June 26, 1908
DID SPOT PROVIDE THE FEAST?
Court House Clerks Believe They Know About McClanahan's Fowls.
Every clerk in the circuit court of Jackson county dined on spring chicken at the home of David McClanahan in Independence last night. About the chickens which supplied the feast there was a veiled mystery, which added greatly to the sweetness of the meat. Arthur Kelly is positive he has found the solution to the mystery.
It runs this wise: About two months ago the county court secured two fox terriers for use in the basement of the court house. These dogs were warranted champion rat catchers, and they willingly lived up to their reputations. When the rats had become exhausted and the dogs had nothing more to do at the court house James Fernald, one of the clerks, spirited one of the dogs to his home. But the dog insisted on catching the neighbors' chickens, bringing them to the Fernald homestead and then and there killing them. Mr. Fernald, at his wife's earnest suggestion, brought the dog back to the court house.
Then it was that Dave McClanahan took the dog home. One week ago he told the clerks in the court house that he was planning a chicken dinner for them. Nice, fine, fat, spring chickens. Arthur Kelly smiled and kept still. He knew the story of Fernald, the dog and the chickens. Spike Henessy, champion chicken eater of the court house, began a starvation diet at once.
Yesterday morning Kelly and Fernald, guarding their secret well, called a meeting of the clerks and presented Dave McClanahan with a brand new dog collar. On the silver plate of the collar was inscribed these words: "To Spot, in recognition of his services." When McClanahan read the inscription he turned red in the face.
"Stung," whispered Kelly to Fernald; "that blush is the blush of guilt. Now for our dress suits that we may partake of the sweets."
Labels: animals, circuit court, courthouse, food, Independence June 26, 1908 ROCK PILE FOR GUN TOTERS.
Independence Police Judge Orders Marshal to Bring 'Em All In.
Independence has started a rock pile and the city marshal and Police Judge Peacock say they expect to pick up every "gun toter" in town to break rock for the county road connections with city streets. When Edward Howard, a negro, said in police court yesterday that he had been guilty of carrying a pistol Judge Peacock turned on the full current. The negro whineed under the fine of $150 imposed by the court.
"There will be nothing less in this court for pistol carrying offenders," said Judge Peacock. He instructed Marshal Combs to round up the pistol "toters."
The crusade against carrying concealed weapons was started by the Independence Commercial Club. The club sent a recommendation to the mayor regarding the practice and asked him to have the ordinance against concealed weapons enforced.Labels: courtroom, crime, Independence, Judge Peacock, organizations June 16, 1908
TWO LIVES LOST IN BLUE RIVER.
ALFRED G. BUCHANAN AND MISS NITA EWIN DROWNED.
THEIR CANOE STRUCK A SNAG.
YOUNG MAN TRIES TO RESCUE HIS COMPANION.
His Efforts Rendered Futile by the Struggles of His Companion. They Go Down to Death Together.
MISS NITA EWIN AND ALBERT BUCHANAN.
BLUE RIVER CLAIMS TWO MORE VICTIMS.
While boating on the Blue river in Sheffield yesterday afternoon, Alfred G. Buchanan and Miss Nita Ewin were drowned. The canoe in which they were rowing caught on a hidden snag and turned turtle. Both Mr. Buchanan and Miss Ewin lived in Independence. Each was about 20 years of age. Miss Ewin was the daughter of Mrs. Bertie Ewin, a widow, of 412 North Liberty street, while young Buchanan was the son of J. F. Buchanan, an abstracter and loan agent in Independence.
The young couple secured a canoe at the Blue River shortly after noon yesterday, saying that they would return in a short time. They immediately paddled off toward the mouth of the Blue. The accident occurred just above the Belt line bridge.
Witnesses say the boat struck a hidden snag or the limbs of a big tree that overhung the river. Both the occupants of the boat were thrown out by the shock and the boat itself capsized. The two young people struggled in the water for a short time and then went down. Mr. Buchanan was an expert swimmer but, according to those who witnessed the accident from a distance, he was hindered in his efforts to save himself and the young woman by the struggles of the latter.
Two Missouri Pacific firemen stationed with their engines near the scene of the accident saw the young people drown. They left their engines and immediately began to dive or the bodies. Their efforts were fruitless.
The police department was then notified and Lieutenant M. J. Kennedy of the Sheffield station led a rescue party consisting of Marion Bollinger, owner of the boat, and a fisherman. Both bodies were drawn from the water by hooks nearly an hour and a half later.
Mr. Bollinger found the body of the young man first and the fisherman found the body of the young woman. Lieutenant Kennedy had telephoned the father of the young man and he was present when the bodies were removed. Dr. A. C. Mulvaney and Dr. Connelly Anderson, who had been called by Lieutenant Kennedy, tried to resuscitate the two but failed. It was 6 o'clock before the bodies were sent to Independence in an ambulance.
Miss Ewin was the only daughter of Mrs. Bertie Ewin. Seven members of the family have died in the last five years. Alfred is the second son of J. F. Buchanan.Labels: Belt line, Blue river, boats, death, doctors, drowning, Independence, police, railroad, sheffield June 13, 1908 DETECTIVE HALDEMAN DEAD.
Contracted Pneumonia While Work- ing on the Clark Wix Case.
Charles F. Haldeman, 54 years old, one of the best known detectives on the police force, died at his home, 2218 Prospect avenue, yesterday morning from pneumonia. He had been working on the Wix case, and went to Cameron, Mo., where it is supposed he caught cold. He was in bed since Friday.
Mr. Haldeman was born in Bloomington, Ill., and came to Kansas City in his boyhood. He entered the police business fourteen years ago, when he was appointed a deputy United States marshal under General Shelby. He served in this position four years, and then went on the city detective force. For ten years he has been identified with the force and made a name for himself by clever work in many well known cases.
He leaves a widow and a son, William T. Haldeman, who lives at Independence. Five brothers survive --John R. Haldeman, Dr. O. C. Haldeman and E. D. Haldeman of Kansas City Martin Haldeman of Butler, Mo., and James Haldeman of Drexel, Mo. Four sisters are living, Mrs. L. A. Hartley, Mrs. Anna Young and Mrs. H. F. Hunt of Kansas City and Mrs. A. F. Cogswell of Wichita, Kas.Labels: death, detectives, Independence, Prospect avenue June 10, 1908 PLEASED WITH M'CUNE HOME.
County Judges Find Things in First Class Shape There.
