired girl while he was incarcerated in jail. Baldwin is out now on $200 bail and we are informed that this evening the couple are to be married in this city. The girl’s name is Fannie Adair.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, October 30, 1886. From Thursday’s Daily.
DIED. A telegram from Sheriff McIntire announces the death of McLennan, the insane man. He died at Ottawa, while in charge of McIntire and his deputies, on the way to Osawatomie. The body will be brought back to Winfield, where it will be taken charge of by relatives.
Arkansas City Republican, November 6, 1886.
Sheriff’s Sale.
The state of Kansas, Cowley County, vs. M. T. Green, G. D. Cross, and George L. Pratt doing business under the firm name of The Chicago Lumber Co., Plaintiffs.
W. L. Aldridge, The Johnson Loan and Trust Co., a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the State of Kansas, and George L. Pratt, Defendant.
By virtue of an order of sale to me directed and delivered, issued out of the District Court of the 13th Judicial District of the State of Kansas, sitting in and for Cowley County in said State on the 8th day of November, A. D. 1886, at the hour of one o’clock p.m. of said day at the south door of the Central House in the City of Winfield in the county and state aforesaid, offer at Public Sale and sell it to the highest bidder for cash in hand all the right, titles, and interest of W. L. Aldridge in the following described property, being the interest of said Defendant, W. L. Aldridge, in said property over and above the three mortgages hereinafter described as follows, to-wit: First, a mortgage to the Johnson Loan and Trust Company for the sum of $881.80; second, a mortgage to the Johnson Loan and Trust Company for the sum of $99.50; third, a mortgage to George L. Pratt for the sum of $909.31, taken as the property of W. L. Aldridge, and said interest of said W. L. Aldridge was appraised at $609.39, after deducting the amount of mortgages, $1,890.61. It is levied upon and will be sold as the property of W. L. Aldridge, Defendant.
Give under my hand this 7th day of October, A. D., 1886.
G. H. McINTIRE. Sheriff of Cowley County, Kansas.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, November 13, 1886. From Wednesday’s Daily.
J. N. Norman, who is accused of stealing a watch of Contractor Murray, was brought down from Winfield yesterday by Sheriff McIntire for trial. He was taken before Judge Kreamer, and the case was postponed for ten days. The prisoner was taken back to jail.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, November 13, 1886. From Thursday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire sold a business lot and a fair building in Winfield this week at sheriff’s sale. It brought only $5,000. It was located in the best block in Winfield, and if situated similarly in Arkansas City, would have brought $10,000. If Winfield is going to be such a big, booming place, that lot would have been taken in by her own capitalists, and there would have been some lively bidding.
[TRAGEDY AT BRETTUN.]
Arkansas City Traveler, November 17, 1886.
Winfield Tragedy.
DIED. At an early hour on Saturday morning a tragedy was enacted in Winfield which hurried one victim into the grave and endangered the life of another. The parties involved were Frank Lockwood, a gay and dashing Lothario, late passenger conductor on the Santa Fe railroad, and Lillian Quinn, a dining room girl at the Brettun House. The intimacy between the man and the woman had been of an improper nature, and when she found that shame was likely to result, she consulted several doctors as to the means of avoiding exposure. But she found no one willing to undertake the task. On Friday night Lockwood visited Winfield, and put up at the Brettun House; the room assigned him was across the corridor from another chamber occupied by Lillian and a fellow waitress. But Lillian passed the night with Lockwood, and shot him while he slept. The pistol reports were heard, and those who entered the apartment were horrified on beholding the woman extended on the floor lying in a pool of blood, and Lockwood was lying diagonally across the bed, unconscious and breathing with difficulty, with a bullet sent into his brain, which entered the skull just over the left eye.
Nothing in the room was disturbed until the coroner (who was sent for) arrived, together with Sheriff McIntire and Deputy Harrod. A jury was empaneled and then the body of the girl was removed. Lockwood was also straightened in his bed to make his position easier, and administered to by Dr. Emerson. He recovered consciousness after awhile and at this writing (Tuesday) is still living. The ball is embedded in his brain, but no probing has been made. It is doubtful whether he will survive. An inquest was held on the body of the girl, and a verdict of died by a revolver shot from her own hand returned. The remains were consigned to a grave in Potter’s field, the landlord of the Brettun, C. L. Harter, giving his former employee a respectable funeral. Lockwood has a wife and four children.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, December 4, 1886. From Monday’s Daily.
Marshal Gray had a lively chase this morning after Sam Smith, a negro. Smith stole a pair of pants of Charley Milks Saturday night. He was seen with them on Sunday, and this morning Marshal Gray was informed of it. He caught sight of him up at Grady’s corner, and as soon as he saw the marshal coming, Smith broke on a dead run, and Marshal Gray started in pursuit. The chase was east on Third Avenue to Sixth Street, and then north to Fourth Avenue, and then east on that avenue across the railroad and around the roundhouse over into John Harmon’s field. The negro was surrounded here and taken prisoner. He refused to come, and had to be pushed along until Sheriff McIntire arrived on the scene with a buggy. He was hauled uptown and taken before Judge Kreamer and fined $10 and costs. He was taken to Winfield on the afternoon train. Smith had hidden the pants in a colored man’s house where he had been staying.
[SHOOTING: MAGGIE JAMES.]
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, December 11, 1886. From Monday’s Daily.
THE SHOOTING
Of Maggie James This Morning by Her Paramour, W. M. Mason.
The Wounded Woman Lying at Death’s Door—W. M. Tuders and Annie Tuders
Arrested as Accomplices.
Shooting Claimed to be Accidental, but Strong Evidence Points Differently.
This morning at about 10 o’clock, the city was thrown into great excitement by the report brought uptown by W. M. Tuders that W. M. Mason had shot Maggie James. The news spread quickly, and soon a large crowd of citizens, among them Marshal Gray and Policeman Thompson, and a REPUBLICAN representative, started for the house where the crime was committed. It is a small cottage on 4th street near the Santa Fe road. Arriving there, Mason was placed under arrest. He was endeavoring to build a fire when the police went in. He made no resistance, but submitted to being searched without a murmur. The revolver with which the shooting was done had been taken by neighbors living next door immediately after the deed was committed. The victim lay on the bed in great agony. Physicians had been summoned, and they began to administer medicine to relieve the pain. The ball took effect in the left breast, struck a rib, turned slightly upward, and passed out beneath the shoulder. It went entirely through the body. It was found afterward with a small piece of the rib attached to it. Had it not been for the rib the ball would have pierced the heart, as it was aimed in that direction. The revolver was a 45 calibre.
During the brief examination which the physicians made, Mason stood in the room in the charge of the police, listening to the cries of agony from the woman whom he had shot. He was considerably agitated and once he attempted to soothe her by talk, but her misery was so great that she could not restrain from crying out. When Marshal Gray informed him that he was ready to take him uptown, Mason put on his coat and remarked, “Maggie, I will be back soon,” and started. He was taken before Judge Kreamer, where a warrant was made out for his detention. Warrants were also issued for W. M. Tuders and Annie Tuders, and the trio are now in custody, awaiting the result of the shooting.
According to his own statement, Mason is a gambler. He and W. H. Tuders live at the house where the shooting occurred with Maggie James and Annie Tuders. Last night he was out playing cards and this morning when he went to where he was living, he was intoxicated. A dispute arose about something, in which Mason, Annie Tuders, and Maggie James became involved. Mason had his revolver and he flourished it around considerably. W. M. Tuders endeavored to get it away from him, but did not succeed. Mason laid the revolver down on the breakfast table, but took it up again. The two women were sitting on the bed opposite him and he claims he endeavored to lower the hammer, which was cocked, when it went off with the results above stated. Annie Tuders confirms Mason’s story as does her husband. There are many rumors flying around to the effect that Mason shot the woman intentionally.
J. P. Randall, delivery man at Houghton, Upp & Co.’s store, was there immediately after the shooting; says Mason confessed to him that he intended to murder Maggie James. Other parties have heard him make threats to the effect that he intended to take her life.
