From the Lawrence Daily World for March 8, 1906: “Oliver Smith, a drunk butcher, must stand trial on a charge of murder for killing Thomas Bair in a North Topeka saloon last night. A quarrel broke out of a two-dollar pot in a poker game. Nothing good happens in joints and this is another fearful result of Topeka’s wide open policies. : Lawrence is now practically the headquarters of the entire First Regiment of the Kansas National Guard in all departments.”