Conditions at the McCune home for boys, located a few miles from Independence, were found to be satisfactory by two of the three judges of the county court who visited there yesterday for the purpose of making an inspection. Judges J. M. Patterson and C. E. Moss, accompanied by Frank Ray, the architect, and William Southern of Independence, county examiner for Jackson county, made the trip of inspection.
"We are much pleased with the way Thomas N. Hughes, manager of the home, has conducted its affairs," said Judge Patterson last night. "We found seventeen boys at the home and they seem to be happy and contented. The boys have a garden in which they raise many vegetables and this keeps them busy and out of mischief. Yesterday Mr. Hughes was putting some shingles o n the house and five of the boys seemed to enjoy helping him.
"We are planning to erect a temporary barn or shed in which the boys can play on rainy days and which can be sued as a sleeping room in case the home becomes crowded. We are also planning the erection of a series of cottages, but this work probably will not be taken up before net fall."Labels: architects, children, Independence, Judges May 21, 1908 COW DRAGS CHILD TO DEATH.
Boy Forgot Mother's Warning and Tied Rope Around Him.
"Henry, be careful now, and don't wrap the rope around your body," was the warning given 10-year-old Henry Smith by his mother, when the lad left yesterday morning to take the family cow to pasture.
A half hour later the boy was found unconscious near a greenhouse on the Spring Branch road. His skull was crushed and his body covered with bruises. The cow's stake rope was wound around his body. He died a few minutes later without regaining consciousness.
Persons who saw the boy taking the cow to pasture say he led the animal for some time and then tied the rope around his body. A short time later the cow, probably frightened by something along the roadside, began to run, and before the lad could free himself, she jerked him off his feet. The frightened animal ran about a quarter of a mile. The boy's screams were heard as he tried to loosen the rope.
The body was removed to the Carson morgue in Independence. Henry was a son of Perry Smith, a house mover, who lives at 306 East Lexington avenue, Independence.Labels: animals, children, death, Independence, undertakers May 19, 1908 IN MEMORY OF JEFF DAVIS.
Confederate President's Birthday Will Be Kept -- It Is June 3.
With music, speeches and story rehearsing many now familiar incidents connected with the four years' strife between the North and the South, the Daughters of the Confederacy of Kansas City, and the Stonewall Jackson chapter of Independence will on June 3 celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis.
The Kansas City chapter met yesterday at the Hotel Sexton and perfected plans for the celebration. Budd park was selected as a suitable place, and an extensive programme, including music and speeches, has been prepared. The speakers selected were Mrs. George Gray, Mrs. B. L. Woodson, Mrs. J. M. Philips and Mrs. Hugh Miller.
Members of the Stonewall Jackson chapter met at the home of Mrs. W. D. Johnson, 3621 Belleview avenue. They decided to hold the celebration at the home of Mrs. Logan Swope, in Independence. Memorial day, May 30, will be observed jointly by the two chapters, by the placing of floral offerings on the graves of the Confederates and the unveiling of seven markers at Forest Hill cemetery. The Kansas City chapter will also place an offering on the grave of Orestes P. Chaffee, of Confederate fame, who died in this city a short time ago. He was a brother of Adna R. Chaffee, the retired head of the United States army.Labels: Belleview avenue, Budd park, cemetery, Civil War, flowers, hotels, Independence, women May 15, 1908 G. L. CHRISMAN SERIOUSLY ILL.
Recovery of Former County Judge and Banker is Doubtful.
G. Lee Chrisman, former presiding judge of the county court, is critically ill at his home near Independence. He suffered a relapse yesterday and the consulting physicians and surgeons fear blood poisoning. Judge Chrisman has been suffering for some weeks from bladder and kidney affection and while his condition was considered serious, it was not thought to be alarming. His change for the worse yesterday makes recovery doubtful.
Judge Chrisman has lived in Jackson county nearly all of his life. He served two terms as judge of the county court from the Eastern district, and one term as presiding judge of the county court, being succeeded by Judge Patterson.Labels: county court, illness, Independence, Judges May 15, 1908 HE WALKS WITH THE GHOSTS OF LONG AGO.
THOMAS REYNOLDS VISITS INDE- PENDENCE AFTER 55 YEARS.
Ran Away When a Boy and Comes Back to Find the Old Playfel- lows -- "They Are All Dead," Says He.
After the absence of fifty-five years Thomas Reynolds returned to Independence yesterday to refresh the memories of his youth. When 13 years of age he ran away, going West, and yesterday attempted to locate some of the old familiar spots, some of the old playgrounds.
"There was an old well here," said he, pointing to the southwest corner of the square, but some of the old inhabitants had even forgotten it. "I guess I am lost, or rather I am like the Indian when he came back to the old camping ground. 'Indian lost?' was asked of the brave. 'Indian not; wigwam lost,' was the answer of the Indian. That is my fix. Where is the Nebraska house?" No one knew until he ran up against James Peacock, a '49er, who told him that it, too, had changed and was now known as the Metropolitan hotel.
Mr. Reynolds is a son of Joseph Reynolds, long since dead and known only to a few of the older citizens of the old town. "I left Independence in 1853 and have never been back since. I just want to wander around the old town and see if it is possible after a half-century for a man to locate the old familiar places. There is no use talking, it gives me a strange feeling to come back to this place after having pictured in my mind for fifty years or more certain playgrounds. Then another thing -- nearly everybody I knew is dead, that is the worst of it. If I could come back and find them as they were there there would be some satisfaction, but they are gone.
"THERE WAS OLD MR. BEATTY."
"I suppose everybody who has been away from his old home for fifty years and goes back has the same experience. No doubt more than one man has gone up against just what I am doing today. There was old Mr. Beatty, who did business in jewelry away back there; how I remember he kicked a stovepipe hat with a brick in it and then sent for me to come and nurse him. I went over to see his son today -- the old man is dead, died many years ago, they told me. Judge Woodson, too, has passed away, and I met his son, a gray haired gentleman, today.
"I remember James Peacock. He left for the California gold fields before I, as a boy, left for Oregon. Nathaniel Landis is gone; in fact, they are all gone. Away over on that hill yonder," said Mr. Reynolds, "there used to be a house. A man named Wilson lived there; had a boy named Rufus. The old gentleman is gone, but his boy is older than I am. I remember Aubrey and his famous ride. Aubrey made two from Santa Fe. It was a great event. Then another fellow came through on a mule. Both of them went to sleep, the mule and the rider. That mule was the hardest thing to awaken I ever saw. No amount of kicking would bring him back to earth, and the man on top of him was sitting there astride and as fast asleep as the mule he rode. That was in front of the old Noland house. Place is all gone now.