County Attorney Swarts and Sheriff McIntire were sent for, but had not arrived at time of going to press. While the prisoners claim the shooting was accidental, there is considerable evidence to show it otherwise. A trial of the case will develop whether it was accidental or intentional. Dr. Stuart is attending the wounded woman. Annie Tuders, under guard, has been sent to take care of her.
This afternoon in Judge Kreamer’s office, Mason broke down and cried like a babe. We fear his tears come too late. They will avail him nothing now. He is a hard case; in fact, the quartette, Mason, Tuders, and the woman, may be classed under the same heading.
At press hour the woman was still alive.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, December 11, 1886. From Wednesday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire came down from Winfield last evening and took charge of Mason, the man who shot Maggie James, and Tuders, who is held as an accomplice. He handcuffed the prisoners and took them to Winfield and put them in jail. Annie Tuders will remain here, under guard, to attend her wounded companion.
[MAGGIE JAMES RECOVERING.]
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, December 18, 1886. From Monday’s Daily.
Sheriff McIntire came down this morning from Winfield. He brought with him W. M. Mason, the woman-shooter, and W. M. Tuders. They were taken before Judge Kreamer this afternoon where they waived examination and were bound over to appear at the district court. Mason was put under $3,000 bond; Tuders $1,000. Annie Tuders was also put under $1,000 bond. The last two are held as witnesses. C. P. Jeffries appears for the defendants. Maggie James, the woman who was shot, is getting better and the chances are favorable to her recovery. Mason and Tuders were taken back to jail.
[FRANK GANT ARRESTED FOR SELLING WHISKEY, BEER, ETC.]
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, December 18, 1886. From Thursday’s Daily.
All this week Sheriff McIntire and County Attorney Swarts have been noticed on our streets quite frequently. Last night the crisis came. Frank Gant was arrested for selling whiskey, beer, etc., or, in other words, for running a joint in a room in the upstairs of the ex-Occidental Hotel building, upon a warrant issued by County Attorney Swarts. This afternoon Gant was taken before Judge Lindsay for trial. He demanded a jury, consequently the trial was postponed until Saturday morning at 9 o’clock. Gant was bound over in the sum of $1,500. Some 25 witnesses were subpoenaed by the state. Sheriff McIntire and County Attorney Swarts evidently have the “budge” in this case. The former, before the arrest, tested the liquors handled by Gant, and says he drank out of the same bottle that many of the witnesses did, and he knows it was whiskey, and if they swear it was not, they perjure themselves. The county attorney informs us he does not propose to have any more foolishness about the trying of jointists, and that if a man gets on the stand and swears that he don’t know what he drank, he will commit him until he finds out, or try him for perjury. The case will be an interesting one.
Arkansas City Traveler, December 22, 1886.
A Jointist Property Dealt With.
Justice S. C. Lindsay, on Monday, disposed of the state case against Frank Gant, by fining him $300 and costs and sending him to the county jail for 60 days. This very stylish young man has been keeping a joint over the old Occidental Hotel for the last four months, during which time he claims he has paid upwards of $400 to the city in the way of fines, or hush money. Capt. Thompson would visit him every month, and collect a contribution, for which no receipt was given, but it was understood that it protected him from arrest. His crooked business becoming known to County Attorney Swarts, this official, on the 14th inst., made complaint to ‘Squire Lindsay, and the following day he was arrested by the Sheriff. The trial came off on Saturday, a jury being summoned to try the case. By arrangement with the prosecuting officer, two of the four counts were withdrawn and the accused pleaded guilty to the other two. What made the case dead against him, was his dispensing his contraband beverages to Sheriff McIntire, he not knowing his customer. His confession of guilt rendered the services of the jury unnecessary, and the long string of witnesses subpoenaed by the prosecution were not called on to testify. And another annoying circumstance in the case, he had paid his monthly fine to Capt. Thompson the very morning he was taken in. Justice Lindsay dealt out to him the cold letter of the law. The young man seemed to be flush with money, and made light of the fine and the $70 costs; but going to jail for two months was repugnant to his delicate susceptibilities, and he protested vehemently against the severity of the court.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, December 25, 1886. From Saturday’s Daily.
Thos. Place was arrested this afternoon by Sheriff McIntire down by Harmon’s bridge for assaulting S. L. Randall with a revolver. Place and Randall were campers down by the bridge and got into a dispute. Place pulled a revolver on his opponent and the latter came uptown and had him arrested. He was taken before Judge Kreamer for trial.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 5, 1887. From Wednesday’s Daily.
Our north Summit Street druggist, Jerome Steele, is in the toils. He was arrested last evening by Sheriff McIntire, charged with violations of the prohibitory law, and taken before Judge Lindsay. His bond was fixed at $500, but he refused to give it, although several friends offered to go on it. He was taken to jail on the afternoon train to Winfield. The complaint against Mr. Steele is that he did not file a statement for all he sold; or in other words, a person could go there, buy several bottles of beer, file one statement, take one or more bottles of the beer at that time, and return at some future time and get the remainder. This, it is said, is a violation of the prohibitory law.
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, February 19, 1887. From Saturday’s Daily.
C. L. Harkins was brought in today by Sheriff McIntire. He is accused of stealing A. E. Kirkpatrick’s watch. He was taken before Judge Lindsay and bound over until next Thursday. He couldn’t give bond and he was committed to the county jail.
[SHERIFF McINTIRE ARRESTS McGINNIS IN CHICAGO.]
Arkansas City Republican, Saturday, March 19, 1887. From Wednesday’s Daily.
Bob McGinnis was arrested Monday in Chicago by Sheriff McIntire at 285 Des Plaines St. McGinnis was wanted here for cutting Frank Sheets with a razor in the neck a year ago last fall and also for jumping his bond. It will be remembered that McGinnis was bound over to appear for trial in the district court in the sum of $400. Before the date of trial arrived, McGinnis skipped and his bondsman, his father, paid the bond. He has escaped justice for a year and a half. He was working at his trade, barbering, when arrested. Sheriff McIntire arrived home this morning with his prisoner. Sheets, the man cut by McGinnis, has not recovered from the injuries. His spinal column was injured.
Daily Calamity Howler, Wednesday, October 21, 1891.
A gentleman of this city received a letter from one H. G. Norton, a former resident of Winfield, and deputy sheriff under McIntire, stating that he had heard that J. B. Nipp was likely to be elected to the office of sheriff, and asking that the recipient of the letter use his influence in getting Norton appointed as deputy sheriff in case Nipp was elected. Norton will be remembered as an individual who figured in the justice’s court of this city for certain disreputable actions, while acting as under sheriff. His performances while acting as under sheriff is a part of the republican record of which the Courier is so proud. It seems that in order for the republican party to be proud of its members, they must have been guilty of some unlawful act. One of the contingencies that may be confidently looked for, in the event of Nipp’s election, is to find H. G. Norton appointed to his old position because of the fact that he possesses a reputation for promiscuous cussedness that is the envy of all good republicans and one that required years of diligence and zeal, and strict attention to the business in hand to build up. Are you ready for the program?
Arkansas City Traveler, Thursday, April 7, 1921.
DEAN RANDOL MAKES BOND
Two Arkansas City Men Sign $1,500 Appearance Bail.
Dean Randol, formerly of this city and a former member of the local police force and later in the employ of the American Railway Express Co., as driver, and whose home is now in Kaw City, Okla., was released from the custody of the sheriff of Cowley County last night on a bond of $1,500. The charge against the former Arkansas City man is that of burglary in the night time and grand larceny in connection with the strong box robbery at the Santa Fe depot office of the express company in this city on the night of December 28, 1920. The bond of the defendant was sent to this city last evening from the justice court of Judge O’Hare, of Winfield, and was signed up and approved by Judge G. H. McIntire, of the state court here. The men who signed the bond were Dr. R. L. Baker and W. H. Lightstone, Sr., both of this city. The bond was then sent back to Winfield and the defendant was released. The preliminary hearing is set for April 15 before the Winfield justice of the peace. Immediately following the release of Randol, he left for his home, accompanied by his wife, his brother, and his father, who came here to look after the bond matter.
