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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
5
The crowd at the grandstand mocks a center fielder as Queenie and Freck comment on pitches and plays. Fans joke about pillars of the crowd, pillows and sofas, while Freck notes a near no hit game in Kansas City and a new girlfriend’s first game.
W Y Morgan of Hutchinson Kansas declared the central Kansas wheat belt will yield the biggest crop in years at the Hotel Baltimore. He asserted the crop is made and the yield will be one of the world’s most productive despite prior doubts. A separate note reports M F Cunningham Jr injured when a runaway team struck a post near Grand Avenue. his condition described as brain injury and severe bruises.
Mae C. Wood, the Onnatia woman who sued Senator Platt for divorce, is jailed in default of $5,000 on perjury charges. District Attorney Jerome vows grand jury action to secure a conviction as a cautionary example. Wood remains defiant, insisting she will fight for her rights as Platt’s wife.
Omas Hubbard, recently released from the state penitentiary, faces charges of stealing three horses from different individuals. Witnesses include Mrs. Alice Allen and H. A. Manker, with Hubbard denying receipts but offering stories about purchases. He was taken before Justice Shoemaker after questioning by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Charles Riehl.
Tony Haas claims he was thrown into a pond by three men and buried waist deep in quicksand for three days before escaping. He was found wandering a streetcar track near Rainbow City and taken to Alton for care as police investigate the incident.
No county court session will be held in Independence tomorrow as county judges spend the day in the country, south of Kansas City, inspecting road and bridge improvements. Delegates to the natural gas men convention travelled to Scipio Kansas to inspect the pumping station there.
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