"A SAD DAY FOR ME."
"I tell you, this is a sad day for me. Shatters all of the old-time pictures I have been carrying about with me in memory for fifty-five years. Sometimes I wished I had stayed away. Does not pay for an old man to do this way. I went down to the jail. Used to have a jailer in there every day or two, but the jail they have there now was built in 1859 and the old one is torn down. William Head is dead; his son is with the Metropolitan now. Very little satisfaction in coming back except to shatter youthful pleasures; it will do that all right enough."
Mr. Reynolds passed the entire day trying to place himself, and occasionally met with some of the passing generation of old men and then they would fall to chatting over things which belong to another generation several times removed. He visited the old home place of his father, Joseph Reynolds, one of the early day settlers.
Mr. Reynolds lives at Salem, Ore., where he is connected with the Wells-Fargo Express Company, having been with that company in the overland express business and later in the mail service.Labels: Independence, Native Americans, pioneers, Seniors, visitors May 13, 1908 HAD LIVED HERE 58 YEARS.
Francis Phillips, a Jackson County Pioneer, Is Dead.
A citizen of Jackson county since 1850, Francis Phillips, father of Captain Thomas Phillips, license inspector, died yesterday at the home of the latter, aged 90 years.
Mr. Phillips was a native of Monahan county, Ireland, and came direct from there to Independence. On a farm one mile north of that city he lived for forty-five years and eighteen years ago came to Kansas City to reside with his son. Three other children survive him: Mrs. E. J. Cannon and Mrs. George Brangin of this city, and Frank Phillips, living near Olathe, Kas., who was formerly a member of the Missouri legislature.
The burial is to be in Independence cemetery tomorrow forenoon, after services at the home, 3540 Central street, at 8:30 o'clock, and at St. Aloysius church, Eleventh street and Prospect avenue, at 9:30 o'clock.Labels: cemetery, Central street, churches, death, Eleventh street, immigrants, Independence, Olathe, pioneers, Prospect avenue May 6, 1908 BITTEN BY BIG TARANTULA.
Independence Boy Was Cutting Ba- nana When It Jumped on Him.
George Foster, Jr., 17 years old, was bitten by a large tarantula yesterday afternoon while he was attempting to cut a banana from a bunch which was hanging in his father's confectionery store at Independence. Young Foster had just pulled one banana from the bunch when the tarantula jumped from its nest near the stem and bit him between the thumb and first finger on the right hand.
While the wound was not large the pain was intense, and soon the poison from the bite began to take effect, and the arm began to swell and turn blue. Dr. N. P. Woods was called, and young Foster was resting easily last night with every prospect of recovery. The tarantula is said to have measured six inches from tip to tip. In the nest were found several hundred eggs. The tarantula was killed.Labels: doctors, food, Independence, retailers May 5, 1908 PLAYED AN EXPENSIVE JOKE.
Fathers of Boys Who Tripped a Girl Are Sued.
Sarah Kincaid, 15-year-old daughter of Mrs. Katherine A. Kincaid of Independence, yesterday brought suit in the circuit court for $2,000 against the fathers of Ellis Short and Ellis Bailey, boys, who, the girl claims, caused her to trip and fall while she was walking along Walnut street near Eighth street in Kansas City a month ago, by stretching a rope across the sidewalk.
The boys were holding the rope so that it lay on the walk when she came near it and just as she was abreast of them they suddenly jerked it taut, she avers. Their fathers, Ellis Short and Earle Bailey, are made defendants in the damage suit The girl says she was permanently injured. The Short boy's father is president of the Jackson County bank at Independence.Labels: banking, children, Eighth street, Independence, Lawsuit, Walnut Street May 5, 1908 BURGLARS USED A LONG POLE.
Broke Window and Fished Out Suits of Clothes.
Burglars, armed with a long pole, broke the window in the rear of J. M. Lerche's store in Independence Sunday night and pulled several suits of clothes, hats, and one umbrella out through the hole. Before the robbers had time to bring a wagon to haul away their plunder a policeman came on the scene and saw the goods in the alley. His presence there kept the thieves from returning.Labels: clothing, crime, Independence, retailers May 4, 1908 BAPTIZED THEM IN A BATH TUB.
Five Negroes in County Jail Joined Church Yesterday.
Five negroes, confined in the county jail awaiting trail on charges of burglary of larceny or both, confessed to conversion and yesterday forenoon were baptized in running cold water inside the jail. Rev. Joseph W. Fitts, Baptist, and Rev. A. B. Ross, of the United Christian Workers, who performed the ceremony, had to figure a bit to get cold and running water in the jail to perform the rite, but finally hit upon the plan of filling a bathtub full of water, pulling out the bung and turning on the tap. The plan worked like a charm and everyone of the five chattered "Glory!" when he came up, just as if he had been immersed in the Blue river or some other real stream
Fitts, pastor of the Macedonian Baptist church of Independence, serving a year's sentence for criminal assault upon a 14-year-old girl, daughter of a member of his flock, claims the credit for the conversion of the five other prisoners, but the jailers are prone to shift a bit of the glory to the workers whom the wife of Judge W. H. Wallace has on two occasions brought to the jail to sing and pray with the prisoners. The Rev. Mr. Ross and some twelve assistants have been holding services regularly on Sundays in the jail for some months.
The prisoners, who were immersed in the tub of flowing cold water are: Frank Johnson, Oscar Jensen, Edward Dixon, Jeff Call and Boyd Brown. Johnson is the best known negro of the five and has confessed to robbing nearly a score of residence in the Northeast portion of the city.
Over twenty members of the United Worker's band, men and women, accompanied Ross to the jail and watched their leader and Fitts perform the rite.Labels: churches, Independence, jail, ministers, race April 30, 1908 DR. M'COY DIES OF TETANUS.
Independence Physician Had Been Ill Several Months.
Dr. Charles D. McCoy, a well known physician of Independence, died yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock after a short illness from tetanus. Dr. McCoy had been in ill health several months but his condition was not considered serious until last Tuesday when he began to fail rapidly. He is survived by a widow and several children, as well as three brothers, L. F. McCoy, clerk of the court of appeals of Kansas City, and John and William McCoy of Independence.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the first Presbyterian church, Independence.Labels: churches, death, doctors, Independence April 23, 1908 THEY'D HAVE LAW ON SKATERS.