Arkansas City Traveler, Tuesday, June 14, 1921.
TUCKER PULLS A BAD STUNT
Man Found Guilty of Having Liquor. Threatens Local Attorney.
Tucker Also Slashed Officer With Knife,
After Which He Was Finally Subdued and Now Languishes.
J. M. Tucker, well known to the police and a number of other citizens of this city, languishes in the city jail today as the result of a bad stunt which he pulled off last night.
Tucker was not able to be arraigned in the state court this morning on several charges which are now lodged against him on account of the affair of last night when there came near being serious results of this little frolic and actions of the defendant. One of the stunts he pulled last night while under the influence of corn whiskey, the officers assert, was to go to the home of Deputy County Attorney C. L. Swarts and threaten him with a shotgun; and another was to attempt to cut the throat of Policeman Bert Harris after Harris and Constable W. J. Gray had placed him under arrest and were on the way to the city jail with Tucker a prisoner. Officer Harris came near shooting the man and was prevented from doing so by the interference of the other officers in the party, they assert; and they also state that Harris would have been justified in shooting the man as he attempted to do the officer bodily harm. In fact, Tucker got to the throat of the officer and cut a slight gash in his neck before any of the party realized what he was doing. The officers in the party at the time were Constable Gray, Policemen Harris, Chadwell, and Bert Williams. But the force was too much for the infuriated man and he was finally landed in jail, where he was peacefully slumbering this morning about nine o’clock with wounds about his head and face. It was necessary for one of the officers to strike the man over the head with a shotgun for self- protection and in this fracas the handle of the gun belonging to Chief Peek was broken off. After the fray the alleged intoxicated man was in need of a physician and Dr. Young dressed his wounds.
The trouble of last night started about eight o’clock when Officer Gray served a state warrant on Tucker, in which C. A. McDaniels had made complaint that Tucker had threatened to do him bodily harm because McDaniels had testified against him in the recent liquor trial, at which time Tucker was found guilty of handling liquor by a jury of six men. After the trial Tucker’s attorney, H. S. Hines, filed an appeal bond and therefore Tucker was at liberty again.
Other charges besides the one made by McDaniels will be placed against the alleged bad man and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, all the officers in the case asserted this morning. The man first rode away from Officer Gray after the officer had read the warrant to him. Then Gray and Harris gave chase in Harris’ Ford car, but Tucker gave them the slip and in the meantime went to the home of Judge Swarts, where he made dire threats against that official. When the officers finally overtook Tucker again, he was in front of the North Windsor hotel and refused to stop, but acted as though he would ride over them. Officer Harris here shot once with his revolver in the windshield of the Tucker car in an effort to strike the man’s hands, it is said, and thus loosen his hold on the steering gear. The bad man finally was stopped when the officers ran his car into the curbing. After placing him under arrest, four of the officers started to the station with the man in the police car, the holdover being only a block away. But before they had driven that far, Tucker got the knife from his coat pocket and made the dash for Officer Harris, which came near proving serious.
Relating his part of the experience with J. M. Tucker, deputy county attorney Swarts today informed a Traveler reporter that on Monday morning Tucker came to his office and asked him for a warrant for the arrest of C. A. McDaniels, who was a witness in the liquor trial last week, stating that McDaniels had assaulted him.
The deputy county attorney didn’t exactly like the appearance and condition of Tucker, and informed him that he would investigate the matter for him, to come back the next day and if everything was all right, he would issue a warrant for McDaniels.
Yesterday afternoon McDaniels appeared and asked for a peace warrant for Tucker, which was issued and given to Constable Billy Gray and policeman Bert Harris to serve. They went to Tucker’s home on North Summit street and found him sitting on the porch. It was just getting dusk when the officers appeared at the house. Gray told Tucker quietly that they had a warrant to serve. He said, “All right.” He asked them if he should go with them, and they informed him in the affirmative.
Tucker then went for his car, which was parked by his place, and cranked it up and hurriedly drove away while officer Gray was walking around to the other side of the car to get in. Instead of coming uptown, Tucker went to the home of the deputy county attorney, who lives at 726 North Fourth street. Mr. and Mrs. Wickliffe live on the corner north of Judge Swarts at 728 North Fourth street.
Tucker parked his car on Birch avenue, around the corner. When he did this Judge Swarts was walking in block seven hundred on his way home. He saw Tucker alight from the car and take a shotgun in his hands as he got out. He was probably one hundred feet away from his home by the time Tucker arrived at the front door of his home. He hurried up and got there just as Miss Swarts was answering the door. He asked Tucker what he was doing there, and Tucker replied, “Judge, I love you, but I am afraid you will compel me to do something I ought not to do.” Judge Swarts told him he had better go on away and Tucker replied, “I am getting tired of these prosecutions and if there are any more of them, I am going to blow you to pieces.”
By being calm and using peaceful arguments, Judge Swarts got Tucker to leave his home. Judge Swarts then entered his house and phoned to the officer that Tucker was there and had started uptown.
Tucker was not able to be arraigned in court today, as he was in a sort of stupor all day long. It is not thought that the injuries which he received last night are of a serious nature. He will be taken into court on several charges when he is able to go there. The warrant in the case yesterday evening was issued out of Judge McIntire’s division of the state court.
[TUCKER.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, June 15, 1921.
TUCKER CASE CONTINUED
Will Be Tried on Peace Bond Charge on June 23.
When the case of the state of Kansas versus J. M. Tucker on the charge of threatening C. A. McDaniels was called for hearing in Judge G. H. McIntire’s court this afternoon, the attorneys in the case, County Attorney Ellis Fink, Deputy County Attorney C. L. Swarts, and H. S. Hines, attorney for the defendant, went into conference; and a little later on it was announced that the case would be continued until Thursday, June 23. The court fixed the date of the hearing after the attorneys had stated that they had reached an agreement in the matter.
In the meantime the man who made such a fight on the officers on Monday night languishes in the city jail and has not been admitted to bail. There was nothing said in the courtroom this afternoon in regard to bond, but the attorney for the defendant stated that it was a matter of giving a peace bond and that it was not necessary for his client to appear in court.
The officer in charge of the prisoner, Constable W. J. Gray, was given no instructions to bring Tucker into court; and the crowd which had assembled there with the idea of taking a look at the alleged bad man, was disappointed in not seeing him there.
All the witnesses in the case, including McDaniels and the officers who made the arrest of Tucker on Monday evening, were on hand to testify, but they were disappointed in not being given a chance to give their side of the story of the wild chase after the man who had threatened Judge Swarts and the local police.
Following the continuance proceedings in the case, County Attorney Fink and Deputy Swarts again went into secret session and the county attorney stated that they had not yet decided just what action will be taken in the case wherein the man, Tucker, threatened to kill Judge Swarts and attempted to cut the throat of Policeman Bert Harris on the night of the arrest of Tucker.
Arkansas City Traveler, Thursday, June 16, 1921.
ARKANSAS CITY IN 1872
An Interesting Record of the Old Time City Government.
Capt. M. N. Sinnott, city clerk, has dug up a very interesting record of city affairs which dates back many years, at the beginning of the city administration of the now famous Arkansas City, Kansas, and which is being kept for future use in the matter of looking up affairs that may be needed for various purposes.
This book dates back to the beginning of time in this city, which was in the year 1872. The record shows that the city was incorporated as a city of the third class on June 10, 1872; and the papers were signed by W. P. Campbell, judge of the 13th judicial district of Kansas. The first election held for the naming of city officials was on July first of that year. The canvass of the vote showed the following:
1872:
Mayor, A. D. Keith, 39 votes.
Police Judge, Amos Walton, 74 votes.
Councilmen, W. T. Benedict, I. S. Mitchell, Henry Endicott, T. H. McLaughlin, and G. H. McIntire.
(The latter is still here and is a justice of the peace.)
