Introduction:  The following paragraphs are a compilation of some messages posted to the defunct FidoNet National Genealogical Echo in June, 1997 by Howard Henry of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  These were the only ones about persons identified as having been from Kansas. For the complete compilation, see 1896 New Mexico Tidbits.

TIDBITS OF NEWS — ALBUQUERQUE DAILY CITIZEN

While reading the Albuquerque Daily Citizen preparing a surname index for our Genealogy Club of Albuquerque, I came across many news items, usually one- or two-liners, and I thought possibly someone might be able to use some of this information.

Howard Henry

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Oct. 27, 1893, p. 1:

“Mike FAGAN, chief of police at Prescott . . . resigned and is at his old home in Kansas.”

“John INGOLD, aged 28, recently of Newton, [Harvey Co.,] Kansas, was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun while he was hunting.”

“Christian STUTZ, a farmer living near Atchison, [Atchison Co.,] Kansas, was found wandering dazed through the streets. He had been sandbagged by some unknown person.”

Nov. 15, 1893, p. 1:

“George H. JONES of Minneapolis is under arrest at Kansas City, [Wyandotte Co.] charged with swindling Charles E. JOHNSON out of $20,000 in a real estate deal.”

"F. P. BARNARD of Toronto, [Woodson Co.,] Kansas, aged 80, killed his wife, aged 63, and his daughter, aged 36, and then suicided, leaving a note saying he had outlived his usefulness.”

Nov. 23, 1893, p. 1:

“Phillip PEFFER, aged 81, brother of Senator PEFFER of Kansas, died at South Bend, [St. Joseph Co.,] Indiana.”

Nov. 24, 1893, p. 1:

“Mrs. Fannie Reid SLUSSER, County Superintendent of Schools in Kansas City, [Wyandotte Co.,] Kansas, has sued for a divorce from her husband on the ground of non-support.”

“San Francisco, Nov. 24 — D. R. DIAZ, who embezzled $3,000 last year at Kansas City, has been arrested here and will be taken there tonight.”

Nov. 25, 1893, p. 1:

“George G. HOYT, wanted at Goodland, [Sherman Co.,] Kansas, for embezzlement and perjury, has been captured at Eugene, [Lane Co.,] Oregon.”

Jan. 14, 1896, p. 1:

“Topeka, [Shawnee Co.,] Kans. — Mrs. Charles DEAN left her two small children alone in a room while she ran over to a neighbor’s. Upon her return she found that some one had removed the clothing from the babe, seated it upon the hot stove, and fled. . . .  The child suffered terribly until death came to relieve it.”

Jan. 28, 1896, p. 1:

“Wichita, [Sedgwick Co.,] Kan. — In the trial of F. M. WILLIAMSON, charged with murdering Henry H. LEONARD, to secure the latter’s life insurance, Michael JORDAN, an old soldier swore that WILLIAMSON approached him last October, a month before the crime was committed, and suggested that he knew where $500 could easily be made. WILLIAMSON told him he knew a woman who held a $5,000 insurance policy on the life of LEONARD and would give $500 to the man that would kill him.

“The theory of the state has always been that WILLIAMSON consented to a divorce from his wife that she might marry LEONARD, and under the agreement they would afterwards kill LEONARD to get the insurance on his life.”

Jan. 29, 1896, p. 1:

“Kansas City, Jan. 29. — A Salina, [Saline Co.,] Kans., Special to the Star says:  Considerable mystery surrounds the death of Bessie ANDERSON, whose dead body was found stretched across her bed in the Elmo hotel this morning.  There is no trace of suicide.  The woman came here from Junction City, [Geary Co.,] Kan., Jan. 11, and claimed to be waiting for a sister from Abilene [Dickinson Co.], who was to accompany her to Lincoln.  The sister failed to appear.”

Feb. 10, 1896, p. 1:

“Fort Scott, [Bourbon Co.,] Kan., — Howard M. Cummings, a gambler, widely known in Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, committed suicide in his room at the Huntington hotel by taking morphine.”

Feb. 19, 1896, p. 1:

“Lawrence, [Douglas Co.,] Kansas. — J. T. LEMBORN, a wealthy farmer, has been found murdered in his house at Fall Leaf, a remote station northeast of Lawrence. The murderers literally chopped the dead man to pieces. They left no clue.”

Mar. 10, 1896, p. 1:

“Alta Vista, [Wabaunsee Co.,] Kas. — John HEPNER and wife have been arrested for the murder of Frank MITCHELL, a promi­nent farmer, who died Thursday, after which the body disappeared, and has been found on HEPNER’s farm, hidden in the grass. HEPNER has confessed. The excitement is intense.”

“Wichita, [Sedgwick Co.,] Kan. — The republican state convention met at 11 a.m. Justice Albert H. HORTON was elected temporary chairman. A telegram of greeting to the Ohio republican convention was sent.”

Mar. 19, 1896, p. 1:

“Pittsburg, [Crawford Co.,] Kas. — Late last night while attempting to burglarize HOBSON BROS. grocery store, George A. ROSIN [spelling?], aged 19, of Nevada, Mo., was shot and killed by Ernest WILSON, clerk, who slept in the store.”

Mar. 28, 1896, p. 1:

“Atchison, [Atchison Co.,] Kas. — Mrs. FOSTER, the divorced wife of C. E. FOSTER, United States district judge for Kansas, died this morning in the county poor house. She was divorced twenty-eight years ago.”

June 15, 1896, p. 1:

“Lawrence, [Douglas Co.,] Kas. — Mrs. Clarence SHEETS, a young woman, went insane this morning and killed her year-old babe with an ax. She was separated from her husband.”

Aug. 17, 1896, p. 1:

“Atchison, [Atchison Co.,] Kas. — A freak of the treacherous Missouri river caused Carl SCHMIDT, a pioneer citizen, to blow his head off with a shot gun late last night. SCHMIDT lost a farm by the river cutting through it.”

Nov. 14, 1896, p. 1:

“Leavenworth, [Leavenworth Co.,] Kan. — August [spelling?] BITTERLY, a wealthy Stony Point farmer, was found dead in his home Wednesday. It was supposed that he had committed suicide, but it is now thought that he was murdered for his money. Mary E. ZEILEOFFER [spelling?], who married BITTERLY on October 3, after a month’s acquaintance and her supposed brother, who lived at the BITTERLY home, are suspected. They disappeared a few days before his death.”

Dec. 18, 1896, p. 1:

“Lawrence, [Douglas Co.,] Kas., — Last night August BIERMAN, a farmer, was shot in the back by his wife and instantly killed. The woman then tried to commit suicide, inflicting a serious wound on her left breast. Mrs. BIERMAN said she did not love her husband and had no regrets for what she had done.”