Independence People Want to Regu- late the Rollers' Hours.
Roller skating after 11 o'clock at night is to be prohibited on the streets and sidewalks of Independence if an ordinance now in preparation passes the city council. The new law is proposed by men and women of the residence wards of the city, whose beauty sleep has been rudely yanked from them by gleeful skating parties of men and women, passing by on the sidewalks as late as 11 o'clock of nights. Roller skating parties are all the rage in Independence now, having put in the shade hayrack rides, barn dances and even charade parties, and old folks whose slumbers have been disturbed are many.
The proposed law will not apply to those skating in their own houses or to men skating to work in the morning. One may skate downtown as early as 4:30 o'clock, provided he has rested since 10 o'clock of the night before.Labels: amusement, Independence, Independence city council, skating April 22, 1908 HORSEWHIPPINGS COME HIGH.
One Cost Farmer Klapmeyer $7,000 in Independence Yesterday.
Benjamin D. Kerr was awarded $4,000 actual and $3,000 punitive damages against James M. Klapmeyer, a wealthy farmer living near Little Santa Fe, in the circuit court at Independence yesterday, on account of a horsewhipping.
The testimony showed that the defendant met Kerr near the residence of William Short, another farmer. Klapmeyer stopped Kerr and they engaged in a conversation about trouble with another man. Klapmeyer admitted striking Kerr with a whip but stated that the matter was settled between them before any real injury was inflicted. Kerr alleged that the cracker of the whip struck him in the eye, injuring it.Labels: circuit court, farmers, Independence, Lawsuit, violence April 13, 1908
SPIRIT COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH.
IN UNKNOWN TONGUE IT AD- DRESSED THE MORMONS.
REPORTERS WERE NONPLUSSED.
MESSAGE FINALLY INTERPRETED BY ONE OF THE SAINTS.
The spirit talking in unknown tongues to the Latter Day Saints was the feature of yesterday's session of the world's conference being held at Independence. Elder J. W. Wight, one of the quorum of twelve, received the gift at the early service.
With the swinging rhythm of the songs the large audience gathered for this devotional exercise was full of religious zeal and earnestness. It was presided over by Elder W. J. Garrett and the crisp morning air filled the Saints with new light and religious hope.
About the middle of the service a breathless silence pervaded the vast assemblage when Elder J. W. Wight, of the twelve, arose. Every one knew or seemed to know that he was about to speak in an unknown tongue by reasons of the spirit. He is a massive man, but his face was pale when the gift of tongues became manifest. Without any preliminary, he uttered thoughts which the reporters started to set down, but the words came too fast to be even caught phonetically. The unknown tongue sounded like this:
"Ureste cahomeribyles incontro, waho seben."
ELDER WIGHT'S INTERPRETATION. At the end of this sentence the reporter, like Moses of old, was led up to a mountain and left to die. Effort to take the unknown tongue proved futile. It was known not to be Hebrew or Greek or Latin, or any dead language. Latter Day Saints stated that this was not an unusual thing in the church, for the spirit often talked in unknown tongue to the people and that it was generally interpreted by some other brother also filled with the spirit. In the case of yesterday, Elder Wight gave his own interpretation, before sitting down. The interpretation in English was as follows:
"Thus saith the Spirit unto my people now assembled. There are many, many things done by you pleasing in my sight. Many many things done that are not pleasing in my sight and for which my people need to be warned.
"Yes, verily I say unto you that as much as my people will put away pride of heart and pride of life, turn from the vanities of the world, cease from the vanities incident to outward adornment and become more humble and faithful I will pour out my spirit upon you, giving you wisdom and knowledge, enabling you to walk in humility and in faith.
"Yes, be warned for the time has come that calamities shall come upon the earth, yay the Voice of the earthquake, of famine and pestilence, of thunder and lightning with calamities stalk abroad and the time is near at hand when you must stand in holy places and standing so, my spirit will keep you from harm and danger. Yea, my people need to take warning and become more humble and inasmuch as they will do so, I will pour out my spirit upon you.
"The time is not far distant, when from various parts of the earth will I call my people together; and the Gentile nations need to be warned. For soon will I turn from them. Lo unto my people that have been my people in time past. From the Gentiles I will turn and then my people sanctified unto me through Father Abraham will come from the four parts of the earth, center together and be prepared to meet my Son when he shall come upon earth. Yes, thus saith the Spirit unto you in warning voice this morning. Amen." POTENCY OF GIFT OF TONGUES. When Elder Wight had concluded his interpretation the meeting continued as if nothing unusual had occurred. Much importance is attached to the gift of tongues, especially in the case of Elder Wight, for the reason that he stands next to the presidency and prophetic utterances of the gathering of the Saints in Zion are always welcome. Their books are full of prophecies concerning this gathering and their hymns mention the return of the Saints to Zion.
Just before Elder Wight talked in tongues, Elder D. A. Hutchings uttered a prophecy. Elder Hutchings resides at Little Sioux, Ia. He stated that he understood Elder Wight while he was talking in tongues, as the spirit had filled him also, but as Elder Wight gave his own interpretation, it was not necessary for him to translate it to the people. Elder Hutchings speaking in the spirit, but in English, uttered this prophecy:
"God acknowledges his people, especially the priesthood, to exhort and teach his people to purify their hearts that they may be fitted to dwell in Zion."
To the sisters of the church, he acknowledged their great work and to the daughters of Zion, his hand maidens, the Lord admonished them to purify their hearts and carry on the work allotted to them as God had designed them to do; that they live virtuous and upright lives in order that God might use them. God would command the angels to surround them and assist them in their work and finally Zion would be redeemed and he would surround them as with a wall of fire by night and a pillar of smoke by day. HUTCHINGS' PERSONAL FEELINGS. After the exercise Elder Hutchings explained his personal feelings when uttering the prophecy.
"I feel the spirit in me and it permeates me. Although a strong man physically, I become nervous with the fullness thereof. The spirit was upon me while Brother Wight was talking in tongues and for this reason I understand what he was saying. This is not unusual in our church, he said. Labels: churches, Independence, ministers April 12, 1908 WEARING HIS NEW STAR.
Independence Marshal Given Wheel- barrow Ride by Defeated Candidate.
