Extract's from Pomona Enterprise

March 1902

07 Mar 1902

p1c3

- Kansas City and suburbs is the home of a number of ex-Pomona people, all of whom are doing well. Our former postmaster, J. D. Flora, is a cattle inspector at the stock yards. His son Ed is working in the butcher department of one of the packing houses, and Miss Oma Flora is a successful stenographer. Misses Lida Sloan and Frances Smith are also doing well as stenographers.

- Miss Isora Newcomb has been teaching music at that city with success for three years.

- Robert Crow our former Missouri Pacific agent, and wife, reside at the Kaw metropolis. Robert is said to have made over five thousand dollars last year bucking the board of trade.

- Former clerk of court, Joe Ernst, is con. on one of the best street car lines in the city.

- Bob Combs has been conducting a saloon for the past seven or eight years, and until lately one of the Pruett boys was the proprietor of a four chair barber shop.

- Ed Suffron and Charley Samsel are working at the packing houses.

- Frank Mackey is manager of the leading telephone system of the city.

- Charley Hutchings is employed in the Argentine smelter at a large salary.

- Jeff Mundy Jr. and Bert Parkinson have good jobs in the office department of the S & S Packing Co.

- Harry Little has a good clerical position at Argentine, with the Santa Fe.

- A. S. Benton is a partner in the leading real estate firm of Kansas City, Kan.

- Hudson Topping is vice president of a large implement firm.

- John Topping is a traveling dentist, with headquarters at Kansas City.

- Robert Wilson a successful railroad locomotive engineer, has resided in that city perhaps longer than any other person on this list. He owns a fine home on one of the city's best streets.

- Charley Johnson, better known as the Ottawa liveryman, is employed at the stock yards.

- Without an exception, every Pomona person in and about Kansas City is doing well.

p2c2

- Be it chronicled that on Thursday night of last week, in the dark of the moon, on a still and solemn occasion, upon such times as hob-goblins, ghosts, and their kindred sort do hold forth, while a young gentleman of this city was escorting his young lady home from prayer meeting, there occurred an exciting episode in the annals of our burg.

A couple of young gentleman, who were out on a Peeking Tom expedition, ran across the young couple on their homeward march, and hid behind trees to escape detection.

Thinking they saw objects lurking in the shadows of the maples, the couple closed in on the silent trees. By a slight movement the trembling victim disclosed his presence, and immediately upon discovery started a retreat, which was turned into a frantic gallop by the young man of inquisitive inclination and exuberant bravery turning loose with his revolver. This stampeded the remaining gentleman, who in his hasty retreat ran against a tree and upset himself. Five bullets were discharged, one of them entering the back of the ulster of the first Nimble Dick in retreat and penetrating to the skin.

It is jokingly said that a rabbit started up the road in front of the first charger, who shouted: "If you can't run, give the road to some one who can!" A the earnest solicitation of his companion, the gentleman shot drew his forty-four and fired twice into the earth, and then continued to outdo a kangaroo in point of lengthy strides.

Just why so much shooting was done by the young man behind the gun, is probably explained by his extreme fright. He says he thought the fellow was coming towards him, and showed timidity early in the game by exclaiming, "My God, what is that!"

Now this should be a lesson to all Peeping Toms not to do it. It should teach brave young men escorting young ladies home to retain their composure when they come upon tree stump sentries.

This affair is unfortunate in one particular. She who is humiliated by gbeing a witness to the episode, is one o f our nicest young ladies and sensible enough to be chagrined at being drawn into such unfavorable public notice. But for this aspect of the case, she would probably laugh as heartily as anyone at the way we boys of Pomona do things like unto those of whom Mother Goose sang and wrote so charmingly.

Charley Harrah was arrested for the shooting and placed under one hundred dollars bond. His preliminary occurred in Justice Maxey's court today. The case was taken under advisement until Monday. County Attorney Branson put forth every effort to dismiss the case. John Simpson is the gentleman shot and Homer McMurray his companion in trouble.

p2c3

J. J. Hale has moved from near Williamsburg to his new farm, the John Hudelson place, south of the river.

p2c1

death - Mrs. Ed Cracraft; of Edgerton