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138. When You Think of Gifts, Think of The Nichols Gift Store. 1 others may be protected and as J. Stewart, who said she had not BRUTE ATTACKS warning to been Seckerson admitted his CAPTURED AT IRVING It is also suggested that the ig LITTLE GIRL guns and rifles, that were given out to protect banks, should be used to One Attempted 'To Escape Both From Kansas City. guilt, and was-reminded by the court of the seriousness of the.

offense with which he was charged, but when the warrant was 'read to him he said he was guilty. If suppress all crimes. And that we go even lurcher, and see that; the laws Trap Was Set and Culprit Walk- ed Into It. A hundred or more townsmen and farmers had gathered the street, mostly, from curiosity as to what was going' on. Very few knew the real cause.

Even the'grandfather of the little girl, W. B. Griffith, who works in a cream station, was among them and didn't know that it was his little grandchild who had been attacked. When they had completed the court Two bootleggers, F. E.

Johnson and Henry Wilson, giving Kansas City as their old home town, were captured at Irving last evening. They drove their car into town, and Marshal Fred Davis suspected their business and went to searcn the'cari finding it contained booze, he arrested Johnson with the car. Wilson, who was not with the car at the time, attempted to escape into a nearby corn field. A posse was formed, and arm-ed with shot guns, high powered rifles and big revolvers, such as the "vigi-lantees" have, surrounded and captured him after a chase. The bootleggers are now in the county jail.

It also happened, we are told, that a "revenuer" was in Irving, having been here, there and' elsewhere, getting a line on lawbreakers in general. proceedings, the sheriff came down are enforced every particular not only in this instance, ybut to the letter, and it will tend to have some effect on the more desperate criminals. Too often, it seems, there is a spirit of spite in the enforcement of law, and an inclination to show discrimination, punishing this one and allowing another to escape. Let us hope that this horrible case, as much as it is to be regretted, will at least serve this purpose, of bringing every law-abiding citizen up to the pjoint where he will help to enforce the law, as these men did who helped with the capture of Seckerson. And also; if a newspaper -is permitted to suggest it, that we uphold the courts in the performance of their duty, and remind them of it When they fail to do so.

Otherwise, old Judge Lynch will step in as he did at Excelsior Springs yesterday. This community aroused last evening almost to the lynching point. And while nothing-of the kind was attempted, yet -it is still a question in the minds of sober minded men if a lynching would not have helped to wipe out the disgrace of. such a crime as we shall here attempt to folate. George Seckerson, a laborer, 40 years of age, and married, was captured in the act of an assault and attempt to rape little Leoria Rogers, 10 years of age, He was grabbed and man-handled by' officers and two assistants, taken before Justice of the Peace, CL A.

Blackney, where he admittedhis guilt and was bound over to the District Court. Seckerson had "been under suspicion for some time of having committed such acts with other little girls, and it was through them that his wife on the street and asked the men who had surrounded his car to please stand back aways. And when everything looked favorable 's he called to them to send the prisoner down. Seckerson made but few steps, and ran skulkingly like a beast to the car, attempting to get' into the back seat. He was given a push by the deputy and ordered to ride in front.

He was He will probably make his report in the near future. so scared and nervous that he could hardly scramble in quick enough, and the car whisked around the corner and oiit of town. learned of his practices and informed the officers. The little Rogers girl had been seen with him, and within the past tensdays had met "him down Birthday Party. Mrs.

A. J. Harvey is entertaining sixteen little boys from 2 till 5 o'clock ternoon at the home on East Fourth street, in honor of the seventh birthday of her son Jack. The children are having a jolly1 time" and at theciose -Mrs; Harvey, assisted by her sister, Mrs. R.

M. Emery of Seneca; will serve a lunch that" will satisfy the appetite of the small guests. by the Mo. iPacific stock yards, where weeds and a corn field offered a hiding Friends here have recentlly received word tha Bush J. Loucks of St.