J. J. Hammontree, a defeated candidate for city marshal of Independence, wheeled Robert Combs, the successful candidate, around the square yesterday morning. The new marshal had on his new uniform and a very large star of authority. After the trip around the square, which was enjoyed by a large crowd, the wheelbarrow was placed on auction and purchased by Colonel Moses Hanton for $4.50.Labels: Independence, politics March 26, 1907 HE KILLED JIM CROW CHILES.
Because of That Independence Is Grateful to Judge Peacock.
Police Judge Peacock of Independence has been given an increase in salary of $100 a year. He is now in his 83rd year. No one runs against him, out of consideration of service rendered the town.
In 1876, while marshal of the city, he killed Jim Crow Chiles, whose revolver handle had many notches.
Chiles was a terror and generally cleared the square when he sought to do so. Merchants and business men, especially negroes, were afraid of him, for he would shoot them down without provocation. Chiles started out to kill Peacock and the battle ensued which resulted in the wounding of Peacock and the death of Jim Crow. The body was taken to the Morgan house, but even in death the negroes were afraid of him.
While it would be impossible for a man like Chiles to terrorize a town at the present age, yet in 1876 Independence was recovering from the civil war and killings were frequent and Jim Crow kept up his share of it and often worked overtime. Grateful people watched at Peacock's bedside until he recovered, but when he got out of bed Jim Crow's .44 bullet was still in his back and is there yet. The doctors said that it would cost him his life, perhaps, to have it cut out so the venerable man walks with a cane and goes to the police court every day to temper justice with mercy.
Both parties place Peacock in nomination and it is generally conceded that he will be police judge as long as he desires to fill the place, as no one can be found to make the race against him and neither party will nominate any one to displace the old gentleman who delivered the town from its "bad man."Labels: Independence, Judge Peacock, Judges, Seniors March 17, 1908 SWALLOWED BY QUICKSANDS.
Harry Touroff of Independence Loses Life in Missouri River.
Harry Touroff was drowned in the Missouri river yesterday at noon while duck hunting. Touroff was about 18 years of age and a son of Samuel Touroff of Independence. His father allowed him to go hunting yesterday and he and his conpanion got onto a sandbar. Touroff stepped out of the boat into what he considered shallow water, but disappeared immediately. It is supposed he went down in the quicksands. The body has not been recovered. Samuel Touroff is a dry goods merchant in Independence. His store is at the southeast corner of the square.Labels: drowning, Independence, Missouri river March 13, 1908 SENTENCES ILLEGAL VOTER.
Two Years for Veteran Who Voted Twice in Independence.
Stephen H. Powell, a veteran of the civil war, charged with voting illegally at the recent local option election in Independence, pleaded guilty before Judge W. H. Wallace yesterday in the criminal court and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Powell will probably be paroled on account of his age and the conditions under which he violated the law.
He tells his story to the Prosecuting Attorney I. B. Kimbrell very frankly:
"I was drunk on election day," Powell says. "I don't remember whether I voted once or a dozen times If anybody saw me vote twice, I can't deny it, because I don't know what I did."
"Which way did you vote, for or against the local option" asked Kimbrell.
"I started out to vote 'wet,' but can't say what I did do."Labels: alcohol, Civil War, criminal court, Independence, Judge Wallace, prohibition, Prosecutor Kimbrell, veterans March 12, 1908 THEY WANT A 5-CENT FARE.
Independence People Again Take Up the Matter -- Bloodhound, Also.
At a meeting of the Independence Commercial Club held last night a committee of five was adopted to co-operate with a committee from the Maywood Improvement Club to go before the Commercial Club of this city at its next meeting and urge that the local organization assist in getting the Metropolitan Street Railway Company to adopt a 5-cent fare between this city and Independence.
James B. Forbis made a motion that the city purchase bloodhounds for the tracking of criminals, and it was unanimously adopted.Labels: animals, crime, Independence, Maywood, Metropolitan Street Railway Company, organizations March 12, 1908
LATTER DAY SAINTS ARRIVE.
Annual Conference Convenes in Inde- pendence April 6.
The advance guard has begun to arrive for the annual conference of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Independence. The conference, which is attended by several hundred delegates, convenes April 6 in the Saints' church and this year the attendance will be unusually large. The twelve apostles, or quorum of twelve, commenced its duties yesterday and will hold daily sessions until the opening conference day.
The head of the church is the first presidency, Joseph Smith, his son, F. M. Smith, and R. C. Evans of Toronto, Canada, compose the first presidency. Joseph Smith and his son, Frederick, are residents of Independence.
The twelve are W. H. Kelley, Lamoni, Ia.; J. W. Wright of Indiana; S. A. Smith of California; H. P. Smith of Lamoni, Ia.; Homer Griffith of Columbus, O.; S. W. Sheehy of Utah; C. H. Butterworth of Adelaide, Australia; J. W. Rushton of Leeds, England; Peter Anderson, Sweden; W. W. Greene, Kirtland, O.; J. N. White of Indiana.
The Reorganized church, commonly called the Josephites, are distinct from the Brighamites of the Utah church, and there is very little affiliation in a religious way, between the two bodies. The headquarters of the Reorganized church is at Lamoni, Ia.Labels: churches, Independence, visitors March 4, 1908 CLYDE TURNER IS HOME AGAIN.
After Attacking Grandmother With an Ax He Ran Away.
Clyde Turner has been returned to the home of his uncle, George Pack, in Eden park, a suburb of Independence. The boy has run away several times. This time he got as far as Lexington
Because of his queer actions two months ago several doctors performed an operation on him for abnormal development. The operation did not help the boy Yesterday Mr. Pack stated that the boy was liable to do anything at any time and he expected to send him to an asylum for the feeble minded. It is possible that the matter will be brought to the attention of the county court today.
Last Saturday the boy attacked his grandmother with an ax. Neighbors interfered and saved her from injury, and Clyde then ran away.Labels: chidren, children, Independence, mental health March 4, 1908 MISS O'BRIEN SENDS APOLOGY.
M. S. U. Row Ends, but Did Miss Craig Take a Bath?
COLUMBIA, MO., March 3. -- (Special.) Miss Agnes O'Brien of Independence, Mo., who was suspended a week from the state university for tearing an official bulletin and required to apologize to her physical instructor, Miss Florence Aldeen, announced to her friends today that she had signed an apology of her own wording and sent it to Miss Alden.
