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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPT. 28, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 11
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MYTHS AND TALES
1950S MURDER HAUNTS ROOM IN JEFFERSON'S
DAN GARRETT
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On May 28, 1954, attorney Leroy Harris sat in his office on top of a clothing store. That night, a man named Phillip Johnson snuck into his office and shot Harris three times. Harris died in his office chair from a gunshot wound to the head. Johnson took a walk around town before turning himself in. Johnson was sentenced to life in prison and died in 1959 at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, according to a story in the Kansas City Star.
Ralph Wolfson owned the clothing store underneath the office and was pretty shook up after hearing about the murder. He hired someone to clean up the body, seal the door and cover the windows in the office with metal siding. The room was
sealed for almost 50 years but in 2000, according to a Lawrence Journal-World article, Wolfson's son, Mark, decided to open the room.
When Mark and a group of journalists pried open a skylight to enter the room, they were shocked at what they saw. They had expected the room to be frozen in time from 1954, but construction workers had recently been in the room to secure a false ceiling. They also found some furniture they suspected had been put in the room for extra storage. The only things that remained from the murder were papers from the 1950s and the nail that Harris' law diploma hung on. The furniture store made way for Jefferson's restaurant in 2000. Pretty soon, attention turned from the mysterious room to the famous wings
But on Jan.15,2015 a fire in the second story of the building shut the restaurant down for two months Firefighters cut open the siding, exposing the interior and the old tale.
below.
"We had an electrical fire in the upstairs back portion of the restaurant," said Jefferson's owner Brandon Graham. "We don't know the final cause; we do know that a transformer blew up and, at the same time, a fire started."
Nevertheless, the second story of the building is easily seen from the street-as well as the window of Harris's office.
After talking to the current staff of Jefferson's, only one employee had even heard of someone being murdered upstairs.
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and they were facing each other in his study, and he said that one is good design and that one's not," said McCulley. "I studied both the chairs to see what made them different and what was the good design and why it was bad, and
Hoard and McCulley started the weekend with sketches that developed into three-dimensional prototypes. Mod-
Center and four hours of free accounting help. The team is also entered into KU Catalyst, a business accelerator.
for Modern Nomad is to finalize the models and hopefully have a full-scale model in the next couple of weeks. They hope to have their business fully launched by the summer of 2016.
- Edited by Leah Sitz
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From left, Modern Nomad consists of Susan Cross, Michael McCulley, Jack Hoard and Kristin Scheurer. Modern Nomad is a startup that will sell modern, plywood furniture in an online storefront.
Outside hitter Madison Rigdon followed close behind Payne, posting a total of 10 kills while adding 11 digs. That performance was her second double-double of the season.
"It was an ebb-and-flow match," head coach Ray Bechard said in a news release. "Offensively we didn't play very well in the first set, but played great defense. Then we got the offense going in the second set and started the third set well."
Outside hitter Tiana Dockery and middle blocker Janae Hall all recorded nine kills. Dockery added 10 digs, leav-
at least three kills. Right side Kelsie Payne led the pack with 13 — two shy of her personal best (15).
Against Kansas — a defensive stronghold — TCU struggled to do much on the offensive end. The Horned Frogs finished with a .106 hitting percentage, which marked the 13th time out of 14 games that Kansas' opponents hit under .200.
There were just too many unforced errors in the third set, [which] let a good team back in it," Bechard said. "We were fortunate to close out the match in three sets."
Kansas now leads the all-time series with TCU 6-2, according to the news release.
Kansas' next match will be against West Virginia on Saturday, Oct. 3, at home. The Jayhawks will be looking to extend their winning streak to 15.
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