Paul, was ill and in a sanitarium, receiving treatment for tuberculosis. He has not been afflicted with the disease" very long, so has good chimcesofia" rapid? arid 'comp covery. The sanitarium is only a short distance from St. Paul, ahd Mrs. Loucks and baby have an opportunity of visiting him frequently.

His hosts of friends trust that he will soon be entirely free from the trouble. Yesterday afternoon, City Mar shal Goll hid himself hear the place, -and Mayor Gano also kept watching -from his elevator officefor develop- ments. Fin Anderson, engine watch Ice cream at Smithy's placeVanilla, Peach, Strawberry1, Wineberry and Chocolate. 38 man for the Mo. Pacific, noticed the litlte girl coming down the track arid- "informed them, and then soon, Seckerson appeared Joe Ellis, an operator, was just going Fried chicken and everything tonight at Smithy's Place.

38 F. E. Houston of Kansas City, Fried spring chicken for supper tonight at Pug's cafe. 38 to work and he was called Jn Jo help came in last evening and spent make' the canture. The men then closed in on Seckerson.

ISJrs. Mary Winfrey returned today from a week's visit with and friends, at her old home in Kan Seckerson started to run, and was the night "at the M. M. Leupold home and went to Vliets this morning for a short visit with his aged aunt, Mrs. Emma Leupold.

confronted by the marshal who de sas City, Mo. 4 manded him to halt or" he would kill him. "Shoot him," shouted someone, and the others protoably would have FOR SALE Sweet corn, 15c per dozen at patch. Phone 354. 38-39 It was a pitiful sight; the widowed mother with her little girl.

Leona is a sweet litlte child, innocent of any such things as a child could possible be. Her father died some time ago, leaving' the mother with three" little ones. They came here recently to keep house for Mr. Griffiths, father and grandfather, whose wife had died in Centralia. are nice folks, well liked, and were getting along nicely here in Frankfort.

They were as happy as folks could be under the same sorrowing circumstances, which prolonged sickness and death of other members of their families had caused And then to think that an able-bodied man, who should have been one of the protectors of childhood in-nocense, should seek to cause her ruin and bring sorrow and shame upon the little Many a man did not-sleep well last night. And many a father and mother talked it over. Strong men who seldom show anger were inclined to want to fight today at little provocation; They would asked each other, "What in the-world will happen next "Hadn't we better make an example of someone And the sentiment is pretty strong here now that it would be well for law breakers to take warning. This, we believe, is generally regarded as being the worst crime' ever committed or attempted to be committed in the history of Frankfort, and as much as we all regret that it should have occurred, this paper feels that nothing can be gained by keeping such disgraceful things, quiet; and regardless of the fact that "people take a newspaper to get the news, it is also well for people to know that such characters and even though killed him then and there had they Mrs. A.

J. Kraemer and children returned today from Beatrice, and were accompanied home by her sister, Mrs. H. G. Graf' and little son.

been armed. Weather. Partly cloudy tonight; possibly thunder showers. Warmer Sunday Sheriff VanNortwick was notified immediately and with Deputy- -was here in a short R. W.

Maneval and John Ryan returned Friday noon from their trip to Kansas City and Topeka. A hurried preliminary was held. The little girl was examined by Dr. mm TWAYSWORTH WHILE MTV FARM FOR SALE 160 acres, mi. east of Frankfort; moderately improved, A bargain for quick sale.

L. C. Monce. 36-tf PHOTOPLAYS Sunday, Aug. 9 AT FRANKFORT FRANKFORT vs Miss Gertrude Johnson of Concordia, came Thursday, to spend a few weeks' vacation at her old home east of town.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JACK HOXIE "RIDIN' THUNDER" FOR SALE 2 purebred black China male hogs. Hubert Bigelbw, phone 817. 1 37-39 WESTMORELAND 5 Westmoreland defeated the Frankfort club 1 to 0 in the last A good western picture. Also a Comedy Larry Semon "KID SPEED! At LITEL NOBLE'S" ICE CREAM Vanilla XX Vanilla Honeymoon Peach Carmel Nut half of the 9th, two weeks ago. they are a disgrace to humanity, that.