It is generally thought it will be accepted by the discipline committee, and that all the trouble will end immediately without a trial before the board of curators. This will end the university row that arose over the refusal of Miss Mary Craig to take a cold shower bath in the gymnasium.Labels: Independence, universities February 29, 1908 WHEN PENSION STOPPED.
Mrs. Bevelle Went Out to Look for Husband Who Had Divorced Her.
In his suit for divorce Benjamin T. Bevelle, an old soldier, alleged that at Topeka, Kas. his wife drove him from home with a stout club and added that she was "glad to get rid of him." Mr. Bevelle fled to Independence, where he obtained a divorce by publication. Mrs. Bevelle was unaware that the matrimonial ties had been severed until she received notice from Washington, D. C., to the effect that Mr. Bevelle's pension money would all go to Mr. Bevelle thereafter. Mrs. Bevelle previously had been getting a share of the money.
Mrs. Bevelle brought an action in the circuit court at Independence to have Bevelle's divorce decree set aside. Yesterday the court held up Mr. Bevelle's end of the case.Labels: circuit court, Divorce, Independence, Topeka, veterans February 13, 1908 BOULEVARD TO KANSAS CITY.
Desire of the Independence Commer- cial Club and Others.
Definite steps have been taken by the Commercial Club of Independence and the Maywood Improvement Club to secure a boulevard from Independence to Kansas City. A committee composed of members of both clubs was appointed to confer with the county court concerning the project. It is desired to have a boulevard starting west from Walnut street in Independence, through Maywood, which will come into this city on Fifteenth street just south of Mount Washington cemetery. This will necessitate the opening of a road three miles long between Maywood and Independence.Labels: cemetery, Fifteenth street, Independence, Maywood, Mt. Washington, organizations, public works February 13, 1908 INDEPENDENCE FEARS YEGGS.
Local Bankers Ask for Additional Police Protection There.
On account of the numerous bank robberies which have occurred during the past week throughout this part of the state, the Kansas City bankers who have interests in Independence asked for special police protection of the banks in that place last night. The report that the Rich Hill bandits were heading towards Independence was disquieting, and the bankers have suggested a unique manner by which robbery may be prevented in Independence.
It is the plan of the Independence police to visit the banks every half hour. If anything appears to be in a suspicious state the officers will immediately give a general alarm and all of the arc lights in the city will be turned on forthwith. It is believed that in this manner the bandits, should there be bandits, will readily be detected by citizens while they are trying to make their escape.Labels: banking, crime, Independence February 9, 1908 SAYS HIS FATHER IS A KING.
Negro in Independence Jail Tells of Old Man's Big Salary.
A plea for clemency on the ground that his father is a king who draws a larger sallary than Theodore Roosevelt is made by F. J. Green, negro, held in the county jail at Independence awaiting trial on a larceny charge. At his preliminary hearing yesterday Green was bound over to the criminal court. He is a mulatto of fluent speech.
"My father is a king in Africa," Green says. "He receives 1,000 elephant tusks each year from his subjects. That amounts to $200,000 in United States money. He cut me adrift when I was a boy because I took up with English ways and ordered me out of his kingdom. I have had to make a living as best I might since. First I went to England, where I studied law, but I shortly came to America because I thought that a living came easy here."
The jailer at Independence says Green may be only playing insane.Labels: Independence, jail, mental health February 8, 1908 FEARED MICROBES IN HIS KISS.
Martha Mead Refused to Salute Her Husband, So He Claims.
Because his wife Martha had refused to kiss him for fear of spreading microbes and germs, so he alleges in his petition, S. J. Mead filed suit for divorce in the Independence circuit court yesterday. They were married in 1887, and he alleges that on many occasions when he asked her to kiss him she was very "frosty" toward him, and refused to press her lips to his, stating that she was afraid of microbes.Labels: Divorce, Independence January 31, 1908 MARKED HIM WITH WET CHALK.
An Independence Bridegroom Bears Away Brands of the Cutups.
Walter Erickson of Independence, bridegroom, lost a third of his temper at the Union depot last night when the cutups marked with chalk on the back of his black overcoat.
"I don't mind their marking me," he said, "but they wet the chalk and I shall never be able to brush the marks off."
The bride was Miss Mabel Warnky, daughter of F. C. Warnky of 2424 Wabash avenue. The wedding was at the Warnky home. The couple went to Chicago last night and will ramble East from there during their honeymoon.Labels: Independence, Union depot, Wabash avenue, wedding January 9, 1908 OPERATION TO SAVE A YOUTH'S MIND
PART OF CLYDE TURNER'S SKULL IS CUT AWAY.
Butted His Head Agasint the Wall When a Child and Was Becoming Viciously Insane. May Be Cured.
Clyde Turner, a 15-year-old lad, a ward of the children's court, a portion of whose skull was removed Tuesday afternoon with the idea that he might, by the operation, grow up to be a good and bright boy, was reported last night by the Post Graduate hospital, Independence avenue and Campbell street, where the operation was performed, as doing well.
Clyde's case is the first of the sort in the history of the Kansas City children's court, and the second or third in the court history of the United States. Some years ago a lad in Philadelphia was trephined to cure bad habits, and there was a somewhat similar, but not exactly parallel, case in Omaha recently. Six months ago the Kansas City children's court removed Dewey Marcuvitz's tonsils to mend his ways, but the operation was only partially successful.
PRESSED DOWN BRAIN.
The lad who now lies on a cot at the Post Graduate hospital with a piece of his skull the size of a teacup taken away, has had an unfortunate life. His parents died when he was a month old and he was adopted by George Pack, an employe of the Kansas City Bold and Nut Compnay of Sheffield, who lives at Hocker and Sea streets in Independence. The baby Clyde had a habit of butting his head against the wall whenever he was vexed. Efforts were made to break him of this, but he was not cured until he had flattened the crown of his head.
He grew up "simple," and when 12 years old was sent to the Missouri colony for the feeble-minded in Marshall, Mo. He seemed to improve there, and was released about a year ago. He did not get along very well with his foster parents, although they treated him as they would their own son. Two weeks ago, according to the story told by Mrs. Pack in the children's court, a week ago last Monday, Clyde made an attack on her husband's mother with a butcher knife, and as he is a big, strong boy, might have killed her, had it not been for interference. The lad was confined in the detention home from that time until Tuesday morning, when he was taken to the hospital.