C. R. Sipes was appointed first city treasurer.
L. B. Carrier was the first city marshal.
The first meeting of the council was held on July 5, 1872. [Then the record goes on down the years of time and to the year 1908.]
A look through the book shows many changes and there are now but a few of the old timers, who were prominent in city affairs many years ago, here at the present time.
On one of the leaves of the book and dated away back in the 1880s, is the notation, “City marshal requested to notify the Indians not to shoot arrows on the main street of the town.” Indians and buffalo were very prominent here at that time.
Another interesting feature of the former city government noted in this book is the fact that the Arkansas river was at one time considered navigable here. And it was navigable too, it is said, the same as it is today, though today the water in the river stands 8 feet above the low water mark.
This notation appears on the record dated August 9, 1875:
“Petition congress to make appropriation to make the Arkansas river navigable. Town company to deed 150 lots to the A. C. Navigation Co. to aid in purchase of boat to cost not less than $2,000 to navigate the Arkansas river.”
Another notation that appears in the book:
“May 25, 1877: to appropriate $150 to establish a ferry across the Arkansas river west of the town.”
There are many other just as interesting matters in connection with the former city affairs, as those given above, recorded in the old book, and the Traveler will some time in the near future give another chapter of the records in this regard.
Arkansas City Traveler, Friday, June 17, 1921.
CHAPTER TO CITY RECORDS
Some of the Old Timers Are Still in the Ring Here.
On April 9, 1873, the second election of the city was held and on this date, the following were elected:
Mayor, A. D. Keith.
Councilmen: A. N. Dennis, E. D. Eddy, C. R. Mitchell, W. A. Hulit.
Police judge, Timothy McIntire.
[He was the father of G. H. and C. M. McIntire, who are still residents of the city.]
City treasurer, C. R. Sipes.
City Marshal, L. W. Currier.
Assistant Marshal, H. C. Mowry.
City Clerk, R. J. Pond.
Street commissioner, David Thompson.
On April 4, 1874, the third annual election was held and H. O. Meigs was elected mayor.
On April 7, 1875, S. P. Channell was elected mayor.
In April, 1876, Mr. Channell was again elected mayor.
“Uncle” Billy Gray was the city marshall in 1876. He is still a resident of the city and is now serving as constable. He has held nearly all the peace offices in the city and county, with the exception of sheriff, and for many years past he has been elected to the office of constable at each succeeding election.
1877: Dr. H. D. Kellogg was elected mayor.
1878: James Benedict, mayor.
1879: James I. Mitchell, mayor.
1880: Dr. A. J. Chapell, mayor.
1881: Dr. H. D. Kellogg, mayor.
1882: F. P. Schiffbauer, mayor.
1883: James L. Huey, mayor.
In the year 1884 the city was made a second class city. In December that year the city was divided into four wards. There were then eight councilmen elected, two from each of the four wards.
C. T. Atkinson, now a resident of the city, was the city attorney in the year 1887.
Dan Bunnell, now deceased, and Frank L. Thompson, still here, were on the police force in 1888.
1891: S. J. Gilbert, mayor.
1893: On April 1, 1893, A. A. Newman, still a resident of this city, was elected mayor. In this year W. J. Gray was the constable, T. B. Oldroyd was on the city council, J. C. Topliff was city treasurer, O. Ingersoll (now a resident of Topeka) was city clerk, and Frank Perryman, the well known “chin scraper,” was the chief of the volunteer fire department.
1895: Geo. W. Cunningham was the mayor at that time. He is now a resident of Kansas City, Missouri.
[In the election that year F. P. Schiffbauer, a candidate for mayor, demanded a recount of the votes cast at the election on May 2. The city attorney, C. T. Atkinson, ruled that the city council had no authority to order a recount.]
1895: On May 21, 1895, the fire department was reorganized and the fire chief with four men, was to answer all alarms. Volunteers were to come out at the second call.
Sleepers at the fire station at that time were Jason Williams, Jay Fairclo, Ed Hoyt, and Oscar Bennett.
1895: Judge F. W. Miller, now of this city, was the city assessor.
TUCKER: CASE CONTINUED.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Thursday, June 23, 1921.
THE J. M. TUCKER CASE
Hearing of Alleged Bad Man On In State Court Today.
Case of State of Kansas versus J. M. Tucker, alleged mad man who was arrested here several days ago on the charge of threatening the life of S. A. McDaniel, and who also threatened Judge Swarts and the police force of this city, was up for preliminary hearing this morning in Judge McIntire’s court. There was an array of witnesses for the state in this case, including Constable W. J. Gray and three of the city officers, Harris, Williams, and Chadwell, who were interested in the arrest of the man last week, when Tucker ran wild for a time and made dire threats against several men of this city. Tucker was brought here from the county jail at Winfield this morning and was in the courtroom when the case was called for trial. H. S. Hines is defending and County Attorney Ellis Fink and Deputy C. H. Swarts are prosecuting the case. Several witnesses were examined in the case during the forenoon session and then the trial was adjourned for the noon hour.
Later in the day there were other witnesses called upon to testify, and the trial lasted most of the day. There was also a large crowd of spectators in attendance at the trial most of the day as Tucker, who formerly worked at the barber trade here, is well known in the city.
Late today the hearing in regard to the peace bond was still on and witnesses were being examined by the county attorney and H. S. Hines. Attorney Hines cross-examined the members of the police force who assisted in the arrest of Tucker on the night of June 13 very vigorously and laid stress on the fact that they arrested the man without a warrant and while none of them were deputized as state officers and had not seen a crime committed in connection with the case. Policeman Harris admitted hitting Tucker on the head with his revolver and all the officers in the case had a chance to tell their side of the story at the trial today.
[TUCKER JAILED.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Friday, June 24, 1921.
TUCKER TAKEN TO JAIL
Bond in Peace Matter Fixed at $4,000 by Judge McIntire.
Case of State versus J. M. Tucker on the charge of threatening to do bodily harm to S. A. McDaniel, on trial in the justice court of G. H. McIntire here yesterday, ended late in the evening and the peace bond in this case was fixed at $4,000, in spite of the fact that attorney H. S. Hines, for the defendant, argued for a bond of not more than $1,000. Tucker was committed to jail and was taken to the county seat this morning by Constable Gray. Bond could not be made in this case.
Following the completion of the hearing yesterday in this case, there was another state warrant served on Tucker, charging him with assault with intent to kill, upon the person of Policeman Bert Harris, using in the alleged assault a pocket knife. Bond in this case was fixed at $500.
County Attorney Ellis Fink of Winfield conducted the case for the state yesterday, and H. S. Hines was there for the defense. The taking of testimony lasted all the day and there were a number of witnesses examined, all used by the state in an endeavor to show that Tucker, while under the influence of liquor, had threatened several parties. Attorney Hines attempted to show by the cross-examination of the witnesses that there was bad blood existing between the police force and Tucker, and that the force had it in for Tucker. The police, however, would not admit the alleged bad feeling.
The hearing on the Harris charge will be held at a later date and in the meantime Tucker is resting in the county jail at Winfield.
Tucker is now under three separate bonds, none of which he is able to give so far. One is in the liquor case tried some time ago for $800; one in the McDaniel case for $4,000; and in the Harris case for $500, total $5,300. His attorney went to Winfield with him this morning, and he intimated that he would attempt to secure the release of Tucker on a writ of habeas corpus in the district court.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Tuesday, September 6, 1921.
TUCKER APPEAL DISMISSED
Two Other Cases Against A. C. Man Taken To District Court.
H. S. Hines, attorney for J. M. Tucker, in the several state cases against Tucker, who is now in the county jail at Winfield, stated today that in the case against his client, in the matter of handling liquor in this city and in which a conviction was had some time ago, the matter of an appeal to the state supreme court had been dismissed. Tucker is now serving time on the charge, and a commitment has been issued in this case. The fine in this particular case was $100 and the jail sentence is 30 days. After the dismissal of the appeal, the case was remanded to Judge G. H. McIntire’s court of this city; and he passed the sentence on the defendant, as the case was tried before him in the first place.
