(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) Good-bye, Rosa Carney • It’s Wednesday morning, June 1, 1921, at the Reno County sheriff’s residence attached to the jail, 15 Avenue, East, Hutchinson, Kansas. Rose “Eva” Hopper Clark, 44, jail matron; and Minnie Marshall Deck,35, custodian for traveling prisoner Rosa Carney, 37; are talking prior to collecting prisoners for the train trip to Lansing State Prison. * “Please be careful,” said Eva, as … [Read more...] about Reno County: Good-bye, Rosa Carney
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Sheriffs of Reno County: William “Bill” Clark
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · William "Bill" Clark (1864-1934) Sheriff 1921-1923 · * It’s Monday, October 24, 1927, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Houston Whiteside, 81, tells Julia, his wife, 59, that the escapees from the Reformatory released their kidnap victim, Roy Lloyd, unharmed, in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday afternoon. “Mr. Lloyd is home safe. He was released after the men on the run decided not to ‘bump him off,’” said … [Read more...] about Sheriffs of Reno County: William “Bill” Clark