Dr. E. G. Blair, assisted by Dr. John Punton, performed the operation. The portion of his skull, which was flattened, was sawed out and thrown away. The brain, which had been pressed down, rose to fill the cavity. The lad will remain in the hospital until nature grows a cartilage across the aperture.
When the boy awoke yesterday morning he seemed very happy. He was a sour-faced, frightened lad when he came to the place. His eyes wore that pathetic, timid, hunted expression of those who are not mentally normal. But when he awoke his eyes were bright. He smiled and said: "I feel awful good!"
THE BOY CONSENTED.
Judge H. L. McCune of the children's court said last evening in regard to the case:
"It was a question of the court's permitting the lad to become permanently insane, for his spells rising out of the sullenness into passionate outbreaks such as he made on his foster father's mother, were growing more and more frequent, or having him operated upon with a slight chance of death but a much larger chance of recovery and development into a bright and useful man. The doctors told me there was absolutely no chance for the boy to recover without the operation. The court received the consent of his foster parents and of the boy himself.Labels: Campbell street, children, doctors, hospitals, Independence, Independence avenue, Judge McCune, mental health, sheffield November 30, 1907
THEY WILL WORK FOR SALOONS.
Mayor of Independence and Citizens Organize for the Fight.
An attempt to defeat local option in independence at the election to be held December 3, more than seventy-five business men and prominent citizens, including Mayor J. R. Prewitt of Independence, held a meeting in the court house there last night and organized for the purpose of fighting the local option movement.
Committees composed of twenty-five voters were appointed for each of the four wards. Mayor Prewitt was chairman of the meeting, and in a brief speech said he thought local option in Independence at the present time would be a blow to business and would be very impractical. He expressed the belief that the population of Independence in general is heartily in favor of the saloon.Labels: alcohol, Independence, politics, prohibition, saloon November 23, 1907
INDEPENDENCE DOUBLES DOG TAX.
It will cost twice as much to be a dog in Independence after this. The city council last night by almost a unanimous vote raised the dog tax from $1 to $2. There are about 500 canines in Independence which the dog catcher was able to overtake last year.Labels: animals, Independence, Independence city council November 7, 1907 ORDER FOR ROAD WORK MADE.
The County Court Wishes No Delay Next Spring in Closing Gaps.
The county court in Independence yesterday issued the order to Oscar Koehler, county surveyor, to prepare all necessary profiles and plans and specifications immediately, so that there may be no delay in the work next year of closing up the gaps in Jackson county's rock road system.
The Lee's Summit road already is graded. Macadam is to be laid from the end of the present rock road to Hickman's Mills. The Raytown and Little Blue road is to be graded and macadamized. The distance is three miles. The Independence and Atherton road is to be extended from the present end of the macadam to the foot of the Missouri river bluffs, a distance of three miles.Labels: county court, Independence, public works, Raytown November 1, 1907 ONLY 14 WHEN SHE MARRIED.
Louella Babcock Sues for a Divorce and Asks for Her Former Name.
Luella M. Babcock, who sued for divorce from Al W. Babcock in Independence this morning, says that when she was married in 1894 she was 14 years old and he was 40. She askes for her former name of Handy. Other suits for divorce were brought in Independence this morning as follows: Pansy against Charles B. Adkins and Helga against Earl Burchfield.Labels: Divorce, Independence October 26, 1907 REED IS OUT OF THE RACE.
Was Tricked Into Publicly Declaring Himself for Cowherd.
James A. Reed, who has been considered a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, made a statement publicly last night in Independence that he has taken a seat in the Cowherd bandwagon and will support his old friend in the campaign. The announcement that he is not to be in the race came suddenly and even, it is said, surprised Mr. Reed himself.
Reed went out to the Independence courthouse last night to hear W. S. Cowherd and John M. Rood speak. Some 500 or more voters crowded into the courtroom to get a look at the candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. Former Mayor Sam Woodson of Independence was chairman of the meeting. In introducing Mr. Cowherd the chairman referred to Reed as a Democrat who ought to be governor of the state, and who would likely oppose Cowherd for the nomination.
"It was up to me to say something," said Mr. Reed after the meeting. "It was forced upon me by the chairman. I was about ready to issue a statement that I would not be in the race, but that chairman put me in a place where I had to do something. So I got up and swore allegiance to Cowherd. It was the statement I was intending to issue -- only it was drawn from me a little early in the game."
Mr. Reed said he had long been a friend of W. S. Cowherd, and that he would get out and lend him support in the campaign for the Democratic nomination. Several hundred Democrats heard Reed's announcement, and greeted it with cheers.Labels: Independence, politics October 25, 1907 INVESTIGATE FREEMAN DEATH.
Charles Daniels, Dead Woman's For- mer Husband, Held by Police.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Bert Kimbrell and Marshal Al Helsip went to Sugar Creek yesterday to make an investigation into the death of Mrs. Maggie Freeman, whose body was found beside the road north of Independence early Wednesday morning. Charles Daniels, former husband of the dead woman, is being held by the Independence police pending the investigation.
Daniels made another statement to the police yesterday and tells a similar story to the one related the morning the body of Mrs. Freeman was found. He claims that Ed Smith, who is still at large and was with Daniels, Mrs. Freeman and another woman the night before the body was discovered, is a card writer and is not known in this vicinity. He describes Smith as being short, heavy set, blue eyes, dark hair and poorly dressed.
Officers went to the Freeman home in Sugar Creek yesterday and took the tow children of Mrs. Freeman to the Humane office.Labels: County Marshal Heslip, Humane Society, Independence, murder, Prosecutor Kimbrell, Sugar Creek October 22, 1907 HE IS NO LONGER A TIGER.
Tiger Becomes Tigert in Independence.
In Judge Powell's court in Independence yesterday Thomas Tiger was given permission to change his name to Tigart. Tiger is of Indian descent and attended school at Carlyle. He found that the nae Tiger mixed him with other Tigers in the Creek nation. He is a contractor. Labels: Independence October 19, 1907 COMBED ANOTHER MAN'S HAIR.
Charge Joseph Anderson Brings Against Wife in Divorce Suit.
In a suit for divorce filed yesterday at Independence, Joseph H. Anderson says he returned home one evening from work and found his wife combing another man's hair. He also alleges that he had to sew on his own buttons and sometimes get up on winter mornings while the floor was still cold and cook breakfast.