The other two criminal cases now pending against Tucker, and in which he was bound over for trial in the district court at Winfield, are set for trial on September 15, according to Attorney Hines.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Wednesday, September 7, 1921.
ASSIGNMENT MADE
Criminal Cases Are Set For Trial In October Court Term.
Assignment of criminal cases to be heard in the special term of criminal court, which convenes October 10, was made in court Monday by Judge Fuller. Several important cases are to be heard at that time.
At present there are 53 criminal cases on the docket, but all will not be tried. Several were dismissed and others were stricken from assignment. Some of the most important cases will come up a little later in the regular November term.
The assignment as made Monday was as follows:
October 10
State vs. J. A. Brown, rape.
State vs. John Kastle, murder.
October 11
State vs. Dean Randall, burglary and larceny.
State vs. Wayne Haney, worthless checks.
State vs. Marjorie Haney, worthless checks.
October 12
State vs. Alex Sandstrum and Robt. Myer, liquor.
State vs. H. E. Hensley, selling mortgaged property.
October 13
State vs. E. A. Craig, embezzlement.
State vs. T. Turner and ____ Kemp, liquor.
State vs. T. Turner, liquor.
October 14
State vs. Everett Condit, et al, liquor.
State vs. Carl Wright, manslaughter.
State vs. Sonny Jones, felonious assault.
State vs. Sonny Jones, assault.
October 15
State vs. Charles Wood, rape.
State vs. Henry Atkins, bogus checks.
State vs. J. M. Tucker, disturbing the peace.
State vs. J. M. Tucker, assault.
Other action taken following the assignment in regard to criminal cases was as follows:
State against Dave Sharkey, prostitution, dismissed on motion of the county attorney.
State vs. Julius Moldenhammer, assault, dismissed on motion of the county attorney.
State vs. Grover Vanderpool, embezzlement, stricken from the assignment.
State vs. H. H. Berkey, larceny, stricken from assignment.
State vs. Henry Brown, wife desertion, dismissed on motion of the county attorney.
After the criminal assignment had been made, the court took up divorce matters and civil motions.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Wednesday, September 14, 1921.
BOYS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Warrants for Fifteen Lads Issued Today—Cases Set for Tomorrow.
Several of Them Appeared in Court This Afternoon.
Bond in Each Case is Fixed at $100.
Warrants, charging eight school boys and seven other boys who are not in school with assault against students in the Junior high school, in the recent hazing affair, were issued today. The boys appeared before Judge McIntire and Judge Martin, and bonds were fixed at $100 each. The preliminary hearing is set for nine o’clock tomorrow morning.
Four different warrants were issued, and several of the boys were held on more than one count. The parties upon whom the attacks were made are Joe Hughes, Ralph Groom, Leonard Taylor, Forrest Stewart, Frank Cox, and Joseph Parks, all of whom are students in the schools.
One of the boys summoned this afternoon, Early Conly, is in the ward school, being a sixth grader. Another, Dick Collins, is a student in the junior high school.
The various warrants issued were:
Charging Loyd Shilling, Brainard Newberry, Joe Moore, Robert Pollard, Eugene Eimpey, Walter Calkins, Joseph Powell, and Robert Harp with assault, maltreating, and beating Joe Hughes.
Charging Brainard Newberry, Robert Harp, Howard Bratches, Joseph Moore, with assault, beating, and maltreating Ralph Groom.
Charging Ed. Rea, Harry Buster, Delmos Rea, Joseph Moore, Earl Conly, Dick Collins with assaulting, beating, and maltreating Leonard Taylor, Forrest Stewart, and Frank Cox.
Charging Brainard Newberry, Harry Frey, Robert Pollard, and Thomas McAdams with assaulting, beating, and maltreating Joseph Parks.
The following boys are students in the local schools: Loyd Shilling, Eugene Wimpey, Joseph Powell, Howard Bratches, Ed. Rea, Delmos Rea, Earl Conley, Dick Collins, and Thomas McAdams.
The charges against the boys, growing out of the recent hazing of several of the members of the high school classes, were issued this morning by Deputy County Attorney C. L. Swarts. In court this afternoon the deputy county attorney stated that the offense is really a felony; but the boys, on account of not being of age, are charged only with a misdemeanor and the charge, if convicted, is finable up to $100.
All the cases will be taken up tomorrow morning and those who will enter a plea of guilty probably will be fined at that time. Those who intend to stand trial will be tried either tomorrow or at some later date. The prosecuting attorney stated that he would not advise a jail sentence for any of the lads, but that he thought all of them who are mixed up in the hazing cases should be compelled to pay a fine.
The school authorities are determined to put a stop to the practice of hazing and Supt. St. John and President Dr. E. F. Day of the board of education have been at work on these cases ever since the first hazing job took place this year.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Thursday, September 15, 1921.
BOYS FINED FOR HAZING
Three Failed to Appear and Alias Warrants are Issued.
The cases of the state of Kansas against the boys for whom warrants were issued yesterday afternoon, in the recent hazing cases of a number of the local high school boys, were called for trial in the courts of J. W. Martin and G. H. McIntire this morning between 9 and 10 o’clock. All of the defendants with the exception of three were on hand and all present pleaded guilty to the charges named in the complaints and the warrants. The three not present were Harry Frye, Robert Pollard, and Robert Harp. Each of them have charges in this connection against them in both of the justice courts. The deputy county attorney, C. L. Swarts, instructed the justices to issue alias warrants for these boys and the warrants are now in the hands of the constables, W. J. Gray and R. W. Callahan.
C. L. Swarts appeared for the prosecution and Tom Pringle and Harry V. Howard appeared for several of the boys.
The boys who were fined on these charges and the amount of each of the fines, including in each case the costs of the action, were as follows:
In McIntire’s court—[8 BOYS]
In McIntire’s court—[8 BOYS]
Brainard Newberry, three counts, $5 on the first and $1 on each of the others.
Loyd Shilling, two counts, $5 and $1.
Joe Morresy, one count, $5.
[EARLIER ACCOUNT DID NOT LIST HIM.]
Walter Calkins, two counts, $5 and $1.
Joe Moore, one count, $1.
Forrest Bradley, one count, $5.
[EARLIER ACCOUNT DID NOT LIST HIM.]
Eugene Wimpey, one count, $5.
Joe Powell, one count, $5.
In Martin’s court—[8 BOYS]
Brainard Newberry, two counts, $10 and $5.
Thos. McAdams, one count, $5.
Ed. Rea, one count, $5.
Joe Moore, two counts, $5 and $1.
Earl Conley, one count, $1.
Richard Collins, one count, $1.
Harry Buster, one count, $1.
NOTE: BRAINARD NEWBERRY & JOE MOORE IN BOTH COURTS!
The name of Delmos Rea, given in the report of the cases yesterday as one of the alleged hazers, should have been listed as one of the victims instead, it was learned this morning when the cases were called for trial.
However, his name was on one of the warrants as one of the assaulting parties; but it should not have appeared there, one of the justices explained to the reporters.
The boys who appeared in court this morning all seemed to be in the best of spirits and nearly all of them stood when their names were called and answered “guilty” without hesitation. Some of them had short explanations to make in regard to not having taken part in the hazing; but all admitted that they were in the hazing parties, as charged in the complaints.
Attorney Tom Pringle asked for leniency in some of the cases, especially the cases against the boys who are in the schools this year. Joe Moore, a cripple, stated that he was with one of the parties on the hazing trips; but he said he took no part in the alleged assaults and maltreating, as stated in the complaints and warrants.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Friday, September 16, 1921.
Another One Appears
Another one of the alleged hazing gang appeared in the justice courts late yesterday afternoon and entered guilty to the charge of assaulting some of the Arkansas City School boys. This young man was Henry Frye and the warrant in the case was served by Constable W. J. Gray. Frye pleaded guilty to the charge on one count in the court of J. W. Martin and was fined $__. In McIntire’s court he pleaded guilty to two counts and was fined $1 on each count. This morning there were two more of the boys in the crowd who had not yet appeared in court to answer to the charges.
