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A MURDEROUS KANSAS BOY

Neighbors Prevent Morrill Sharp of Larned From Murdering His Parents

Larned, Kas., Dec. 31---Morrill Sharp, 17 years old, tried to kill his father and mother with a stove iron Wednesday. Neighbors came to the rescue and the young man was finally overpowered, bound, thrown in a wagon and hauled to the county jail where he is now awaiting trial for assault with intent to kill, the complaint having been made by his father.

The boy has threatened to kill half a dozen persons including his father and mother and the belief is that he is insane, though he manifests no other symptoms of insanity.
(Kansas City Star ~ December 31, 1897)

JACK RABBITS FOR NEW YORK

Three Carloads of the Kansas Product Shipped from Larned

Larned, Kas., Jan 6---Three carloads of jack rabbits have been shipped from here to New York City during the past few days. Shippers are paying five cents each for them, and some hunters earn as much as $5 a day killing and bringing them to market.
(Kansas City Star ~ January 6, 1897)

A KANSAS BANKER KILLS A BURGLAR

Springfield, Ill., March 12---A. C. Moffet, who shot and killed a negro burglar at Waverly yesterday, is a Kansas banker. He is one of the promoters of the bank at Larned, which is in charge of his brother.
(Kansas City Star ~ March 12, 1900)

Complete and open to the public in Garfield's Downey Park on Highway 56, is this replica of the original Congregational Church built back in 1876 to house the bell that President James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States, presented to the community of Garfield while he was still a congressman from Ohio. The pioneer community had honored the congressman by naming their new town for him and he offered a church bell to the first church to be built in the town. The church was torn down six years ago and the bell has been in storage until now, where it can be seen through the glass in the belfry of the miniature church on the highway.
(Great Bend Daily Tribune ~ June 9, 1966 ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)