Other divorce suits filed at Independence yesterday are: Effie D. Curmutt from Rolla G. Curmutt and Rosa Bethers from Fred K. Bethers.Labels: Divorce, Independence October 16, 1907 WHILE SHE WAS ON CRUTCHES.
Woman Says Her Energetic Husband Made Her Work Even Then.
Christiana A. Johnon, who alleges that her husband, Alantison Johnson, compelled her to work when she was using crutches as the result of an injury, sued for divorce yesterday in the ciruit court at Independence. Ohters asking for divorce are Minnie Turner from Samuel Turner, Bertha from Harry Heffler, Clyde T. from Myrtle Neal and Maud from Elmer Moss.Labels: Divorce, Independence October 9, 1907 IN FAVOR OF LOCAL OPTION.
Independence Mass Meeting Calls for a Special Election.
Citizens of Independence packed the city hall last night to debate the question of local option. The Law and Order League, which called the meeting, is advocating a special election to vote on a "wet or a dry" town, under the local option law. It was the sense of the gathering that the election should be held.
James Mack Chaney, chairman, was instructed to appoint a committee of three to formulate plans for the election. A petition will have to be circulated and presented to the mayor and council. If it passes, the election wil be called.
Among the speakers last night, in addition to Attorney Chaney, were Rev. L. J. Marshall of the Christian church, and Albert Bushnell of the Anti-Saloon League in Kansas City.
There were nine saloons in Indeependence, and they have been having hard sledding lately. Recently the city council passed an ordinance raising their city licenses from $700 a year to $1,500. The total which each saloon must pay annually now, city license, county license, governmetn tax and incidental fees for filing applications, is $2,300 a year.
Twenty years ago Independence went "dry."Labels: alcohol, churches, Independence, Independence city council, ministers, prohibition, saloon October 8, 1907 DO NOT WANT STREET FAIR.
Independence Ministers Say It Would Mislead the Youth.
At a meeting of the Ministerial Alliance of Independence yesterday morning, the action of Judge William H. Wallace in his instructions to the grand jury regarding the enforcement of existing laws for observance of the Sabbath was indorsed. The ministers also went on record as being against a proposed street fair, which is now under consideration by the city council. They believe that a continuance of the festivities is detrimental to the education of the youth, and they ask the mayor and council to withhold favoring the project. The proposed project was recently referred to a committee, which so far has failed to make a report to the council.Labels: Independence, Independence city council, Judge Wallace, ministers October 2, 1907
ASYLUM FOR PATTERSON.
County Court Refuses to Send Inde- pendence Man to Rock Pile.
William Patterson, the Independence incendiary, was again sent to the asylum at St. Joseph by the county court yesterday. Patterson believes he has a commission to burn the buildings on the Mormon temple lot at Independence and has once made the attempt.
During his lucid intervals, when he is not in the asylum, Patterson writes booklets and preaches. Chief of Police Hughes, of Independence, appeared before the county court yesterday and recommended that Patterson be assigned to the rockpile for a season, but the ocurt, taking into account the man's past record for unsoundness of mind, failed to agree with him. Labels: county court, Independence, mental health October 2, 1907 FAITH IN WOMEN RESTORED.
J. Wesley Fann, Once "Cut Out" by a Guinea Pig, Marries.
J. Wesley Fann, of Independence, who waited on the public square of that city all day Monday for his prospective bride from Pittsburg, Kas., was rewarded yesterday. She came. Mr. Fann, who is 63 years of age, had almost lost his faith in women, despite his extensive experience. He has been married several times and divorced once. His last wife, he alleged, allowed her love for a guinea pig to come between them. Mr. Fann lost no time in securing the license upon the woman's arrival. They were married, and, hand in hand, they walked the streets, looking as happy as if the sensation was entirely new to both of them. The new Mrs. Fann was formerly Mrs. Jennie Fletcher. She owned up to 58 years. Mr. and Mrs. Fann will reside at Buckner.Labels: Buckner, Independence, marriage, women October 1, 1907 BACK FROM THE ASYLUM.
Return to Independence of Man Who Attempted to Burn Church.
W. H. Patterson, who has been confined in the insane asylum at St. Joseph reappeared yesterday in Independence. Patterson some years ago attempted to burn the Hedrickite church on Temple street. He claimed that he was acting for the Lord in throwing down monuments erected on his Holy ground. Patterson was arrested after firing the church, and sent to St. Joseph for treatment. He was let out and again returned to Independence, where he gave a warning to Mayor Prewitt that he was back again and would have to carry out his message from the Lord and burn down the church. The mayor telephoned for the police and Patterson was again taken back to the asylum.Labels: churches, Fire, Independence, mental health October 1, 1907 SAYS HUSBAND IS CRUEL.
Daughter of Latter Day Saints' Dig- nitary Seeks Divorce.
The divorce suit of Emma B. Kennedy against W. F. Kennedy occupied the time of the circuit court at Independence yesterday. The taking of testimony will be resumed again in the circuit court today. Mrs. Kennedy charges her husband with indignities. She is a daughter of Alexander Smith, one of the dignitaries of the Latter Day Saints church. Kennedy, she says, treated her cruelly. They have two children. The husband enters a general denial to all of the charges.
Suits for divorce granted yesterday were Esther Darnall from Ernest Darnall; Clyde T. Knapp from Muriel Knapp; Robert from Lilly Wasson; Ora from H. C. Johnson; Linnie from John Nixon; Zella from Charles Kolp, and Helen from Richard McKubbin.Labels: churches, circuit court, Divorce, Independence September 26, 1907 IT'S A DISCONCERTING CLOCK.
Even the Dials on the Independence Timepiece Can't Agree.
There will be a meeting of the Independence city council tonight and bids will be received to have the town clock regulated. For ten days the official timepiece of the city has been running forty-one minutes fast, and no two of the four dials tell the same tale. Factory hands get puzzled over the time of day, and the clock, instead of being a convenience, has been declared a nuisance. The other day a manufacturing concern manager found his employes walking out at 11:20 o'clock by his timepiece. When asked what was the matter they pointed to the hands of the dial indicating 12 o'clock noon.Labels: Independence, Independence city council September 24, 1907 WOMAN SUES A PRIEST
ASKS $50,000 FROM FATHER ED- WARD P. FITZGERALD.
He is Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's Church, Independence, and Com- plaintant Is Mrs. Beatrice M. Sotomayor.
Edward P. Fitzgerald, assistant pastor of St. Mary's Catholic church in Independence, was sued for $50,000 damages yesterday in the |