[WARRANT MADE FOR FATHER OF BABY ABANDONED HERE.]
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Friday, November 4, 1921.
WARRANT FOR ANTHONY MAN.
Officer Goes After Alleged Father of Baby Abandoned Here.
County Attorney Ellis Fink and his deputy, C. H. Quier, assisted by H. S. Hines of this city, have announced that they will prosecute the man who is alleged to be the father of the baby boy, who was abandoned in this city one day recently by the mother; and accordingly a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the man wanted in this connection. The warrant was issued out of the state court of G. H. McIntire in this city, and Constable R. W. Callahan went to Anthony today to serve the papers on the alleged father and bring him here for trial. His name, according to the local officers, is Gay Neil, and his home is at Anthony. The complaint in the case was made by Jim Montana Edwards, which is said to be the name of the girl in the case. The Edwards girl, her baby, and the mother of the girl are at present being cared for at the home of Probation Officer and Mrs. O. H. Isham, on North D street. The mother and babe have been there since the day that they were taken before the probate court in Winfield, very recently. The local officers have been at work on the case since that time and finally learned the truth of the matter and the name of the man in the case. The baby is said to be doing nicely and he is being cared for by the mother, assisted by Mrs. Isham. The baby in question was left in a rooming house here one morning, and the mother left the city. She returned in a couple of days, however, after she had made a trip to her home, and claimed the baby. This was on October 25. The young woman gave her name as Mrs. Hope Brady at that time and stated that her husband was in Wichita.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Saturday, November 5, 1921.
BABY CASE CONTINUED
Alleged Father of Infant Released on Bond to November 17.
Case of state versus Gay Neal, on the charge of being the father of the baby boy who was abandoned here by his mother, one day last week, was today set for preliminary hearing in the state court of G. H. McIntire for November 17. Neal was arrested at his home in Anthony yesterday by Constable R. W. Callahan and was brought to the city last night. He was accompanied here by his brother, and they arranged for a bond of $500 for the accused man, for his appearance here.
The woman in the case, Jim Montana Edwards, by which name she signed the complaint, is still in the city and she and her mother, together with the infant, will remain here, it is said. Their home is in Caldwell, Kansas. The scope of this case takes in three of the southern counties in Kansas. The girl is from Sumner county, hence the prosecution of the case is being carried out in this county. Harry V. Howard will defend Neal in this action.
Arkansas City Daily Traveler, Saturday, November 5, 1921.
INJURED MAN IMPROVING
Witness Testify to Seeing Martinez Near Other Man’s Window
Jose Martinez, the Mexican who is held on the charge of shooting Gabriel Esquibel, another Mexican, several nights ago, with intent to kill, is still in jail here and this morning he was feeling all right, he told the chief of police. He ate a hearty breakfast and seemed to be in fine spirits. So far, Martinez has not told anything in regard to the shooting and he seems to be at perfect ease. He was captured and arrested several nights ago after the city blood hounds had tracked him to his cottage. It is reported today that the state has a witness who will swear that Martinez was seen at the window where the shooting occurred, about five minutes before the shooting of Esquibel, while the latter lay in his bed. The case was set for preliminary hearing this morning in the state court of G. H. McIntire and was put over until next Tuesday.
The injured man, who is in a local hospital, is reported to be doing nicely today and he is very cheerful, too, the officers who have seen him say. There is a chance for his recovery, it is said, and it may not be necessary to perform an operation on him in order to locate the bullet.
[FATHER OF ABANDONED BABY BOUND OVER FOR TRIAL.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Thursday, November 17, 1921.
GUY NEAL BOUND OVER
Bond in Baby Case Fixed at $500 and Defendant Released.
Guy Neal, of Anthony, Kansas, was bound over for trial in the district court at Winfield at the preliminary hearing held this morning in the state court of G. H. McIntire, on the charge of being the father of the baby boy who was abandoned by his mother in this city several weeks ago. Bond in the sum of $500 was given by the defendant and the bond was signed by a local banker.
The state put the girl in the case on the witness stand this morning, and she told her story without faltering, it is said by those who heard the case, and she was not mixed in the dates, nor by the cross examination of the attorneys for the man in the case. Deputy County Attorney Quier and H. S. Hines appeared for the state in the case, and the defense was represented by C. T. Atkinson and Harry V. Howard, of this city, and by Ira R. Elswick, of Caldwell, and also by a brother of the defendant, who resides in Anthony.
On the witness stand today the girl related her story of how she met the defendant, and how on different occasions last January, she was in his company, also gave an account of her actions before the child was born last month in a hospital in this city. Then of going to the Model rooms in this city, where she left the baby and went to her home in Caldwell to see her mother, in an effort to effect a reconciliation with her folks. Then she returned to the city and was taken in charge by the police. She at first stated that her name was Brady, and that the name of the father of the child was Brady. She said she told this story in an effort to hide her identity. Then she told the truth, she said. The mother of the girl is here with her at the present time.
Arkansas City Traveler, Friday, December 9, 1921.
Mexican Case Continued.
The case of the state versus Jose Martinez, on the charge of shooting Gabriel Esquibel, which was set for completing as to the preliminary hearing today, in the court of G. H. McIntire, has been continued to a later date, on account of the illness of Judge McIntire. The date agreed upon for the hearing, as fixed by the deputy county attorney and H. S. Hines, is Dec. 16. Martinez is in the county jail at Winfield, where he has been since the shooting several weeks ago.
[GEORGE H. McINTIRE DIES ON SUNDAY.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Monday, December 12, 1921. Front Page.
G. H. McINTIRE, OLD TIMER HERE, DIED ON SUNDAY
Was One of Best Known Residents In County
SHERIFF TWO TERMS
Succumbed to Pluro-Pneumonia, Aged 77 Years.
ILL ONLY FEW DAYS.
Judge McIntire Saw Service in Civil War.
Was One of First Officers in Cowley County.
George H. McIntire, who was reported last week to be critically ill of double pneumonia, passed away at the family home, 720 North Second Street, Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock, having been bedfast for only four days. He was very sick the night he became ill and there were no hopes entertained for his recovery from the start, it is now said, although all that medical skill and care could do to prolong his life, was properly attended to night and day, during his recent illness. He went from his office in the Zadie block last Wednesday night, feeling a bit under the weather, and the next morning he was reported to be quite sick. The following day pneumonia developed and he grew steadily worse until the end came. He had no chance whatever after the attack came on, to carry on with any business matters, nor to give any instructions in matters of law suits now pending in his court. These matters will have to be transferred to some other state court and be disposed of by someone else because he was suddenly called away, never to return to earthly pleasures or troubles.
George McIntire was one of the best peace officers that Arkansas City and Cowley county has ever known. He was sheriff of this county for two terms in the 80s and he made good in this office as well as in all the other offices he had been connected with in the past 51 years, for he came to this city in 1870.
True, he had not held public office all that time, but his record for the number of years in office stands out above all others in the county.
He had held all offices from deputy United States marshal to sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, policeman, police judge, and justice of the peace. He had been reelected to the latter office every two years for the past 12 or 14 years.
He was appointed to the office of sheriff of the county in 1884 and after serving one term was elected. He served until the latter part of 1888.
No officer or justice of the peace in Arkansas City in the past twenty years, at least, was more thoughtful of the newspaperman and none have ever been more lenient in the matter of giving out news to the press. The Traveler reporter can testify to the fact that Judge McIntire was always ready and willing to give the facts in any sort of criminal action to the reporters and help them to get the stories together and give the real facts as he knew them. When a law-breaker would ask him to keep a certain case from the papers, he would always tell them that his court records were public property and that he could not keep the newshounds off, even if he so desired. Only a few days ago, the Traveler reporter who makes the courts, heard a story from Judge McIntire on some of the noted cases he had worked on when he was sheriff of this county, and one day last week the reporter had started a story which was partially related by the judge; and it was headed as follows:
“Recalls Old Times—Former Sheriff says all Parties Convicted of Crime are not Real Criminals.” The story was never finished by Mr. McIntire, because he was ill and unable to be at his office the following day. He did not return to his office after that date. The story was in regard to two different men who were convicted of crime in this county and sent to prison. Later, when they had been released from the state penitentiary, Mr. McIntire had loaned them money, in order as they stated to him, to get a new start in life, not expecting them to ever return the same. But later on, according to the story, both made good and both kept their promise and returned the borrowed money. Each of them had called later and told the officer that they were men and had made good, were seeking and making an honest living. They attributed this fact to the splendid treatment that the officer (McIntire) gave them when they were in trouble, which they brought upon themselves.
George H. McIntire, at one time in the early days of the state, deputy United States marshal, was born in New Hampshire in 1844; son of Timothy and Catherine McIntire. At the age of ten years, he came to Kansas with parents, locating at Topeka. He and his brothers were the first boys in that place. He then removed with his parents to Lyon county.
He enlisted in 1862, in Company C, Eleventh Kansas Volunteers, and participated in the engagements of Prairie Grove, Cane Hill, Price’s raid from the Kansas to the Arkansas rivers, and escorted the mails from Fort Larned to Bent’s Fort; was mustered out in August, 1865.
After the war he engaged in farming for two years in Lyon county; then in the stock business until 1870, when he came to Arkansas City; and for two years was engaged in merchandising under the firm name of McIntire & Son, the senior partner being the late Timothy McIntire, since which time he has been engaged as an officer of the law and justice of the peace. He was appointed as U. S. deputy marshal in 1880. He was elected constable in the year 1873. He held that office for ten years. Then he was elected sheriff, as stated above. After the four years service as sheriff, he was constable again and later a city policeman.
During the opening of the Cherokee Strip, south of here in Oklahoma, when this city was on the border and was wild and wooly, he saw real service as a peace officer.
Prior to that time he and his father and brothers saw and lived the hardships of the early border days in Kansas, and they all could relate many interesting and hair raising stories of the “wild west.”
C. H. McIntire was married to Miss Mary R. Chaplan [?], in 1869, and she was a native of Wisconsin. She passed away here several years ago and he recently remarried. The second wife and five children survive him. Some time ago Mr. McIntire was a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge and the Select Knights.
Besides the five children, he leaves one sister, Mrs. Innis Osgood, of this city, who at this time is very ill; and two brothers, Timothy McIntire, of Emporia, who is now in Redwood, California, and will be unable to come here for the funeral, and C. M. McIntire, the youngest of the children of the late Timothy McIntire. G. H. McIntire would have been 78 years of age had he lived until next March. Mrs. Osgood is several years older than he. The children are: Mrs. Cora Friend, of Lamar, Colorado; Mrs. Claude Duval, of Newkirk, Oklahoma; Mrs. T. E. Smith, of Kaw City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Chas. Boyles, of Quincy, Illinois; and Al McIntire of this city. All will be here for the funeral services and burial.
G. H. McIntire was a member of the G. A. R. Post of this city, and the post members and also the W. R. C. will attend the funeral services in a body. It was recalled this morning by some of the old timers here that in the death of Mr. McIntire, the only living member of the Eleventh Kansas regiment of the Civil war, in this city, is D. G. (Dave) Lewis. The late Capt. Thompson, father of City Commissioner F. L. Thompson, was also a member of this famous regiment, which was one of the liveliest in the Civil war times.
Mr. McIntire served two years as sheriff in Colorado in the early days. Captain M. N. Sinnott, F. L. Thompson, and other local men who have served as officers of the law in this city in the years gone by, were this morning recalling some of the chases of criminals and the many serious cases that the former officers of the law, including G. H. McIntire, the late Capt. Rarick, and the late J. J. Breene, participated in the early days of the city and the county. Mr. McIntire could recall many instances where he was in a bad way, when men of known criminal records had the drop on him, but by his thoughtfulness and easy going manner, under such circumstances, he was able to turn the trick successfully and get the drop on the other fellow in the end.
There has been nothing of a definite nature made public in regard to Mr. McIntire’s successor in the office of justice of the peace; and as in the case of the late E. H. Addington, the vacancy will be filled by appointment of the governor of the state. His term of office would not have expired until next fall. It is probable, however, that there will be several applicants for the office. In the case of E. H. Addington, J. W. Martin was appointed to fill the unexpired term.
The children of Mr. McIntire were all at home this morning, and it was announced that the funeral services would be held tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock at the Christian church. Rev. McQuidy will have charge of the services and the body will be interred in Riverview cemetery.
[RECAP ON ITEMS RE GEORGE H. McINTIRE FUNERAL.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Tuesday, December 13, 1921.
The pallbearers were all neighbors of the deceased: H. S. Brown, Norman Musselman, Wm. R. Fretz, F. W. Agnew, Berry [or Perry] Birdzell, and George Birdzell.
The offices in the Zadie block contributed a very beautiful floral offering consisting of a wreath of carnations and hyacinths. Those who participated in the offering were J. C. Brown, W. D. Kreamer, Judge J. W. Martin, Wm. Gray, Robert Callahan, J. D. Ray, Ferd Eaton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, and H. S. Hines. This tribute was very sincere on the part of the contributors, for Judge McIntire had become like a member of the family to all of them and he will be greatly missed in the Zadie block.
The death of Judge McIntire constitutes the sixth that has occurred among the office fraternity in this building within the past two years. As recounted by one of the occupants today, the names of those preceding Judge McIntire’s departure are Judge E. H. Addington, Richard Hess, J. W. Heck, Neal Pickett, and John Daniels.
SISTER OF THE LATE GEORGE H. McINTIRE VERY ILL.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, December 14, 1921.
Mrs. Osgood Very Low.
Mrs. Jennie Osgood, of 411 West Cedar avenue, who was reported to be quite sick several days ago, is said to be no better at present and her condition is critical. Mrs. Osgood is one of the oldest and best known residents of this city and she is a sister of the late G. H. McIntire, and of O. M. McIntire of this city. She is the mother of Mrs. E. F. Day and of Frank Osgood. The son makes his home with her at the above address.
Arkansas City Traveler, Friday, December 16, 1921.
MEXICAN CASE ON TRIAL
State Versus Martinez Transferred to J. W. Martin’s Court.
The case of the state versus Jose Martinez on the charge of shooting Gabriel Esquibel, both Mexicans, was today on trial in the court of J. W. Martin. This case, as to the preliminary hearing, was started two weeks ago in the court of G. H. McIntire, now deceased, and therefore it has been transferred to Judge Martin’s court for completion. Late today the case was not finished. Both the state and the defense put on several witnesses in this case this afternoon.
OLD TIME CITY OFFICERS
Of Nineteen Here in Year 1902 Eight Are Now Deceased.
Arkansas City Traveler, Wednesday, December 21, 1921.
R. F. Fitzpatrick, former city clerk of this city, and who is one of the early day settlers here, has dug up a real relic of the bygone days in the city affairs, in the nature of a group photo of the city officials who were in office in the year 1902. At that time W. J. Pollock was the mayor, and the occasion of making the picture at that time, was the fact that Mayor Pollock’s term of office was about ended and the officials at that time had the photo made, and from it there was a large picture taken, which was presented to the retiring mayor.
There are nineteen of the city officials and employees in the picture; and of this number, eight are now deceased.
Following the Pollock administration, Capt. M. N. Sinnott, present city clerk, was the mayor for four years. The picture in question may be seen at this time at the office of Fitzpatrick & McDowell.
This old time photo contains the likeness of the following men.
William J. Pollock, mayor, deceased.
R. F. Fitzpatrick, city clerk.
J. W. Stanford, treasurer, deceased.
L. C. Brown, city attorney.
Thos. S. Murray, city assessor, deceased.
L. E. Woodin, superintendent water works (now residing at San Pedro-Wooley, Washington.)
Capt. O. S. Rarick, city marshal, deceased.
Geo. H. McIntire, policeman, deceased (died only last week here).
P. E. Nash, policeman, deceased.
J. H. Matthews, city engineer.
T. B. Norman, sexton, Riverview cemetery, deceased.
P. H. Franey, street commissioner, deceased.
J. W. Bennett, engineer, water works (present superintendent, water works).
Frank Brandenburg, jailor (present chief of fire department).
George Blakey, fire marshal.
T. T. Tyler, assistant fire marshal.
Ben McCullough, city fireman.
Ernest Wolfe, city fireman.
Walter Blakey, city fireman.
Arkansas City Traveler, Tuesday, December 27, 1921.
DEATH OF MRS. OSGOOD
Well Known Arkansas City Woman Died Early Christmas Day.
Mrs. Betsy Jane Osgood, of 411 West Cedar Avenue, who has been ill for a number of weeks past, on account of paralysis, passed away at the family home early on Christmas morning. Her death was not unexpected at this time, as she had been in a critical condition for many days. Death came as a relief to her suffering. Mrs. Osgood was well and favorably known in this city as she and her family had resided here for many years. She was a resident of Arkansas City constantly for thirty-three years. Since the death of her husband, Edward A. Osgood, two years ago last Saturday, Mrs. Osgood had resided at the above address and her son Frank lived with her and was her sole support, from the time of the death of the husband and father.
Mrs. Osgood was born in Claremont, New Hampshire, August 1, 1842. She moved from that place to Topeka, with her parents, in 1854. She was united in marriage to Edward A. Osgood, at Topeka, in 1861. Her maiden name was McIntire and she was a sister of C. M. McIntire of this city and of the late G. H. McIntire, whose death occurred here December 11. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy McIntire, who were early day residents of this city.
Besides the son, Frank, the deceased leaves another son, George Osgood, of San Benito, California, who was unable to be here, and two daughters, Mrs. Dora Day of this city, and Mrs. Nettie Covert, of Chicago. The latter was here some time ago, but was compelled to return to her home before the death of her mother. Another son, Chas. Osgood, passed away here a number of years ago. Two brothers, C. M. of this city and Timothy, of Redwood, California, also survive her.
Several grandchildren who survive her were here for the funeral services yesterday. They are Mrs. Clyde Lake, formerly Miss Cecil Day, now of Pawhuska; Miss Ernestine Day of this city; Forrest Osgood, of Hutchinson, Kansas; and Ferrel Osgood, of Guthrie, Oklahoma. Mrs. Laura Osgood, mother of the Osgood boys, was also here from Hutchinson to attend the services. Chester McIntire, nephew of the deceased, resides in this city.
[D. G. LEWIS: EMPLOYEE OF COMLEY LUMBER COMPANY 38 YEARS.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Saturday, March 18, 1922.
Arkansas City has a citizen who has lived in Kansas for 67 years and in Arkansas City 51 years, having come to this city in May, 1871. He is now in his 78th year and he and his wife, who is 72 years old, have kept house 52 years. He has been in the employ of one company in this city for 38 years, and is still going strong at 78. His name is D. G. Lewis, and the company for whom he has rendered service for such a long period is the Comley Lumber company. He says his initials stand for “Dreadful Good,” and there is no doubt but what his physical constitution is good, for he doesn’t look 78 by ten or twelve years.
When Mr. Lewis came to Kansas, there was nothing at Arkansas City but wild prairie, the only settlements being in the northeastern part of the state. He says he used to go 75 miles to mill, at which time people took their time and he says probably got as much enjoyment out of life as people do now in this swift age.
During the troubles which arose between Kansas and Missouri over the slavery question, he lost all his possessions, having been burned out in the guerrilla warfare that was carried on. Mr. Lewis saw about three years’ service in the civil war, he being a member of the 11th Kansas cavalry. He says he served in this regiment along with the late George McIntire of this city, since whose death he thinks he is the only member of this regiment now remaining in Arkansas City. He came through the war without receiving a scratch in service, but sustained a broken arm in a friendly scuffle with one of his comrades in the army.
Since his employment with the Comley Lumber company, he has worked under six or seven different foremen, and says he has always got along very nicely with all of them.
To the Traveler reporter he made several interesting incidental statements. One was that he has been a subscriber to this paper ever since it was founded more than 37 years ago. He is a member of the Christian church of this city. He says his taxes were $23 more this year than last year on exactly the same property. He further stated that he had money enough laid aside so that if he died, his wife could give him a decent burial; or if his wife died, he would have enough to properly lay her away.
In conclusion, Mr. Lewis thinks we are living too fast. He says we are speeding up to a point where the strain and worry take all the poetry out of work. However, Mr. Lewis is not in the speed-up game. But he is going at about the same gait he struck many years ago, and looks like he would be good for several more years with the speedometer of his life showing about its present speed.
C. M. McIntire.
[MAYOR HITS SNAG WITH APPOINTMENTS.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Monday, April 24, 1922. Front Page.
Mayor George McIntosh met with the opposition of Commissioners Thompson and Sturtz at the meeting of the city commissioners this morning, with the result that most of his unconfirmed appointments were turned down.
The officers whose appointments were confirmed at this meeting were: L. C. Brown, city attorney; M. N. Sinnott, city clerk; John Simpson, custodian of city building; Mrs. Ida White, waterworks collector; C. M. McIntire, sanitary officer; C. N. Lusk, city engineer; Howard L. Wickliffe, superintendent of waterworks; H. McGuire, foreman of waterworks; Sam Morning, chief stationary engineer waterworks; Earl W. Gingrich and Frank Mayse, assistant engineers; Fred Long, plumbing inspector; Charley Post, street commissioner.
Appointments not confirmed: E. G. Marshall, city clerk; O. S. Gibson, police judge; Ben Cross, Sanitary officer.
Saves City $4,210 a Year.
Commissioner F. L. Thompson offered the following schedule of salaries.
C. M. McIntire, sanitary officer, $1,320, $110 per month, same as formerly.
Chas. W. Lusk, city engineer, former salary $4,200, now $3,800, $316.66 per month, saving $400.00.
The city engineer to select his own assistant at $1,800, $150.00 per month, doing away with one engineer at a saving of $2,520.
Howard Wickliffe, superintendent of water works, $2,400, $200 per month. Formerly this office has paid $2,700 yearly, living quarters, heat, light and free water, which is a saving of $900.
H. McGuire, foreman water works, $1,920, or $160 per month.
Sam Morning, chief stationary engineer, $1,920, or $160 per month.
Earl Gingrich, assistant engineer, $1,560, or $130 per month.
Frank Mayse, assistant engineer, $1,560, or $130 per month.
Fred Lawhon, plumbing inspector, $1,800, or $150 per month. This office formerly paid $2,100, and this represents a saving of $300.
John Post, street commissioner, $1,740, or $145 per month.
John Simpson, custodian city building, $1,320, or $110 per month, saving $120.
The salaries provided in the new schedule total $21,140.00, with a total saving of $4,240. This is in the street commissioner’s department, and the saving effected here by Mr. Thompson, in connection with the reduction in the salaries of other city offices, will total something over $8,000 per year, it was brought out at this meeting.
At this point the ordinance providing for the salaries as shown in the above schedule was adopted, and bills with proper o.k. were allowed.
Back to G. H. McIntire...
[REMAINING VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR.]
Arkansas City Traveler, Monday, May 29, 1922.
The annual memorial service for the G. A. R. and W. R. C. were held Sunday morning in the Christian church, Rev. G. W. McQuiddy delivering the sermon. There were ten vacant chairs in the front of the church for the members of the post who died in the year just ended. The names of those who died in the last year are: W. T. Art, Andrew Cox, George M. McMillin, George H. McIntire, E. F. Dorrance, R. L. Hudson, John Awalt, Vincent Stout, Jesse Fetty, and G. W. Herbert.
There are only 32 veterans of the civil war in the local post at present, each year seeing a decrease in the membership. Louis Logan is the commander of the post. There are 112 members in the W. R. C. at present.
